Claudio Sunkel, former Portuguese delegate to the EMBC and professor of #MolecularBiology at the University of Porto’s Biomedical Institute, talks about EMBO, scientific development and more: www.embo.org/people/perspectives-from... 🧪 #Portugal #LifeSciences #research #funding
Through its programmes and schemes, scientific publications, #policy and #innovation, EMBO drives excellence in the #LifeSciences on European and global scales. 🧪
This week's spotlight is on: #Portugal
www.embo.org/the-embo-communities/emb...
If journals shape scientific #careers, shouldn’t we evaluate their quality more rigorously? 🧪
A Science & Society article explores why it may be time to rethink how we assess the quality and impact of journals: link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s44319-0...
#LifeSciences #publishing
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/
Register now for EMBO | The Company of Biologists Workshop "Membrane shaping and remodeling by proteins" in #Sanya, #China, 12–15 Nov 2026.
Abstract submission by 15 Sep
Registration by 15 Oct
https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-membrane-shaping
#EMBOMembraneRemodeling #CellBiology #EMBOevents 🧪
Don't miss out! Sign up now for the EMBO Practical Course "Structural dynamics, interactions and function of biological macromolecules by #NMR" in #Munich, #Germany, 24–31 July 2026.
Deadline: 17 April 2026
https://embo2026.bnmrz.org/
#LifeSciences #spectroscopy #training #EMBOevents 🧪
Sign up by 27 May for the EMBO Solutions #training "How to write a scientific paper" delivered by EMBO Press editors at the meeting: www.embl.org/about/info/course-and-co... 🧪
EMBL #EESMicrotubules #EMBOevents
EMBO Lab Leadership
Learn more about advances in anaerobic #microbiology at EMBO Practical Course "Breathless Microbes: Life With No Oxygen" in #Nijmegen, NL, 6–10 July 2026. 🧪
Deadline: 15 April
https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-breathless-microbes
#EMBObreathless #EMBOevents #MicroSky #biotechnology #biochemistry
Abstract submission is now open until 9 June for the ASCB | EMBO #CellBio2026 meeting in #SanDiego #California, United States, 12–15 December 2026! 🧪
More info here:
https://www.ascb.org/cellbio2026/
Call for organizers! Help shape the #ProfessionalDevelopment and #career conversations at #CellBio2026 in #SanDiego, #UnitedStates, 12–15 December 2026. 🧪
Deadline for session proposals: 10 April 2026
Submit your proposal here:
https://www.ascb.org/cellbio2026/session-proposals/
Explore the latest advances in ion channel and transporter #research at the EMBO | FEBS Lecture Course "Ion channels and transporters: From atoms to cellular context" in #Erice, Italy, 13–19 May.
Deadline: 15 April
https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-ion-channels
#EMBOAtomsToCells #EMBOevents 🧪
Making connections with researchers across the international #ScienceCommunity is a motivation for Nazlı Ecem Dal-Bekar, former EMBO Scientific Exchange Grantee. 🧪
Read more here:
www.embo.org/people/nazli-ecem-dal-be...
#LifeSciences #research #funding #Turkey
What if #design could change how we understand #science? 🧪
A new Science & Society article explores how combining #MolecularBiology with design can transform complex research into visual, accessible stories: link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s44319-0...
#ScienceCommunication
Learn about advances and techniques in #neuroscience #research using invertebrate model systems at the EMBO Practical Course "Small Brains, Big Ideas" in Las Cruces, #Chile, 16–26 October 2026.
Deadline: 15 July
https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-smallbrains
#EMBOSmallBrainsBigIdeas #EMBOevents 🧪
Sign up now for the EMBO Workshop "#MolecularBiology of #Archaea: Life Through the Prism of Archaea" in Cambridge, UK, 6–10 July 2026.
Deadline: 15 April
https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-archaea
#EMBOArchaeaBiology #EMBOevents #CellBiology #StructuralBiology #ecology #evolution #biophysics 🧪
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
“Such initiatives are very important in instilling quality in the #LifeSciences, and many of the people decorated by EMBO are playing leading roles in the positive evolution of Turkish life science,” says EMBO Member Mehmet Öztürk: www.embo.org/people/mehmet-ozturk-dri... 🧪 #Turkey
People sitting on stairs discussing a project. Text highlighting the next EMBO Lab Leadership for Scientists in the Americas live online course running on 08-11 June 2026 still has places available.
In the Americas? EMBO Lab #Leadership live online training for #scientists on 08-11 June 2026 (NY time). Take time to focus on your interpersonal skills, discover tools to support you and your team's development and tune up communication skills. Sign up now: www.embolableadership.org/course/embol...
Join the EMBO Global Lecture "Genome dynamics across environmental and cellular reprogramming" by Gianni Liti at the National Taiwan University in #Taipei, #Taiwan on 30 April. 🧪
Join the EMBO Global Lecture "Genome dynamics across environmental and cellular reprogramming" by Gianni Liti at the National Health Research Institutes in Miaoli #Taiwan on 28 April. 🧪
“They [EMBO #childcare #grants] have been amazing and removed the limitations of me attending scientific conferences," says Elif Nur Firat-Karalar, Principal Investigator at Koç University and former EMBO Young Investigator: www.embo.org/people/elif-nur-firat-ka... 🧪
Learn how to implement #proteomics workflows into your #research at EMBO Practical Course "Targeted proteomics: Advanced tools for biomedical research" in Barcelona, Spain, 8–13 Nov 2026.
Deadline: 15 May
https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-targeted-proteomics
#EMBOTargetedProteomics #EMBOevents 🧪
Photo by Danielle Balériaux
EMBO’s Senior Policy Officer, Sandra Bendiscioli, shared lessons from 10 years of EMBO Fora on #ResponsibleResearch at yesterday's #ENRIO Annual Meeting in Tallinn, Estonia. 🧪
Learn more:
www.embo.org/policy/research-integrit...
#ResearchIntegrity
Last chance to submit your application for #EMBOTRSX!
We've extended the deadline until 12 April: s.embl.org/ser26-01-bl
The course will cover all aspects of time-resolved serial crystallography experiments, from data collection to electron density analysis.
6 – 10 July
EMBL Hamburg
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Bonus: Join the EMBO session 'How to write a scientific paper'! Free registration for the symposium participants on the first come, first served basis – more information on our website.
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Aashima Dogra-Freitag tells us about their #career, experience with #ScienceJournalism and what the Maria Leptin | EMBO Science Journalism Fellowship means to them: https://www.embo.org/people/understanding-complexity/ 🧪
Last day to register for the EMBO Practical Course "Synthetic biology in action: Maturing tools and their potential" in Heidelberg, Germany, 30 June–6 July 2026. Don't miss out!
www.embl.org/about/info/course-and-co...
#EMBOSynBio #EMBOevents 🧪
"EMBO is a very important example of collaborative, multidisciplinary, and multinational research efforts (...)," says Hasan Mandal, former President of The Scientific and Technological Research Council of #Turkey. 🧪
Read more here:
www.embo.org/people/perspectives-from...
Last day to register for the EMBO Workshop "Building networks: Engineering in vascular biology" in #Barcelona, #Spain, 13–15 May 2026.
www.embl.org/about/info/course-and-co...
#EMBOBuildNetworks #EMBOevents 🧪