Timeline

2012 – Cooperation agreement between EMBO, EMBC, and the National Science Council of Taiwan
2011 – EMBO signs cooperation agreement with Singapore
2009 – Professor Maria Leptin is appointed as the fifth Director of EMBO
2008 – EMBO Molecular Medicine launched
2008 – EMBO assumes responsibility for The EMBO Meeting and oversees its first meeting
2008 – EMBO signs cooperation agreement with South Africa
2007 – EMBO welcomes Hermann Bujard as new Director
2006 – Installation Grants scheme launched
2005 – First issue of the online journal Molecular Systems Biology
2001 – EMBO moves from EMBL offices to its present building on EMBL campus
2000 – EMBO reports launched
2000 – Young Investigator Programme comes into being
1996 – EMBO lectures and EMBO Members Meeting established
1996 – EMBO Fellows network started
1996 – Science & Society activities initiated
1994 – Frank Gannon appointed Executive Director of EMBO
1986 – EMBO Gold Medal launched
1982 – The EMBO Journal launched
1976 – EMBO publishes statement on recombinant DNA technology
1974 – Foundation of EMBL and appointment of its first Director General, Sir John Kendrew
1973 – John Tooze appointed Executive Secretary of EMBO
1969 – The European Molecular Biology Conference established
1966 – Funding for nine long-term and two short-term fellowships and the first three practical courses is secured with the support of the Volkswagen Stiftung
1965 – Raymond Appleyard appointed first Executive Secretary of EMBO
1964 – EMBO is incorporated as a non-profit organization. It appoints 200 members.