13 December 2024
EMBL announced the winners of its Unfold Your World protein art project, an initiative intended to engage young people, interweaving science with art.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
10 December 2024
EMBL announces that Peer Bork and Ewan Birney will lead the organisation after the departure of Director General Edith Heard in summer 2025.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
27 November 2024
EMBL and Nikon have formally broadened their partnership to accelerate development of next-generation microscopy technologies.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
25 November 2024
EMBL Fellows’ Career Service launches new online resources for early- career researchers at EMBL and beyond, aimed at providing comprehensive career guidance.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
22 November 2024
The programme will advance excellence in research infrastructure management and technology development.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
3 September 2024
On Friday 4 October 2024 at 18:00 CEST, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) in Amsterdam will host the 2024 Kafatos Lecture, delivered by renowned scientist Hans Clevers.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
9 July 2024
Professor Edith Heard will succeed Sir Paul Nurse at the London-based institute in the summer of 2025
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
8 July 2024
EMBL’s 2023 Annual Report has been published, sharing achievements in its various missions, plus facts & figures from the year.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2 July 2024
Bulgaria has become the latest EMBL prospect member state, starting a three-year process toward full membership. The prospect membership opens up new opportunities for mutual exchange and collaboration. Including Bulgaria, EMBL is now supported by 29 full member states, one associate member state,…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
1 July 2024
EMBL and partners announce ‘Amplifying Funds in Infection Biology’ to foster interdisciplinary and collaborative research in infection biology.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
1 July 2024
EMBL celebrates 50 years of cutting-edge European research: founded in Heidelberg by the first ten member states, Europe's pioneering Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is now supported by 29 member states and stands for outstanding open research, scientific services for researchers, innovative…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
17 June 2024
EMBL´s position paper outlines the organisation’s views on the importance of science and how it could be best supported in the context of the upcoming European Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (FP10).
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
13 June 2024
Researchers explore genetic diversity found in ancient environmental DNA to help modern agricultural practices.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2024
announcementsembl-announcements
30 April 2024
MSD joins as the latest partner in the Open Targets consortium, enhancing the initiative’s collaborative efforts in drug discovery.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2024
announcementsembl-announcements
19 April 2024
New project will help inform and educate young people about the important roles proteins play in nature, health, and disease, as part of EMBL’s 50th anniversary celebrations.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
10 April 2024
Data obtained through cryogenic sample electron tomography (cryo-ET) are openly available in the new Electron Microscopy Public Image Archive (EMPIAR) cryo-ET tomography browser.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2024
announcementsembl-announcements
1 March 2024
Two former EMBL scientists have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to research and leadership capabilities in the fields of evolutionary cell biology and molecular medicine.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2024
alumniembl-announcements
9 January 2024
Latvia’s life sciences sector will benefit from expanded access to the leading European research, services, and training provided by EMBL.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2024
embl-announcementslab-matters
23 November 2023
Alba Diz-Muñoz and Arnaud Krebs from EMBL Heidelberg have received grants to work on projects that aim, respectively, to understand the cellular mechanics that control cell division and investigate the regulatory networks that govern transcription factor function.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2023
embl-announcementslab-matters
16 November 2023
The newest issue of our online magazine dives deep into a critical research direction in developmental biology, structures of promiscuous proteins, EMBL’s newest service offerings in field research, and much, much more.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2023
embl-announcementslab-matters
26 October 2023
Jan Kosinski, Julia Mahamid, and Georg Zeller have received grants to enable ambitious projects aimed at mapping the cellular protein synthesis machinery in context and understanding complex host-microbiome interactions, respectively.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2023
embl-announcementsscience
18 October 2023
Elena Conti will discuss how cells control the life and death of mRNA molecules at the 2023 annual Kafatos Lecture on 20 October in Munich.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2023
alumniembl-announcements
28 September 2023
EMBL receives the German AI prize awarded for outstanding services to the research and development as well as application and commercialisation of artificial intelligence (AI) in life science research.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2023
embl-announcementsscience
7 September 2023
EMBL Director General and Deputy Director General respond to the announcement by the European Commission and UK Government
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2023
announcementsembl-announcementslab-matters
5 September 2023
Jordi van Gestel and Maria Zimmermann-Kogadeeva each receive 1.5 million EUR funding for research projects on microbial predators and the gut microbiome respectively
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2023
embl-announcementslab-matters
12 July 2023
Construction begins on EMBL-EBI's new building named after Janet Thornton.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2023
announcementsembl-announcementslab-matters
6 July 2023
Closer collaborations with EMBL-EBI data resources set to further develop and grow this unique rare disease platform.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2023
announcementsembl-announcementsscience
5 July 2023
Coming from a pharmaceutical industry background, David Hulcoop is set to take over as Executive Director of the public-private partnership Open Targets.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2023
announcementsembl-announcements
5 July 2023
EMBL’s 2022 Annual Report is now available online, including a downloadable ‘Year in Review’.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2023
embl-announcementslab-matters
4 July 2023
EMBL will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2024 with a dynamic scientific symposium. The event will share fundamental research that continues to open the way to scientific discoveries.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2023
embl-announcementsevents
28 June 2023
Starts three-year process toward full membership, opening up new opportunities for mutual exchange and collaboration.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2023
embl-announcementslab-matters
15 May 2023
First published in 1999 as a black-and-white printed newsletter for EMBL staff and alumni, EMBLetc. has undergone many transformations in its 24 years of existence.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2023
embl-announcementslab-matters
11 May 2023
EMBL´s new permanent exhibition ‘The World of Molecular Biology’ in Heidelberg is now open for registration. The exhibition takes the visitor on a journey of scales, from genomes to ecosystems, and introduces key imaging technologies.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2023
embl-announcementslab-matters
4 April 2023
EMBL’s planetary biology flagship TREC expedition has officially started. The new project applies EMBL's expertise and technologies in molecular and cellular biology to current environmental challenges, and connects with a wide range of research disciplines.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2023
embl-announcementseventsscience
30 March 2023
Interim head of EMBL Rome Cornelius Gross has been awarded an Advanced grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for his project TERRITORY, aimed at investigating the neural basis of territorial aggression and fear.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2023
embl-announcementslab-matters
8 March 2023
EMBL is leading the TREC project: the first pan-European and cross-disciplinary effort to examine life in its natural context.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2023
embl-announcementslab-matters
20 February 2023
The Baltic nation of Estonia has become a full member of EMBL, joining the organisation as its 28th member state.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2023
embl-announcementslab-matters
31 January 2023
EMBL Rome group leader Jamie Hackett receives EUR 2 million for the ModLogic project, aimed at understanding how chromatin modifications impact gene activity.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2023
embl-announcementslab-matters
23 January 2023
The group leader, together with three other principal investigators, has been awarded the ERC Synergy Grant, one of the most prestigious public grants in Europe.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2023
embl-announcementslab-matters
19 December 2022
The Director General of EMBL was elected by her peers to become a member of one of France’s oldest national science academies.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2022
embl-announcementslab-matters
8 December 2022
EMBL alumnus and eminent molecular biologist Peter B. Becker has been named the next chair of EMBL’s Council as of January 2023.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2022
embl-announcementslab-matters
7 December 2022
EMBL’s EIPOD-Learning in Context programme focuses on interdisciplinary research that explores ‘life in context’ and adds a new collaborative dimension with member state organisations.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2022
embl-announcementslab-matters
22 November 2022
Three EMBL scientists received this year’s ERC Starting Grants, and will be awarded €1.5 million over five years to carry out research projects.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2022
embl-announcementslab-matters
18 November 2022
The biannual magazine that highlights EMBL’s research, people, and projects now has a new online home.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2022
embl-announcementslab-matters
13 October 2022
The Royal Microscopical Society awarded Ardan Patwardhan and Wim Hagen with Scientific Achievement Award
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2022
embl-announcementslab-matters
23 September 2022
Cell biologist Anthony Hyman and DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis and John Jumper were announced among 25 Breakthrough Prize recipients
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2022
embl-announcementslab-matters
6 July 2022
Cornelius Gross, Miki Ebisuya and Nassos Typas join EMBO, the prestigious organisation for the life sciences.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2022
embl-announcementslab-matters
1 July 2022
Representatives from politics, industry and academia attended the inauguration ceremony at EMBL Heidelberg
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2022
embl-announcementsevents
29 June 2022
EMBL’s 2021 Annual Report is now available, sharing mission highlights from the year in a new digital-first, sustainable format.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2022
embl-announcementslab-matters
23 June 2022
Former chair of EMBL Council to take office as the next President of the Max Planck Society in June 2023.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2022
alumniembl-announcements
8 June 2022
Two former EMBL staff members have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to research in the fields of brain evolution and cancer.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2022
alumniembl-announcements
21 May 2022
EMBL Director General Edith Heard has been elected as a foreign member of The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters in recognition of her academic excellence. Heard is among 15 new members of the Academy, which has been advancing basic research and interdisciplinarity for nearly 280 years.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2022
embl-announcementslab-matters
10 May 2022
EMBL’s Head of Genome Biology announced as Fellow of the Royal Society for her exceptional contributions to science.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2022
embl-announcementslab-matters
5 May 2022
EMBL’s first Imaging Centre Symposium will occur onsite at EMBL and include tours of the new Imaging Centre on 31 May, introducing participants to the facility and its staff and featuring talks on the rapid developments in imaging technologies that have led to notable biological and medical…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2022
embl-announcementsevents
4 May 2022
The honour recognises distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2022
embl-announcementslab-matters
27 April 2022
Professor Kristina Djinović-Carugo has been appointed as the next head of EMBL Grenoble. She will join EMBL in July from the Max Perutz Laboratories at the University of Vienna, where she is currently Head of the Department of Structural and Computational Biology and full Professor of Structural…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2022
embl-announcementslab-matters
6 April 2022
EMBL Heidelberg’s Matthias Hentze receives the Biochemical Society’s Centenary Award for his discoveries in RNA biology.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2022
embl-announcementslab-matters
20 March 2022
Judith Zaugg, Group Leader at EMBL Heidelberg, has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant of €2 million funded under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme. Over the next five years, the grant will enable her group to study cellular interactions in the human bone…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2022
embl-announcementslab-matters
17 March 2022
EMBL condemns in the strongest terms the unjustified military invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation, with the support of Belarus, and the resulting loss of life and human suffering. We express our deepest sympathy to the Ukrainian people and to all the victims of this war. As an…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2022
embl-announcementslab-matters
2 March 2022
The new permanent ‘The World of Molecular Biology’ exhibition will open in mid-2023 at EMBL’s headquarters in Heidelberg. It will encourage people to actively engage with science and its relevance for everyday life.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2022
embl-announcementslab-matters
19 January 2022
EMBL announces details about its next programme, ‘Molecules to Ecosystems’. It will guide studying life across scales and in context with changing environments.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2022
announcementsembl-announcementslab-matters
10 January 2022
Kristina Haase, Group Leader at EMBL Barcelona, will receive €1.5 million over the next five years to develop her project on 3D vascularised in vitro cardiac tissues.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2022
embl-announcementslab-matters
16 December 2021
EMBL alumnus Denis Duboule has been selected as the speaker for the inaugural Kafatos Lecture to take place in October 2022.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2021
alumniembl-announcements
9 December 2021
EMBL Senior Scientist and Head of the Genome Biology Unit is among the researchers honoured for outstanding work by the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG).
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2021
embl-announcementslab-matters
3 December 2021
The new EMBL Imaging Centre has announced its first open user call, and new project evaluation process and training opportunities.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2021
embl-announcementslab-matters
14 November 2021
A new life sciences lecture series commemorates the legacy of former EMBL Director General Fotis Kafatos for people around the world.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2021
alumniembl-announcements
18 October 2021
Professor Edith Heard is among new members elected to US National Academy of Medicine
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2021
embl-announcementslab-matters
9 September 2021
Former EMBL Director General Professor Iain Mattaj was awarded the German Cross of Merit (‘Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland’) at a ceremony held at EMBL Heidelberg on 9 September 2021.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2021
alumniembl-announcements
12 August 2021
EMBL Director General Edith Heard has been elected a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Her admission to the ‘Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine’ section recognises her outstanding professional contributions to science.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2021
embl-announcementslab-matters
13 July 2021
EMBL Director General Edith Heard has warmly welcomed Fiona Watt, who will become the new director of EMBO.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2021
embl-announcementslab-matters
2 July 2021
Dr Alexander Aulehla has been appointed the new Head of EMBL’s Developmental Biology Unit, and will take up the role starting in July 2021.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2021
embl-announcementslab-matters
30 June 2021
EMBL Director General Edith Heard has warmly welcomed the appointment of Professor Maria Leptin as the next President of the European Research Council (ERC)
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2021
embl-announcementslab-matters
8 June 2021
John Marioni, Alex Bateman, and Takashi Hiiragi have been elected to EMBO Membership.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2021
embl-announcementslab-matters
20 May 2021
The Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie has awarded a FEBS Anniversary Prize to Michael Zimmermann for his gut microbiome research.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2021
embl-announcementslab-matters
30 April 2021
The EMBL-Tara Ocean Foundation collaboration will expand opportunities to jointly explore molecular connections between ocean and humankind.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2021
embl-announcementslab-matters
27 April 2021
EMBL Director General Edith Heard has been elected into the US National Academy of Sciences, recognising her contributions to research.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2021
embl-announcementslab-matters
6 April 2021
This MoU formalises a 15-year collaboration between the two institutes and strengthens Grenoble as a European research centre in the life sciences.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2021
embl-announcementslab-matters
15 March 2021
Nassos Typas has received the German VAAM Research Award.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2021
embl-announcementslab-matters
9 March 2021
The contribution of EMBL Group Leader and Senior Scientist Wolfgang Huber has been recognised by the International Society for Computational Biology
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2021
embl-announcementslab-matters
1 March 2021
Applications are now open for the Life Science Alliance’s Bridging Excellence Fellowships, enabling postdocs to carry out collaborative projects at EMBL and Stanford University.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2021
embl-announcementslab-matters
22 February 2021
Anne Ephrussi has been awarded the German Feldberg Prize 2022 in recognition of her outstanding research.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2021
embl-announcementslab-matters
4 February 2021
Open letter galvanises life science community in support of open COVID-19 data
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2021
embl-announcementslab-matters
28 January 2021
The latest issue of Science in School highlights the eight members of EIROforum.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2021
embl-announcementslab-matters
11 December 2020
Facilitated by EMBL’s Scientific Visitor Programme in 2019, Silvia Dias Almeida spent a year in the Diz-Muñoz group, helping solidify her career plans and set her up for a competitive PhD programme in biomedical imaging.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2020
embl-announcementslab-matters
9 December 2020
Funding by the European Research Council (ERC) will support research on the timing of developmental processes in mammals
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2020
embl-announcementslab-matters
2 December 2020
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative has recognised four EMBL researchers with their most recent awards, showing how tech trailblazers are integral to advancing science and medicine.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2020
embl-announcementslab-matters
23 November 2020
EMBL’s Eileen Furlong, Chair of the Equality and Diversity Committee and Head of the Genome Biology Unit, responds to the recent Nature Comms paper on the potential effects of mentor–mentee relationships.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2020
embl-announcementslab-matters
3 September 2020
Maria Bernabeu and Wojciech Galej have each been awarded €1.5 million to research malaria and pre-mRNA splicing, respectively.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2020
embl-announcementslab-matters
2 September 2020
EMBL-EBI is one of the eight European institutes involved in the Humanoid Cell Atlas initiative, a new open-access platform that combines single-cell profiling and organoid technology
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2020
embl-announcementslab-matters
1 September 2020
As the EMBL Fellows' Career Service program reaches a milestone, it reflects on its first year and looks forward to ways to improve its offerings to EMBL postdocs and predocs.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2020
embl-announcementslab-matters
25 August 2020
The EMBL International PhD Programme is one of EMBL’s flagship training programmes. It forms part of our efforts to train and inspire talented scientists to become skilled and creative future leaders. Submission of applications for the current PhD student recruitment round is now possible.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2020
embl-announcementslab-matters
25 August 2020
The beamlines run jointly by EMBL Grenoble and the ESRF reopen today, unveiling significant upgrades that exploit the brand new fourth generation ESRF synchrotron source.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2020
embl-announcementsscience
29 July 2020
The Svergun group at EMBL Hamburg has released the course ‘Solution Scattering from Biological Macromolecules’ in an online format for the first time. The course explores different aspects of small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) for studying the structure of macromolecules.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2020
embl-announcementsevents
16 July 2020
Three changes in senior staff positions have been confirmed at EMBL today. Jessica Vamathevan becomes Head of Strategy, Jan Korbel becomes Head of Data Science for EMBL Heidelberg, and Nassos Typas becomes Senior Scientist.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2020
embl-announcementslab-matters
8 July 2020
Latvia has joined EMBL as a prospect member, starting a three-year process toward full membership.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2020
embl-announcementslab-matters
8 July 2020
This year, EMBO elected 63 new members, including Alexander Aulehla, Group Leader and Senior Scientist at EMBL Heidelberg, and Paul Flicek, Associate Director of EMBL-EBI Services, Senior Scientist, Group and Team Leader at EMBL-EBI.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2020
embl-announcementslab-matters
6 July 2020
EMBL Director General Edith Heard has been elected a senator of the Max Planck Society, one of Germany’s leading scientific research organisations. She joins the Senate along with Nobel Laureates and EMBL alumni Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and Stefan W. Hell, as well as nine additional new…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2020
embl-announcementslab-matters
2 July 2020
The governing Council of EMBL has approved Director General Edith Heard’s restructure of senior management with effect from 1 July 2020.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2020
embl-announcementslab-matters
18 June 2020
To explore the origins of gender imbalances in academia and possible ways of overcoming them, international experts will meet for the virtual EMBL | EMBO | HHMI conference ‘Gender Roles and their Impact in Academia’ from 13–15 Oct 2020. The conference’s outcomes will be integrated into a…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2020
embl-announcementsevents
15 June 2020
The emergence of previously unknown pathogens, such as the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, raises many questions. To explore these questions in an international scientific forum, EMBL will host the virtual conference ‘SARS-CoV-2: Towards a New Era in Infection Research’ on 3 July. Invited…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2020
embl-announcementsevents
22 April 2020
To address global challenges, we need to better understand life in the context of environmental change, says EMBL Director General Edith Heard
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2020
embl-announcementslab-matters
9 April 2020
EMBL Director General Edith Heard responds to the resignation of the President of the European Research Council (ERC)
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2020
embl-announcementslab-matters
25 March 2020
EMBL is committed to providing a safe and healthy working environment for our staff and visitors.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2020
embl-announcementslab-matters
17 March 2020
Committee recognises outstanding contributions of EMBL alumni to science journalism and genome editing
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2020
alumniembl-announcements
11 March 2020
The Heidelberg-based LeukoSyStem consortium investigates leukaemia stem cells in acute myeloid leukaemia. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research financially supports this collaboration between Heidelberg University Hospital, HI-STEM gGmbH, the German Cancer Research Center and EMBL.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2020
embl-announcementsscience
13 February 2020
EMBL Director General recognised alongside four other exceptional women in the life sciences
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2020
embl-announcementslab-matters
31 January 2020
Today marks the next chapter in the UK’s relationship with Europe. While we wait to see what a future relationship brings, researchers will continue to work across borders to tackle society’s most pressing problems, such as climate change, ageing, and disease.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2020
embl-announcementslab-matters
29 January 2020
New grant will increase collaboration between imaging centres and fuel scientific discovery
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2020
embl-announcementslab-matters
23 January 2020
EMBL Director honoured by the international RNA Society
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2020
embl-announcementsevents
21 January 2020
Judith Reichmann will receive this year’s Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize for Young Researchers
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2020
embl-announcementslab-matters
20 January 2020
The latest issue of the free magazine, Science in School, is now available for teachers worldwide.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2020
embl-announcementslab-matters
15 January 2020
The call for applications for Bridging Excellence Fellowships is now open
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2020
embl-announcementslab-matters
19 December 2019
EU funding for iNEXT-Discovery consortium unlocks key technologies for structural biology
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2019
embl-announcementslab-matters
18 December 2019
Celebrating the construction progress with a traditional German ceremony
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2019
embl-announcementsevents
9 December 2019
Professor Eiríkur Steingrímsson will commence his initial one-year term as Chair of EMBL Council on 1 January 2020.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2019
embl-announcementslab-matters
2 December 2019
Unique long-term collaboration agreement to provide new imaging technologies
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2019
embl-announcementsevents
15 November 2019
EMBL is a collaborator in four of the projects funded in the first phase of ATTRACT.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2019
embl-announcementslab-matters
12 November 2019
Children's rights stored in synthetic DNA
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2019
embl-announcementsscience
5 November 2019
Edith Heard is inaugurated as EMBL Director General
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2019
embl-announcementsevents
29 October 2019
EMBL career advisors discuss the new portfolio of activities
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2019
embl-announcementslab-matters
28 October 2019
Highlights from the Tara stopovers in Rome, Marseille, and Barcelona
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2019
embl-announcementsevents
11 October 2019
EMBL at the first annual European Research and Innovation Days
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2019
embl-announcementsevents
3 October 2019
EMBL joins Tara in Barcelona to promote science and interdisciplinarity
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2019
embl-announcementsevents
26 September 2019
From 27–30 September, Tara will be docked in the port of Marseille, France’s second largest city.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2019
embl-announcementsevents
20 September 2019
When: Friday, 4 October at 16:30 – 18:00. Where: The press conference will be held on the Tara schooner at the Port Olímpic in Barcelona. What: A press conference on the new Tara mission on microplastics and Tara’s cooperation with EMBL.…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2019
embl-announcementsevents
16 September 2019
What: A press conference on the new Tara mission on microplastics and the Tara Ocean Foundation’s cooperation with EMBL. The press briefing will be followed by a visit to the schooner.When: Friday 27 September at 13:00 CEST.Where: The press conference will be held on the Tara…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2019
embl-announcementsevents
12 September 2019
The next stop on Tara’s journey will be at the mouth of the Tiber
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2019
embl-announcementsevents
4 September 2019
When: Friday 13 September at 14:30.Where: The press conference will be held on the Tara schooner at the Porto Turistico di Roma (Lungomare Duca degli Abruzzi, 84, 00121 Roma RM, Italy).What: A press conference on the new Tara mission on microplastics and the Tara Ocean Foundation’s…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2019
embl-announcementsevents
12 August 2019
Bernd-Uwe Jahn, former EMBL Administrative Director, Ministerialrat and Jurist has passed away
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2019
alumniembl-announcements
6 August 2019
Schoolchildren get creative with 3D protein structures
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2019
embl-announcementsscience
25 July 2019
Indrek Reimand discusses the life sciences in Estonia, a prospect member of EMBL.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2019
embl-announcementslab-matters
23 July 2019
Promotions for Anne Ephrussi, Rainer Pepperkok, Paul Flicek and Jo McEntyre
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2019
embl-announcementslab-matters
19 July 2019
Programme for Heidelberg | Mannheim
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2019
embl-announcementsevents
16 July 2019
Funding for EMBL | Stanford Life Science Alliance.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2019
embl-announcementsevents
12 July 2019
The life science community is deeply saddened by the death of Suzanne Eaton
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2019
alumniembl-announcements
5 July 2019
EMBL alumna Jennifer Deegan built a prize-winning system for photographing ferns
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2019
alumniembl-announcements
28 June 2019
EIPOD4 will prepare researchers for the increasing interdisciplinarity of scientific career paths
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2019
embl-announcementslab-matters
21 June 2019
Tara schooner welcomes on board journalists, policymakers, funders and scientists
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2019
embl-announcementsevents
17 June 2019
EMBL Hamburg and Tara raise awareness of the risks of microplastic pollution and global infection
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2019
embl-announcementsevents
11 June 2019
Lithuania becomes EMBL’s 27th member state
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2019
embl-announcementslab-matters
4 June 2019
When: Monday 17 June at 10:30Where: The press conference will be held on the Tara schooner at the Sandtorhafen in the Hamburg harbourWhat: A press conference on the new Tara mission on microplastics and Tara’s cooperation with EMBL. A tour of the schooner will be organised with the…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2019
embl-announcementsevents
16 August 2018
The ATTRACT initiative, of which EMBL is a partner, has launched an open call for seed funding
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2018
embl-announcementslab-matters
11 May 2018
EMBL’s Director General has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2018
embl-announcementslab-matters
21 March 2018
EMBL Group Leader creates Ben Barres Prize to support talented young neuroscientists
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2018
embl-announcementslab-matters
2 March 2018
EMBL recognises the outstanding work of alumni with the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson Awards
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2018
alumniembl-announcements
8 February 2018
EMBL’s training programme launches its first e-learning courses: introductions to optogenetics and CLEM
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2018
embl-announcementsevents
30 November 2017
EMBL Director General elect, Edith Heard, awarded 2017’s Grand Prix Inserm for her work in epigenetics
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2017
embl-announcementslab-matters
27 November 2017
Takashi Hiiragi and Lars Steinmetz received Advanced Grants from the European Research Council (ERC)
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2017
embl-announcementslab-matters
4 October 2017
EMBL alumnus recognised for cryo-electron microscopy work
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2017
embl-announcementsscience
11 July 2017
EMBL’s unit in Italy changes name to better reflect new research focuses and highlight its location
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2017
embl-announcementslab-matters
28 June 2017
Edith Heard’s mandate scheduled to begin 1 January 2019
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2017
embl-announcementslab-matters
29 May 2017
Inventor of OPT will be the first Head of EMBL’s new Barcelona site
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2017
embl-announcementslab-matters
2 May 2017
EMBL welcomes its 23rd member state, with a promising collaboration already in place
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2017
embl-announcementslab-matters
10 April 2017
Spanish government and EMBL sign agreement for new site
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2017
embl-announcementslab-matters
14 December 2016
A new crystallography platform in Grenoble opens the door to new technological developments
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2016
embl-announcementslab-matters
14 October 2016
Global Alliance for Genomics and Health chose Birney to lead efforts to bring genomics to the clinic
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2016
embl-announcementslab-matters
29 August 2016
EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2016
embl-announcementslab-matters
22 July 2016
EMBL Alumni Association Board review progress and discuss new initiatives
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2016
alumniembl-announcements
24 June 2016
The UK’s decision to leave the EU has no direct consequences for the UK’s membership of EMBL
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2016
embl-announcementslab-matters
21 April 2016
EMBL rewards the special work of alumni through the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson awards.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2016
alumniembl-announcements
24 November 2015
EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2015
embl-announcementslab-matters
29 September 2015
Sveiki Lietuva! Lithuania becomes EMBL’s fourth prospect member state.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2015
embl-announcementslab-matters
29 September 2015
Gold medal celebrates Eric Karsenti’s exceptional career and outstanding contributions to biology.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2015
embl-announcementslab-matters
28 September 2015
Highlights from EMBL-EBI’s Training Programme: Open Day, revamped webpages, free webinar series.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2015
embl-announcementsevents
24 August 2015
EMBL Alumni Association board meets for the last time in their current constellation.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2015
alumniembl-announcements
24 August 2015
Results are in for the EMBL Alumni Association board election – the board takes up office in 2016.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2015
alumniembl-announcements
24 August 2015
EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2015
embl-announcementslab-matters
13 July 2015
EI3POD: flagship interdisciplinary postdoc programme opens its doors to academia and industry.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2015
embl-announcementslab-matters
10 June 2014
Forty years after its foundation, EMBL announces its 21st member state: the Czech Republic. Building on a successful bilateral relationship, the Czech Republic’s membership grants Czech scientists access to EMBL’s state-of-the-art instruments, facilities and world-class training…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2014
embl-announcementsevents
22 April 2014
At a signing ceremony today, Argentina joins the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) as an associate member state. The move strengthens the ties between the European and Latin American life science communities. It grants Argentinian scientists access to EMBL’s world-class facilities and…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2014
embl-announcementsevents
7 March 2014
The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) welcomes the Slovak Republic as the first country to join its new Prospect Member scheme. In a Statement of Intent signed last month, the Slovak Republic and EMBL agree to explore the possibilities for long-term cooperation, with a view to the…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2014
embl-announcementsevents
7 September 2006
Today the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) and the Spanish Ministry for Education and Science (MEC) officially launch their new joint EMBL/CRG Research Unit in Systems Biology on the campus of the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park. The Spanish…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2006
embl-announcementslab-matters
31 July 2006
Scientists will be able to access a vast collection of biomedical research at the touch of a button thanks to a major new initiative that aims to promote the free transfer of ideas in a bid to speed up scientific discovery. Based on a model currently used in the United States, UK PubMed Central…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2006
embl-announcementslab-matters
29 June 2006
Croatia has officially joined the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) as the organisation’s 19th Member State. The Croatian parliament ratified its membership after EMBL’s council had accepted the country’s application. “Joining EMBL is a very important step…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2006
embl-announcementslab-matters
16 November 2005
Today the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) opens a new highthroughput crystallization facility at its Outstation located on the campus of the German Synchrotron Radiation Facility (DESY) in Hamburg, Germany. The facility, made possible by major funds from the German Ministry for Science…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2005
embl-announcementslab-matters
13 May 2005
The European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) has received a big boost from The Wellcome Trust, the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), who have given funds to expand the EBI site in Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, UK. The new…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2005
embl-announcementslab-matters
1 May 2005
Dr. Iain Mattaj today took over the leadership of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory [EMBL], a prominent basic research and training institute with laboratories in France, Germany, Italy and the UK. “The pace of progress in the life sciences is remarkable. I see my job as ensuring that…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2005
embl-announcementslab-matters
28 February 2005
The International Society for Computational Biology has named two scientists from the European Bioinformatics Institute as the winners of its awards for 2005. Janet Thornton wins the Senior Scientist Accomplishment Award while the Overton Prize goes to Ewan Birney. Thomas Lengauer, the ISCB’s…
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
1 February 2005
The Commission of the European Union has awarded 8.3 million Euro to a pan-European task force who will improve access to biological information for scientists throughout and beyond Europe. The EMBRACE Network of Excellence, which encompasses computational biologists from 17 institutes in 11…
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