Progress report on sustainability
Lab Matters EMBL’s Head of Sustainability shares the steps the organisation has taken to make its research more sustainable.
2024
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Computational protein design and protein structure prediction win Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Science & Technology Creators of AI system AlphaFold receive 2024 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
2024
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Machine learning discoveries honoured with 2024 Nobel Prize for Physics
Science & Technology 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.
2024
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2024 EMBL Alumni Award recipients announced
EMBL Announcements 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.
2024
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ERC Consolidator Grants awarded to two EMBL researchers
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters 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.
2023
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Awards and honours (Issue 101)
EMBLetc The work and excellence of EMBL researchers have been recognised with multiple awards and honours during the past six months.
2023
EMBL scientists receive prestigious ERC Synergy Grants
EMBL Announcements 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.
2023
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mRNA nanomedicines scoop Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Science & Technology 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…
2023
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EMBL receives German AI prize
EMBL Announcements 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.
2023
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ERC starting grants for two EMBL Heidelberg researchers
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters 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
2023
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EMBL scientists elected to EMBO Membership
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Three EMBL group leaders and six EMBL alumni were recognised for their contributions to the life sciences.
2023
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Awards and honours (Issue 100)
EMBLetc 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.
2023
Merging science and theatre
EMBLetc 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.
2023
EMBL Alumni Awards Announced for 2023
Two former EMBL scientists have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to the fields of science communication and multiple sequence alignment research, respectively.
2023
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Vikas Trivedi from EMBL Barcelona receives ERC Synergy Grant
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters 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.
2023
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Edith Heard elected as member of the French Academy of Sciences
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters The Director General of EMBL was elected by her peers to become a member of one of France’s oldest national science academies.
2022
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EMBL scientists receive prestigious ERC Starting Grant
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters 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.
2022
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Ardan Patwardhan and Wim Hagen receive Scientific Achievement Award
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters The Royal Microscopical Society awarded Ardan Patwardhan and Wim Hagen with Scientific Achievement Award
2022
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Ardan Patwardhan receives Scientific Achievement Award
The Royal Microscopical Society recognises Ardan Patwardhan’s contributions to the field of electron microscopy.
2022
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AlphaFold developers and EMBL alumnus among Breakthrough Prize recipients
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Cell biologist Anthony Hyman and DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis and John Jumper were announced among 25 Breakthrough Prize recipients
2022
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ERC Proof-of-Concept grant provides way to realise commercial potential of ‘SpaceM’ technology
Lab MattersScience & Technology 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.
2022
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Three EMBL scientists elected as EMBO Members
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Cornelius Gross, Miki Ebisuya and Nassos Typas join EMBO, the prestigious organisation for the life sciences.
2022
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Patrick Cramer elected as next President of the Max Planck Society
EMBL Announcements Former chair of EMBL Council to take office as the next President of the Max Planck Society in June 2023.
2022
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The world needs science, and science needs women
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives 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.
2022
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2022 EMBL Alumni Awards Winners announced
EMBL Announcements Two former EMBL staff members have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to research in the fields of brain evolution and cancer.
2022
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Edith Heard elected as a member of The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters 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.
2022
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Organisations should embrace open science faster – interview with Prof. Dame Janet Thornton
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Janet Thornton, the inaugural winner of the FEBS Journal Open Science Award, explains the importance and impact of open science.
2022
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Royal Society honour for Eileen Furlong
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL’s Head of Genome Biology announced as Fellow of the Royal Society for her exceptional contributions to science.
2022
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Anne Ephrussi elected member of the US National Academy of Sciences
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters The honour recognises distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
2022
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Matthias Hentze receives Centenary Award
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL Heidelberg’s Matthias Hentze receives the Biochemical Society’s Centenary Award for his discoveries in RNA biology.
2022
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Kristina Haase from EMBL Barcelona receives ERC Starting Grant
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters 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.
2022
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Eileen Furlong honoured with Leibniz Prize
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters 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).
2021
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EMBL DG joins National Academy of Medicine
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Professor Edith Heard is among new members elected to US National Academy of Medicine
2021
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German Cross of Merit for former EMBL Director General
EMBL Announcements 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.
2021
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Edith Heard elected to the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters 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.
2021
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Peer Bork honoured with Novozymes Prize and ISCB Senior Scientist Award
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Distinctions recognise Peer’s development and sharing of bioinformatics tools as well as his significant contributions to bioinformatics research, education, and services.
2021
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EMBL Alumni Awards 2021
People & Perspectives 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.
2021
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Food safety, antibiotics, and a shrinking planet
People & Perspectives After work in antimicrobial resistance, EMBL postdoc Laura Carroll is using machine learning for next-gen antibiotic development.
2021
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EMBL scientists elected as EMBO Members
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters John Marioni, Alex Bateman, and Takashi Hiiragi have been elected to EMBO Membership.
2021
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Michael Zimmermann receives FEBS Anniversary Prize
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters The Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie has awarded a FEBS Anniversary Prize to Michael Zimmermann for his gut microbiome research.
2021
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EMBL Director General elected to US National Academy of Sciences
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL Director General Edith Heard has been elected into the US National Academy of Sciences, recognising her contributions to research.
2021
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VAAM Research Award for Nassos Typas
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Nassos Typas has received the German VAAM Research Award.
2021
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Wolfgang Huber becomes ISCB Fellow
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters The contribution of EMBL Group Leader and Senior Scientist Wolfgang Huber has been recognised by the International Society for Computational Biology
2021
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Feldberg Prize for Anne Ephrussi
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Anne Ephrussi has been awarded the German Feldberg Prize 2022 in recognition of her outstanding research.
2021
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EMBL group leader Miki Ebisuya receives ERC Consolidator Grant
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Funding by the European Research Council (ERC) will support research on the timing of developmental processes in mammals
2020
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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative recognises EMBL scientists
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters 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.
2020
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Powerful genome editing tool recognised by Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Science & Technology The genome editing tool CRISPR–Cas9 – which plays a critical role in EMBL’s research – was recognised by the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
2020
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EMBL scientists receive prestigious ERC Starting Grants
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Maria Bernabeu and Wojciech Galej have each been awarded €1.5 million to research malaria and pre-mRNA splicing, respectively.
2020
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Royal Microscopical Society award for Yannick Schwab
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The Head of the Electron Microscopy Core Facility at EMBL Heidelberg receives Mid-Career Scientific Achievement Award 2020
2020
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Two EMBL scientists become EMBO Members
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters 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.
2020
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Edith Heard wins L’Oréal–UNESCO Award
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL Director General recognised alongside four other exceptional women in the life sciences
2020
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Lifetime Achievement Award for Matthias Hentze
EMBL Announcements EMBL Director honoured by the international RNA Society
2020
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Judith Reichmann receives Paul Ehrlich prize
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Judith Reichmann will receive this year’s Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize for Young Researchers
2020
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Slovakian teen scientist visits EMBL
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Interview with Janka Motešická: a EUCYS 2018 prize winner
2019
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2019 alumni awards
People & Perspectives Scientists honoured for contributions in cancer immunotherapy and structural biology
2019
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Excellent alumni
Connections EMBL alumni Gareth Griffiths and Rein Aasland receive the 2018 “Volunteer of the Year” award
2018
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Melina Schuh receives EMBO Gold Medal
People & Perspectives EMBL alumna Melina Schuh recognised for excellence in science
2018
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Exploring genetic variation
Science & Technology EMBL group leader Jan Korbel reflects on his scientific origins and current research
2018
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Iain Mattaj elected NAS foreign associate
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL’s Director General has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
2018
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Kendrew and Philipson Awards Winners 2018
EMBL Announcements EMBL recognises the outstanding work of alumni with the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson Awards
2018
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Jacques Dubochet donates Nobel medal to EMBL
People & Perspectives “In testimony of my great thankfulness”
2018
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Your favourite reads of 2017
Lab Matters A look back at some of the most read stories on EMBL’s news website this year
2017
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A physical revolution
People & Perspectives EMBL physicist-turned-biologist alumni win 2017 Kendrew and Phillipson awards
2017
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Edith Heard awarded Grand Prix Inserm 2017
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL Director General elect, Edith Heard, awarded 2017’s Grand Prix Inserm for her work in epigenetics
2017
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A curious case of serendipity
People & Perspectives Jacques Dubochet, Nobel laureate and former EMBL group leader, reflects on a key aha moment
2017
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Jacques Dubochet awarded Nobel Prize for chemistry
EMBL Announcements EMBL alumnus recognised for cryo-electron microscopy work
2017
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Awards & Honours
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
2016
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Alumni awards
EMBL Announcements EMBL rewards the special work of alumni through the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson awards.
2016
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Awards & Honours
Lab Matters EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
2016
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Awards & Honours
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
2015
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Karsenti wins CNRS gold
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters Gold medal celebrates Eric Karsenti’s exceptional career and outstanding contributions to biology.
2015
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Celebrating excellence
People & Perspectives EMBL rewards the special work of alumni through the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson awards.
2015
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Awards & Honours
EMBL AnnouncementsLab Matters EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
2015
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Sarah Teichmann receives EMBO Gold Award
Lab Matters Sarah Teichmann recognised for her contributions to science with the EMBO Gold Award 2015.
2015
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Awards & Honours
Lab Matters EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
2015
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Awards & Honours
Lab Matters EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards - meet the latest honourees
2014
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Awards & Honours
Lab Matters EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards - meet the latest honourees
2014
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Double recognition of EBI scientists by the ISCB
EMBL Announcements 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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