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EMBO @embo.org · 02/10/2026

As the EMBO Fellows' and Members' Meeting #EMBOFMM26 comes to an end, Tanmay Bharat is handed over the EMBO Gold Medal. 🧪

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EMBO @embo.org · 02/10/2026

This week at the EMBO Fellows' and Members' Meeting #EMBOFMM26, visitors could test out the EMBO Science Map. 🧪 It is a visualization of every EMBO Member (round symbols) and Associate Member (square symbols) on a scientific and a geographic map. Explore more here: sciencemap.embo.org

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EMBO @embo.org · 01/10/2026

Yesterday, the EMBO Fellows and EMBO Members came together to discuss #science across disciplines, borders and generations at the EMBO Fellows' poster session. 🧪 Topics ranged from evolution to ecology, genomics to immunology, neuroscience to plant biology and so much more! #EMBOFMM26

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EMBO @embo.org · 01/10/2026

What will it take to make #CultivatedMeat part of our everyday food? 🧪 A Science & Society article (EMBO Reports, EMBO Press) explores the challenges facing #CellularAgriculture. More here: link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s… #LifeSciences #research

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EMBO @embo.org · 30/09/2026

Europe’s #research excellence offers enormous potential for new #HealthTechnologies. How can we strengthen the path from discovery to patient benefit? 🧪

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EMBO @embo.org · 30/09/2026

Today, EMBO Director Fiona Watt welcomes the EMBO Members who join the EMBO Fellows in the joint meeting #EMBOFMM26 in Heidelberg, Germany. 🧪

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EMBO @embo.org · 29/09/2026

Last week, Bernd Pulverer, Head of EMBO Press, alongside IOP Publishing , STM, Elsevier, and Wiley executives, met with Ekatarina Zaharieva (European Commissioner for Startups, Research and Innovation) in Brussels. 🧪

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EMBO @embo.org · 29/09/2026

Don't miss the EMBO Global Lecture "Neuronal population dynamics of decision making in C. elegans" by EMBO Member Manuel Zimmer Universität Wien / University of Vienna at the Indian Institute of Science, Indian Academy of Neuroscience meeting and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. 🧪 #India

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EMBO @embo.org · 29/09/2026

Together with EMBO, the Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft has now developed recommendations on how #BiomedicalEngineering can grow into a strong industry in the #EuropeanUnion. 🧪 More in the press release: www.embo.org/press-releases/biomedi… #innovation

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EMBO @embo.org · 29/09/2026

Don't miss out! On-site registration deadline approaching on 6 October 2026 for the Hybrid EMBO Workshop "Quantitative biology to molecular mechanisms," 17–20 November 2026. www.embl.org/about/info/course-and-… #EMBOOmics #EMBOevents 🧪

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EMBO @embo.org · 28/09/2026

Deadline extended! European-based journalists have until 30 October to apply for financial support from the Maria Leptin | EMBO #ScienceJournalism Fellowships. 🧪 More info: www.embo.org/features/science-journ… #funding #LifeSciences #ScienceCommunication

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EMBO @embo.org · 26/09/2026

Our Fellows' Meeting opens today! 🧪 A warm welcome to all EMBO Fellows joining us in Heidelberg. We're excited for the days ahead, and next week our EMBO Members join us for the joint meeting. Follow along for highlights! #EMBOFMM26

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EMBO @embo.org · 25/09/2026

Tomorrow our Fellows' Meeting begins in Heidelberg! 🧪 We're looking forward to welcoming our fellows for days of discussion, #exchange and fresh ideas. Next week, they will be joined by our EMBO Members. Safe travels to everyone on their way and see you tomorrow! #EMBOFMM26 #community

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EMBO @embo.org · 24/09/2026

Apply by 12 Oct for the Lab #Leadership #Course for Group Leaders in Biological Sciences run by EMBO Lab Leadership at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 17–19 Nov 2026. 🧪 meetings.embo.org/event/laboratory-…

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EMBO @embo.org · 24/09/2026

Interested in the intersection between #MachineLearning, #AI and #mechanogenomics? Sign up now for the EMBO Workshop "Mechano-Genomics and AI" in Baden, Switzerland, 3–5 May 2027. Deadline: 1 February 2027 meetings.embo.org/event/27-mechano-… #EMBOmechGenAI #EMBOevents 🧪

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EMBO @embo.org · 23/09/2026

Congratulations to EMBO Member Martin Jínek for being awarded the 2026 Marcel Benoist Swiss Science #Prize for his #research on #GenomeEditing technologies. 🧪 More here: marcel-benoist.ch/en/prize-2026 Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) #award #CRISPR

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EMBO @embo.org · 22/09/2026

Explore cellular computation, #biochemistry, #biophysics and more at the EMBO Workshop "Cellular Matters: Self-organization from molecules to functions" in Ascona, CH, 2–5 May 2027. Deadline: 15 January 2027 meetings.embo.org/event/27-self-org… #EMBOcellularMatters #EMBOevents 🧪

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EMBO @embo.org · 21/09/2026

Can having too much make us less resourceful? 🧪 A Science & Society article reflects on how scarcity can encourage #creativity and thoughtful use of resources in #science, and asks whether today’s abundance may have the opposite effect: link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s…

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EMBO @embo.org · 18/09/2026

EMBO is #hiring a Programme Assistant for the EMBO Young Investigator Programme (absence cover) – Apply now! www.embo.org/vacancy/programme-assi… #JobOpening #JobSearch #CareerOpportunities 🧪

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EMBO @embo.org · 15/09/2026

Don't miss out! Register and submit your abstract now until 30 September for the EMBO Young Scientists’ Forum #EYSF2026 taking place in Dubrovnik, #Croatia, 28–30 October 2026. 🧪 event.fourwaves.com/eysf #LifeSciences #EarlyCareerResearchers

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EMBO @embo.org · 11/09/2026

Science, the beach and #collaboration: Three PhD students share their experience attending the EMBO | FEBS Lecture Course "Membranes and their lipids and proteins in organelle biogenesis." 🧪 network.febs.org/posts/biology-on-t…

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EMBO @embo.org · 10/09/2026

From 7–8 September, the EMBO Young Investigator Network "NeuroYIP" sectoral meeting took place in Heidelberg, Germany. Scientists gathered together to discuss #research findings, unpublished data and potential collaborations, fostering excellence in the #LifeSciences. 🧪 #collaboration #networking

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EMBO @embo.org · 10/09/2026

Last week, EMBL Heidelberg welcomed a delegation from #Bulgaria. On 3 September, Maria Polychronidou (Head of EMBO Membership and the EMBO Courses & Workshops Programme) and Karin Dumstrei (Head of the EMBO Fellowship Programme) presented a talk on EMBO #opportunities for Bulgarian scientists. 🧪

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EMBO @embo.org · 09/09/2026

We congratulate Eleftheria Zeggini (Helmholtz Munich, Technische Universität München) who receives the FEBS | EMBO Women in Science #Award 2027! 🧪 More information in the press release: www.embo.org/press-releases/febs-em… #WomenInScience

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EMBO @embo.org · 07/09/2026

EMBO Member since 1998 and former EMBO Council Member Crisanto Gutiérrez was awarded the 2026 Santiago Ramón y Cajal National Research #Award in #Biology – Congratulations! 🧪 www.ciencia.gob.es/Noticias/2026/ju… (in Spanish)

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EMBO @embo.org · 07/09/2026

Delve into different aspects of the #DNAdamageResponse at the EMBO Workshop "#Evolution and diversity of the DNA damage response" in Bengaluru, India, 23–27 February 2027. Deadline: 15 September 2026 meetings.embo.org/event/27-dna-dama… #EMBOdnadamage #LifeSciences #EMBOevents 🧪

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EMBO @embo.org · 04/09/2026

Learn about integrative modelling strategies with a focus on biomolecular dynamics at the EMBO Practical Course "Integrative modelling of biomolecular interactions" in #Athens, Greece, 26–30 Apr 2027. Deadline: 8 Nov meetings.embo.org/event/27-biomol-i… #EMBObiomo #EMBOevents 🧪

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EMBO @embo.org · 03/09/2026

An EMBO–JST workshop led to a successful international collaboration and an unexpected discovery, now published in Nature Communications. 🧪 More here: www.embo.org/features/embo-jst-netw… #Japan

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EMBO @embo.org · 31/08/2026

Don't miss the EMBO Global Lecture "Forces that shape fate: The mechanics of #NeuralCrest #development" by EMBO Global Investigator Roberto Mayor (University College London) in Delhi, #India, 4 October 2026. 🧪 #LifeSciences #research #neuroscience

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EMBO @embo.org · 31/08/2026

Don't miss the EMBO Global #Lecture "Reciprocal mechanochemical feedback couples neural crest migration and neurulation" by EMBO Global Investigator Roberto Mayor (UCL) in Alibaug, #India, 28 September 2026. #EMBOTissueMorphogenesis #neuroscience #EMBOevents 🧪

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EMBO @embo.org · 28/08/2026

This week, we welcomed 20 master students, PhD students and postdoctoral researchers brought by DANEMO from #Denmark to the EMBO/EMBL campus. 🧪 The visit's topic was “#AI in #LifeScience: Data, Discovery, and #Collaboration" and participants were able to learn about different EMBO opportunities.

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EMBO @embo.org · 25/08/2026

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EMBO @embo.org · 24/08/2026

Sign up now for the EMBO Workshop "Bacterial and archaeal #CellDivision: Diverse mechanisms and models" in Barga (Lucca), Italy, 20–23 April 2027. Deadline: 6 January 2027 meetings.embo.org/event/27-cell-div… #EMBObacDiv27 #genetics #biochemistry #StructuralBiology #EMBOevents 🧪

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EMBO @embo.org · 24/08/2026

Join scientists working on #ProteinHomeostasis in the EMBO Workshop "#Proteostasis shaping health span: From protein folding to failure" in #Ericeira, #Portugal, 9–13 November 2026. Deadline: 1 September 2026 meetings.embo.org/event/26-proteost… #EMBOproteostasis #EMBOevents 🧪

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EMBO @embo.org · 19/08/2026

Don't miss out! One day left to register for the EMBO | The Company of Biologists Workshop "Neurodevelopmental disorders: Genes to circuits and behavior" in #Otsu, #Japan, 9–12 Sep 2026. meetings.embo.org/event/26-neurodev… #EMBOGenesCircuitsBehavior #neuroscience #EMBOevents 🧪

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EMBO @embo.org · 19/08/2026

Register now for the EMBO Workshop "The complexity of mycobacterial infections: From research to real-world impact" in #Paris, FR, 14–18 Sep 2026. Registration by 25 Aug Virtual registration by 7 Sep meetings.embo.org/event/26-mycobact… #EMBOComplexInfections #EMBOevents 🧪

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EMBO @embo.org · 18/08/2026

Interested in #RNAmetabolism, proteasome and ubiquitin biology? Sign up now for the EMBO Workshop "RNA meets protein decay" in Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany, 3–6 May 2027. Deadline: 1 March 2027 meetings.embo.org/event/27-rna-prot… #EMBOproteinDecay #EMBOevents 🧪

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EMBO @embo.org · 18/08/2026

Sign up now for the EMBO Practical Course "Microfluidic chip fabrication and organoid systems" in Thiruvananthapuram, India, 5–9 Jan 2027. Abstract submission by 5 Oct Registration by 2 Nov meetings.embo.org/event/27-microflu… #EMBOmicrochip #research #training #EMBOevents 🧪

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EMBO @embo.org · 17/08/2026

Don't miss out! Explore gut-brain interactions in #stress adaptation at EMBO Workshop "Gut-brain communication in stress resilience and health" in Castelvecchio Pascoli, IT, 14–17 Sep 2026. Registration deadline: 18 Aug meetings.embo.org/event/26-gut-brai… #EMBOGutBrain #EMBOevents 🧪

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EMBO @embo.org · 12/08/2026

Sign up now! Registration is now open for the EMBO Workshop "Ovarian biology" in Lloret de Mar, Spain, 7–11 March 2027. Abstract submission deadline: 27 November 2026 Early-bird registration deadline: 15 January 2027 meetings.embo.org/event/27-ovarian-… #EMBOovarianBio #EMBOevents 🧪

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EMBO @embo.org · 11/08/2026

Explore gut-brain interactions in #stress adaptation at the EMBO Workshop "Gut-brain communication in stress resilience and health" in Castelvecchio Pascoli, Italy, 14–17 September 2026. Registration deadline: 18 August meetings.embo.org/event/26-gut-brai… #EMBOGutBrain #EMBOevents 🧪

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EMBO @embo.org · 06/08/2026

Interested in a cross-scale understanding of #mechanobiology? Join the EMBO Workshop "Forces across scales" in Porto, Portugal, 27–30 April 2027. Deadline: 1 December 2026 meetings.embo.org/event/27-forces-s… #EMBOforces #EMBOevents 🧪

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EMBO @embo.org · 06/08/2026

How can #AI help scientists make sense of scientific literature? 🧪 A Science & Society article in EMBO Reports explores the potential of #LargeLanguageModels to analyze #research and why careful evaluation by scientists is still essential: link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s…

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EMBO @embo.org · 04/08/2026

Don't miss out! Register and submit your abstract now until 30 September for the EMBO Young Scientists’ Forum #EYSF2026 taking place in Dubrovnik, #Croatia, 28–30 October 2026! 🧪 event.fourwaves.com/eysf #LifeSciences #EarlyCareerResearchers

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EMBO @embo.org · 30/07/2026

Sign up now and learn more about astrocyte #research at the EMBO Workshop "Astrocytes: From molecules to systems" in Porto, Portugal, 12–16 April 2027. Deadline: 2 November 2026 meetings.embo.org/event/27-astrocyt… #EMBOAstrocytes #EMBOevents 🧪

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EMBO @embo.org · 28/07/2026

Interested in applying comparative approaches across insect species? Register now for the EMBO Workshop "Comparative (neuro)science in insects" in Engelberg, CH, 13–16 Apr 2027. Deadline: 11 Dec meetings.embo.org/event/27-insect-n… #EMBOneuroInsects #neuroscience #EMBOevents 🧪

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EMBO @embo.org · 28/07/2026

Missed out on the early submission deadline for #CellBio2026? No problem. 🧪 Late poster abstract submission is still open until 4 August: www.ascb.org/cellbio2026 American Society for Cell Biology

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EMBO @embo.org · 27/07/2026

What if you could hear scientific data instead of see it? 🧪 A Science & Society article in EMBO Reports explores how #sonification, the use of sound to represent data, could interpret complex datasets and make #science more accessible: link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s…

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EMBO @embo.org · 24/07/2026

Learn about cilia (dis)assembly, how cargo selection is regulated and how functions vary across tissues at the EMBO Workshop "Cilia" in Stresa, Italy, 9–12 March 2027. Early bird registration by 30 Sep Abstract submission by 30 Oct meetings.embo.org/event/27-cilia #EMBOcilia #EMBOevents 🧪

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EMBO @embo.org · 23/07/2026

Sign up now for the EMBO Workshop "Marine microbial chemical communication" in Den Hoorn (Texel), Netherlands, 15–18 March 2027. Deadline: 20 October 2026 meetings.embo.org/event/27-marine-c… #EMBOMarineComms #MarineBiology #EMBOevents 🧪

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