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.
October marks the ADHD Awareness Month at EMBL, supported by Mental Health Working Group and Staff Association. Szilárd Library provides new books on Neurodiversity and ADHD, suggested and generously supported by the EDI office.
Topics on rethinking the theory of evolution, enzyme engineering, membrane-less organelles, extremophiles, objectivity in scientific illustration, epigenetic mechanisms.
From microplastics and environment, theoretical biology, radiation biology, AFM, machine learning in bioinformatics to presentation design and ethics in biotechnology research ....
With rain and mist or sunny days, the best companion for the summer holidays are books: choose among science&arts, science&comic, science& games, challenges of science and modern society and microstress handling.
In June we bring you latest edition of Pollard's Cell Biology, topics on electron microscopy, sample preparation, complexity of ecological systems, bioethics...
For this occasion, library brings books about the extraordinary features of living organisms like electricity, regeneration and venoms, importance of fungi and microbes, geological history of life,...
On April's new book display, you can choose from various scientific and popular-scientific topics such as chess, data, developmental biology, medical genetics and genomics, or hybrid working.
February's New books display is dedicated to International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Thanks to suggestions of EDI office, our EDI special collection is growing.