17 February 2025
New funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) supports two multidisciplinary projects across EMBL’s units and sites to support the development of imaging technologies.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
19 November 2024
EMBL’s Head of Sustainability shares the steps the organisation has taken to make its research more sustainable.
LAB MATTERS
9 October 2024
Creators of AI system AlphaFold receive 2024 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2024
sciencescience-technology
8 October 2024
The prize was awarded to John J. Hopfield, Princeton University, USA, and Geoffrey Hinton, University of Toronto, Canada, for their seminal contributions to the foundational methods that enabled the development of machine learning.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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
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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
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15 November 2023
The work and excellence of EMBL researchers have been recognised with multiple awards and honours during the past six months.
EMBLetc
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
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2 October 2023
Pioneers of the mRNA nanomedicines technology receive 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or medicine. EMBL is pleased to have supported the development of the application of the mRNA nanomedicine technology through our long-standing collaboration with BioNTech, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and…
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2023
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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
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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
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4 July 2023
Three EMBL group leaders and six EMBL alumni were recognised for their contributions to the life sciences.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2023
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15 May 2023
The work and excellence of EMBL researchers have been recognised with multiple awards and honours during the past six months. Here are some of the awardees.
EMBLetc
15 May 2023
Veli Vural Uslu, winner of the 2023 John Kendrew award, chats about his journey in science and his adventures in science communication. Uslu is the writer, director, and organiser of various science-themed theatre plays, and the founder of TAP (The Awesome Potatoes) Science Theater Heidelberg.
EMBLetc
29 March 2023
Two former EMBL scientists have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to the fields of science communication and multiple sequence alignment research, respectively.
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
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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
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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
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13 October 2022
The Royal Microscopical Society awarded Ardan Patwardhan and Wim Hagen with Scientific Achievement Award
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2022
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29 September 2022
The Royal Microscopical Society recognises Ardan Patwardhan’s contributions to the field of electron microscopy.
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
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6 September 2022
A new grant will provide a way for fundamental metabolomic research to realise its commercial potential and promise in aiding drug development and precision medicine.
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2022
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6 July 2022
Cornelius Gross, Miki Ebisuya and Nassos Typas join EMBO, the prestigious organisation for the life sciences.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2022
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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
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22 June 2022
EMBL Director General Edith Heard joined other L’Oreal-UNESCO Laureates in Paris for a series of events celebrating these outstanding researchers and their contributions.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2022
lab-matterspeople-perspectives
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
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17 May 2022
Janet Thornton, the inaugural winner of the FEBS Journal Open Science Award, explains the importance and impact of open science.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2022
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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
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4 May 2022
The honour recognises distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2022
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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
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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
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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
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18 October 2021
Professor Edith Heard is among new members elected to US National Academy of Medicine
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2021
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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
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30 July 2021
Distinctions recognise Peer’s development and sharing of bioinformatics tools as well as his significant contributions to bioinformatics research, education, and services.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2021
lab-matterspeople-perspectives
13 July 2021
EMBL alumni Ilaria Piazza and Ken Holmes have been recognised for their outstanding contributions, and will receive their awards as part of the celebrations for EMBL World Alumni Day.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2021
alumnipeople-perspectives
18 June 2021
After work in antimicrobial resistance, EMBL postdoc Laura Carroll is using machine learning for next-gen antibiotic development.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2021
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8 June 2021
John Marioni, Alex Bateman, and Takashi Hiiragi have been elected to EMBO Membership.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2021
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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
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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
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15 March 2021
Nassos Typas has received the German VAAM Research Award.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2021
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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
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22 February 2021
Anne Ephrussi has been awarded the German Feldberg Prize 2022 in recognition of her outstanding research.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2021
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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
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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
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7 October 2020
The genome editing tool CRISPR–Cas9 – which plays a critical role in EMBL’s research – was recognised by the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2020
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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
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27 August 2020
The Head of the Electron Microscopy Core Facility at EMBL Heidelberg receives Mid-Career Scientific Achievement Award 2020
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2020
lab-matterspeople-perspectives
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
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13 February 2020
EMBL Director General recognised alongside four other exceptional women in the life sciences
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2020
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23 January 2020
EMBL Director honoured by the international RNA Society
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2020
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21 January 2020
Judith Reichmann will receive this year’s Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize for Young Researchers
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2020
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31 July 2019
Interview with Janka Motešická: a EUCYS 2018 prize winner
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2019
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21 February 2019
Scientists honoured for contributions in cancer immunotherapy and structural biology
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2019
alumnipeople-perspectives
8 October 2018
EMBL alumni Gareth Griffiths and Rein Aasland receive the 2018 “Volunteer of the Year” award
CONNECTIONS
25 May 2018
EMBL alumna Melina Schuh recognised for excellence in science
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2018
alumnipeople-perspectives
23 May 2018
EMBL group leader Jan Korbel reflects on his scientific origins and current research
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2018
sciencescience-technology
11 May 2018
EMBL’s Director General has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2018
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2 March 2018
EMBL recognises the outstanding work of alumni with the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson Awards
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2018
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20 February 2018
“In testimony of my great thankfulness”
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2018
alumnipeople-perspectives
21 December 2017
A look back at some of the most read stories on EMBL’s news website this year
LAB MATTERS
14 December 2017
EMBL physicist-turned-biologist alumni win 2017 Kendrew and Phillipson awards
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2017
alumnipeople-perspectives
30 November 2017
EMBL Director General elect, Edith Heard, awarded 2017’s Grand Prix Inserm for her work in epigenetics
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2017
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16 November 2017
Jacques Dubochet, Nobel laureate and former EMBL group leader, reflects on a key aha moment
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2017
alumnipeople-perspectives
4 October 2017
EMBL alumnus recognised for cryo-electron microscopy work
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2017
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29 August 2016
EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
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
21 April 2016
EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
LAB MATTERS
24 November 2015
EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2015
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29 September 2015
Gold medal celebrates Eric Karsenti’s exceptional career and outstanding contributions to biology.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2015
embl-announcementslab-matters
24 August 2015
EMBL rewards the special work of alumni through the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson awards.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2015
alumnipeople-perspectives
24 August 2015
EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2015
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18 June 2015
Sarah Teichmann recognised for her contributions to science with the EMBO Gold Award 2015.
LAB MATTERS
26 January 2015
EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
LAB MATTERS
17 October 2014
EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards - meet the latest honourees
LAB MATTERS
1 July 2014
EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards - meet the latest honourees
LAB 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…
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