Our mission is to train scientists. This blog is a platform for us to share updates on our annual programme, tips and tricks for scientists, new e-learning opportunities, and sometimes just something to make you smile.
Biodiversity – in all its forms and interactions – is the variety of life on Earth. Climate change is exacerbating biodiversity loss, and vice versa. Ahead of the EMBO | EMBL Symposium ‘The Organism and its Environment’ (1–4 March 2020), we talk to Scientific Organiser and EMBL Director…
For those of you who have been coming to EMBL for scientific training over the years, you may have noticed that we recently (finally?!) have a new and improved registration and abstract submission software, with a brand new look and feel. We have moved to an HTML5 software solution, which offers an…
Rejection. We have all experienced it in one way or another. Scientists perhaps more than others – rejected papers, job applications, fellowships, grants or training applications. But what can we do when it happens again and again and again? In the EMBL Course and Conference Office we see it all…
In the 21st century, it seems like there is always something to do or some place to be, and the constant enhanced stress levels can sometimes reach boiling point. Often it’s the little things that can help make us feel more balanced, and the EMBL Course and Conference Team have been taking steps…
Balancing work with family life can be difficult, and often the opportunities for parents to advance their careers are limited as a result. EMBL and EMBO are both working to make attending scientific events easier, with EMBL providing onsite childcare at their conferences and symposia in EMBL…
Do you want to know how networking and informational interviews can enhance your scientific career? Are you unsure of whether to stay in academia or not? Find out how to use your contacts and professional networking sites to find and obtain the right job for you. Use your personal contacts Use…
In honour of World Malaria Day and ahead of the 15th annual EMBL conference on the Biology and Pathology of the Malaria Parasite (BioMalPar), we spoke to the conference organisers Richárd Bártfai, Kirk Deitsch and Lyn-Marie Birkholtz, as well as Andy Waters from the BioMalPar steering committee…
Are you attending a conference and presenting a poster, but not sure where to start? Here are 10 tips to help you transform a good poster into a great one! (And make sure you check out our scientific poster templates at the bottom!) Make it gripping!The scientific poster needs to captivate your…
Have you attended an event at the EMBL Advanced Training Centre since it opened in March 2010 and kept your welcome bag as a souvenir? If the answer is yes, you have the chance to join a fun project and win a cash prize! Just post a picture of the EMBL or EMBO bag in […]
We decided that in 2019 – for no other purpose than to make Buddy feel included at Easter time – we would create a Buddy pancake for Shrove Tuesday, aka “Pancake Day”. Having enlisted the help of some very competent pancake makers (aged 3 and 6), we got to work creating our masterpiece.…