Delegates, friends, partners, colleagues, and collaborators came together on 24 June 2019 for a symposium celebrating the 50th anniversary of the European Molecular Biology Conference (EMBC).
Creativity is essential in research. The capacity to think in new ways and combine seemingly unrelated ideas requires skill, talent and a good deal of practice. To encourage and help scientists to use creative problem-solving tools and processes, EMBO has added a ‘Creative Problem Solving for Scientists’ course for group leaders and senior postdocs to its training portfolio.
Projekt DEAL is a consortium of 813 universities and research institutes in Germany that looks to achieve so-called ‘publish-and-read’ deals. A recent agreement reached by the group with Wiley includes publication in four EMBO Press journals.
To support parents wishing to attend one of its more than 90 scientific meetings, EMBO introduced new childcare grants this year.
Each year, EMBO brings together the members of the Young Investigator Network for a scientific and networking meeting. This year, 56 former and current Young Investigators and Installation Grantees came together in Singapore.
Regardless of the outcome of Brexit, scientists based in the UK will continue to have access to all EMBO Programmes and activities.
EMBO is pleased to announce a partnership with The Company of Biologists. Together, the two organizations will support scientific meetings in Brazil, Canada, China, Japan and South Korea.
34 PhD students working in the labs of EMBO Young Investigators and Installation Grantees began the new year with an intense week of learning new skills and discussing their science.
“I’ve been approached by people asking for the next steps. There is a call for action.”
250 organizers of EMBO Courses and Workshops offered feedback through a survey. How did their responses influence the programme?