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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.
EMBO Facts & Figures 2013 (pdf, 3.1mb)
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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.
EMBO in the news
Our press coverage contains a selection of recent articles mentioning EMBO and speakers at The EMBO Meeting:
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Autumn 2014
EMBO and Poland
The recent international BIO 2014 Congress gave scientists in Poland the opportunity to present their latest research and discuss the progress of science.
Discovery Centre opens in Dundee
On the 1st October, Sir Paul Nurse, Secretary General of EMBO, officially opened the new £ 26 million Discovery Centre at the University of Dundee.
The mental maps of bees
EMBO Member Randolf Menzel discusses his recent paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences about a proof for the existence of mental maps in honeybees.
The next EMBOencounters issue – Winter 2014|2015 – will be dispatched in February 2015.
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by 9 January 2015.
Summer 2014
Meet the Scientist:
Lord Robert May
EMBO enlarges its membership to include evolution, ecology and neurosciences. New member Robert May talks about his career and his time as Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK government and President of the Royal Society
Darwin in the desert
DARWIN 21 - a project led by EMBO Member Heribert Hirt in the desert sands of Saudi Arabia to engineer plants that are more resistant to drought and produce higher yields.
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Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz
An interview with the President of the American Society for Cell Biology for 2014 about the challenges of her job at the helm of the organization and evolving topics in cell biology.
The next EMBOencounters issue – Autumn 2014 – will be dispatched in October 2014.
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by 14 September 2014.
Winter 2013/14
From targeted to multitargeted cancer treatments
EMBO Member Alexander Levitzki provides an overview of the evolution of targeted cancer therapeutics.
EMBO Press launches
More than 230 guests attended the launch of EMBO Press that was held concurrently with the American Society of Cell Biology meeting on 15 December 2013.
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Life sciences in India
The past twenty years have seen tremendous changes in the life science sector in India. Read about some of the initiatives that have made a difference and what remains to be done to strengthen the life sciences in India.
Autumn 2013
Constructive interference
Olivier Voinnet, Professor and Chair of RNA Biology at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, discusses RNA silencing and a new antiviral response discovered in mammals.
Announcing EMBO Press
On December 15, EMBO will launch a new, editorially independent platform for the development of EMBO scientific publications.
Science live for Russian high-school students
A two-week summer school in Russia, which was organized by EMBO Young Investigator Fyodor Kondrashov, proved to be a life-changing event for some of the eighty high-school students in attendance.
The next EMBOencounters issue – Winter 2014 – will be dispatched in February 2014.
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by 10 January 2014.
Archive
- Issue 24: Summer 2013
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- Issue 20: Winter 2011/12
- Issue 19: Autumn 2011
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- Issue 14: Winter 2009
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- Issue 5: Winter 05/06
- Issue 4: Autumn 2005
- Issue 3: Summer 2005
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- Issue 1: Autumn 2004
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- The Lancet talks to Maria Leptin about a petition to save scientific funding in Europe
[2 November 2012] - Meghna Sachdev from Science magazine talks to Maria Leptin about 'open access' in scientific publishing
News
There are many ways to learn about the latest EMBO news. Our news centre contains press releases, publications and recent press coverage mentioning EMBO.
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