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Szilárd Library

Access to scientific literature and resources

The Library was opened on the 20th November 1979 and it is named after the Hungarian-American scientist Leo Szilárd, who in part initiated the idea of EMBL.

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Leo Szilárd’s birth anniversary

On the occasion of Leo Szilárd's birth anniversary on February 11th, librarians have prepared a special book display featuring titles related to Szilárd's life and work.


New in the Collection (February 2025)

Attention span, the ethics of AI, personalized epigenetics, statistical traps, aging model systems, material consumption - new arrivals are ready for pick up!



New in the collection (January 2025)

Topics include the glaciers and humanity, mitochondrial biology, coaching, the story of mRNA vaccines, neuroscience of yoga, ...


2024 in numbers

How did 2024 look like in our library in numbers? Thousands of shared resources. Thousands of website clicks. Hundreds of EMBL publications curated. Hundreds of books borrowed...


New in the collection – Christmas break

For Christmas break we don't propose any research textbooks - it's time for break! Find out how climate change affects sport, how games we play influence humanity, how graphic interpretation of 1984 looks like, and many more....




New in the collection (2024, November #2)

Smart notes, afterlife of data, ancient lakes, pharmaceutical nanocarriers, teleonomy in living systems, quantum processes in biology - are just some of our latest arrivals...


Library Anniversary Christmas book flea market

Ahead of Christmas, librarians are organizing a book flea market to raise donations for the library of elderly people home “Katharina Labouré Haus” in Heidelberg.

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