Progress report on sustainability
EMBL’s Head of Sustainability shares the steps the organisation has taken to make its research more sustainable.
LAB MATTERS2024
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Computational protein design and protein structure prediction win Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Creators of AI system AlphaFold receive 2024 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2024
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Machine learning discoveries honoured with 2024 Nobel Prize for Physics
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 & TECHNOLOGY2024
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2024 EMBL Alumni Award recipients announced
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 ANNOUNCEMENTS2024
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ERC Consolidator Grants awarded to two EMBL researchers
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 MATTERS2023
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Awards and honours (Issue 101)
The work and excellence of EMBL researchers have been recognised with multiple awards and honours during the past six months.
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EMBL scientists receive prestigious ERC Synergy Grants
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 ANNOUNCEMENTS2023
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mRNA nanomedicines scoop Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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 & TECHNOLOGY2023
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EMBL receives German AI prize
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 ANNOUNCEMENTS2023
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ERC starting grants for two EMBL Heidelberg researchers
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 MATTERS2023
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EMBL scientists elected to EMBO Membership
Three EMBL group leaders and six EMBL alumni were recognised for their contributions to the life sciences.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2023
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Awards and honours (Issue 100)
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.
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Merging science and theatre
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.
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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.
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Vikas Trivedi from EMBL Barcelona receives ERC Synergy Grant
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 MATTERS2023
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Edith Heard elected as member of the French Academy of Sciences
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 MATTERS2022
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EMBL scientists receive prestigious ERC Starting Grant
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 MATTERS2022
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Ardan Patwardhan and Wim Hagen receive Scientific Achievement Award
The Royal Microscopical Society awarded Ardan Patwardhan and Wim Hagen with Scientific Achievement Award
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2022
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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
Cell biologist Anthony Hyman and DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis and John Jumper were announced among 25 Breakthrough Prize recipients
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2022
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ERC Proof-of-Concept grant provides way to realise commercial potential of ‘SpaceM’ 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.
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2022
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Three EMBL scientists elected as EMBO Members
Cornelius Gross, Miki Ebisuya and Nassos Typas join EMBO, the prestigious organisation for the life sciences.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2022
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Patrick Cramer elected as next President of the Max Planck Society
Former chair of EMBL Council to take office as the next President of the Max Planck Society in June 2023.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2022
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The world needs science, and science needs women
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 & PERSPECTIVES2022
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2022 EMBL Alumni Awards Winners announced
Two former EMBL staff members have been recognised for their outstanding contributions to research in the fields of brain evolution and cancer.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2022
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Edith Heard elected as a member of The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
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 MATTERS2022
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Organisations should embrace open science faster – interview with Prof. Dame Janet Thornton
Janet Thornton, the inaugural winner of the FEBS Journal Open Science Award, explains the importance and impact of open science.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2022
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Royal Society honour for Eileen Furlong
EMBL’s Head of Genome Biology announced as Fellow of the Royal Society for her exceptional contributions to science.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2022
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Anne Ephrussi elected member of the US National Academy of Sciences
The honour recognises distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2022
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Matthias Hentze receives Centenary Award
EMBL Heidelberg’s Matthias Hentze receives the Biochemical Society’s Centenary Award for his discoveries in RNA biology.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2022
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Kristina Haase from EMBL Barcelona receives ERC Starting Grant
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 MATTERS2022
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Eileen Furlong honoured with Leibniz Prize
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 MATTERS2021
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EMBL DG joins National Academy of Medicine
Professor Edith Heard is among new members elected to US National Academy of Medicine
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2021
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German Cross of Merit for former EMBL Director General
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 ANNOUNCEMENTS2021
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Edith Heard elected to the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
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 MATTERS2021
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Peer Bork honoured with Novozymes Prize and ISCB Senior Scientist Award
Distinctions recognise Peer’s development and sharing of bioinformatics tools as well as his significant contributions to bioinformatics research, education, and services.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2021
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EMBL Alumni Awards 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 & PERSPECTIVES2021
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Food safety, antibiotics, and a shrinking planet
After work in antimicrobial resistance, EMBL postdoc Laura Carroll is using machine learning for next-gen antibiotic development.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2021
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EMBL scientists elected as EMBO Members
John Marioni, Alex Bateman, and Takashi Hiiragi have been elected to EMBO Membership.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2021
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Michael Zimmermann receives FEBS Anniversary Prize
The Gesellschaft für Biochemie und Molekularbiologie has awarded a FEBS Anniversary Prize to Michael Zimmermann for his gut microbiome research.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2021
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EMBL Director General elected to US National Academy of Sciences
EMBL Director General Edith Heard has been elected into the US National Academy of Sciences, recognising her contributions to research.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2021
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VAAM Research Award for Nassos Typas
Nassos Typas has received the German VAAM Research Award.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2021
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Wolfgang Huber becomes ISCB Fellow
The contribution of EMBL Group Leader and Senior Scientist Wolfgang Huber has been recognised by the International Society for Computational Biology
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2021
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Feldberg Prize for Anne Ephrussi
Anne Ephrussi has been awarded the German Feldberg Prize 2022 in recognition of her outstanding research.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2021
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EMBL group leader Miki Ebisuya receives ERC Consolidator Grant
Funding by the European Research Council (ERC) will support research on the timing of developmental processes in mammals
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2020
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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative recognises EMBL scientists
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 MATTERS2020
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Powerful genome editing tool recognised by Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The genome editing tool CRISPR–Cas9 – which plays a critical role in EMBL’s research – was recognised by the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2020
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EMBL scientists receive prestigious ERC Starting Grants
Maria Bernabeu and Wojciech Galej have each been awarded €1.5 million to research malaria and pre-mRNA splicing, respectively.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2020
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Royal Microscopical Society award for Yannick Schwab
The Head of the Electron Microscopy Core Facility at EMBL Heidelberg receives Mid-Career Scientific Achievement Award 2020
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2020
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Two EMBL scientists become EMBO Members
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 MATTERS2020
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Edith Heard wins L’Oréal–UNESCO Award
EMBL Director General recognised alongside four other exceptional women in the life sciences
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2020
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Lifetime Achievement Award for Matthias Hentze
EMBL Director honoured by the international RNA Society
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2020
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Judith Reichmann receives Paul Ehrlich prize
Judith Reichmann will receive this year’s Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize for Young Researchers
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2020
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Slovakian teen scientist visits EMBL
Interview with Janka Motešická: a EUCYS 2018 prize winner
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2019
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2019 alumni awards
Scientists honoured for contributions in cancer immunotherapy and structural biology
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2019
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Excellent alumni
EMBL alumni Gareth Griffiths and Rein Aasland receive the 2018 “Volunteer of the Year” award
CONNECTIONS2018
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Melina Schuh receives EMBO Gold Medal
EMBL alumna Melina Schuh recognised for excellence in science
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2018
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Exploring genetic variation
EMBL group leader Jan Korbel reflects on his scientific origins and current research
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY2018
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Iain Mattaj elected NAS foreign associate
EMBL’s Director General has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2018
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Kendrew and Philipson Awards Winners 2018
EMBL recognises the outstanding work of alumni with the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson Awards
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2018
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Jacques Dubochet donates Nobel medal to EMBL
“In testimony of my great thankfulness”
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2018
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Your favourite reads of 2017
A look back at some of the most read stories on EMBL’s news website this year
LAB MATTERS2017
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A physical revolution
EMBL physicist-turned-biologist alumni win 2017 Kendrew and Phillipson awards
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2017
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Edith Heard awarded Grand Prix Inserm 2017
EMBL Director General elect, Edith Heard, awarded 2017’s Grand Prix Inserm for her work in epigenetics
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2017
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A curious case of serendipity
Jacques Dubochet, Nobel laureate and former EMBL group leader, reflects on a key aha moment
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2017
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Jacques Dubochet awarded Nobel Prize for chemistry
EMBL alumnus recognised for cryo-electron microscopy work
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2017
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Awards & Honours
EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2016
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Alumni awards
EMBL rewards the special work of alumni through the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson awards.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS2016
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Awards & Honours
EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
LAB MATTERS2016
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Awards & Honours
EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2015
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Karsenti wins CNRS gold
Gold medal celebrates Eric Karsenti’s exceptional career and outstanding contributions to biology.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2015
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Celebrating excellence
EMBL rewards the special work of alumni through the John Kendrew and Lennart Philipson awards.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES2015
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Awards & Honours
EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS2015
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Sarah Teichmann receives EMBO Gold Award
Sarah Teichmann recognised for her contributions to science with the EMBO Gold Award 2015.
LAB MATTERS2015
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Awards & Honours
EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards – meet the latest honourees.
LAB MATTERS2015
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Awards & Honours
EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards - meet the latest honourees
LAB MATTERS2014
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Awards & Honours
EMBL scientists regularly receive prestigious awards - meet the latest honourees
LAB MATTERS2014
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Double recognition of EBI scientists by the ISCB
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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