Three days of science and networking for Young Investigators
The annual Young Investigator Meeting took place from 16 to 18 May at the Vienna BioCenter in Austria.
EMBO Gold Medal 2018 awarded to Marek Basler and Melina Schuh
The recipients of the EMBO Gold Medal 2018 are Czech microbiologist Marek Basler and German biochemist Melina Schuh.
Illuminating the beginning of life
Melina Schuh, one of two recipients of the EMBO Gold Medal 2018, discusses how her love of microscopy and her drive to discover new things shapes her work on mammalian meiosis.
Tailoring blood cells in the laboratory
Researchers are a step closer to growing blood cells customized to the special needs of transfusion patients with rare blood groups
Preprint quality control
If we want to share results in a reproducible and discoverable manner, both quality control and curation should become part of the preprint process, argues EMBO Head of Scientific Publications, Bernd Pulverer.
How to hijack degrading complexes to put cancer cells asleep
Researchers uncover an alternative path of how the breast cancer drug palbociclib drives malignant cells into senescence
Organizing a scientific event: tips and tricks
The EMBO Courses & Workshops Programme funds more than 90 events with over 11,000 participants a year. As part of a series providing a look behind the scenes of EMBO events, three organisers share their top tips.
Behind the scenes of EMBO events
Each year, the EMBO Courses & Workshops Committee considers around 170 proposals, and funds in excess of 50% of them, based on three overarching criteria: an exciting and timely topic that isn’t being covered elsewhere; 30% or more female speakers; and timetabling of extensive networking opportunities. If the application is for a repeat meeting, good participant feedback is also important.
Exchanging ideas in India
It began with an invitation from Kolkata. The Bose Institute had invited EMBO Council Member Victor de Lorenzo from the National Center for Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain, to give a lecture as part of the institute’s 100th anniversary celebrations.
A new blood test useful to detect people at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease
Scientists have now developed a blood test for Alzheimer’s disease and found that it can detect early indicators of the disease long before the first symptoms appear in patients.
