Early Evidence Base awarded at ASAPbio preprint sprintThe Early Evidence Base site is among the five winners of the latest ASAPbio PreprintSprint. Projects presented in the sprint focused on various approaches to encourage preprint review.... Read more |
Understanding microbial diversity - from beer to PatagoniaFrancisco Cubillos spent most of his life in Chile, but at heart, he feels international. “A large part of my network is from abroad,” he says.... Read more |
Creating organoids to study kidney physiologyStem cell researcher Yun Xia describes her research path as “straightforward”. “Since I started working on organoids, I didn’t divert much,” she says.... Read more |
From plant evolution to agronomyBorn and raised in a large city in Taiwan, Cheng-Ruei Lee had only a few opportunities to be in contact with nature as a child, but he soon.... Read more |
EMBO around the worldWe catch up on some of the recent global activities EMBO has carried out together with Associate Member States India and Singapore and.... Read more |
Defying the virusAcross the world, scientists and clinicians have combined in extraordinary efforts to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Three members of the EMBO community tell Kathy Weston how they..... Read more |
Meeting of minds: From basic science to treatmentsWhen new EMBO Young Investigator Debojyoti Chakraborty was invited to present his work at an EMBO|EMBL Symposium in 2015 he did not expect.... Read more |
Meeting of minds: Modelling the brainWhile many young people dream of creating movies or music when they grow older, new EMBO Young Investigator Luca Tiberi wanted to build artificial organs.... Read more |
Meeting of minds: Making sense of plant behaviourPlants don’t have eyes, ears, or noses, but they can still compete for territory, fight off pathogens, and seek out food. New EMBO Young Investigator Julia... Read more |
“It feels great that metabolism is back in focus”Markus Ralser, one of two recipients of the EMBO Gold Medal 2020, talked to EMBO about his work on the origins, evolution.... Read more |
“The award highlights that our research on metabolism and metastasis formation is important”Sarah-Maria Fendt, one of two recipients of the EMBO Gold Medal 2020, talked to EMBO about her work on the metabolic changes that occur.... Read more |
EMBO mourns former director Hermann BujardWe are very sad about the death of Hermann Bujard (1934-2020). Hermann was an active and highly eminent scientist, with many... Read more |
Response to the proposed compromise on the EC’s Multiannual Financial FrameworkEMBL Director General Edith Heard and EMBO Director Maria Leptin respond to the current proposal on the Multiannual Financial Framework... Read more |
Surprising symbionts - Learn about newly elected EMBO Member Luis Teixeira and his researchIn 2008, EMBO Member Luis Teixeira was screening fruit flies for genetic mutations that could make them more vulnerable... Read more |
Driving division - Learn about newly elected EMBO Associate Member Hongyan Wang and her researchIn 2005, Hongyan Wang was performing a novel genetic screen, aiming to isolate genes involved in the development... Read more |
Exploring evolution - Learn about newly elected EMBO Member Eörs Szathmáry and his researchIn 1992, Eörs Szathmáry returned home to find a letter waiting on his desk addressed in familiar handwriting... Read more |
Closing the gender gapVirtual EMBL | EMBO | HHMI conference will investigate how gender roles impact academia and research... Read more |
Options for a coordinated approach to handling research misconduct investigations in EuropeA new EMBO policy report explores options for coordinating approaches to the governance of research... Read more |
Mobilizing young researchers in Europe and JapanExperts convened in Tokyo to explore ways to enhance support for young researchers Heidelberg, 13 May 2020 - Elite programmes for youn... Read more |
Life science researchers’ efforts to fight COVID-19Heidelberg, 22 April 2020 - EMBO invited its 1800 Members and 150 Young Investigators to report on any ef... Read more |
EMBO statement on resignation of Mauro Ferrari from the ERC PresidencyHeidelberg, 9 April 2020 - The ERC is playing a decisive role in accelerating research o... Read more |
Information for EMBO Fellows, organisers of EMBO events and authors of papers submitted to EMBO PressUpdated version as 1 April 2020 – The spread of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is... Read more |
Exchanges with Japanese institutes eligible for EMBO Fellowships throughout 2020 and 2021Updated as of 28 July 2020 – Until the end of 2021, two of EMBO’s Fellowship Programmes will consider applications for scientific exchanges... Read more |
Coronavirus: information for travellersHeidelberg, 24 February 2020 - SARS-CoV-2 was identified in China at the end of 2019 and is a new strain of coronavirus. Transmission from human to h... Read more |
New methods to solve notoriously hard problemsHeidelberg, 19 February 2020 – Elly Tanaka of the Institute of Molecular Pathology, BioCenter Vienna, Austria, has just been announced as th... Read more |
Information for applicants planning to go to the UKUpdated on 21 February 2020 Heidelberg, 31 January 2020 - Although the United Kingdom is leaving the European Union today, scientis... Read more |
More than 4,500 life scientists attend ASCB|EMBO MeetingHeidelberg, 29 January 2020 – On 7-11 December 2019, the annual ASCB|EMBO Meeting took place in Washington DC, USA. It was the thi... Read more |
EMBO updates eligibility criteria for Young Investigator ProgrammeHeidelberg, 24 January 2020 – EMBO has removed the 40-year age limit from the eligibility criteria for the Young Investi... Read more |
