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6 November 2024 Collage of five images. Top left: People in a seminar hall listening to a lecture. Top right: A male scientist views a scientific poster. Bottom left: Two women looking at a conference programme. Bottom right: A group of scientists in lab coats watching a practical demonstration. Centre: Poster presentations along the helical corridors of EMBL's ATC building.

The EMBL Course and Conference Programme: a legacy of excellence

Lab Matters As we mark EMBL’s 50th anniversary, we celebrate not only the groundbreaking research and discoveries that have emerged from this prestigious institution but also the rich history and profound impact of the EMBL Course and Conference Programme.

2024

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8 April 2024 Artist’s stylised, semi-abstract representation of artificial intelligence

When AI meets biology

Science & Technology A recent EMBO | EMBL conference provided a forum for researchers to share how AI is making a difference in biology and bioinformatics.

2024

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14 November 2023 Blue thumbprint-sized ovals cluster together on a black background with white and pink dots sporadically situated on the blue ovals.

Five takeaways from ‘Seeing is believing’ in 2023

Science & Technology A recent EMBO | EMBL symposium brought together leading developers of imaging methods with cutting-edge applications that illustrate how imaging can answer biological questions.

2023

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13 October 2023 Scientific illustration showing various model organisms used to study developmental plasticity and a series of concentric circles representing adaptability of interactions.

Understanding developmental plasticity in time and space

Lab MattersScience & Technology A two-week practical course introduced participants to the intricacies of studying the dynamic interplay between organisms and their changing environment and how it impacts development and evolution.

2023

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26 July 2023 Participants listen to the trainer in front of a screen displaying a microscopy image

Imaging-based spatial-omics: EMBO Practical Course at EMBL Rome 

Lab MattersScience & Technology The first EMBO Practical Course on imaging-based spatial-omics was organised at EMBL Rome to explore the latest techniques to visualise RNA transcripts and proteins in their native tissues.

2023

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13 June 2023 The conference brought together multiple disciplines from around the world to talk about life in context. Credit: EMBL creative team

An organisation and its environment

Science & Technology A recent EMBL conference brought together scientists from various disciplines to conjoin scientific pursuits studying ‘life in context’.

2023

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4 April 2023 Title slide for the conference, The organism and its environment

Life in context

Science & Technology Upcoming EMBO/EMBL symposium provides a forum to explore how organisms function together, and how they react or adapt to changes at different molecular levels.

2023

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5 May 2022 Colourful vertical panels each show different microscopic images possible with the high-tech tools in EMBL's Imaging Centre

Enabling imaging across scales

EMBL Announcements 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…

2022

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4 March 2022 Colourful shapes are set against a black background and white grid, symbolic of aspects of infection biology.

A postdoc conference spotlighted in tweets

Lab Matters EMBL hosted a futuristic infection biology conference, but it offered even more: an opportunity for postdocs to share their work and network towards future research homes.

2022

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8 November 2021 A scientist is carefully handling capilars at the P12 beamline at EMBL Hamburg.

EMBL Hamburg trains future generations of life scientists in using SAXS

Lab MattersScience & Technology Each year, EMBL Hamburg’s Svergun Group offers practical EMBO courses and lecture courses on biological small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS). The courses provide young scientists an opportunity to gain hands-on experience by measuring their own samples, and by exploring different aspects of SAXS…

2021

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7 October 2021 SARS-CoV-2 and planet Earth are merged together in this illustration

Six Ways to Protect the Planet Against Pandemics*

Science & Technology EMBL will host a conference to look at the state of the pandemic, lessons learned, and ways to improve pandemic preparedness. Here’s a sneak peek into what promises to be another interesting and informative EMBL conference.

2021

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21 May 2021 Image of a mosquito on a clear surface

EMBL scientists support malaria research

Science & Technology EMBL scientists support research on malaria by providing freely available data resources and using innovative experimental approaches. Our Course and Conference Office facilitates the exchange of knowledge in the field by hosting the annual BioMalPar conference.

2021

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25 November 2020 The conference key visual shows a variety of species engulfed by fire, reflecting the conference title, ‘Our House Is Burning: Scientific and Societal Responses to Mass Extinction’.

Science and society: global youth activism

People & Perspectives At EMBL’s Science and Society conference, Ugandan campaigner Vanessa Nakate spoke about the need to take action on climate change.

2020

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