A rooftop ‘a-CeMMBL-y’

Giulio, quite apart from being fun, and an excellent host, is such a valuable and loyal partner for us here at EMBO.” Other EMBO attendees included  Deputy Director (and EMBL alumna) Gerlind Wallon, and Head of Public Relations and Communications Suzanne Beveridge. They were joined by legendary EMBL alumnus, Graham Warren (Cell Biology Joint Head, 1977–1985), who said afterwards: “It really felt like a family occasion, though being an EMBL great-grandfather was a mixed blessing.”

It was also a great opportunity for EMBL alumni based in Austria to meet one another, and where better than Austria’s largest medical research complex located at the campus of the Medical University (MUV) and the Vienna General Hospital (AKH). Here, CeMM functions as a bidirectional channel between basic research and clinical applications.

With no programme other than to create-and-sport-your-own large and colourful name badge, the get-together offered participants a refreshing opportunity to have fun with familiar and new faces in the EMBL/EMBO community.

The EMBO Meeting 2012 will be held 22–25 September in Nice. The EMBL Alumni Office will work again with the organisers to offer a similar get-together with the help of the French local chapter.

Participants