🏅Thrilled to see @yehumoran.bsky.social elected to the membership of @embo.org! Yehu was instrumental in forming an #ecology & #evolution advisory board for our journals while serving as Academic Editor, where he now continues as an advisor. #EMBOMembers2026 www.embo.org/press-releas...

Welcome and congratulations to the 60 new members and 11 associate members who have been elected to the EMBO Membership! They join a community of more than 2,200 leading scientists. 🧪 https://www.embo.org/press-releases/seventy-one-leading-scientists-elected-to-the-embo-membership/ #EMBOMembers2026

For the first time ever, the EMBO Young Scientists’ Forum is coming to Dubrovnik, #Croatia, 28–30 October 2026. 🧪 Sign up now! Early bird registration deadline: 15 July 2026 https://event.fourwaves.com/eysf#Croatia#EYSF2026 #LifeSciences #EarlyCareerResearchers

Gain #training on correlative #LightElectronMicroscopy techniques in the eponymous EMBO Practical Course "Correlative light electron microscopy" in Utrecht, Netherlands, 13–18 September 2026. Deadline: 3 July 2026 meetings.embo.org/event/26-clem#training#LightElectronMicroscopy#EMBOCorrelativeLight #EMBOevents 🧪

Register now for hybrid EMBO Workshop "In situ #StructuralBiology: Bridging molecular mechanisms with system-wide approaches," 9–12 Feb 2027. Registration (in-person/virtual): 5 Jan/2 Feb 2027 https://www.embl.org/about/info/course-and-conference-office/events/iss27-01#StructuralBiology#EMBOinsitu #EMBOevents 🧪

Deadline tomorrow! Submit your abstract now for the Hybrid EMBO Workshop "Molecular mechanisms in #evolution and #ecology," 6–9 October 2026. https://www.embl.org/about/info/course-and-conference-office/events/eae26-01/#evolution#ecology#EMBOevents #EMBOEvoEco 🧪

EMBO spoke with science journalists across #Europe about the future of the field and how the Maria Leptin | EMBO #ScienceJournalism Fellowship can support it, while gathering fellows' ideas on sustaining journalism’s essential role: https://www.embo.org/features/the-future-of-science-journalism/#Europe🧪

We are pleased to be a media partner for the @embo.org @embl.org Symposium: The complex life of RNA Abstract submission: 7 Jul 2026 Registration (On-site): 1 Sep 2026 Registration (Virtual): 6 Oct 2026 bit.ly/4qpp83e #EESRNA @events.embl.org

On Monday, 22 June, the Strategic Working Party and Finance Committee of the European Molecular Biology Conference (EMBC) met in Heidelberg, Germany. The EMBC is an inter-governmental organization comprising 32 Member States that funds the programmes of EMBO.

Explore aspects of X chromosome biology in the EMBO Workshop "Dosage compensation and evolution of the X chromosome" in #Sapporo, Japan, 19–22 October 2026. Deadline: 1 July 2026 https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-x-chromosome#Sapporo#EMBOXChromosomeEvolution #EMBOevents 🧪

"One has to keep up with the ever-evolving fields one covers and the Maria Leptin | EMBO Science Journalism Fellowship offers just that (...)," explains Ioanna Soufleri: https://balkansciencejournalists.wordpress.com/2026/06/16/greek-journalist-wins-maria-leptin-embo-science-journalism-fellowship/ 🧪

Don't miss out! Registration closing 25 June for the EMBO Workshop "#Physics of Cells: PhysCell2026" in Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands, 7–11 September 2026. https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-physcell#Physics#EMBOphysCell26 #meeting #EMBOevents 🧪

Sign up now! Deadline extended to 1 July for the EMBO | The Company of Biologists Workshop "Muscle development, maintenance & pathology: In vitro models to physiology" in Aghia Pelaghia, #Greece, 11–15 Oct 2026. 🧪 https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-muscle-dev#Greece#EMBOMuscleDevelopment #EMBOevents

Deadline extended until 15 July for EMBO Workshop "D-Amino Acid Research (IDAR2026)" in Nice, France, 23–26 August 2026. 🧪 Register now and explore a mix of #StructuralBiology, #enzymology, #neuroscience and more! https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-d-amino-acid-1#StructuralBiology#enzymology#neuroscience#EMBOidar2026 #EMBOevents

Learn about #axon regulation in the EMBO | The Company of Biologists Workshop "Axonal degeneration and regeneration" in Onna-son, Japan, 18–22 October 2026. Deadline: 21 June 2026 https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-axonal-degeneration#axon#EMBOAxonalRegeneration #EMBOevents #meeting 🧪

In a webinar on 19 June at 15:00 CEST, EMBO Senior Policy Officer Sandra Bendiscioli will discuss how greater transparency around contributor roles can strengthen #ResearchAssessment, using the CRediT taxonomy as a case study: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Dfik20pDRoWR3Cs15ycPDw 🧪 DORA

Make sure to sign up for the EMBO Practical Course 'Causality in biomedicine' at @training.ebi.embl.org 🧪 Applications close on 21 June 2026! @embo.org

Last chance to apply for the EMBO Practical Course 'Causality in biomedicine'. Applications close on 21 June 2026. Funding is available. Join the lineup of phenomenal speakers at @ebi.embl.org. Funded by @embo.org for excellence in the life sciences. www.ebi.ac.uk/training/eve... 🧬🖥️📊🧪🥼💊

Missed out on the early submission deadline #CellBio2026? There's still time! 🧪 Submit your poster abstracts until 4 August: https://www.ascb.org/cellbio2026/ American Society for Cell Biology

Congratulations to EMBO Members Christine Holt and Erin Schuman for being honoured as the 2026 #Neuroscience Laureates of The Kavli Prize! 🧪 More information here: https://www.kavliprize.org/2026-kavli-prize-laureates-announced#Neuroscience#LifeSciences #research #award

Learn about #axon regulation in the EMBO | The Company of Biologists Workshop "Axonal degeneration and regeneration" in Onna-son, Japan, 18–22 October 2026. Deadline: 21 June 2026 https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-axonal-degeneration#axon#EMBOAxonalRegeneration #EMBOevents #meeting 🧪

Kairbaan Hodivala-Dilke presenting the @embo.org Keynote Lecture earlier today at #EACR2026!

Great EMBO YIP @embo.org lecture by Teresa Thurston @thurstonlab.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk at "Pathogen Immunity and Signalling" #EMBOpathogenSignalling. Bacterial effectors mediate kinase reprogramming through mimicry of conserved eukaryotic motifs. See also: -> link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Congratulations to Gautam Dey (EMBL) and Omaya Dudin (University of Geneva) for being awarded the EMBO Gold Medal 2026 in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the #LifeSciences in Europe! 🧪 https://www.embo.org/press-releases/embo-gold-medal-2026-awarded-to-gautam-dey-and-omaya-dudin/

Attending the EMBO @embo.org workshop "Pathogen Immunity and Signalling" #EMBOpathogenSignalling in Leiden? meetings.embo.org/event/26-pat... Talk to our editor Achim Breiling who is attending the meeting about you work or publishing-related topics!

Explore the latest advances in the mechanism of #autophagy at the EMBO Workshop "Autophagy: foundations, functions and physiology" in Grenå, Denmark, 6–11 September 2026. Deadline: 15 June 2026 https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-autophagy#autophagy#EMBOAutophagyResearch #EMBOevents 🧪

Sign up now for the EMBO | The Company of Biologists Workshop "Muscle development, maintenance & pathology: In vitro models to physiology" in Aghia Pelaghia, #Greece, 11–15 October 2026. Deadline: 15 June 2026 https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-muscle-dev#Greece#EMBOMuscleDevelopment #EMBOevents 🧪

Can a perfect CV really capture what makes a great scientist? 🧪 A Science & Society article explores the pressure many researchers feel to constantly refine their CVs and why a strong application is about more than that: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s44319-025-00586-3 #CVwriting #career

The EMBO Policy Team is pleased to share our contribution to the DORA blog, highlighting key insights from EMBO’s 2026 #policy workshop on #ResponsibleResearchAssessment: https://sfdora.org/2026/05/29/assessment-life-sciences/#policy🧪 #ResearchFunding #PeerReview #ResearchIntegrity #ResearchCulture

Final call – One week left! Abstract submission is open until 9 June for The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) | EMBO #CellBio2026 meeting in #SanDiego #California, United States, 12–15 December 2026. 🧪 https://www.ascb.org/cellbio2026/#CellBio2026#SanDiego#California#LifeSciences #research #conference #meeting

Congratulations to our 16 EMBO Members who have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Society (names in comments)! 🧪 Read the press release here: https://royalsociety.org/news/2026/05/new-fellows-announcement-2026/

Register now for the EMBO Workshop "Advances and new frontiers in #ProteinTranslocation across membranes" in Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain, 21–25 Sep 2026. Abstract submission/Registration by 19/30 Jun https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-protein-translocation#ProteinTranslocation#EMBOProteinTranslocation #EMBOevents 🧪

The biennial EMBO Young Investigator Network retreat is taking place this week at the Ringhotel Schorfheide in the forest north of Berlin. 🧪 A week of #training, #networking and a chance to get away from the lab and consider their #research from a different perspective awaits network members.

Remarkable: this splendid @embo.org cake prepared by the local organizers!

The end of a great meeting: #EMBOevents #EMBOtelomere Our editor @hvodermaier.bsky.social presents the @embojournal.org poster prize to winner Valeria Rubeo from @crcm.bsky.social - congratulations! meetings.embo.org/event/26-tel...

With Head of EMBO Press Bernd Pulverer part of the executive committee, EMBO is glad to support the #TrustSeal initiative in providing the community and funders with an objective and transparent tool to evaluate science journals: hubs.ly/Q04j1D500 #ResearchAssessment FASEB

The EMBO Council, the governing body of EMBO responsible for ensuring the development of the organization, met for their 91st meeting on 11–13 May. 🧪 Read more about the meeting here: https://www.embo.org/features/91st-meeting-of-the-embo-council/

Congratulations to EMBO Members Anne Dejean (Institut Pasteur | 130 years of biomedical research) and Hugues de Thé (Collège de France) for being awarded the 2026 Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine for their work on acute promyelocytic leukemia: https://www.shawprize.org/ 🧪

How can funders rethink research excellence with their communities? New @embo.org guest post shares insights from a workshop bringing researchers together to explore fairer, more inclusive assessment aligned with DORA & @coarassessment.bsky.social principles. Explore the full story 👉 bit.ly/RRA-EMBO

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

What if crops could fertilize themselves? 🧪 A Science & Society article explores the effort to engineer #NitrogenFixation into plants, an ambitious challenge that could reshape #agriculture by reducing dependence on synthetic fertilizers: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1038/s44319-025-00618-y

@embopress.org is glad to support the #TrustSeal initiative to become an objective & transparent tool for the community, funders & research assessment to see which of the 35k+ biomed science journals to support. TX for taking the lead @faseborg.bsky.social & biocore.com @embo.org hubs.ly/Q04j1D500

✍️ Peer review doesn't have to be journal-led. There are alternatives, such as @reviewcommons, an independent peer-review platform (launched jointly by ASAPbio and @embo.org)! Review Commons enables journal-independent peer review, allowing reviewers to focus on science rather than journal fit.

Hi #EMBOCancerEvolution! Talk to our editor Achim Breiling who is attending the meeting about you work or publishing-related topics!

Sam Moix received an EMBO Scientific Exchange Grant for his internship at Open Targets in Hinxton, United Kingdom. 🧪 Read more about his experience in this blog post: https://blog.opentargets.org/from-genetic-perturbation-to-drug-safety-sam-moix/ #LifeSciences #research #funding

The EMBO Workshop "#Centrosomes: From fundamentals to diseases" in #Lausanne, Switzerland, 1–4 September 2026 will highlight the advances in the field of centrosome #research – Register now! Deadline: 1 June https://meetings.embo.org/event/26-centrosomes#Centrosomes#Lausanne#research#EMBOCentrosomes #EMBOevents #conference 🧪

EMBO Member Melina Schuh has been awarded the 2026 Carus Medal Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina for her contributions to understanding mammalian oocyte development: https://www.leopoldina.org/en/newsroom/detail/leopoldina-awards-biochemist-melina-schuh-the-carus-medal 🧪 #award

German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier has awarded Ralf Erdmann, EMBO Member, the Cross of Merit for his #research on a number of diseases, laying the foundation for new treatments: https://www.bochum.de/Pressemeldungen/20-Mai-2026/Verdienstkreuz-fuer-Prof.-Dr.-Ralf-Erdmann#research(article in German) 🧪

Don't miss out! Abstract submission is open until 9 June for The American Society for Cell Biology | EMBO #CellBio2026 meeting in #SanDiego #California, United States, 12–15 December 2026. 🧪 More info here: https://www.ascb.org/cellbio2026/ #LifeSciences #research #conference #meeting

How do we assess research excellence in a way that reflects today’s scientific reality? 🧪 Read the report from EMBO’s recent #policy workshop exploring this question: https://www.embo.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Revisiting-the-EMBO-Funding-Criteria-A-Workshop-Report.pdf DORA CoARA