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Reports & Brochures

EMBO provides the following reports and brochures to inform the life science community about its activities. Further news and information is available in EMBOencounters, our newsletter, and in our press releases.

Brochure

Read about the EMBO vision for a thriving life science research community in Europe. See what some leading researchers have to say about what it takes to do the best science and the roles of EMBO programmes, activities and publications in enabling the best science.

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Annual facts & figures

Interested in the number of fellowships granted last year? To whom were they awarded? What countries are the awardees from; to where are they moving for their research? Find all the statistics for all programmes, activities and publications in the annual EMBO Facts & Figures booklet.

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The EMBO Pocket Directory

Find out who the EMBO Members and EMBO Young Investigators are. Download a PDF booklet that lists all members and young investigators sorted by alphabet, by country of residence, and by subject area, or request a printed copy of the booklet.

The EMBO Pocket Directory (PDF)

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EMBO in the news

Our press coverage contains a selection of recent articles mentioning EMBO and speakers at The EMBO Meeting:

2016

25.02. 2016	Science Magazine: What makes elite academics move?
10.02. 2016	Nature: Why does it take too long to publish research?
10.02. 2016	Nature: This week in science: 5-11 February
08.01. 2016	EuroScientist: Quota or no Quota
15.01. 2016	Science Magazine: Publishers embrace scheme to end name confusion
08.01. 2016	TheScientist: ORCID Rising

2015

21.12. 2015	Association for WiS Magazine - Exploring Quotas in Academia
18.12. 2015	Research Professional - Opportunity profile: EMBO seeks young original thinkers
2.11. 2015	La Vanguardia - La fórmula cientifica del éxito
27.10. 2015	Jornal Brasil - European Molecular Biology Organization
21.10. 2015	Pan European Networks - Analysis...The trouble with excellence
17.10. 2015	The Japan Times - How male killers transform into caring parents
26.09. 2015	Can we go beyond quotas?
Sept. 2015	Lab Times - EMBO goes East
16.04.2015	GenomeWeb - NHLBI-led team untangles gene networks involved in blood pressure regulation
19.03.2015	Science Business - How to boost the value of big science
11.03.2015	Science Business - Genome editing: "completely futuristic"
11.03.2015	Science Business - Scientists who work with industry: Not selling out
27.01.2015	Lab Times - Treats for Reviewers and Editors
01.01.2015	National Geographic - Insect-Eating bats may be Origin of Ebola Outbreak, New Study Suggests
31.12.2014	The Times - Child's brush with a bat is source of ebola outbreak, scientists say
30.12.2015	Science - Bat-filled tree may have been ground zero for the Ebola epidemic
31.12.2014	Nature - New Clues to where the Ebola epidemic started
31.12.2014	Scientific American - Where does Ebola come from?
31.12.2014	Die Zeit - Robert-Koch-Institut: Fledermäuse womöglich Auslöser von Ebola
31.12.2014	NZZ - Fledermäuse als Auslöser für Ebola
31.12.2014	New York Times - Source of Ebola Outbreak in West Africa Might be Bats, Study Says
30.12.2014	BBC.com - First Ebola boy likely infected by playing in bat tree
30.12.2014	The Scientist - Molecular Hub of Autism
30.12.2014	LA Times - Study narrows down genetic suspects in autism
30.12.2014	genomeweb.com - Researchers Link Molecular Network to Autism Spectrum Disorders
30.12.2014	Fox News - US Researchers identify gene network linked to autism

2014

18 December 2014	Ciencia Hoje, Dois jovens cientistas portugueses entre oito distinguidos pela EMBO
10 December 2014	TV ciencia, Dos cientistas portugueses vencem premio da EMBO
24 November 2014	blogs.nature.com, Decoding neural circuit structure and function workshop
12 November 2014	APA-OTS, Johannes Zuber in das EMBO Young Investigators Programme aufgenommen
12 November 2014	CienciaHoje, Teresa Teiseira nomeada hoje EMBO Young Investigator
15 September 2014	Horizon Magazine, Committees should put talent ahead of quotas
10 September 2014	La Stampa, Sei una brava madre o un pessimo padre? Lo decide il neurone
16 August 2014	El Pais, La aventura de la ciencia europea
15 August 2014	Science, New initiatives offer child-care solutions to traveling scientists
20 July 2014	Laborjournal, Klonale Tumore gefährden den Beuteteufel
9 July 2014	Nature, 50 years of EMBO
9 July 2014	Lab Times, EMBO should speak for all biologists in Europe
23 May 2014	Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, The Faces of Big Science
20 May 2014	Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Orientierungslose Spermien
12 May 2014	The Guardian, Sperm's swimming and navigational skills disrupted by common chemicals
12 May 2014	The Huffington Post, Sperm cells are impaired by endocrine-disrupting chemicals in household items, study shows
12 May 2014	The Independent, Chemicals in soap can cause male infertility, claim scientists
9 May 2014	The Financial Times, Shaking the waves: how metabolism began
7 May 2014	ORF.at, Vier in Österreich tätige Forscher neue Mitglieder
7 May 2014	CienciaHoje, Margarida Amaral e Rui Costa eleitos para a EMBO
25 April 2014	Astrobiology Magazine, Life's Engine: The Early Ocean
25 April 2014	Wiener Zeitung, Stoffwechsel, bevor es Zellen gab
25 April 2014	New Scientist, Spark of Life: Metabolism appears in lab without cells
21 April 2014	Science Careers, Lab Management Courses: Becoming a Trainer
10 April 2014	El Mercurio, Con bacterias digestivas previenen, detectan y tratan enfermedades
4 April 2014	GEN News Highlights, New World of Micropeptides Glimpsed through Small Open Reading Frames
12 March 2014	New Scientist, It's all for one in sky-blue seafaring superorganism
12 March 2014	Ciência Hoje, Imagem da Caravela Portuguesa vence prémio Embo Journal 2014
21 February 2014	Science Careers, Learning to Lead a Lab
13 January 2014	Science Careers, A New Funding Model for Scientists
10 January 2014	Science Magazine, EMBO at 50
8 January 2014	derStandard.at, Radikaler Vorschlag zur Änderung der Forschungsförderung

2013

18 December 2013	NaukawPolsce.pl, Polska biolog wyrozniona miedzynarodowym grantem
13 December 2013	CiênciaHoje, Cientistas portugueses na Europa
16 December 2013	The Scientist, Pondering Science Publishing
12 December 2013	TV Ciência, EMBO atribui Prémios de Instalação a dois cientistas portugueses
14 October 2013	F1000.com, "More of everything" at The EMBO Meeting in Amsterdam
18 September 2013	redOrbit, Fragile X Syndrom protein linked to breast cancer progression
18 September 2013	elEconomista.es, Las pacientes del síndrome de X frágil tienen más riesgo de padecer cáncer de mama y de sufrir metástasis
18 September 2013	la Repubblica, Tumori, scoperto meccanismo 'regista' della progressione cancro seno
18 September 2013	CORDIS: European Commission Community Research and Development Information Service, New pancreatic stem cell research could transform treatment
17 September 2013	Science Careers, Leadership Tips for Women
7 August 2013	APA, Neuer Ansatz für die Behandlung von Brustkrebs
1 August 2013	The Telegraph, Scientific research should get more public funding
23 July 2013	Polish Press Agency, Nowa metoda leczenia raka piersi
23 July 2013	L'Hebdo, Cancer du sein: des chercheurs détectent un nouveau point d'attaque
23 July 2013	Der Bote, Neuer Angriffspunkt für Krebstherapie
17 July 2013	Nature, Turning point: Thijn Brummelkamp
16 July 2013	The Node, An interview with Maria Leptin
June 2013	Lab Times, Opportunities for relocating scientists
24 June 2013	Berliner Zeitung, Gut gegen Alzheimer, schlecht für die Muskeln
5 June 2013	University Affairs, Tri-Councils should learn from EMBO fellowships
3 June 2013	El Confidencial, La corrupción es una de las principales causas de la fuga de talento en España
26 May 2013	El Pais, Atracción y consolidación del talento científico en España
8 May 2013	Nature, Spotlight on Women in Science
3 May 2013	La Stampa, Staminali, 13 big bacchettano l'Italia: "Regole sotto attacco, intervenga l'Ue"
3 May 2013	La Repubblica, Staminali, l'appello di 13 big mondiali "In Italia regole sotto attacco, intervenga la Ue"
3 May 2013	Corriere della Sera, Scienziati contro il metodo Stamina «Infrante regole, intervenga la Ue»
26 April 2013	L'Alsace, « Le séquençage du génome n'explique pas tout »
29 March 2013	Food Safety News, Livestock-to-Human MRSA Transmission Confirmed
28 March 2013	Wired, Gene Sequencing Pinpoints Antibiotic Resistance Moving From Livestock to Humans
27 March 2013	Definitive Link Confirms Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Transmits from Livestock to Humans
21 March 2013	Nature, Turning point: Bruno Reversade
13 February 2013	Scientific American, Providing context for the metrics used to evaluate the scientific literature

2012

30 September 2012	About.com, Preventing aging: Is it possible?
29 September 2012	The Telegraph, Pill for healthy aging "available within a generation"
27 September 2012	About.com, A discussion on life science research with Dr Paul Nurse at the 2012 EMBO Meeting
19 September 2012	The Scientist, Beating drug-resistant TB
17 September 2012	El Pais, Una bacteria 'fabrica' el último aliado contra tuberculosis resistentes
17 September 2012	swissinfo.ch, Research promises better tuberculosis treatment
17 September 2012	news24, Old natural antibiotic works for TB
17 September 2012	Tages Anzeiger, Mit alten Medikamenten gegen resistente Tuberkulose-Keime
20 March 2012	La Stampa, Asma allergica nei bambini, attenzione agli antibiotici
19 March 2012	International Business Times, Kids exposed to increased antibiotics prone to allergic asthma
16 March 2012	The Mirror, Antibiotics fueling rise in childhood asthma, claims research
16 March 2012	The Huffington Post, New study says use of antibiotics may increase asthma in children
16 March 2012	Science Magazine, Open Access - Pass the Buck
29 February 2012	Nature, Presentations: Billboard science
22 February 2012	Rzeczpospolita, Wielkie znaczenie malego organu
15 February 2012	Nature, Funding: Got to get a grant

2011

20 December 2011	Nature Jobs, Would you return to your home country to set up a lab?
1 December 2011	Times Higher Education, 'Research suffers if scientists are forced to marry for money'
25 November 2011	PublicService.co.uk, Europe must suport R&D to thrive
8 November 2011	FAZ.net, Da zappelt die Seele
26 October 2011	Die Stadtredaktion, Molekularbiologe Bruce Edgar und Krebsstammzellforscher Andreas Trumpp fur Leistungen in den Lebenswissenschaften geehrt
26 October 2011	primaSonntag, Jörg Vogel ist ein Top-Forscher
26 October 2011	Nature, Regional pact formed
24 October 2011	Der Standard, "Die meisten Wissenschaftler sind einfach conservative"
24 October 2011	Labo.de, Prof Volker Doetsch zum EMBO Mitglied ernannt
21 October 2011	Myscience.ch, Prog Gian Paolo Dotto elu a l'EMBO
20 October 2011	CBG News, Karla Neugebauer has been elected to EMBO members
19 October 2011	Encyclopedia Brittanica, Nobel Prizes: Jules A Hoffmann
17 October 2011	Science Business, EMBO and Singapore sign cooperation agreement
13 October 2011	Business AsiaOne, New platforms for Singapore, Europe scientists to collaborate on research
29 September 2011	The Hindu, New light shed on how memory is organised
29 September 2011	Wired Science, Brainwave Delay Makes Rats Feel Teleported
28 September 2011	ScienceNews, Food makes male flies frisky
28 September 2011	ScienceNOW, Beam Me Up, Ratty
23 September 2011	OE1 @ orf.at, Dimensionen - die Welt der Wissenschaft
14 September 2011	WDR5, Darwin wackelt: Umweltfaktoren sind doch vererbbar
13 September 2011	ORF, "Worter sind wie Gene"
04 April 2011	Public Service Review, Molecular Bonds
11 March 2011	El País, Ciencia contra la resignación
11 March 2011	Science, Reentering Academia - A Success Story
09 February 2011	Nature, Turning Point: Cory Dunn
24 January 2011	Nature, Transparency in peer review
09 January 2011	FAZ.net, Freibrief zum Missbrauch oder Schutzschild?
08 January 2010	Science, Spreading the spirit of EMBO

Videos & podcast

See the latest talks and interviews on our YouTube channel with EMBO Young Investigators, EMBO Members, and from The EMBO Meeting:

Michal Komorowski:
Deciphering Cytokine Signalling

Markus Ralser:
The Origin of Metabolism?

Itai Yanai:
Animal Inside Out

George A. Garinis:
Nucleotide Excision Repair: New tricks with old bricks

Edgar R.Gomes:
Nuclear Positioning in Muscle Function

Cory Dunn:
Using Budding Yeast to Understand Mitochondrial Dysfunction

Andrew Lovering:
E. coli for dinner

Karla Neugebauer:
RNA processing

Edvard Moser:
How the brain computes space

Jörg Vogel:
RNA biology

Paul Nurse:
The beginning of his scientific career

Linda Partridge:
Recent discoveries in ageing research

Karl Deisseroth

Matthias Mann

Successful job applications: Five tips on how to boost your career

How to present your research - five tips to boost your career

Podcasts

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