New EMBO Council members, chair, and vice-chair from 2023
Together with the current members they will be responsible for managing and developing EMBO
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Directing and guiding the work EMBO does
- EMBO Director, EMBO Member since 1999
Matthew Freeman
- Chair of the EMBO Council, EMBO Member since 1999
Paul Nurse
- EMBO Secretary General, EMBO Member since 1987
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The EMBO Statutes and Rules came into force in 1964 and have been further evolving since then.
EMBO Council is the governing body of EMBO, responsible for ensuring the development of the organization. It consists of 15 members who serve for a period of three years and who may be re-elected for one additional term of office. The Chair of EMBO Council is Matthew Freeman, and the Vice-Chair is Michel Labouesse. The Secretary General of EMBO is Paul Nurse.
Fiona Watt is the EMBO Director and an elected EMBO Member since 1999. She is a professor at King’s College London and a group leader at EMBL Heidelberg.
EMBO Members serve on committees and advisory editorial boards to guide programmes and the activities of EMBO Press.
The European Molecular Biology Conference (EMBC), an intergovernmental organization comprising 30 member states, is the funding body of EMBO. The EMBC was founded in 1969 to support the activities of EMBO. EMBC and EMBO share a common commitment to quality research and cooperation at the European level.
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New EMBO Council members, chair, and vice-chair from 2023
Together with the current members they will be responsible for managing and developing EMBO
“I work with widening instruments only with one aim – to get rid of them”
Interview with Toivo Maimets, Professor and Chair of Cell Biology at University of Tartu, and former EMBC President
Fiona Watt appointed as EMBO Director
The British cell biologist will take up the appointment in early 2022