EMBO starts search for its next Director
The process to appoint the next EMBO Director is underway. The incoming Director will take office in February 2028, succeeding Fiona Watt, who has led the organization since January 2022
EMBO launches early career researcher peer review initiative
The pilot initiative trains postdoctoral researchers in peer review
New leadership of EMBO Council
Key role in supporting life sciences in Europe
Ten scientists awarded EMBO Installation Grants 2026
The group leaders will establish laboratories in Croatia, Czechia, Estonia,
Hungary, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal and Türkiye.
In remembrance of Peer Bork
The EMBO Member and EMBL Interim Director General passed away on 16 January
Seven new Science Journalism Fellows Awarded for 2026
Fellows from Italy, Greece, Switzerland and the UK
Review Commons: rethinking peer review
A conversation with Thomas Lemberger, lead of the Review Commons initiative and Head of Open Science Implementation at EMBO.
Twelve scientists become EMBO Global Investigators
The group leaders perform outstanding life sciences research in Chile, India, Nigeria, Singapore and Taiwan
56th Meeting of the EMBC
The 56th meeting of the EMBC – the European Molecular Biology Conference – took place at EMBO in Heidelberg on 24 November 2025.
Twenty-eight group leaders become EMBO Young Investigators
They join an international network of more than 800 life scientists in the early stages of their independent careers