As a membership organization, EMBO owes its reputation and impact to the quality and dedication of its community of more than 2,200 Members. They apply their expertise to guide the work of EMBO — through scientific peer review and by serving on the EMBO Council, Committees and Advisory Boards. In doing so, EMBO Members collectively shape the future direction of life science research and help strengthen research communities across Europe. 

Alongside EMBO Members based in EMBC Member States, a number of EMBO Associate Members join the organization each year from other parts of the world. They bring a global perspective to the organization’s current activities and future direction. 

EMBO Membership is a lifelong honour and an annual nomination and election process keeps the community open and dynamic – able to expand quickly into emerging fields and embrace new ideas in the life sciences. 

Since its origins in the “molecular biology” of the 1960s, the EMBO scope and the scientific diversity of the EMBO Membership has grown and spans a wide range of fields across the life sciences.  

To facilitate exploring the geographic and scientific breadth of the EMBO Membership, we have built the EMBO Science Map. This searchable map visualizes the distribution of EMBO Members and Associate Members, based on their research interests in the context of a broad landscape of research areas in the life sciences. The map can serve as a helpful guide in identifying scientists working on specific topics.