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Exchange and networking are key tenets of science, as cell biologist and imaging specialist Caroline Medioni discovered when she spent six months at EMBL Heidelberg in Anne Ephrussi’s group honing a system to image axon growth within intact fly brains. Caroline’s team leader, Florence Besse, of…
Fifteen EMBL alumni working in Greece gathered for their fourth annual meeting in the picturesque villages of Aspraggeloi and Dilofo on 26-27 June 2010. Along with 13 family members and ten postdocs from their research groups, the alumni enjoyed a sunny weekend discussing life and science in…
New lab, land and non-stop BBQ weather Valerie Hilgers graduated on Lab Day, 11 June 2010, but unlike most, who walked from the lab or travelled from an Outstation to collect their awards, Valerie flew 13 hours from Singapore! In 2007, when Steve Cohen moved to Singapore to direct the Temasek Life…
In the world of science, recognition often comes quietly but leaves a lasting impact. Such is the case of Preben Morth, who was honored with the 2010 John Kendrew award on 11 June 2010. The award, presented by his former group leader, Paul Tucker, and orchestrated by Niovi Santama, Deputy Vice…
American Joe Sanger, the first Humboldt Fellow to work at EMBL in 1979-80, remembers his first meeting with former EMBL Cell Biology and Biophysics group leader Brigitte Jockusch (1978-81), that resulted in a fantastic year at EMBL, and a lifetime of friendship and collaborations. Together with his…
EMBL alumni travel all over the world when they leave, but Martin Senger found himself a more unusual new home than most – King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Martin, how did you end up in Saudi Arabia? After leaving EMBL, where I was a scientist in Graham…
The first ever EMBL local chapter meeting in Ireland was hosted by the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) on 24 February and attracted alumni from academia, industry and government alike. Former EMBO Director Frank Gannon, EMBL Director General Iain Mattaj and EMBL group leaders Eileen Furlong and…
The first EMBL Irish chapter meeting on 24 February 2010 offered an ideal opportunity to catch up with its host, former EMBO Director, Frank Gannon about his work at SFI “The major challenge facing SFI – the main scientific funding agency in Ireland – is the collapse of the…
With Christmas just around the corner, we spoke to some EMBL alumni who help bring festive cheer to the dinner table… Wine making runs on a yearly rhythm, which starts in January with the cutting and tying of the vines for the new grapes. Cultivating the soil is a constant job from March to…
The 5th Iberian chapter meeting – the first to be held in Portugal – took place on 2 October at the Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMC) in Porto. Participants were largely EMBL Portuguese alumni as well as IBMC staff, who gathered to listen to talks on neurodegeneration,…