Cell Bio 2024 takes place in San Diego
Join the brightest minds in cell biology at the joint meeting of ASCB and EMBO from 14 to 18 December
Join the brightest minds in cell biology at the joint meeting of ASCB and EMBO from 14 to 18 December
Visit from the Japanese Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)
Insights into projects from the shortlist for the EMBO Lab Sustainability Award and the candidates’ motivation
A new agreement promotes collaboration between life scientists in Europe and Taiwan
The Heidelberg Agreement on Environmental Sustainability in Research Funding is endorsed by EMBO and multiple stakeholders
Meet Veronika Horkova, EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow at the Luxembourg Institute of Health
Chief Executive Officer of the Luxembourg Institute of Health, and EMBO Member
Meet Bora Tastan, researcher at the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine at the University of Luxembourg, former Scientific Exchange Grantee…
Meet Boris Turk, head of department at the Jožef Stefan Institute in Ljubljana, EMBO Member and EMBC Delegate
Director of the National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia and EMBO Member
Meet Nina Vesel, EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Ljubljana
Meet Imre Gaspar, research scientist at the Turbine.ai start-up in Budapest, and former EMBO Fellow
Meet Ferenc Nagy, Director-General of the HUN-REN Biological Research Centre Szeged, EMBO Member and EMBC Delegate
Meet Rita Sinka, associate professor and head of the Department of Genetics at the University of Szeged, and former EMBO…
The EMBO Courses & Workshops Programme has consistently supported life scientists and evolved with changing times
Spanish State Secretary Juan Cruz Cigudosa and his delegation visited EMBL and EMBO
Associate Professor and group leader at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, and EMBO Global Investigator
Meet Chile’s Elias Barriga, group leader at the Cluster of Excellence in the Physics of Life at the Technische Universität…
Meet Christian González-Billault, Vice-Rector of Research and Development at the University of Chile, Santiago, and EMBO Associate Member
Meet María José Pérez Jiménez, postdoctoral researcher at the Imagine Institute in Paris, and former EMBO Fellow
Meet Cesar Antonio Ramirez Sarmiento, associate professor and group leader at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, and EMBO Global…
An interview with Asifa Akhtar, Director of the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Vice President of the Max…
The award recognizes her pioneering research on the mechanisms of dosage compensation and epigenetic regulation, and her commitment to gender…
25 July 2024 – Anne Ephrussi, emerita of EMBL Heidelberg, Germany, received the FEBS | EMBO Women in Science Award…
An interview with Martin Farley, winner of the EMBO Lab Sustainability Award
The award recognizes his exceptional contribution to promoting and incentivizing sustainability in science
An interview with historian Francesco Cassata on establishing molecular biology as a field and science diplomacy in Europe
EMBO Director Fiona Watt met representatives of the National Agency for Research and Development, ministries, learned societies and the life…
Learn about newly elected EMBO Associate Member Aviv Regev and her research
Learn about newly elected EMBO Member Pedro Beltrao and his research
Learn about newly elected EMBO Member Tuuli Lappalainen and her research
Learn about newly elected EMBO Associate Member Rodrigo Gutiérrez and his research
Learn about newly elected EMBO Associate Member James Liao and his research
Learn about newly elected EMBO Member Silvia Pastoreková and her research
In the 60th anniversary year, 100 new members and 20 associate members join the community
5 July 2024 – More than 50 members of the international EMBO Young Investigator Network recently gathered at the…
An event promoting scientific networking
The scientist is recognized for her pioneering research on physiological mechanisms that enable oocytes to stay healthy over decades of…
Info event in Oslo on the occasion of the EMBO anniversary
HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences co-organized an information session
Together with the current members they will guide the organization and its programmes
Representatives of the Indo-German Science and Technology Centre (IGSTC) and EMBO met in Heidelberg
Meet Petr Svoboda, former EMBO Long-Term Fellow and Installation Grantee
Meet Štěpánka Vaňáčová, EMBO Member and former Installation Grantee
Meet EMBO Member and former Installation Grantee Karel Říha
A workshop hosted by EMBO convened stakeholders to collaborate
Information event in Berlin for early-career researchers
Recent surveys offer insights into the evolution and impact of the EMBO Fellowship Programme
Members of the EMBO Global Investigator Network came together to present their ongoing research and to interact
40 PhD students from labs of EMBO Young Investigators complete two weeks of training
Transparent finances of the EMBO Press journals
Review Commons and Development and Journal of Cell Science launch pilot
Jitske Bak, a prospective PhD graduate from the lab of former EMBO Young Investigator and EMBO Member Anastassis Perrakis explains…
An implementation agreement between EMBO and the Japan Science and Technology Agency opens up new opportunities for life scientists
The Maria Leptin|EMBO Science Journalism Fellowships support science journalists and life scientists entering careers as science journalists
Launch of a pilot scheme in the EMBC Associate Member State
Fifty participants learned about EMBO funding opportunities for life scientists
Meet Chih-Yi Gabriela Lin, research scientist at MiNA Therapeutics, London, UK, and former EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow
Meet Yen-Ping Hsueh, Associate professor at Academia Sinica, Taipei, and EMBO Young Investigator
Meet Matthew Paul Su, designated assistant professor, Nagoya University, Japan, and EMBO Scientific Exchange Grantee
Meet Cheng-Ruei Lee, Associate professor, National Taiwan University, Taipei, and EMBO Global Investigator
The award recognizes her exceptional achievements in the life sciences and highlights her as a role model
A workshop on landscape, limits, opportunities and concerns
The EMBO Director is awarded for her seminal work with skin stem cells
The group leaders will establish laboratories in the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal and Türkiye
Learn about new EMBO Installation Grantee Christina Kyrousi and her research that aims to decode the role of cilia in…
Learn about new EMBO Installation Grantee Gergely Rona, his research on neuronal DNA repair and its effects on neurodegeneration
Learn about new EMBO Installation Grantee Hana Polasek-Sedlackova and her research on the molecular mechanisms driving successful DNA replication
Learn about new EMBO Global Investigator Neha Jain and her research on the molecular interplay between amyloids in the progression…
Learn about new EMBO Global Investigator Chin-Min Kimmy Ho and her research on how a leaf’s epidermis develops
Learn about new EMBO Global Investigator Anna Barron and her research on cellular metabolism as a regulator of microglial fate…
Ten new additions are welcomed to the EMBO Global Investigator Network, which provides access to the EMBO networking and training…
The EMBO Lab Sustainability Award will recognize a pioneer of environmental sustainability in life science research and provide opportunities for…
Perspectives from the Head of Training at EMBO Solutions
Learn about new EMBO Young Investigator Ana Banito and her research on paediatric cancer
Learn about EMBO Young Investigator Bruno Hudry and his research on the biology underlying differences between males and females of…
Learn about EMBO Young Investigator Einat Segev and her research on the biogeochemistry of interactions between microalgae and bacteria in…
26 new additions to the EMBO Young Investigator Programme join a community of more than 700 current and former awardees
The platform for preprint peer review expands its scope with journals from FEBS, the Genetics Society of America and the…
EMBO awards solidarity grants scheme as an exceptional funding mechanism with the aim of supporting scientists displaced by armed conflict
The newly elected EMBO Members gathered at the annual meeting
Learn about Latvia’s new EMBC Delegate Jānis Kloviņš and his research
Latvia becomes the European Molecular Biology Conference’s 31st member state following approval of accession agreement
Kristian Vlahovicek, professor at the University of Zagreb, Croatia, and former EMBO Installation Grantee, talks about the impact of international…
Iva Tolić, EMBO Member and professor at the Ruđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, Croatia, talks about her passion for science and…
Marko Šestan, Assistant professor at the University of Rijeka, Croatia, and former EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow, talks about his research goals…
The Croatian researcher and EMBC Delegate talks about the development of scientific careers
As COVID-19 and flu season descends, we talk with three new research group leaders who work on host-virus interactions
18 October 2023 – EMBO deplores the abhorrent, brutal massacre and kidnapping of Israeli citizens carried out by Hamas terrorists on 7…
An interview with EMBO Member Katalin Karikó, whose pioneering mRNA techniques helped pave the way for vaccines and therapeutics
EMBO and the Japan Science and Technology Agency sign a memorandum of cooperation
An exchange between Fiona Watt, Director of EMBO, and her predecessor, Maria Leptin
Learn about newly elected EMBO Associate Member Yukiko Goda and her research
Learn about newly elected EMBO Member Ruth Massey and her research
Learn about newly elected EMBO Member Katalin Karikó and her research
69 new members and associate members join the EMBO community of more than 2,000 leading life scientists in Europe and…
On the 10th anniversary of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), six panellists reviewed the initiative’s impact on…
An interview with structural biologist Julia Mahamid, recipient of the EMBO Gold Medal 2023
She is recognized for her exceptional achievements in structural cell biology and developing powerful techniques that visualize cellular machinery in…
27 researchers chosen to receive EMBO Solidarity Grants in 2023/2024
EMBO Young Investigators past and present reflect on inspiring scientific journeys that have brought minds together from across Europe and…
Opportunities to discuss responsible research practice and policy
HHMI will extend funding for the preprint peer-review platform, supporting the addition of the Biochemical Journal, Genes & Development, Genome…
An interview with K. VijayRaghavan, former Director of the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore, and EMBO Associate Member
Meet EMBO Scientific Exchange Grantee Monika Fajfer
Meet EMBO Young Investigator Siddhesh Kamat
Meet EMBO Global Investigator Jyothilakshmi Vadassery
Delegation visits institutes in India to strengthen ties and foster scientific exchange
EMBO introduces a sustainability badge for its courses and workshops
New partnership reflects shared commitment to Open Access and Open Science
From 2024 on, all papers published in The EMBO Journal and EMBO Reports and the source data in all EMBO…
An in-depth discussion with Bernd Pulverer, Thomas Lemberger and Alicia Kowaltowski about Open Access
Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CSIC) Madrid | EMBO Council Member (2014-2019) | EMBO Member
Life scientists and their institutions respond to the disaster by sharing offers of assistance in Europe and beyond
Young group leaders can now apply for funding and support in an expanded number of countries
He talks about focus areas for 2023, his research and passion for fundamental discovery science
An interview with Sarah Teichmann, recipient of the FEBS | EMBO Women in Science Award 2023
She is recognized for outstanding achievements in single-cell genomics and immunology as well as inspiring future generations of female scientists
EMBO reports on its contributions to the annual meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan
A conversation with Cori Bargmann
Meet EMBO Installation Grantee Jelena Godrijan
Meet EMBO Installation Grantee Gytis Dudas
From viral dynamics to the role of phytoplankton in the carbon cycle, the grantees will undertake a wide range of…
An interview with Stephen Quake
Roger Reddel and Tracy Bryan tell the story behind their paper in The EMBO Journal showing that cancer cells have…
A conversation with BMJ Open Editor-in-Chief Adrian Aldcroft
Meet new EMBO Global Investigator Baskar Bakthavachalu
Meet new EMBO Global Investigator Cesar Antonio Ramirez Sarmiento
The new global investigators will receive financial support and access to training and networking activities
Researchers and their institutes are turning to data-driven approaches to making science more sustainable
As we share the results from the EMBO survey of the life sciences community, it is a good time to…
Molecular cell biologist Prisca Liberali talks about her research, inspiration and work-life balance
Ukrainian scientists who have found shelter and employment elsewhere in Europe share their experiences
The group leaders will join the existing network of 135 current and 390 former members of the programme
A conversation with EMBO Member Roberto di Lauro about molecular biology, the challenges of evaluating and funding different types of…
Meet EMBO Young Investigator Carmine Settembre, group leader at the Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine in Pozzuoli, Italy
Meet Nikolai Klena, EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow at the Human Technopole in Milan, Italy
An interview with Roberto di Lauro from Italy
Meet EMBO Scientific Exchange Grantee Aleksandra Gruevska who spent three months in a laboratory at the University of Florence, in…
Launch of funding and support schemes for life scientists in Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland,…
EMBO endorses refereed preprints in the publishing record of applicants and seamlessly connects them to journal publication
Proteomics with machine learning may provide early prediction of severity for monkeypox and COVID-19 disease
Learnings from the epidemics that have emerged in the half-century in which we have had the molecular genetic and genomic…
An interview with Bernd Pulverer, Head of Scientific Publications at EMBO
Public bodies reinforce the importance of making scientific results openly available and ensuring the quality of publications
Meet Zoi Lygerou, professor at the University of Patras and EMBO Member
Meet Margarita Zacharogianni, medical affairs manager at Creative Pharma, Attica, and former EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow
An interview with Nektarios Tavernarakis, EMBC Delegate and EMBO Member
Meet George Garinis, professor at the University of Crete, affiliated group leader at the Foundation for Research and Technology –…
Scientists from all over the world will reconnect at the global forum for biology of the cell
Meet Adel Al Jord, EMBO New Venture Fellow at the University of Zurich
The story behind an influential The EMBO Journal paper on the mitochondrial life cycle
They join the EMBO community of more than 1,900 leading life scientists in Europe and beyond
Learn about CRISPR pioneer and newly elected EMBO Member Francisco Mojica, his seminal discovery, and his current research
Learn about new EMBO Associate Member Gabriel Rabinovich and his research on galectin-1
Learn about new EMBO Member Gaia Pigino and her research on the structure and function of cilia
Together with the current members they will be responsible for managing and developing EMBO
The preprint peer-review platform from EMBO and ASAPbio has been shortlisted as a finalist in the ALPSP Awards for Innovation…
She is recognized for her exceptional contributions to understanding the formation of intestinal organoids from stem cells and for developing…
Webinars organized jointly with global partners during the COVID-19 pandemic have been a major hit with participants and trainers alike
A discussion of recent work to build research integrity across borders and an editorial toolkit for corrections and retractions
An interview with Leszek Kaczmarek, professor at the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, EMBC President and Delegate, and EMBO Member
Meet Vanessa Linke, EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow at the International Institute of Molecular Mechanisms and Machines, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
Meet Sebastian Glatt, Max Planck Research Group Leader at the Małopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, and former EMBO…
Meet Marta Miączyńska, director of the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Warsaw, and EMBO Member
The former EMBO Director has been selected for her leadership in European science and her research achievements
A conversation with Ursula Klingmüller and Matthias Mann
The EMBO Director is recognized for her distinguished and continuing research achievements
EMBO Director Fiona Watt discusses preprints, data sharing
The two-month extension applies to all awardees on active fellowships as of 31 October 2021
EMBO will accept first author refereed preprints in applications for postdoctoral fellowships in a four-month trial
Meet Susanne Mandrup, Professor at the University of Southern Denmark and EMBO Member
Meet Nicolás Nieto Moreno, EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Copenhagen
Meet Giulia Fabbri, EMBO Scientific Exchange Grantee at the GLOBE Institute in Copenhagen and PhD student at the University of…
An interview with Poul Nissen, Professor at Aarhus University, Director of DANDRITE, Chairman of the DANEMO steering group, and EMBO…
A conversation with Fiona Watt and Maria Leptin
EMBO scientific publications will be fully open access from 2024
Life scientists in eleven countries have access to adapted and new EMBO schemes
Lessons learnt from organizing a meeting with sustainability in mind
EMBO endorses the statement on Russia’s attack on Ukraine
An interview with Erin Schuman, recipient of the FEBS | EMBO Women in Science Award 2022
The neuroscientist is honoured for her exceptional achievements in the life sciences and being an inspiring role model
A list of life scientists across Europe and beyond offering to host Ukrainian researchers in their labs
Exploring iron supplementation to address muscle mass and function loss from cancer
A conversation with Matteo Iannacone and Katrin Franke
The grant will promote the adoption of preprint peer review for greater efficiency and transparency in scientific communication
Life scientists can benefit from an extended eligibility for EMBO funding schemes until the end of 2022
An interview with Prachee Avasthi
Several funders are exploring the use of partial randomisation in their funding schemes. In a recent webinar, the Research on…
EMBO supports hybrid formats to enhance inclusiveness, accessibility, and sustainability of scientific events
Meet new EMBO Installation Grantee Karolina Szczepanowska
Meet new EMBO Installation Grantee Katerina Rohlenova
The new grantees will establish their laboratories in the Czech Republic, Poland, Portugal, and Turkey
PhD student, Institute of Health Sciences, Dokuz Eylul University, and EMBO Scientific Exchange Grantee
Professor of Medical Biology, Izmir Tinaztepe University, and EMBO Member
Principal Investigator, Koç University, and EMBO Young Investigator
President of The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK)
“This immediately told us that maybe telomeres were playing an important role in regulating ACE2 expression.”
Meet new EMBO Global Investigator Hiyaa Ghosh
Meet new EMBO Global Investigator Wee-Wei Tee
EMBO congratulates eight group leaders in Asia on their selection
Meet new EMBO Young Investigator Pierre-Marc Delaux
EMBO welcomes 26 new members of the EMBO Young Investigator Network
Meet Ankur Gadgil, visiting PhD student, University of Eastern Finland, and EMBO Scientific Exchange Grantee
Meet Yilin Kang, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Helsinki, and EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow
Meet Johanna Ivaska, Professor of Molecular Cell Biology, University of Turku, and EMBO Member
Interview with Marja Makarow, Director of Biocenter Finland, former EMBC President, former Finnish EMBC and EMBL Delegate
DNA damage signaling induced by aging telomeres increases the expression of ACE2, the human SARS-CoV-2 cell receptor
EMBO launches a survey for life scientists to understand their needs and perceptions of the EMBO programmes and scientific publications
An interview with biologist Maria Leptin, part 2
Research conducted in mice also identified the underlying mechanisms involving downregulation of a gene that plays a key role in…
Two years ago, EMBO made the EMBO Press journals’ finances public. We now provide an update on our costs of…
Molecular targets for therapies that could prevent breast cancer recurrence have been identified by a group of German, Norwegian and…
Interview with Toivo Maimets, Professor and Chair of Cell Biology at University of Tartu, and former EMBC President
Meet Elin Org, Associate Professor of Genomics and Microbiomics, University of Tartu, and EMBO Installation Grantee
Meet Peep Palumaa, Professor of Proteomics, Tallinn University of Technology, and EMBO Member
Meet Dominika Chmolowska, postdoctoral researcher at the Polish Academy of Sciences and the University of Wrocław, and EMBO Scientific Exchange Grantee…
EMBO adds activities to its programmes and launches new funding schemes for researchers in or going to one of nine…
EMBO has introduced sustainability measures to reduce the environmental impact of in-person meetings
EMBO Solutions report on experiences from moving scientific skills courses to a virtual format and plans for the future
Science journalist Kai Kupferschmidt interviewed the co-founders of BioNTech, Özlem Türeci and Ugur Sahin.
Are you a conference organizer thinking about how to build an agenda for a virtual conference, or experienced in virtual…
New initiatives strengthen the existing collaborations between EMBO and Japan.
The Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) received a 1.2 million US dollar grant that will support the development of new…
The journal-independent peer review platform created by EMBO and ASAPbio is in the top ten projects for Science and Innovation…
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, eLife/Sciety, EMBO and Knowledge Futures to pilot the DocMaps framework in community preprint reviews and evaluations.
Quo vadis, EMBO? EMBO Courses & Workshops have to prepare for the future after the pandemic. Gerlind Wallon, head of…
Review Commons has launched a blog, The Commons, dedicated to discussing innovations in scientific publishing and the platform’s policies.
The British cell biologist will take up the appointment in early 2022
Fiona Watt, the incoming EMBO Director, shares her views on EMBO and her own research aspirations
Review Commons is announcing two new policies today: As of August 1, 2021, Review Commons will require all authors to…
The pandemic has shown how preprints accelerate the dissemination of research findings, but it also highlights the crucial importance of…
The current EMBO Director is appointed President of the European Research Council (ERC). She will take up the office in…
EMBO will provide ‘Acknowledgements of Excellence’ to all applicants for EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships who met the funding criteria, irrespective of…
Andrea Ablasser, winner of the EMBO Gold Medal 2021, talks about her research which helped to mark the beginning of…
With the award, EMBO recognizes outstanding achievements of scientists under the age of 40 in Europe.
Learn about newly elected EMBO Member Alex Bateman and his work on protein families.
Learn about newly elected EMBO Member Oded Rechavi and his research on epigenetic inheritance.
Learn about newly elected EMBO Member Kristin Tessmar-Raible and her research on circadian and circalunar clocks.
Learn about newly elected EMBO Associate Member Keiko Sugimoto and her research on plant stress and regeneration.
EMBO announces the election of 64 life scientists to its membership.
We are greatly saddened by the loss of John Tooze (1938-2021) who for two decades served as the EMBO Executive…
With this newly launched website, EMBO unveils its new visual appearance.
22 April 2021 – The success of virtual conferences during the COVID-19 pandemic has taken many by surprise. There is…
The effectiveness of virtual courses and conferences has surprised many, and many researchers want advantages to live on after the…
EMBO New Venture Fellowship supports early career scientists to explore alternative areas of research
EMBO and FEBS announce Molly Stevens of Imperial College London, UK, as the recipient of the FEBS | EMBO Women…
Molly Stevens, the 2021 recipient of the FEBS | EMBO Women in Science Award, talks to Kathy Weston about her…
EMBO Press announces the appointment of Bernd Pulverer, Head of Scientific Publishing at EMBO, as Chief Editor of EMBO Reports.
EMBO Press announces the appointment of immunologist Facundo Batista, PhD, as Chief Editor of The EMBO Journal.
EMBO is pleased to announce the award of Installation Grants to eight scientists in the early stages of setting up…
“One surprising answer leads to more questions,” says Elias Barriga.
Kinga Kamieniarz-Gdula’s career has shaped her approach to research and management.
Algirdas Toleikis is excited about setting up his first independent research group in his home country.
Development of an in vitro human-derived tissue model for studying virus infection and disease progression in the alveolar cells of…
A team of Japanese scientists has revealed a mechanism associated with an increased risk of behavioural defects among offspring of…
The Early Evidence Base site is among the five winners of the latest ASAPbio PreprintSprint.
EMBO publicly launches the Early Evidence Base site, an experimental platform that blends human scientific expertise with artificial intelligence (AI)…
Molecular markers in the blood shown to be predictive of severe COVID-19 outcomes resulting from SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection have been…
Francisco Cubillos spent most of his life in Chile, but at heart, he feels international.
Stem cell researcher Yun Xia describes her research path as “straightforward”.
Born and raised in a large city in Taiwan, Cheng-Ruei Lee had only a few opportunities to be in contact…
We catch up on some of the recent global activities EMBO has carried out together with Associate Member States India…
Across the world, scientists and clinicians have combined in extraordinary efforts to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Three members of…
EMBO congratulates nine life scientists on their selection as EMBO Global Investigators. They form the second cohort of the Global…
Meet EMBO Young Investigator Debojyoti Chakraborty
Meet EMBO Young Investigator Julia Santiago
EMBO is pleased to announce that thirty life scientists have been selected as EMBO Young Investigators. They will join the…
Markus Ralser, one of two recipients of the EMBO Gold Medal 2020, talked to EMBO about his work on the…
Sarah-Maria Fendt, one of two recipients of the EMBO Gold Medal 2020, talked to EMBO about her work on the…
This year’s EMBO Gold Medal is going to two researchers who study cell metabolism, Sarah-Maria Fendt and Markus Ralser.
New research published yesterday in The EMBO Journal reports that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus can target human neurons with the potential…
Antibodies targeting the normal PrP version of the prion protein have been found in humans selected at random with no…
Until the end of 2021, two of EMBO’s Fellowship Programmes will consider applications for scientific exchanges involving institutes in Japan…
EMBL Director General Edith Heard and EMBO Director Maria Leptin respond to the current proposal on the Multiannual Financial Framework.
Learn about newly elected EMBO Member Luis Teixeira and his research.
Learn about newly elected EMBO Associate Member Hongyan Wang and her research.
Learn about newly elected EMBO Member Eörs Szathmáry and his research.
The conference ‘Gender Roles and their Impact in Academia’, co-organised by EMBL, EMBO, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, sets…
A new EMBO policy report explores options for coordinating approaches to the governance of research integrity in Europe.
EMBO has bestowed upon 63 leading scientists the lifetime honour of EMBO Membership in recognition of their remarkable achievements in…
More than 30 high-level experts from the worlds of policy and research in Europe and Japan convened in Tokyo to…
EMBO invited its 1800 Members and 150 Young Investigators to report on any efforts they or their institutions are making…
Statement on the resignation of Mauro Ferrari from the ERC Presidency
The spread of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is continuing to quickly evolve in many countries. EMBO is continuing to monitor…
EMBO announces an extension of its current Short-Term Fellowship scheme: Core Facility Fellowships. These fellowships will support exchanges of technology…
Travel information and advice regarding coronavirus
Elly Tanaka of the Institute of Molecular Pathology, BioCenter Vienna, Austria, has just been announced as this year’s recipient of…
EMBO and FEBS announce Elly Tanaka of the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna BioCenter, Austria, as the recipient of…
On 7-11 December 2019, the annual ASCB|EMBO Meeting took place in Washington DC, USA. The meeting brings together life scientists…
EMBO has removed the 40-year age limit from the eligibility criteria for the Young Investigator Programme.
As of 1 January 2020, Leszek Kaczmarek is the new President of the EMBC (European Molecular Biology Conference), the funding…
EMBO Members are instrumental in the running of the organization’s programmes. Four members talked to Kathy Weston about why they…
EMBO Members are instrumental in the running of the organization’s programmes. Four members talked to Kathy Weston about why they…
EMBO Members are instrumental in the running of the organization’s programmes. Four members talked to Kathy Weston about why they…
EMBO Members are instrumental in the running of the organization’s programmes. Four members talked to Kathy Weston about why they…
EMBO is pleased to announce that eleven life scientists have been selected to receive Installation Grants, which will support them…
Although the United Kingdom is leaving the European Union today, scientists based in the UK will continue to have access…
EMBO Molecular Medicine (EMM), one of five journals published by EMBO Press, was established in 2009 for the purpose of…
Multi-journal partnership aims to accelerate scientific publishing by offering journal-independent peer review
Nine life scientists join the new EMBO Programme in its first year
MALT1 blockers have long been in clinical use for the treatment of blood cancers. A study suggests that these drugs…
EMBO Press is pleased to announce the appointment of systems biologist M. Madan Babu as the new Chief Editor of…
The annual EMBO Members’ Meeting took place from 29-31 October 2019 in Heidelberg, Germany, and welcomed 53 recently elected members,…
EMBO congratulates twenty-seven life scientists on their selection as new EMBO Young Investigators.
EMBO and EMBO Press are making their journals’ finances public to provide transparency and clarity about what it costs to…
The Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus is a pathogen that affects honey bees and has been linked to Colony Collapse Disorder,…
There are many indications that fasting promotes longevity. In recent years, much attention has been devoted to so-called caloric restriction…
Salaried employment, contributions to social security schemes, leadership training and networking
EMBO congratulates its member Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe of the University of Oxford, UK, on receiving the 2019 Nobel Prize…
A multi-publisher partnership aims to streamline scientific publishing by producing refereed preprints
Peer Review Week, a series of events to highlight the essential role of peer review in scientific publishing, takes place…
Peer Review Week 2019 focuses on the topic of quality in peer review. Recognizing the central role that the referees…
Writing up research to present a coherent, convincing manuscript can be challenging at any career stage. It is especially daunting…
Since its launch in early 2018, the team behind the new Life Science Alliance (LSA) journal has driven forward its…
Delegates, friends, partners, colleagues, and collaborators came together on 24 June 2019 for a symposium celebrating the 50th anniversary of…
As part of the career development opportunities offered by the EMBO Young Investigator network, young group leaders can choose an…
As part of the career development opportunities offered by the EMBO Young Investigator network, young group leaders can choose an…
As part of the career development opportunities offered by the EMBO Young Investigator network, young group leaders can choose an…
EMBO announces today that 56 life scientists have been elected to its membership, joining a group of more than 1800…
Paola Picotti, one of two recipients of the EMBO Gold Medal 2019, talked to Rosemary Wilson about her work on…
M. Madan Babu, one of two recipients of the EMBO Gold Medal 2019, talked to Rosemary Wilson about his work…
The EMBO Gold Medal 2019 has been awarded to two systems biologists, M. Madan Babu and Paola Picotti.
Today the coalition of funders behind ‘Plan S’ published an updated implementation guidance document on how to comply with the…
Creativity is essential in research. The capacity to think in new ways and combine seemingly unrelated ideas requires skill, talent…
Projekt DEAL is a consortium of 813 universities and research institutes in Germany that looks to achieve so-called ‘publish-and-read’ deals.…
To support parents wishing to attend one of its more than 90 scientific meetings, EMBO introduced new childcare grants this…
Before a paper is accepted for publication in an EMBO Press journal, all images are checked for discrepancies, mistakes and…
Each year, EMBO brings together the members of the Young Investigator Network for a scientific and networking meeting. This year,…
New lab, new country, new challenges: Recipients of an EMBO Long-Term Fellowship are required to move to a different country…
New lab, new country, new challenges: Recipients of an EMBO Long-Term Fellowship are required to move to a different country…
New lab, new country, new challenges: Recipients of an EMBO Long-Term Fellowship are required to move to a different country…
Connecting young research group leaders across the world
Researchers uncover a set of proteins that are enriched in pre-symptomatic non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Regardless of the outcome of Brexit, scientists based in the UK will continue to have access to all EMBO Programmes…
Sara Linse from Lund University in Sweden is this year’s recipient of the FEBS | EMBO Women in Science Award.…
EMBO is pleased to announce a partnership with The Company of Biologists. Together, the two organizations will support scientific meetings…
EMBO and the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) announce Sara Linse of Lund University, Sweden, as the recipient of…
In September 2018 a group of European funders, supported by the European Commission, announced their plan to accelerate a move…
34 PhD students working in the labs of EMBO Young Investigators and Installation Grantees began the new year with an…
“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?
Together with EMBO Member Marek Mlodzik, the EMBO Fellowship team hosted 95 long-term fellows who are based in North America…
In May this year 62 life scientists were elected as EMBO Members and Associate Members, joining a group of more…
Researchers uncover how a microRNA cluster regulates synapse development and sociability
SourceData from EMBO is an open platform that makes the data in research papers directly searchable
While mutations of the ion-channel CFTR cause cystic fibrosis, its inhibition may serve as a target for addressing celiac disease
How do I choose the best people? How do I negotiate a deal with my university? And how do I…
EMBO Short-Term Fellowships fund laboratory visits for up to three months. In this series, four Fellows talked to Kathy Weston…
EMBO Short-Term Fellowships fund laboratory visits for up to three months. In this series, four Fellows talked to Kathy Weston…
EMBO Short-Term Fellowships fund laboratory visits for up to three months. In this series, four Fellows talked to Kathy Weston…
EMBO Short-Term Fellowships fund laboratory visits for up to three months. In this series, four Fellows talked to Kathy Weston…
EMBO congratulates its member Sir Gregory Winter from the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, UK, on receiving the…
This year’s Peer Review Week (10-15 September 2018) focuses on the topic of ‘Diversity and Inclusion’.
EMBO has written to the UK’s Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, Dominic Raab, about concerns that Brexit…
Today a coalition of eleven national research funders, with the support of the European Commission, have announced that all scientific…
Scientists who attended the EMBO Lab Leadership course talk about getting the best out of their teams and research.
Private and public funders are powerful players in science, enabling a wide range of research worldwide. Their goals, conditions and…
The Chair of the EMBO Fellowship Committee and the Head of the Fellowship Programme give tips on how to put…
The EMBO Young Investigator Programme actively supports networking and collaborative working. In a new three-part series, six former and current…
The EMBO Young Investigator Programme actively supports networking and collaborative working. In a new three-part series, six former and current…
The EMBO Young Investigator Programme actively supports networking and collaborative working. In a new three-part series, six former and current…
Since 1951, the annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings have brought together young researchers with Nobel Laureates to inspire and connect…
Researchers show that mice lacking the Maged1 gene are unable to acquire cocaine addiction
The Initiative for Science in Europe (ISE) and EuroScience have yesterday opened a petition for an increase in the EU…
Just over five years ago, EMBO was one of the original signatories of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment.
Between 14 and 17 June 2018, 103 EMBO Long-Term Fellows came together for the annual Fellows’ Meeting in Heidelberg, Germany.
Following a change in eligibility criteria, EMBO Short-Term Fellows are now able to extend their research visits for a further…
“The European Union will not remain competitive at the global level unless it promotes Open Science, and relatedly, Open Innovation.…
EMBO is pleased to announce that Montenegro has joined its intergovernmental funding body, the European Molecular Biology Conference (EMBC).
The annual Young Investigator Meeting took place from 16 to 18 May at the Vienna BioCenter in Austria.
The recipients of the EMBO Gold Medal 2018 are Czech microbiologist Marek Basler and German biochemist Melina Schuh.
Melina Schuh, one of two recipients of the EMBO Gold Medal 2018, discusses how her love of microscopy and her…
Researchers are a step closer to growing blood cells customized to the special needs of transfusion patients with rare blood…
If we want to share results in a reproducible and discoverable manner, both quality control and curation should become part…
Researchers uncover an alternative path of how the breast cancer drug palbociclib drives malignant cells into senescence
The EMBO Courses & Workshops Programme funds more than 90 events with over 11,000 participants a year. As part of…
Each year, the EMBO Courses & Workshops Committee considers around 170 proposals, and funds in excess of 50% of them,…
It began with an invitation from Kolkata. The Bose Institute had invited EMBO Council Member Victor de Lorenzo from the…
Scientists have now developed a blood test for Alzheimer’s disease and found that it can detect early indicators of the…
EMBO Press, Rockefeller University Press and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press join forces to empower authors to publish new research…
Ahead of a roundtable discussion between life scientists and the ERC Scientific Council, Maria Leptin reflects on the importance of…
EMBO and the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) announce Frauke Melchior from the Center for Molecular Biology (ZMBH) at…
Frauke Melchior, this year’s recipient of the FEBS | EMBO Women in Science Award talks about finding the answers to…
Green OA might look appealing at first, but if we want OA to work in a sustainable manner for papers…
Non-coding RNAs make up huge regulatory networks that tune cellular processes. The organisers of the EMBO | EMBL Symposium “The…
EMBO | EuropaBio Fellowships are offered in partnership with the European Association for Bioindustries (EuropaBio)
“I applied for a Policy Lecture Grant because I think it is important to give students attending a [scientific] course…
EMBO, EMBC and India sign cooperation agreement
Heidelberg, 7 May 2014 – EMBO announced today that 106 outstanding researchers in the life sciences were newly elected to its…