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Congratulations to Asifa Akhtar, EMBO Member, for being honored with Baden-Württemberg’s Order of Merit!
More information here:
www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/6125128/2026_03_27_Akhta...
Read our interview with Asifa here:
https://www.embo.org/people/science-without-borders/
Apply now! The 2026 call for the EMBO Installation Grants Programme is now open with a deadline of 15 April 12:00 midday CEST. 🧪
More information can be found here:
www.embo.org/funding/fellowships-gran...
#LifeSciences #research #funding
Terry O’Connor, who runs the Maria Leptin | EMBO Science Journalism Fellowship scheme, tells us about the importance of #ScienceJournalism for science and society: www.embo.org/features/why-we-support-... 🧪
#LifeSciences #research #fellowship
The EMBO Global Investigator Network supports group leaders setting up their laboratories in #Chile, #India, #Japan, #Singapore and #Taiwan. Apply now with a deadline of 1 May 14:00 CEST. 🧪
www.embo.org/funding/fellowships-gran...
#LifeSciences
EMBL-EBI Training. Sustainable computing in science: an introduction to the environmental impacts of computational research. Developed in collaboration with the Cambridge Sustainable Computing Lab at the University of Cambridge.
Last month, we released our hugely popular online tutorial dedicated to sustainable computing: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/onl...
Developed in collaboration with the Cambridge Sustainable Computing Lab. It was supported by funding from the Wellcome Trust Foundation and the University of Cambridge.
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Don't miss out – Submit your applications for EMBO Courses & Workshops by 1 March 2026. 🧪
Learn more about the eligibility criteria and application process here:
www.embo.org/funding/funding-for-conf...
#EMBOevents
It was a pleasure to talk to David Pellman about #scicomm, challenges scientists face toady, his career as a paediatric oncologist and more. Thank you! 🧪
#science #wisskomm
Join us for #GenomeAnalysis26 training across Asia-Pacific🌏
Learn how to apply next gen bioinformatics approaches, as well as AI & other research tools, to understand complex biological problems
Google DeepMind sponsored
🗓️18-22 May 2026
Apply by 2 March ➡️ bit.ly/49KYJWo
@astar-gis.bsky.social
Apply now! The 2026 call for the EMBO Installation Grants Programme is now open with a deadline of 15 April 12:00 midday CEST. 🧪
More information can be found here:
www.embo.org/funding/fellowships-gran...
#LifeSciences #research #funding
Apply now! The 2026 call for the EMBO Young Investigator Programme is now open with a deadline of 1 April 12:00 midday CEST. 🧪
More info here:
www.embo.org/funding/fellowships-gran...
#LifeSciences #research #funding
Twelve scientists from Chile, India, Nigeria, Singapore and Taiwan have been selected as new EMBO Global Investigators – Congratulations to the new cohort! 🧪
Read the press release:
www.embo.org/press-releases/twelve-sc...
#funding #training
François Blanquart et al. dive into the genetic basis of HIV virulence with very cool statistical methods. They show that viral load is shaped by host-dependent HLA escape variants with large effects, alongside many additional variants whose effects are too subtle to reach genome-wide significance.
Congratulations to the new cohort of 28 EMBO Young Investigators! They are joining an international network of more than 800 life scientists – Welcome!
Read the press release here:
www.embo.org/press-releases/twenty-ei...
Graphic showing two orange illustrated hands demonstrating the ‘signal for help’: one hand held up with the thumb tucked into the palm, and the fingers then folding over the thumb. Behind the hands, large white text reads ‘You are not alone, you can ask for help.’ A small EU flag icon appears in the bottom left corner.
Violence against women must end, now!
This nonverbal Signal for Help is a way to discreetly communicate when you need help.
But, of course, a hand sign isn’t enough.
BiotrAIn consortium logos: BiotrAIn, Universidad de Costa Rica, CABANAnet, EMBL-EBI and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
Are you based in Latin America and looking to develop your AI knowledge for the biosciences?
Applications are now open for our multi-location course, to be held in the region from 20 – 24 April 2026: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Application deadline: 28 November 2025
#AI #Bioinformatics
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Join us for the second edition of 'AI and biology'! 🤖🧬
Explore how AI transforms biological research – from foundation models for biology to generative modelling.
10 – 13 March 2026
EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual
Submit your abstract by 2 Dec: s.embl.org/ees26-02-bl
#EESAIBio #AI
Do not mistake personal storytelling for #inclusion.
This article is a good read for teachers and educators (and also for those in #SciComm).
#Pedagogy #HigherEd #AcademicSky #EduSky
The EMBO Members’ Meeting 2025 took place from 22–24 October. “The EMBO Members’ Meeting was a true celebration of #science and #community," says Maria Polychronidou, Head of EMBO Membership: www.embo.org/features/wel... #LifeSciences 🧪
The EMBO #Archive Catalogue is now online!
This concludes a project launched as part of our 60th anniversary celebrations last year. 🧪 Archivist Alexander Barrington tells us more: www.embo.org/people/cataloguing-the-e... #LifeSciences #research
Join us for the EMBO | EMBL Symposium 'AI and biology' 🤖🧬
Explore how AI transforms biological research – from foundation models for biology to generative modelling 🧠💡
10 – 13 March 2026
EMBL Heidelberg and Virtual
Submit your abstract: s.embl.org/ees26-02-bl
#EESAIBio #AI
Recent events for life scientists and meetings with policymakers fostered skills development and further #collaboration in #Chile. 🧪
Read more here:
www.embo.org/features/bri...
#research
Traurige Nachrichten: Die #Vogelgrippe überschattet derzeit den Kranichzug. An Hauptrastplätzen wurden Hunderte tote Kraniche festgestellt. Wir appellieren daher an alle Naturfreund*innen, vom Besuch von Rastplätzen abzusehen sowie tote Wildvögel den Behörden zu melden.
www.nabu.de/tiere-und-pf...
Success rates for Europe’s leading research grants are declining as a surge in applications far outweighs the funds available
go.nature.com/479Sni6
Beautiful #autumn colours on the #Heidelberg campus today!
@embl.org @embo.org
It is with great sadness that the University shares the news of the death of Professor Sir John Gurdon, founder of the @gurdoninstitute.bsky.social
Read our tribute to the visionary Nobel Laureate and watch an interview from 2012, just after he won: https://bit.ly/4mM8o3r
Last day of #wissenswerte2025: excursions. Thank you botanical garden @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social for showing us the seed bank today - great insights into #plantscience and #conservation!
Freue mich auf zwei Tage Informationen, Diskussionen, Lösungs- und Gedankenansätze auf der #Wissenswerte2025 Konferenz! Los geht’s mit dem Thema Wissenschaftsfreiheit.
wissenswerte.wpk.org/programm/
#ww2025 #scicomm #wisskomm 🧪
Why are #vaccines not equally effective in different regions and populations across the world?
It was a pleasure to talk to Abena Amoah about this fascinating topic, international collaborations in #globalhealth research and her personal path into the research field.
Thank you! 🧪