Welcome: Isabella Graf
People & Perspectives Isabella Graf is EMBL’s newest group leader and the first theoretical biophysicist to join the Developmental Biology Unit.
2024
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Welcome: David Ocaña
People & Perspectives EMBL-EBI’s new Head of Applications will use his expertise in cloud infrastructure and security to support the institute’s open data resources.
2024
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Welcome: Julio Saez-Rodriguez
People & Perspectives EMBL-EBI's new Head of Research shares his plans and priorities.
2024
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Welcome: Kyle Morris
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Kyle Morris joins EMBL-EBI as Electron Microscopy Data Bank (EMDB) Team Leader.
2024
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Welcome: David Hulcoop
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives David Hulcoop discusses how his experience bridging organisational cultures will help address critical challenges in drug discovery and target selection at Open Targets.
2023
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Welcome: Clément Blanchet
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Clément Blanchet has been appointed to lead the team working on small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) at EMBL Hamburg. In this interview, he talks his ambitions for the future work of the SAXS Team, his passion for science, and a memorable ‘aha’ moment he had in his early career.
2023
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Welcome: Sihem Bennour
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Sihem Bennour, new head of HR, foresees a deeper culture of information sharing, listening, and problem solving with EMBL staff.
2023
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Welcome: Alejandro Torres-Sánchez
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The new group leader is setting up the first purely theory-focused research group at EMBL Barcelona. He aims to understand fundamental biological principles using mathematical models and computer simulations, in close collaboration with experimental researchers across EMBL.
2023
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Welcome: Gergely Papp
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Together with his team, Gergely Papp pushes the frontiers of technology development in the field of structural biology.
2023
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Welcome: Hanh Vu
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Group Leader Hanh Vu studies ‘immortal’ flatworms that can grow and de-grow to understand better factors that determine organisms’ sizes.
2023
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Welcome to EMBL: Talya Dayton
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The new group leader in Barcelona aims to understand how cells behave in health and in disease, and approaches her favourite hobby, cooking, very similarly to her work in the lab.
2022
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Welcome Jordi van Gestel
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Looking to understand microbial predator-prey relationships, EMBL’s newest group leader tackles a molecular ‘arms race’ in his lab.
2022
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Welcome: Flora Vincent
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives After a postdoc at Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, Flora Vincent has joined EMBL’s Developmental Biology unit to further explore the world of phytoplankton.
2022
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Welcome: Maria Papanikolaou
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL’s new archive and records manager, Maria Papanikolaou, explains the dual role she and an additional colleague will have in the Office of Science Information Management.
2022
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Welcome: Pascale Cossart
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Pascale Cossart, one of the world’s foremost authorities on the biology of Listeria, brings four decades of expertise in intracellular bacterial parasitism to EMBL as a visiting scientist.
2022
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Fergal Martin – Eukaryotic Annotation Team Leader
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Fergal Martin discusses the importance of open access data and his work in different biodiversity initiatives
2022
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Peter Harrison – Genome Analysis Team Leader
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Peter Harrison discusses the importance of data accessibility and his passion for biodiversity and agricultural genomics.
2022
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Meet the next Head of EMBL Grenoble
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Slovenian structural biologist Kristina Djinović-Carugo will join EMBL in July as the new Head of EMBL Grenoble. We spoke to her about her background, research interests, and plans for EMBL Grenoble.
2022
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Welcome: John Lees
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives John Lees joins EMBL-EBI as a Group Leader in Pathogen informatics and modelling.
2022
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Welcome: Michael Dorrity
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Michael Dorrity, one of EMBL’s newest group leaders, is studying how the environment influences early life stages in zebrafish.
2022
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Welcome: Melissa Harrison
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Melissa Harrison joins EMBL-EBI as the new Team Leader of Literature Services. We found out more about her plans for open access publishing and Europe PMC.
2022
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Welcome: Niccolò Banterle
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Using gene editing and three types of microscopy, one of EMBL’s newest group leaders is deciphering the functions of one of the smallest molecules involved in cell division, motility, and signalling, known as a centriole.
2021
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Welcome: Tudor Groza
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Tudor Groza joins EMBL-EBI as our new Phenomics Team Lead. We found out from Tudor exactly what this new role will entail
2021
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Welcome: Svetlana Dodonova
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Svetlana Dodonova is one of EMBL's newest group leaders, leading a team of researchers who will study how genetic material is organised inside cells using structural biology approaches.
2021
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Welcome: Liz Duke
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The new team leader at EMBL Hamburg talks about her plans to establish biological X-ray imaging and high-throughput tomography.
2021
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Welcome: Sarah Dyer
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL welcomes Sarah Dyer, the new Non-Vertebrate Genomics Team Leader at EMBL-EBI.
2021
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Welcome: Anna Erzberger
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Anna Erzberger, one of EMBL’s newest group leaders, will provide unique perspective as a theoretical biological physicist.
2021
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Welcome: Matthew Hartley
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The challenges and opportunities when setting up a global archive for bioimages
2021
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Welcome: Ana Boskovic
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The new group leader at EMBL Rome will study how embryos can inherit non-genetic information from their parents that causes stable and heritable effects
2021
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Welcome: Sinem Saka
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives As one of EMBL’s newest group leaders, Sinem Saka will combine multiple technologies, such as microscopy and single-cell omics, to solve biological puzzles.
2021
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Welcome to EMBL: Gautam Dey
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Gautam Dey is fascinated by the evolutionary origins of the nucleus, and is looking forward to making the most of EMBL's infrastructure.
2021
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Welcome: Nicoletta Petridou
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives New group leader Nicoletta Petridou explains her fascination with the complexity of early embryo development, and how the interdisciplinary nature of EMBL will aid her research.
2021
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Welcome: Timo Zimmermann
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The EMBL Imaging Centre is scheduled to open in 2021 with Timo Zimmermann as Team Leader for advanced light microscopy technology development and service provision.
2021
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Welcome: Olivier Duss
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives One of EMBL’s newest group leaders, Olivier Duss, will explore how RNA folds into functional structures and how it works with proteins to control a diverse range of activities in the cell.
2021
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Welcome: Meytal Landau
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives New associate group leader at EMBL Hamburg investigates the structure of functional amyloids in bacteria and in human disease
2020
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Welcome: Simone Mattei
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The new team leader offering services in electron microscopy discusses his hopes and plans for the forthcoming EMBL Imaging Centre
2020
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Welcome: Geetika Malhotra
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The Web Development team provides a central source of web design and development for EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI). In July, Geetika Malhotra joined the team as their new Head.
2020
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Welcome: Ellie McDonagh
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Open Targets welcomes new Informatics Science Director
2020
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Welcome: Georgia Rapti
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives The nervous system has fascinated Georgia Rapti ever since her first introduction to biology. Her research group in the Developmental Biology unit will focus on understanding the early biological events involved in the nervous system’s formation.
2020
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Welcome: Brendan Rouse
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Brendan Rouse came to Heidelberg in March as EMBL’s Environmental Officer, tasked with monitoring the organisation’s environmental impact and promoting sustainable practices. Here, he discusses his plans for the new role.
2020
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Welcome: Bastian Drees
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives Bastian Drees is a biophysicist turned librarian, who joined EMBL in January as the new Head of Library. Here, he discusses the changing role of libraries and how they can help scientists organise and share their results.
2020
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Welcome: Lucia von Bredow
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL’s new Science and Society Manager shares her plans for fostering multidisciplinary dialogue
2020
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Welcome: Claire Deo
People & Perspectives New group leader at EMBL Heidelberg employs synthetic chemistry to develop novel tools for biology
2020
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Welcome: Maria Bernabeu
People & Perspectives New group leader at EMBL Barcelona is investigating how malaria affects the human circulatory system
2020
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Welcome: Kristina Haase
People & Perspectives Kristina Haase brings an engineer’s perspective to vascular disease and regenerative medicine
2020
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Welcome: Isidro Cortés-Ciriano
People & Perspectives Exploring the cancer genomics labyrinth
2019
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Welcome: Michael Zimmermann
People & Perspectives Michael Zimmermann's group will investigate how gut microbes affect the body’s response to drugs.
2019
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Welcome: Jessica Vamathevan
Lab Matters Building bonds between academia and industry
2019
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Welcome: Joana Witkowski
Lab Matters New head of ORD will build and expand the partnerships that help EMBL achieve its ambitions
2019
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Welcome: Santiago Rompani
People & Perspectives New EMBL group leader explores what neurobiology can teach us about what it means to be human
2019
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Welcome: Sagar Bhogaraju
Science & Technology New group leader at EMBL Grenoble is investigating the cellular role of melanoma antigens
2019
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Welcome: Sarah Butcher
Lab Matters Building bridges between scientists and software developers
2018
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Welcome: Jim Swoger
People & Perspectives New head of the Mesoscopic Imaging Facility at EMBL Barcelona will help scientists visualise nature
2018
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Welcome: Vikas Trivedi
People & Perspectives An engineer’s approach to understanding morphogenesis
2018
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Welcome: Miki Ebisuya
People & Perspectives New group leader at EMBL Barcelona creates artificial biological systems to study animal development
2018
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Welcome: Simone Köhler
People & Perspectives Which of our genes will be passed on to our children? Simone Köhler wants to find out
2018
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Welcome: Anna Kreshuk
People & Perspectives New Heidelberg group leader creates tools to help biologists work faster and better
2018
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Welcome: Virginie Uhlmann
People & Perspectives New EMBL-EBI Group Leader will make sense of bioimaging data
2018
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Welcome: Maria Garcia Alai
People & Perspectives The new head of facility at EMBL Hamburg will help users solve protein puzzles
2018
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Welcome: Sara Cuylen-Häring
People & Perspectives New EMBL group leader explores biophysical properties of chromosomes and other cellular assemblies
2018
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Welcome: Arnaud Krebs
People & Perspectives EMBL’s new group leader studies how gene expression is controlled
2018
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Welcome: Matthieu Boulard
People & Perspectives New EMBL group leader investigates the mystery of heritable gene silencing
2018
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Welcome: Aissam Ikmi
People & Perspectives New group leader studies sea anemones to investigate why some animals regenerate better than others
2018
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Welcome: Eva Kowalinski
People & Perspectives New group leader based in Grenoble aims to unveil the mechanisms of RNA editing
2017
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Welcome: Julia Mahamid
People & Perspectives The Mahamid group studies meso-scale molecular assemblies in intact cells and model organisms at molecular resolution
2017
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Welcome: Jan Kosinski
People & Perspectives EMBL’s new group leader based in Hamburg aims to create models of infection cycles
2017
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Welcome: Justin Crocker
People & Perspectives Meet Justin Crocker, EMBL’s new group leader in gene regulation during evolution and development
2017
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Welcome: Evangelia Petsalaki
People & Perspectives A new group at EMBL-EBI aims to decipher cell signalling networks
2017
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Welcome: Zamin Iqbal
People & Perspectives The Iqbal research group hopes to build a 'Google of bacteria' to help better interpret the genome
2017
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Welcome: James Sharpe
People & Perspectives Meet the head of EMBL's new Barcelona site, James Sharpe
2017
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Welcome: Jamie Hackett
People & Perspectives Meet Monterotondo’s new group leader for epigenetic reprogramming and inheritance, Jamie Hackett
2017
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Welcome: Monika Lachner
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives EMBL’s new Academic Coordinator and Dean of Graduate Studies Monika Lachner leads programmes that help young scientists to flourish
2017
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Welcome: Wojciech Galej
People & Perspectives New group leader Wojciech Galej investigates RNA-protein complexes involved in gene expression
2017
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Welcome to EMBL: Robert Prevedel
People & Perspectives Robert Prevedel develops deep-tissue microscopy for scientists to peer deep inside living organisms
2016
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Welcome to EMBL: Mikhail Savitski
People & Perspectives New head of Proteomics Core Facility also runs stability proteomics lab
2016
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Welcome: Georg Zeller
Science & Technology Team leader investigates how the gut microbiome could relate to human diseases
2016
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Welcome: Alba Diz-Muñoz
People & Perspectives New group leader combines physics and biology to answer the 'hows' of cell movement
2016
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Welcome: Hiroki Asari
People & Perspectives Why does a cookie look different depending on how hungry you are? Neuroscientist Asari wants to find out
2016
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Welcome: Kim Remans
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives "We’re open! We’re open to working with everybody, we’re open to new things."
2016
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Welcome: Malte Paulsen
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives "There’s nothing nicer than seeing a user leave the facility happy"
2015
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Welcome: Janosch Hennig
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives “A structure alone is not so interesting, you need the biology too,” says new NMR-focused group leader
2015
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Welcome: Moritz Gerstung
Lab MattersPeople & Perspectives New group explores why patients with same cancer exhibit unique constellations of genetic mutations.
2015
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Welcome: Theodore Alexandrov
People & Perspectives A mathematician who got ‘sucked in’ to biological problems, meet new team leader Theodore Alexandrov.
2015
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Welcome: Marco Marcia
New group leader Marco Marcia aims to broaden horizons while mapping molecules.
2015
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Welcome: Kyung-Min Noh
The important thing is forming good biological questions, says new group leader in Genome Biology.
2014
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Welcome: Judith Zaugg
Whether it’s information or people, the art of connecting is key to new group leader Judith Zaugg
2014
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