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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.


The EMBL Course and Conference Office was established in 1983 to support EMBL scientists in the organisation of conferences, medium-sized workshops, practical courses, EMBL internal and one-off events. 

Meet the EMBL Events Team: Erkin

Erkin Ibragimov is our Sponsorship Coordinator. He joined in October 2022. We learnt some interesting facts about Erkin from our conversation with him and hope that it will help you get to know him and his work better too.


Meet the EMBL Events Team: Aditya

Aditya Sankar, our Scientific Visitor Programme and Training Lead, joined the team at the beginning of this year. We learnt some new things about Aditya from our conversation with him and hope that it will help you get to know him and his work better too.


Meet the EMBL Events Team: Kaśka

This is Kaśka, our culture guru who always knows what’s going on in the city, be it concerts, festivals, or if a new café opened up near you. Her colorful style and fun self will brighten up your day and she’s definitely the person to go to if you need a book recommendation or two.


Meet the EMBL Events Team: Claudia

Meet Claudia: She’s our Iceland-enthusiast, always greets you with a smile on her face, and helps hundreds of people come to EMBL as a scientific visitor each year! Claudia is always up for helping others improve their German, is an avid tea-lover, and has a lot of EMBL visitor pen pals who…


Meet the EMBL Events Team: Ashley

Ashley has been part of the Course and Conference Office since January 2022. Even though the length of time isn’t that long yet, it feels like she has always been a part of the team and we can’t really picture it without her! Her positive, can-do attitude is infectious, and she…


Meet the EMBL Events Team: Asal

Asal wears many hats in the EMBL Events team. She is our sponsorship guru, taking care of everything from raising money for our courses and conferences to working with different journals and societies for in-kind partnerships. During the pandemic, she was our technology wiz spearheading a project…


Meet the EMBL Events Team: Sophie

Meet the newest member of the EMBL-EBI training team, Sophie Spencer. She joined the team in October 2021 with a focus on the on-site and virtual training programme. We sat down with Sophie to get to know her and find out about some of the other career paths she could have taken. Welcome to the…

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