M. Madan Babu and Paola Picotti honoured with EMBO Gold Medal
The EMBO Gold Medal 2019 has been awarded to two systems biologists, M. Madan Babu and Paola Picotti.
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Response to the updated Plan S implementation guidance
Today the coalition of funders behind ‘Plan S’ published an updated implementation guidance document on how to comply with the plan’s Open Access (OA) principles.
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Getting creative in science
Creativity is essential in research. The capacity to think in new ways and combine seemingly unrelated ideas requires skill, talent and a good deal of practice. To encourage and help scientists to use creative problem-solving tools and processes, EMBO has added a ‘Creative Problem Solving for Scientists’ course for group leaders and senior postdocs to its training portfolio.
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‘Projekt DEAL’ impact on EMBO Press publications
Projekt DEAL is a consortium of 813 universities and research institutes in Germany that looks to achieve so-called ‘publish-and-read’ deals. A recent agreement reached by the group with Wiley includes publication in four EMBO Press journals.
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Families welcome: childcare grants now available
To support parents wishing to attend one of its more than 90 scientific meetings, EMBO introduced new childcare grants this year.
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The data detective
Before a paper is accepted for publication in an EMBO Press journal, all images are checked for discrepancies, mistakes and image aberrations. Data integrity analyst Erica Wilfong Boxheimer describes the process and why EMBO Press invests in this additional step.
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Young Investigator Network meets in Singapore
Each year, EMBO brings together the members of the Young Investigator Network for a scientific and networking meeting. This year, 56 former and current Young Investigators and Installation Grantees came together in Singapore.
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The life of an EMBO Fellow: Vinoy Vijayan
New lab, new country, new challenges: Recipients of an EMBO Long-Term Fellowship are required to move to a different country for their postdoctoral research. In this series, three EMBO Fellows told Kathy Weston how life in a new place influenced them.
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The life of an EMBO Fellow: Roman Romanov
New lab, new country, new challenges: Recipients of an EMBO Long-Term Fellowship are required to move to a different country for their postdoctoral research. In this series, three EMBO Fellows told Kathy Weston how life in a new place influenced them.
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The life of an EMBO Fellow: Inês Castro
New lab, new country, new challenges: Recipients of an EMBO Long-Term Fellowship are required to move to a different country for their postdoctoral research. In this series, three EMBO Fellows told Kathy Weston how life in a new place influenced them.
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