1 April 2025
Meet Neil Humphreys, Head of the Gene Editing and Virus Facility at EMBL Rome. Neil and his team work closely with scientists to develop new models, tools, and cutting-edge technologies to support discovery and translational research.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
26 March 2025
EMBL’s Advanced Mobile Laboratory (AML) is stationed at the University of Malta for one month, to provide advanced technology, expertise, and training to Malta’s scientific community. An official launch event was held at the University of Malta, with participation of local institutional…
CONNECTIONS
11 December 2024
Kristaps Krims-Dāvis spent a month at EMBL Heidelberg getting a crash course in cutting-edge microscopy.
CONNECTIONS
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
12 November 2024
Nicolas Foos, a postdoctoral fellow at EMBL Grenoble, talks about the implementation of a new method for in situ serial crystallography developed during his ARISE fellowship.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
6 November 2024
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.
LAB MATTERS
28 October 2024
The ARISE summer school brought together fellows from across EMBL sites who are working on technology projects as part of EMBL’s Career Accelerator for Research Infrastructure Scientists (ARISE) programme.
CONNECTIONS
15 October 2024
Daniele Ancora is an ARISE fellow in the Light Imaging Facility at EMBL Rome. With a background in theoretical physics, he develops algorithms to improve image-based omics technologies. Learn about his interdisciplinary training and his little ‘obsessions’.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
27 September 2024
Starting in the 1980s, EMBL’s PhD programme has played a notable role in helping train some of the brightest scientific minds in Europe, as well as in building a thriving research community focused on collaboration and innovation.
LAB MATTERS
11 July 2024
Kim Gurwitz talks about her role as Scientific Training Lead at EMBL-EBI and how collaborative projects for bioinformatics training support researchers and service providers in making the most of publicly available data.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2024
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28 June 2024
At EMBL Rome, an immersive youth training programme is dedicated to, but also inspired by, alumnus Riccardo Cortese, thanks to private donors.
CONNECTIONS
12 March 2024
Team Leader Sameer Velankar on why accessible training is key for AlphaFold and AI tools more generally.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2024
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18 December 2023
The two institutions celebrated the renewal of the partnership agreement initiated in 1999 for the delivery of a doctoral degree and a joint training certificate during UGA’s Welcome Day for doctoral students.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS
2023
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8 September 2023
Sabrina Krueger, scientist-turned-training officer, shares her approach to this role and the need to be ‘true to yourself’.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2023
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18 August 2023
An upcoming EMBL-led infrastructure management training will help formalise information exchange in the Rhine-Neckar region to widen access to technology and scientific services for members of the Health + Life Science Alliance.
CONNECTIONS
26 July 2023
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.
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2023
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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
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8 June 2023
EMBL-EBI data resources are being used to deliver thousands of genetic diagnostics to patients every month.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2023
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16 May 2023
BioImage Archive Team Leader Matthew Hartley shares his experience and tips for people interested in managing a bioinformatics core facility.
2023
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28 April 2023
On Friday 21 April 2023, EMBL held a graduation ceremony to celebrate its newest group of PhDs who graduated during the last 12 months. The graduating class comprised 43 fellows representing 17 nationalities and all six EMBL sites.
LAB MATTERS
18 April 2023
Nikon Europe has intensified its engagement with EMBL's Corporate Partnership Programme to support young scientists.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS
2023
connectionslab-matters
11 April 2023
Europe’s life sciences laboratory EMBL on 5 April welcomed Council delegates Ivana Lagator and Lidija Vukcevic from the Montenegrin Ministry of Science and Technological Development, and University of Montenegro representative Professor Danilo Mrdak, to discuss expanding research and training…
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS
2023
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4 April 2023
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.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2023
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3 April 2023
Home to some of Europe’s most cutting-edge tools in molecular biology, EMBL has long shared its expertise and access to these tools through an extensive repertoire of courses, conferences, seminars, and other training. And now included in this mix is a job shadowing programme at EMBL Imaging…
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2023
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16 November 2022
The CABANA project was born out of a desire to strengthen bioinformatics capacity and accelerate data-driven biology in Latin America.
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29 September 2022
EMBL reminds teachers of freely available educational resources and workshops just in time for school.
LAB MATTERS
12 September 2022
20 secondary school students from all over Italy participated in the fourth edition of Summer in Science at EMBL Rome.
LAB MATTERS
7 September 2022
The Scientific Visitor Programme shares EMBL tools and talent with outside researchers in collaborative, multidisciplinary environments.
LAB MATTERS
9 August 2022
The EMBL Lautenschläger summer school, held 4–15 Jul 2022, introduced students from a range of scientific backgrounds to interdisciplinary life science research.
LAB MATTERS
30 June 2022
Participating researchers will lead projects to develop novel technologies for better science.
LAB MATTERS
10 June 2022
Two days of events with institutes in the country add a new chapter to successful scientific collaboration
CONNECTIONS
8 June 2022
The African BioGenome Project and EMBL have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to support each other in building genomics and bioinformatics capacity across Africa
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS
2022
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18 May 2022
Students from the Business Academy Aarhus visit EMBL Hamburg annually. Many of them return later as trainees to gain experience as lab technicians. EMBL Hamburg offers great opportunities to learn diverse techniques and work with various equipment. This experience helps them in their future jobs in…
LAB 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
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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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25 March 2022
After a two-year break, the summer school organised by Adamas Scienza and EMBL in collaboration with CNR is back. It will take place at the International Research Campus of Monterotondo (Rome) from 13 to 24 June 2022.
LAB MATTERS
24 January 2022
The new EMBL Imaging Centre held its first on-site training workshop, introducing undergraduate students to the basics of volume electron microscopy. This marks the first of many opportunities to aid capacity-building in imaging techniques in Europe.
LAB 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
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12 November 2021
Correlative microscopy service enables PhD student from Switzerland to study structure and location of proteins cells use to communicate.
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2021
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9 November 2021
EMBL's PhD and postdoc programmes evolve to the more multidisciplinary way of doing great molecular biology research.
LAB MATTERS
8 November 2021
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…
LAB MATTERSSCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2021
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7 October 2021
This autumn, students begin their PhD in research groups across EMBL’s six sites.
LAB MATTERS
9 September 2021
EMBL's science education department makes the latest scientific research more accessible for teachers and students.
LAB MATTERS
1 June 2021
EMBL and the Swedish Science for Life Laboratory sign agreement to advance science together.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS
2021
connectionslab-matters
12 January 2021
EMBL’s sites in Grenoble, Hamburg, and Heidelberg form the newest Instruct Centre. The new centre offers users access to a broad range of state-of-the-art facilities.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS
2021
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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
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17 November 2020
Ever-evolving technology and related budgetary, regulatory, and management challenges prompted EMBL to establish its new ARISE fellowship programme, which begins accepting applicants in December.
LAB MATTERS
10 September 2020
ARISE fellowships to offer first-ever comprehensive training for bioscience infrastructure operations
LAB 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
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3 March 2020
Colder winter weather has finally arrived EMBL-EBI. It’s the first time the site has seen snow this winter.
LAB MATTERS
2020
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13 December 2019
Forty-seven PhD students from all of EMBL’s six sites were celebrated during EMBL’s 2019 Graduation Ceremony on Friday 13 December
LAB MATTERS
18 November 2019
Two recent events have expanded EMBL’s collaboration with one of its newest member states
CONNECTIONS
29 August 2019
The inaugural EMBL Lautenschläger Summer School ran from 15–26 July at EMBL Heidelberg.
LAB MATTERS
9 August 2019
Native Scientist’ organises multilingual science workshops for children of migrant communities.
LAB MATTERS
28 June 2019
EIPOD4 will prepare researchers for the increasing interdisciplinarity of scientific career paths
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2019
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27 June 2019
The programme promotes education, collaboration and cutting-edge research
LAB MATTERS
26 June 2019
Joining forces to support early-career scientists
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS
2019
connectionslab-matters
7 June 2019
Overwhelmed as a biologist getting to grips with computer programming? EMBLers are here to help!
LAB MATTERS
1 April 2019
Foundation stone ceremony for world-class high-resolution microscopy centre in Heidelberg
LAB MATTERS
17 January 2019
Joining forces to advance training in biomedical research and therapy
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS
2019
connectionslab-matters
17 December 2018
What genetics can tell us about the structure of ancient human populations
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2018
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28 November 2018
EMBL postdocs discover industry-led research opportunities at the Corporate Summer School
LAB MATTERS
27 September 2018
Meet the organisers of EMBO’s first course on molecular geobiology
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2018
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20 September 2018
EMBL and Promega collaborate to train young scientists
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS
2018
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21 June 2018
The programme promotes education, collaboration and cutting-edge research
LAB MATTERS
11 June 2018
Roche and EMBL join forces
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS
2018
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13 March 2018
EMBL experts outline the trends shaping scientific training in the coming years
21 February 2018
Joining forces for single-cell research
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS
2018
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13 February 2018
EMBL experts outline the trends shaping scientific training in the coming years
LAB MATTERS
8 February 2018
EMBL’s training programme launches its first e-learning courses: introductions to optogenetics and CLEM
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2018
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14 December 2017
EMBL experts outline the trends shaping scientific training in the coming years
LAB MATTERS
6 November 2017
Aid for Labs is an EMBL-based charity aiming to provide scientific equipment to researchers in need
LAB MATTERS
22 September 2017
International experts gather at EMBL-EBI to reflect on the future of bioinformatics training
LAB MATTERS
18 September 2017
How the work of the Courses and Conferences team has changed over the years
LAB MATTERS
26 July 2017
School student Andrea Totaro and EMBL group leader Christophe Lancrin reflect
LAB MATTERS
24 July 2017
EMBL-EBI supports bioinformatics training and capacity in Latin America
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS
2017
connectionslab-matters
28 June 2017
Celebrating 40 years since the first EMBO electron microscopy training course
LAB MATTERS
11 April 2017
Call for applications for school students to join ‘Summer in Science’ in Monterotondo
LAB MATTERS
5 April 2017
New Master's programme for research infrastructure managers – set to launch autumn 2017
LAB MATTERS
26 January 2017
Helke Hillebrand on leaving EMBL after 9 years as Academic Coordinator and Dean of Graduate Studies
LAB MATTERS
19 December 2016
For the past two months EMBL Heidelberg has hosted around 60 first year PhD students from EMBL’s International PhD Programme (EIPP). From thousands of applicants, the students were selected from over 40 countries to work on their PhD research at one of EMBL’s five sites – Grenoble, Hamburg,…
LAB MATTERS
8 December 2016
The PEPC course celebrated its 10th anniversary in Hamburg from the 12 – 20 September this year
CONNECTIONS
24 November 2016
Ernst Stelzer earns 2016 Lennart Philipson award for advances in light sheet microscopy
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2016
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17 November 2016
Check out the newly revealed programme for 2017
LAB MATTERS
6 October 2016
Rosemary Wilson talks about imposter syndrome and how to handle it
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2016
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28 September 2016
Eberhard Bengsch explains why EMBL’s events programme attracts him time and again
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2016
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30 August 2016
Unexpected adventures at EMBL LearningLAB focused on biodiversity
LAB MATTERS
30 August 2016
Scientific community manager, alumnus Aidan Budd, connects people with shared interests, values, goals
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2016
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9 June 2016
Meet the secret timekeepers of EMBL events: AV technicians Sean Nightingale and Jan Abda
LAB MATTERS
17 May 2016
Upgrading your conference experience with the new EMBL Events app
LAB MATTERS
8 March 2016
EMBL PlayLab now available at 22 conferences hosted in Heidelberg
LAB MATTERS
17 December 2015
With 28 conferences and 57 courses, 2016 will be EMBL’s most eventful year to date.
CONNECTIONS
17 December 2015
Find out what’s in store at the 2016 Core Technologies for the Life Sciences meeting.
CONNECTIONS
17 December 2015
GOBLET initiative supports pan-African bioinformatics trainers in Cape Town.
CONNECTIONS
16 December 2015
Designer Aditya Kusuma Jati reveals what makes a good event poster.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2015
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30 November 2015
The new Toolkit for Trainers, an online resource hosted at EMBL-EBI, helps biomedical science trainers create and explore new ways of teaching.
LAB MATTERS
24 November 2015
Sybrand van der Zwaag gives his five top tips for young researchers thinking about their next move.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2015
lab-matterspeople-perspectives
12 November 2015
From paper microscopes to zebrafish embryos, EMBL Science Days stand had something for everyone.
LAB MATTERS
26 October 2015
Hamburg researchers have a ball creating game to explain transporter protein mechanism.
LAB MATTERS
5 October 2015
Amidst the excitement of Nobel Week, behind the scenes of the annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS
2015
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1 October 2015
Long-time events pro Antje Seeck gives us her take on how to organise a successful conference.
PEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2015
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29 September 2015
EMBL-Wellcome Genome Campus events collaboration showcases open, application-based science.
CONNECTIONS
28 September 2015
Insights from organisers of upcoming EMBO|EMBL Aquatic Microeukaryotes symposium.
CONNECTIONS
28 September 2015
Highlights from EMBL-EBI’s Training Programme: Open Day, revamped webpages, free webinar series.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTS
2015
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26 August 2015
"It's like living a review!" Participants of recent super-resolution microscopy course share their highlights
CONNECTIONS
20 August 2015
EMBL Core Facilities collaborate with French research programme Signalife to revive training visit.
CONNECTIONSLAB MATTERS
2015
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13 July 2015
EI3POD: flagship interdisciplinary postdoc programme opens its doors to academia and industry.
EMBL ANNOUNCEMENTSLAB MATTERS
2015
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9 July 2015
“Interactions: that’s what I like the most in biology” – meet Lukáš Janošík, EUCYS 2014 prize winner.
LAB MATTERSPEOPLE & PERSPECTIVES
2015
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1 April 2015
Klaus Tschira, a tireless supporter of science, education and talent, died 31 March 2015.
LAB MATTERS
19 February 2015
First LearningLAB of 2015 makes science of protein structure crystal clear for 22 teachers.
LAB MATTERS
16 February 2015
EMBL Insight Lecture – Why do we do what we do? – now available to view online.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2015
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26 January 2015
Meet Dean of Graduate Studies, Helke Hillebrand.
LAB MATTERS
16 January 2015
New Christian Boulin Fellowship: 15 awards of up to €1500 for visitors to EMBL’s Core Facilities.
LAB MATTERS
9 January 2015
New group leader Marco Marcia aims to broaden horizons while mapping molecules.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2015
sciencescience-technology
21 November 2014
EMBL-EBI supports Big Biology Day, inspiring 500 youngsters with jelly-baby DNA and golf-tee viruses.
CONNECTIONS
19 November 2014
Alumnus Jan Medenbach harnesses the shared experience of peers (and pioneers) at EMBL event.
LAB MATTERS
19 November 2014
Which courses and conferences will you attend in 2015? EMBL’s annual event calendar: out now!
LAB MATTERS
18 November 2014
Course attendees go hunting (protein) aliens in a quest for optimal SAXS data.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2014
eventsscience-technology
14 November 2014
First series of training courses jointly organised by EMBL and Illumina is a resounding success.
CONNECTIONS
3 November 2014
How to make good quality samples for good quality structural biology experiments.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2014
eventsscience-technology
27 October 2014
How the author of a prize-winning project on bee travel ended up at a stem cells and cancer conference
LAB MATTERS
17 October 2014
From anemones to starfish, sea creatures are helping understand development, evolution and more.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2014
sciencescience-technology
17 October 2014
PhD student Charles breeze found inspiration at this year's Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting.
LAB MATTERS
15 September 2014
EMBL-EBI hosts successful first EMBO Practical Course in Genotype to Phenotype Mapping.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
2014
eventsscience-technology
8 September 2014
Andrew D Robertson, scientific coordinator of EICAT between 2011–12, died on 14 August 2014.
LAB MATTERS
5 September 2014
Tschira-Jugendakademie pupils get hands-on during day of DNA barcoding
LAB MATTERS
11 August 2014
PhD students reap rewards and rave reviews as Summer School of Science organisers
CONNECTIONS
1 July 2014
Busy times for EMBL keep Director of International Relations Silke Schumacher on the move
LAB MATTERS
9 March 2010
Today, the German Minister for Education and Research, Annette Schavan, officially opens the new training and conference centre for the life sciences on the campus of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg. “This new centre in Heidelberg will form a central European…
LAB MATTERS
24 November 2008
The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and PerkinElmer Life and Analytical Sciences, a global leader in life science research, drug discovery and cellular science, today announced that they have entered into a corporate partnership in support of EMBL’s Advanced Training Centre in…
LAB MATTERS
22 January 2007
The European Commission has awarded 3.7 Million Euro under the European Union Framework 6 Programme over the next four years to a new Marie Curie Research Training Network, coordinated by Dr. Andreas Ladurner at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). The long molecules of DNA that carry…
LAB MATTERS
6 October 2006
Today, the German Minister for Education and Research, Annette Schavan, breaks ground for the new training and conference centre for the life sciences that will be built on the EMBL campus in Heidelberg. The German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF), the Klaus Tschira…
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