The meeting at CERN

The founding myth of EMBO, set out in John Tooze’s 1981 history of the organization for the launch issue of The EMBO Journal, is that: “In December 1962, immediately following the Nobel Prize investiture ceremony, John C. Kendrew together with James D. Watson visited [CERN] in Geneva. Leo Szilard… was also in Geneva at the…

EMBO community in Israel

18 October 2023 – EMBO deplores the abhorrent, brutal massacre and kidnapping of Israeli citizens carried out by Hamas terrorists on 7 October. Our thoughts are with all the innocent victims of the escalating conflict and their loved ones. Israel is one of the founding countries of EMBO, an organization that is dedicated to promoting excellence in…