Connections In our final 12th ‘moment of philanthropy’, we shine a light on how a donation from the Athenaeum Dietrich Götze Stiftung fuels impactful EMBL research that aims to better understand treatment-resistant childhood leukaemia.
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Connections Scientists share their experiences of creating stunning images at the EMBL Imaging Centre.
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Connections EMBL and its partners have received funding from the European Commission for two new Twinning Projects, which will build expertise and research capacity in its member states.
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Connections Kristaps Krims-Dāvis spent a month at EMBL Heidelberg getting a crash course in cutting-edge microscopy.
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Connections The partnership will address global food security challenges through optimised agricultural research and data-driven innovation.
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Connections EMBL hosted a Science Day with Evonik, bringing together 16 industry experts and EMBL scientists to explore collaborative research opportunities.
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Connections In 2023, EMBL opened its interactive World of Molecular Biology exhibition as an inspiring entree into molecular biology. This visionary project would not have been possible without an impressive array of support.
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Connections EMBL Barcelona observed EMBL’s 50th anniversary with a scientific celebration that attracted alumni and other leading life scientists.
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Connections Yuvarani Masarapu, a junior bioinformatician and doctoral student at SciLifeLab in Stockholm, spent a week with EMBL collaborators, finding solutions to research challenges and expanding her scientific perspective.
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Connections In less than two years, the EMBL-led TREC expedition has demonstrated that large-scale international collaboration is essential for driving ground-breaking planetary and human health research with societal impact. Here, we summarise some aspects of the expedition in numbers.
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Connections Dieter Schwarz Foundation provides the ‘life’ support for innovative global research collaboration of EMBL-Stanford Life Science Alliance
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Connections EMBL’s Scientific Visitor Programme enables high-level scientific exchange and cross-fertilisation of ideas and technologies through sabbatical fellowships for researchers.
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Connections The ARISE summer school brought together fellows from across EMBL sites who are working on technology projects as part of EMBL’s Career Accelerator for Research Infrastructure Scientists (ARISE) programme.
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Connections EMBL’s first Industry Day offered EMBL scientists a unique opportunity to network with several leading life science companies.
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Connections The Manfred Lautenschläger Foundation helped fund EMBL’s Advanced Mobile Lab, enabling many experimental concepts.
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Connections The 13th annual meeting of the Nordic EMBL partnership for molecular medicine took place on 16–19 September 2024 in Oslo and was hosted by the Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway (NCMM).
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Connections A delegation from Spain’s Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities visited EMBL to strengthen ties and discuss future opportunities.
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Connections After Suzanne Eaton’s death, family and friends raised funds for a Kinderhaus playground, providing a joyous way to remember her.
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Connections The TREC expedition concluded its sampling in Greece and strengthened scientific exchange and collaborative networks with their Greek partners during a political and scientific stakeholder event in Athens.
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Connections Since 2011, Roland Specker has sponsored the John Kendrew Young Scientist Award, which both supports early-career scientists while also honouring EMBL’s first director general.
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Connections EMBL's 50th anniversary symposium brought together its vibrant community, showcased its many scientific contributions, and drove discussion on the future of Europe's leading life sciences laboratory.
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Connections A scientific workshop on flow cytometry was organised at EMBL Rome, taking advantage of the presence of the Advanced Mobile Laboratory, the biggest unit of EMBL’s mobile lab fleet.
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Connections At EMBL Rome, an immersive youth training programme is dedicated to, but also inspired by, alumnus Riccardo Cortese, thanks to private donors.
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Connections This event bridged research and entrepreneurship, fuelling innovation and discovery. Attendees immersed themselves in insightful discussions and invaluable networking opportunities, inspired to journey from lab research to entrepreneurial success.
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Connections For almost two months, Italy was the stage for the TREC expedition, with a rich programme of events organised across the country attended by the public, scientists, schools, and high-level political stakeholders, including Minister of University and Research Anna Maria Bernini.
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Connections EMBL Grenoble and the ESRF hosted a workshop bringing together representatives from research and industry to discuss the ever-growing role of artificial intelligence in the field of structural biology.
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Connections Starting in 2014, Friends of EMBL engages a diverse range of individuals to support and connect with EMBL research. Through unique events and philanthropic contributions, members play a vital role in fostering a stronger bond between EMBL and society.
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Connections A bold vision to build a centre of excellence for imaging captured the imagination and support from private and public donors to help create the EMBL Imaging Centre.
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Connections The second phase of the TREC expedition focuses on the Mediterranean coast, with Barcelona, Spain, hosting the first ‘superstop’ of 2024
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ConnectionsLab Matters The Environmental Research Initiative is a community effort of donations empowering EMBL scientists to solve global environmental challenges through molecular biology.
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Connections During a visit from high-level representatives of EMBL’s member state Malta, the honourable delegation allowed a peek behind the scenes of their scientific and institutional collaborations, and shared their memories and future aspirations for the partnership.
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ConnectionsLab Matters The Fuchs Fund, started by Lilo and Manfred Fuchs in 2017, has become a lifeline for EMBL students facing adversity during their PhD journeys.
2024
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ConnectionsLab Matters A pivotal conversation 20 years ago led to the creation of the iconic 'double-helix building' that is EMBL's Advanced Training Centre.
2024
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ConnectionsLab Matters The two institutions celebrated the renewal of the partnership agreement initiated in 1999 for the delivery of a doctoral degree and a joint training certificate during UGA’s Welcome Day for doctoral students.
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Connections The Barcelona Collaboratorium celebrated a milestone as it hosted the EMBO Practical Course ‘Computational modelling of multicellular systems'.
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ConnectionsLab Matters Representatives from politics, research and the philanthropist community joined the Minister's visit to EMBL exhibition “The World of Molecular Biology” in Heidelberg and welcomed the dialogue between science and society initiated by the exhibition.
2023
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ConnectionsLab Matters The TREC expedition has come to the end of its first phase. The last superstop of 2023 was hosted by CIIMAR in Porto and, despite the adverse weather conditions, included many scientific and public engagement activities.
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ConnectionsLab Matters On this date (15 November), 21 years ago, the EMBL, ESRF, ILL, and IBS directors signed a memorandum of understanding to create the Partnership for Structural Biology (PSB) on the European Photon and Neutron (EPN) science campus in Grenoble.
2023
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ConnectionsLab Matters A celebratory event at the Maritime Museum Bilbao marked the partnerships that make possible the TREC expedition on land and at sea along the European coast.
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Connections Scientists from the MELIS department at UPF and EMBL Barcelona have organised a symposium to discuss the work of the visionary Catalan scientist Pere Alberch, who passed away 25 years ago.
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Connections EMBL in Spain 2023 was held in Bilbao on Friday 9 October, hosted at the Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE).
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL Grenoble was once again present for the science outreach event ‘Parvis des Sciences’ on Saturday 14 October 2023.
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ConnectionsLab Matters Ian Smith, Chair of EMBL Australia´s Council, chats about the synergies between the organisations, opportunities for collaboration, and ideas for exciting new programmes arising out of a recent visit to EMBL Heidelberg.
2023
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Connections EMBL participated in the recent Science and Innovation Days in Podgorica, Montenegro, sharing its passion for knowledge and curiosity.
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL gathered together government, industry, and academic researchers to explore how to leverage the power of AI and machine learning to advance research.
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ConnectionsLab Matters Structural biologist Shlomo Trachtenberg has made research trips to EMBL from Israel since the late 1970s and reflects on the boost EMBL’s technology provided his research, the ingredients for an ideal research institution, and his ongoing fascination with microscopes.
2023
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ConnectionsLab Matters The 12th annual meeting of the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine took place in Espoo, Finland, between 11-14 September 2023.
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Connections An upcoming EMBL-led infrastructure management training will help formalise information exchange in the Rhine-Neckar region to widen access to technology and scientific services for members of the Health + Life Science Alliance.
2023
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ConnectionsLab Matters Through the collaborative framework agreement, EMBL and ZEISS aim to accelerate the development of imaging technology to advance life science research.
2023
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ConnectionsLab Matters The TREC expedition stop in Sopot offered an opportunity to create connections with Polish scientists and citizens around the topics of planetary biology and ocean science.
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ConnectionsLab Matters TREC scientists, outreach specialists, and a crucial support team have been on the road, exploring life at European coasts.
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Connections During a visit to the Heidelberg EMBL campus, Minister Petra Olschowski learned about EMBL´s current research programme, its scientific operations and local collaborations, and explored its Imaging Centre and World of Molecular Biology exhibition.
2023
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL researchers and collaborators have begun an impactful innovation-development journey, thanks to a European Commission ‘IMAGINE’ grant.
2023
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Connections The annual meeting organised by Italian EMBL alumni was held in Turin on 18-19 May, hosted by the University of Turin and the University of Piemonte Orientale (UPO)
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ConnectionsLab Matters The third meeting between EMBL and SciLifeLab communities took place in Uppsala and focused on data science, aiming at further expanding the collaboration
2023
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ConnectionsLab Matters European Commission and EMBL renew commitment, agree on new areas of cooperation, in new EC DG’s first infrastructure visit since appointment.
2023
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Connections The PLAST-CELL project aims to understanding cancer progression by quantifying a cancer cell’s ability to respond to environmental stress that threatens its survival
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ConnectionsLab Matters Vizgen, the life science company dedicated to improving human health by visualising single-cell spatial genomics information, has joined EMBL’s Corporate Partnership Programme.
2023
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ConnectionsLab Matters The Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine celebrates the signing of its renewed ten years agreement between EMBL and the Universities of Aarhus, Oslo, Umeå, and Helsinki.
2023
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ConnectionsLab Matters Croatian scientists and students from the Ruđer Bošković Institute and University of Zagreb visited EMBL to exchange ideas with researchers and public outreach experts on ways to increase interest, awareness, and involvement in science.
2023
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL Hamburg partners with the Hanseatic Life Science Research Infrastructure Consortium (HALRIC) to enhance life sciences research in Scandinavia and northern Germany. The consortium builds on the HALOS project to foster collaborations between industry, hospitals, and universities, leveraging…
2023
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ConnectionsLab Matters Nikon Europe has intensified its engagement with EMBL's Corporate Partnership Programme to support young scientists.
2023
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ConnectionsLab Matters Europe’s life sciences laboratory EMBL on 5 April welcomed Council delegates Ivana Lagator and Lidija Vukcevic from the Montenegrin Ministry of Science and Technological Development, and University of Montenegro representative Professor Danilo Mrdak, to discuss expanding research and training…
2023
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Connections Darwin Tree of Life project improves bioinformatics tools for biodiversity data analysis
2023
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ConnectionsLab Matters Scientists from EMBL and its French academic partners gathered at EMBL Rome for a workshop to foster collaboration and advance research in neuroscience.
2023
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Connections An annual Corporate Partnership Programme meeting provided a forum for EMBL researchers and industry representatives to discuss mobile labs, planetary biology, and other areas of common interest.
2023
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL’s French site was highlighted in a short film presenting its expertise in structural biology research and services.
2023
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ConnectionsLab Matters One of EMBL’s core missions is the development and transfer of scientific know-how and technologies to academia, industry, and commercial entities to facilitate further research, innovations, and commercialisation for the benefit of society at large. Working across Europe, EMBL has partnerships…
2023
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ConnectionsLab Matters New agreement with UN organisation will enable cooperation in the fields of open science, capacity building, and talent development
2023
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL hosts inaugural meeting for major interdisciplinary project designed to boost understanding of ocean life
2023
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ConnectionsLab Matters Europe-wide project studies coastal and marine biodiversity from viruses to whales
2022
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ConnectionsLab Matters In October 2022, EMBL Grenoble participated in the annual science outreach event Parvis des Sciences, organised by the GIANT campus under the umbrella of the French science week – La Fête de la science.
2022
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Connections DANEMO is a communication platform and research support initiative launched by DANDRITE at Aarhus University. It aims to encourage scientists in Denmark to engage with EMBL and EMBO. The DANEMO symposium from 3-4 November in Aarhus focused on raising awareness of the new EMBL programme ‘Molecules…
2022
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Connections EMBL deepens scientific collaboration, opening the door for greater engagement and opportunities for Malta’s life science community
2022
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Connections Visit of delegation from the Ruđer Bošković Institute to EMBL Heidelberg marks a new chapter in scientific and institutional cooperation
2022
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Connections Leading scientific research facilities launch the Health + Life Science Alliance Heidelberg Mannheim. The research alliance aims to build the Rhine-Neckar region into an internationally leading biomedical-technological cluster focusing on life sciences, the health economy, and medical technology.
2022
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Connections EMBL's Partnership Conference highlights the value of its networks, bringing researchers together to build new scientific connections.
2022
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ConnectionsLab Matters The institutes have launched a joint new initiative which aims to make biology as engineerable as an aeroplane or a bridge.
2022
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Connections The Federated EGA is set to improve access to sensitive human data in a safe and secure way.
2022
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ConnectionsLab Matters Dieter Schwarz Foundation renews 3-year funding to EMBL for the EMBL | Stanford Life Science Alliance, a unique international collaboration bringing together researchers from the two leading institutions to develop transformative technologies and accelerate biomedical research.
2022
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL delegation including the Director General visits Iceland marking another stage in this deepening scientific collaboration
2022
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Connections The first meeting of the Latvian Bioinformatics Forum points towards an even brighter future for the country’s role in European life sciences
2022
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL’s site by the sea hosted a trio of conferences this summer, covering topics ranging from vascular biology to engineered living systems to evolution.
2022
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Connections Creating a cutting-edge facility for the global life science community doesn't happen overnight. We spoke to some of those who worked to turn this dream into a reality.
2022
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Connections Researchers from EMBL and CSIC came together to discuss microbial communities, diversity, and behaviour, in the context of One Health.
2022
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Connections Two days of events with institutes in the country add a new chapter to successful scientific collaboration
2022
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ConnectionsLab Matters The African BioGenome Project and EMBL have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support each other in building genomics and bioinformatics capacity across Africa
2022
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL and IIT scientists met in person at EMBL Rome to strengthen their collaboration and explore new opportunities for scientific exchange
2022
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ConnectionsLab Matters A new formal collaboration agreement enables will help smooth the transition from fundamental science to innovation.
2022
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Connections The GSK Vaccines site in Siena hosted the annual EMBL in Italy event. The hybrid meeting brought together industry leaders, representatives from biotech start-ups, data scientists, and researchers from academia.
2022
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Connections Joint workshop brings researchers together on site and virtually to discuss broad range of planetary biology topics.
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL and the Sapienza University of Rome confirm their reciprocal interest in intensifying collaborations and launch new opportunities for exchange of expertise
2022
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ConnectionsLab Matters The 11th annual Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine meeting was hosted in virtual format by DANDRITE, the Danish node of the Partnership, from 31 January–2 February 2022. The programme included updates from all partnership nodes, discussions about opportunities for new collaborations,…
2022
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Connections Open Targets, a consortium focused on drug target identification, prioritisation, and validation, announced today that Pfizer has joined as a partner.
2022
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Connections Agreement signed with Latvia’s Biomedical Research and Study Centre will boost academic exchange and collaboration on some of the largest challenges facing human and planetary health.
2022
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ConnectionsLab Matters Ahead of the annual meeting of the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine, we spoke with its new Speaker, Mark Daly. Mark Daly, FIMM Director, recently accepted the post of Speaker of the Nordic EMBL Partnership. He explains his vision of the future cooperation between EMBL and the Nordics.
2022
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Connections A delegation from EMBL has participated in inauguration of a new facility — Incubator House — located in Szeged, Hungary.
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ConnectionsLab Matters The memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between EMBL and the Institute for Advanced Biosciences (IAB) a year ago has already catalysed new grants for joint research projects related to cancer and infection biology, thereby deepening collaborative activities.
2021
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ConnectionsLab Matters The agreement focuses on reinforcing the collaboration between scientists to strengthen our understanding of the organism in its environment.
2021
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL and the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) signed a memorandum of understanding.
2021
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Connections EMBL has taken another step towards strengthening its scientific relationship with Lithuania.
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Connections The upcoming 22nd EMBL Science & Society Conference will explore the One Health approach, which advocates for greater cross-sectoral collaboration and communication across the human-animal-environment interface.
2021
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ConnectionsLab Matters The engagement of US and European Big Science facilities
2021
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL attends COP26 to argue for strategy to involve molecular biology in the Green Recovery
2021
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Connections EMBL has held a joint workshop with the Belgian Science Policy Office, BELSPO, underlining their long-standing collaboration and commitment to future cooperation.
2021
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ConnectionsLab Matters The two organisations have signed a memorandum of understanding to support scientific cooperation in the exploration of coastal and oceanic ecosystems.
2021
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ConnectionsLab Matters A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between EMBL and the University of Tartu, a leading centre of research and training. The MoU aims to strengthen cooperation between EMBL and the life science research community in Estonia.
2021
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL and Hungarian research institutes will collaborate to address urgent biological and environmental challenges.
2021
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL and Helmholtz Association have signed a memorandum of understanding. The expanded collaboration of both institutions will focus on research related to health.
2021
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Connections 3D-Beacons Network acts as a one-stop shop for protein structures by combining and standardising data from several providers.
2021
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ConnectionsLab Matters The EMBL Imaging Centre is preparing for external user access, after an on-time and on-budget build and handover to the science team.
2021
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL and the Swedish Science for Life Laboratory sign agreement to advance science together.
2021
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Connections EMBL’s most recent Science and Society seminar explored how best to harness big data to address multi-faceted issues of a pandemic.
2021
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Connections Leading international experts gathered to showcase progress in the fight against COVID-19 and share lessons for the future.
2021
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ConnectionsLab Matters A memorandum of understanding has been signed between EMBL and Inserm to strengthen their scientific cooperation.
2021
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ConnectionsLab Matters The European Molecular Biology Laboratory and the Italian Institute of Technology have signed an agreement to expand the scope of their collaboration to include areas of mutual interest and in the context of EMBL’s 2022-2026 Programme “Molecules to Ecosystems”.
2021
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ConnectionsLab Matters Edith Heard has been appointed to a new World Health Organization advisory council.
2021
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ConnectionsLab Matters A memorandum of understanding has been signed between EMBL, Collège de France, and the Institute of Biology of the Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS).
2021
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Connections EMBL and Portugal are bringing together leading scientists to highlight the role of fundamental research in tackling infectious diseases.
2021
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Connections Scientists from the CABANA project explore how open data is benefiting global research efforts.
2021
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ConnectionsLab Matters The Sample Preparation and Characterisation (SPC) Facility at EMBL Hamburg is one of the founding members of the Molecular-Scale Biophysics Research Infrastructure (MOSBRI). Within this new European initiative, the SPC Facility will offer services related to membrane proteins, protein complexes,…
2021
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL and EMBRC have signed a memorandum of understanding for increased scientific collaboration.
2021
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL and CNR have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen scientific cooperation. The agreement will foster collaborative projects and integrate them within the European and global scientific landscape.
2021
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL and the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg are increasing their already existing collaborations with a Memorandum of Understanding between the two institutions.
2021
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL’s sites in Grenoble, Hamburg, and Heidelberg form the newest Instruct Centre. The new centre offers users access to a broad range of state-of-the-art facilities.
2021
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Connections December has seen the start of a new chapter in the collaboration that has for years marked the relationship between the European Commission (EC) and EMBL.
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Connections Microbiomes, plastics, and connectivity – AtlantECO aims to understand the fabric of the Atlantic Ocean.
2020
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL Director General Edith Heard introduced EMBL’s future plans during a parliamentary event at the Paul-Löbe-Haus of the German Bundestag in Berlin. She shared examples of EMBL’s research and outlined how EMBL’s activities will develop.
2020
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL’s Rupert Lück is engaged in developing the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC): the infrastructure that will support the future of data sharing and analysis in Europe.
2020
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL and CIML have signed a memorandum of understanding that will open up new scientific opportunities.
2020
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ConnectionsLab Matters On 9 October, EMBL and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding that paves the way for stronger collaboration between these two leading research institutions.
2020
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ConnectionsLab Matters On 8 September, EMBL and Vilnius University Life Sciences Center signed a framework agreement for the establishment of the VU LSC–EMBL Partnership for Genome Editing Technologies.
2020
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Connections EMBL’s network of alumni plays a vital role in advancing the life sciences globally. EMBL provides research, services, and infrastructure that help former staff to do this effectively. For several years EMBL has been discovering more avenues to help the life sciences across Europe. A key part of…
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Connections The partnership between EMBL and four Nordic research institutions aims to stimulate scientific exchange and inspire scientific collaborations. This year’s conference of the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine included many talks by EMBL researchers and a presentation by EMBL’s…
2020
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ConnectionsLab Matters Two EMBL speakers gave presentations that looked toward the future and at ways to trailblaze on the endless frontier of science.
2020
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ConnectionsLab Matters A national consortium including EMBL and the DKFZ is set to launch the German Human Genome–Phenome Archive, creating an invaluable bridge between fundamental biomedical research and applied healthcare.
2020
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Connections EMBL and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) restart the activities of the Joint Structural Biology Group in Grenoble to support coronavirus-related projects. A new initiative will allow users to be granted access to the High-Throughput Crystallisation (HTX) lab at EMBL and to a…
2020
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL welcomes NetApp, a leader in cloud data services empowering global organisations to change their world with data, as member of the Corporate Partnership Programme of the EMBL Advanced Training Centre.
2020
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ConnectionsLab Matters The Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine has been awarded 210,000 euros. The funds will be used to train the next generation of specialists and research leaders in molecular medicine in the Nordic countries.
2020
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Connections EMBL Heidelberg reopens the Cryo-Electron Microscopy Service Platform to support coronavirus structural biology research.
2020
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ConnectionsLab Matters Three international teams involving EMBL Heidelberg have been granted funding from the European Commission for three Twinning projects with institutes in Portugal and the Czech Republic.
2020
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ConnectionsLab Matters Theresia Bauer and EMBL discuss organisational developments and future strategies
2020
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ConnectionsLab Matters 2020 call now open for FNR funding of bilateral projects between EMBL and Luxembourg
2020
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Connections László Palkovics, Hungarian Minister for Innovation and Technology, visited EMBL Heidelberg
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Connections Two recent events have expanded EMBL’s collaboration with one of its newest member states
2019
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ConnectionsLab Matters Euro-BioImaging now established as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium
2019
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ConnectionsLab Matters Joining forces to support early-career scientists
2019
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL begins partnership with Polish centre of excellence for neural plasticity and brain disorders
2019
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ConnectionsLab Matters On 5 February 2019, EMBL welcomed Poland as its 26th member state
2019
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ConnectionsLab Matters Joining forces to advance training in biomedical research and therapy
2019
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL partners with the Hungarian Centre of Excellence for Molecular Medicine
2018
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ConnectionsLab Matters Pharmaceutical company Sanofi strengthens drug targets discovery collaboration Open Targets
2018
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Connections EMBL Barcelona invites locals to celebrate its Inauguration Symposium
2018
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Connections 17 young scientists experienced hands-on training at EMBL Hamburg.
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Connections EMBL alumni Gareth Griffiths and Rein Aasland receive the 2018 “Volunteer of the Year” award
2018
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Connections Scientists in Finland met to share ideas and discover research opportunities
2018
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Connections EMBL alumni and researchers working throughout Spain met in Madrid
2018
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL and Promega collaborate to train young scientists
2018
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ConnectionsLab Matters ATTRACT initiative will fund 170 breakthrough detection and imaging ideas with market potential
2018
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ConnectionsLab Matters Roche and EMBL join forces
2018
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ConnectionsLab Matters Montenegro becomes EMBL’s 25th member state
2018
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ConnectionsLab Matters New partner strengthens drug discovery collaboration
2018
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ConnectionsLab Matters Montenegro’s Minister of Science discusses the importance of international collaboration in research
2018
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ConnectionsLab Matters Following the completion of the Human Genome Project in 2001, scientists and the media described the genome as “the book of life”, holding the answers to the way genes are linked to disease. Yet, seventeen years later, we are still deciphering how cells interpret this book. Since…
2018
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Connections EMBL and EMBO hosted the ERC's Scientific Council in Heidelberg 28 February to 2 March
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ConnectionsLab Matters Joining forces for single-cell research
2018
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL welcomes Slovakia as its 24th member state
2018
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Connections James Sharpe, Head of EMBL Barcelona, co-chairs the morphogenetic engineering-themed conference
2017
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL and the European synchrotron ESRF extend their Joint Structural Biology Group
2017
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ConnectionsLab Matters How Australia’s associate membership of EMBL empowers scientists and drives collaboration
2017
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ConnectionsLab Matters Bernt Eric Uhlin, Director of MIMS, will replace Kjetil Taskén, Director of NCMM
2017
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL’s annual reception took place on 18 September, with more than 150 attendees
2017
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Connections Newly opened European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser celebrates start of user operations
2017
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Connections Lars Steinmetz. Director of the Life Science Alliance, reflects on the EMBL|Stanford initiative
2017
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ConnectionsLab Matters NEB joins EMBL’s corporate partnership programme
2017
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL-EBI supports bioinformatics training and capacity in Latin America
2017
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Connections Genetic data from a major cohort now distributed via EMBL-EBI
2017
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Connections EMBL’s Iain Mattaj, the new Chair of EIROforum, on EIROforum’s role
2017
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ConnectionsLab Matters On 29 June, at a ceremony in front of 700 guests, the Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB) in Hamburg, was officially opened. At the event on the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) Campus in Hamburg, Helmut Dosch, Chairman of the DESY Board of Directors, presented Head of EMBL Hamburg…
2017
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ConnectionsLab Matters Accelerating researchers’ access to next-generation light-sheet microscopy
2017
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL’s Monterotondo site strengthens links with the Italian scientific community
2017
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ConnectionsLab Matters Sartorius and EMBL join forces to support advanced training and science education
2017
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ConnectionsLab Matters GSK and EMBL have signed an agreement to enhance understanding of disease and drug mechanisms
2017
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Connections The PEPC course celebrated its 10th anniversary in Hamburg from the 12 – 20 September this year
2016
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Connections Participants learn about EMBL’s ocean biodiversity research at the Fall Gala
2016
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Connections CamNTF hosts meetings around Cambridge, open to all scientists interested in new therapeutics
2016
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL recently attended the Naturejobs Career Expo, advising scientists about their career options
2016
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL and the Hubrecht Institute signed a 5-year partnership agreement
2016
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ConnectionsLab Matters Celebrating the rich history of scientific contributions in Malta, EMBL's newest member state
2016
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Connections EMBL and ESRF scientists and mechanics work together on upgrade for one of Europe’s big X-ray sources
2016
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Connections Alumnus and entrepreneur Marc Zabeau speaks at inaugural Life Science Funders and Foundations event
2016
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ConnectionsLab Matters Grenoble-based Partnership for Structural Biology (PSB) renewed for five more years
2016
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Connections Marco Tripoldi and Valeria Carola join colleagues and peers at gathering of Italy-based alumni
2016
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Connections Abel Ureta-Vidal and Louise Modis join colleagues and peers at gathering of UK-based alumni
2016
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ConnectionsLab Matters Pioneering target validation collaboration expands to accelerate drug discovery research.
2016
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Connections With 28 conferences and 57 courses, 2016 will be EMBL’s most eventful year to date.
2015
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Connections Find out what’s in store at the 2016 Core Technologies for the Life Sciences meeting.
2015
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Connections GOBLET initiative supports pan-African bioinformatics trainers in Cape Town.
2015
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ConnectionsLab Matters Identifying evidence-based relationships between drug targets and diseases.
2015
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Connections Connecting entrepreneurs and world leaders in genomics to address opportunities and challenges.
2015
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Connections Behind the scenes of the EMBL alumni chapter meeting in Zürich, Switzerland.
2015
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Connections Behind the scenes of the EMBL-VIB alumni Benelux meeting.
2015
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ConnectionsLab Matters Amidst the excitement of Nobel Week, behind the scenes of the annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings.
2015
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Connections EMBL-Wellcome Genome Campus events collaboration showcases open, application-based science.
2015
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ConnectionsLab Matters Renewals and reunions: EMBL’s Nordic partners look to the future.
2015
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Connections Insights from organisers of upcoming EMBO|EMBL Aquatic Microeukaryotes symposium.
2015
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Connections Tara Oceans research vessel welcomes aboard scientists, policymakers and funders.
2015
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Connections Alumni Rune Linding and Guillermo Montoya join colleagues and peers at the first Danish chapter meeting.
2015
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Connections Genevieve Almouzni and Nicolas Le Novère share their insights at alumni chapter meeting hosted in the UK.
2015
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Connections "It's like living a review!" Participants of recent super-resolution microscopy course share their highlights
2015
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ConnectionsLab Matters Maria Kamber, who heads the mouse facility, ensures “dignity, compassion and respect” for her charges.
2015
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBL Core Facilities collaborate with French research programme Signalife to revive training visit.
2015
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Connections Leading scientists will gather in Heidelberg this November to discuss the potential of personalised health.
2015
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ConnectionsLab Matters Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit (MMPU) with the University of Heidelberg, renewed until 2025.
2015
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Connections Industrial partners and BioStruct-X facility members gather for Workshop at EMBL Hamburg.
2015
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Connections PhD students reap rewards and rave reviews as Summer School of Science organisers
2014
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Connections EMBL students successfully take science to the pub
2014
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Connections Anniversary reflections on connections between scientific and political interests.
2014
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ConnectionsLab Matters A new EMBL-EBI biomedical initiative works to determine the best target proteins for new drugs.
2014
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Connections Teaming up in Ireland to address big challenges in biology
2014
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ConnectionsLab Matters A pioneering public-private research initiative between GSK, the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute is to harness the power of ‘big data’ and genome sequencing to improve the success rate for discovering new medicines. The new Centre for…
2014
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ConnectionsLab Matters Europe is uniting to make state-of-the-art imaging technologies accessible to biomedical researchers throughout the continent in a concerted manner. The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and seven countries (Belgium, Finland, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom)…
2014
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ConnectionsLab Matters Euro-BioImaging, the pan-European open access research infrastructure for biological and medical imaging technologies, invites leading European imaging facilities to submit proposals to participate. Applications to become a Euro-BioImaging node will be reviewed by a board of independent…
2013
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ConnectionsLab Matters Today, the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine celebrates two important milestones: the renewal of the partnership agreement for an extended period of 10 years, and the expansion of the Nordic EMBL network with the official opening of the Danish Research Institute of Translational…
2013
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Connections Italy has pledged to participate in ELIXIR, a major undertaking to safeguard the results of life science research in Europe. With one of Europe’s larger economies now demonstrating its commitment to ELIXIR, this burgeoning research infrastructure is well placed to continue its excellent progress.…
2012
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ConnectionsLab Matters Today, Janez Potočnik, European Commissioner for Science and Research, received a statement of support for the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers from EIROforum. “The EIROforum partners warmly welcome this valuable initiative by…
2006
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ConnectionsLab Matters The BioModels Database, hosted by the European Molecular Biology Laboratory’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) in Cambridge, UK, has entered a formal data-exchange agreement with the Database of Quantitative Chemical Signalling (DOQCS) of the National Centre for…
2006
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ConnectionsLab Matters Today the European Molecular Biology Laboratory’s (EMBL) European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), the Swiss Institute for Bioinformatics (SIB), the University of Cologne, Germany, and the European Patent Office launch FELICS (Free European Life-science Information and Computational Services).…
2006
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ConnectionsLab Matters EMBOSS, the European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite, has received a vital funding boost from the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) that will guarantee its continued maintenance under an open source license for the next three years. This ends two years of…
2006
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ConnectionsLab Matters Today three research organisations announce the merging of their expertise to fight cardiovascular diseases, which are among the most common health problems and causes of death in the world. The Magdi Yacoub Institute (MYI) at the UK’s Harefield Heart Science Centre, Imperial College London,…
2006
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Connections Today the network of excellence for Biology and Pathology of the Malaria Parasite (BioMalPar), will bring together the world’s elite in the field of Malaria research at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg. At the second annual BioMalPar conference, organised jointly…
2006
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ConnectionsLab Matters The European Commission has selected the EBI to coordinate a project that will stimulate and explore synergies between bioinformatics (the science of storing, retrieving and analysing large amounts of biological information) and medical informatics (the science of processing, sharing and using…
2005
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ConnectionsLab Matters The European Bioinformatics Institute and Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) – Ghent University have launched the PRoteomics IDEntifications database (PRIDE). PRIDE allows researchers who work in the field of proteomics – the large-scale study of proteins – to…
2005
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ConnectionsLab Matters The executive teams of five major molecular interaction databases announced today the signing of an agreement to share curation efforts and exchange completed records through a mechanism known as the International Molecular Exchange (IMEx) consortium. IMEx will provide a network of stable,…
2005
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ConnectionsLab Matters The world’s three leading public repositories for DNA and RNA sequence information have reached 100 gigabases (100,000,000,000 bases; the ‘letters’ of the genetic code) of sequence. Thanks to their data exchange policy, which has paved the way for the global exchange of many types…
2005
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ConnectionsLab Matters The first rate research from the Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit (MMPU) is now set to continue for the long-term. The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the Medical Faculty of University of Heidelberg, who formed the joint venture in 2002, have announced their plans to initiate a…
2005
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ConnectionsLab Matters A systematic search through human genes has begun at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany. Working within the MitoCheck consortium that includes 10 other institutes throughout Europe, the EMBL scientists will silence all human genes, one-by-one, to find those…
2005
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Connections A novel high-tech microscope will be brought to the marketplace, giving laboratories everywhere fascinating new insights into living organisms. EMBLEM Technology Transfer GmbH (EMBLEM), the commercial entity of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), announced today that it has signed a…
2005
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