Janet Thornton steps down
On 24 June 2015, EMBL-EBI staff gathered to celebrate Janet Thorton's 14 years as Director of the institute, as she prepares to hand over leadership to Rolf Apweiler and Ewan Birney on 1 July.
Alumni News
History in the making
From Albert Einstein’s love letters and Marie Curie’s scruffy lab notebooks to photos of graffiti scrawled on a wall by Francis Crick, archival material can provide an unparalleled treasure trove for historians to excavate the personal stories hiding behind the science.
Christian Boulin Fellowship
In memory of one of the Laboratory’s longest-serving members, and honoring 38 years of commitment and contribution to the infrastructure of European life science, EMBL launches the new Christian Boulin Fellowship
Dinner with a Nobel Laureate
From the Holy See to DESY, it was a typically busy week for Nobel Laureate Ada Yonath recently: one day visiting the Pope in Rome and the next celebrating 50 years of photon science at the German Electron Synchrotron (DESY) in Hamburg.
Forty things that make EMBL – Part 1
What comes to mind when you think of EMBL? As the Lab turns 40, and with the help of staff and alumni, here is an unofficial and by no means complete list of what it is about our institution that gets people excited, energised or enthralled.
In our DNA
Horst Hamann, whose work has taken him to more than 70 countries around the world, is producing an exhibition and book to mark EMBL’s 40th anniversary.
Forty things that make EMBL – Part 2
What comes to mind when you think of EMBL? As the Lab turns 40, and with the help of staff and alumni, here is an unofficial and by no means complete list of what it is about our institution that gets people excited, energised or enthralled.
Still growing at 40
New Dehli, Brno, Warsaw, Buenos Aires, Copenhagen, Cape Town… looking at Silke Schumacher’s agenda, you could be forgiven for thinking she is an air hostess, global celebrity, or diplomat.
Ingrid Sulston: Sharing basic science in schools
Ingrid Sulston, former EMBL Genome Biology Diploma student and daughter of Nobel Prize winning scientist, John Sulston, shares her passion for science education, and the path that led her to this profession in Canada. “I am a science educator, a profession that I love, though it took me a while…
2014 John Kendrew Young Scientist Award
The 2014 John Kendrew Young Scientist Award recipient was selected on 21 November at the EMBL Alumni Association board meeting. Martin Jinek from the Czech Republic, former Structural and Computational Biology Unit predoc in the Conti lab, was chosen in recognition of the impact of his academic…