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! 🧪

Learn about host-pathogen interactions, immune responses, vaccine development and more at the India | EMBO Lecture Course "RNA virus infection and host immune responses" in Faridabad, IN, 11–14 February 2026. Deadline: 1 October meetings.embo.org/event/26-rna... #EMBOrnaVirus #RNAsky #EMBOevents 🧪

New paper: our method HIV-phyloTSI estimates time-since-infection for HIV using deep viral sequence data. Estimating continuous TSI, not just recent / not-recent, gives incidence over time, allowing evaluation of the impact of interventions. 1/3 bmcbioinformatics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Rest in peace David Baltimore. A leading figure in virology and molecular biology has passed away this weekend. www.latimes.com/obituaries/s...

The Maria Leptin | EMBO Science Journalism Fellowships support life scientists pursuing a career in #ScienceJournalism and science journalists who wish to further their scientific education. Apply now: www.embo.org/funding/fell... #LifeSciences #ScienceCommunication #SciComm #Funding 🧪

"I think that organizations such as EMBO and EMBL (...) should be expanded, because they go beyond boundaries and look for possibilities to promote #science without borders," says Asifa Akhtar, EMBO Member and Director of the @mpi-ie.bsky.social #Germany. 🧪 www.embo.org/people/scien... @maxplanck.de

It was a pleasure to talk to Stoyno Stoynov, deputy director of the Institute of Molecular Biology in Sofia and scientific advisor to EMBC for #Bulgaria, the newest EMBC Member State. Thank you for the interesting insights into your career and views on the #lifesciences in the country! 🧪 #scicomm

Bulgaria has joined EMBC, the intergovernmental funding body of EMBO, as the 32nd member state. Welcome! Life scientists in #Bulgaria can now benefit from all EMBO Programmes and activities. Read more: www.embo.org/press-releas... #LifeSciences #networking #opportunities #funding 🧪

Green Labs Netherlands @greenlabsnl.bsky.social and the UK Laboratory Efficiency Action Network (LEAN) receive the EMBO Lab #Sustainability Award. Congratulations to these inspiring grassroots networks! www.embo.org/press-releas... #AcademicSky #LifeSciences

"Once an EMBO Fellow, always an EMBO Fellow" Do you wonder what an EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship and the global network is like? Read on for voices of three recent fellows at the EMBO Fellows’ Meeting: www.embo.org/features/sha... #EMBOFellows #LifeSciences #Networking

Are you a #PhD student in #Chile and want to develop your #SoftSkills? Learn about #ScienceCommunication, #ethics, #creativity, #career #opportunities and more at the EMBO PhD Course in Chile! 🧪 Deadline extended to 27 July! Apply now: meetings.embo.org/event/embo-p...

🚀 We've launched an Integrated Release on Ensembl Beta!  Beta Release 2025-02 features 2,919 genomes, ready for both current & long-term use. You can explore the data on zurl.co/FuoKx or read more about Ensembl Beta releases on our blog at zurl.co/xbRr4

Good news of the day - and great to see it made it into several news programmes around the world! #birds #scicomm

Application deadline extended to 15 July for the EMBO #PhD Course in #Chile! 🧪 "All parts of the course were very useful and I learnt a lot. The exchange of ideas as well as feedback received were immensely helpful," says a former course participant. Apply now: meetings.embo.org/event/embo-p...

Welcome and congratulations to the 60 new members and 9 associate members who have been elected to the EMBO Membership! This honour celebrates #research excellence and outstanding achievements in the #LifeSciences. 🧪 Learn more here: www.embo.org/press-releas... #EMBOMembers2025

Looking for a #LifeSciences postdoctoral #opportunity? 🧪 Have a look at the EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships for internationally mobile scientists in #Europe and globally. Apply before 11 July: www.embo.org/funding/fell... #research #funding #postdoc

The first draft of the human genome turns 25 today! 🎂 On 26 June 2000, the UK & US announced the first full map of the 3 billion DNA base pairs that make us human. 🌍 A milestone for humanity, powered by global collaboration. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnWA... #HumanGenome #ScienceHistory 🖥️🧬

"EMBO grants are truly important for life scientists in #Finland to get the essential experience in a foreign environment," says Marja Makarow, former EMBC President as well as Finnish EMBC and EMBL Delegate. Learn more here: www.embo.org/people/persp... 🧪 #LifeSciences #research #opportunity

EMBO fosters excellence in the #LifeSciences at every level – nationally, across #Europe and globally – through its programmes, scientific #publications, #policy as well as #innovation. Our focus this week: #Finland www.embo.org/the-embo-com... 🧪 #research #opportunities

On the 8th #ShowYourStripes day, a thread on how and why these simple graphics have spread across the world. You can read the story of how the ideas were developed in 2018, involving a blanket and an event at Hay Festival: journals.ametsoc.org/downloadpdf/...

#ShowYourStripes day comes timely as this will be the hottest weekend in the region in 2025 so far. 📍Frankfurt, Germany Get yours: showyourstripes.info

Submit your applications for workshops, practical courses, global lecture courses, India | EMBO Lecture Courses and EMBO | The Company of Biologists Courses & Workshops by 1 July: www.embo.org/funding/fund... 🧪 @biologists.bsky.social #funding #EMBOevents #Networking #LifeSciences

From today, all new submissions to Nature that are published will be accompanied by referees’ reports and author responses — to illuminate the process of producing rigorous science https://go.nature.com/4kIRR01

Last point on the agenda for #SciSoc2025: a tour of 'The World of Molecular Biology' exhibition at the Imaging Centre 🔬

Nice tour of the “The World of Molecular Biology” ‪@embl.org exhibition today! Thanks to the organizers #SciSoc2025 @events.embl.org. Visits are free: www.embl.org/about/world-... #SciSky #SciComm 🧪

Congratulations to Microbiology Society President Gordon Dougan on receiving a CBE for "services to vaccines and global health" in the King’s Birthday Honours List 2025!

Day 2 of this exciting conference has started: #SciSoc2025 www.embl.org/about/info/c... Looking forward to more informative talks and discussions with colleagues from #scicomm and #science #policy today!

If EMBL-EBI managed data resources have ever saved you time & effort, this is your chance to give back! Fill in a 15-minute survey to help us: 🌍Demonstrate the real-world impact of our resources 🤓Understand your needs 🌟Secure continued funding Closes 16 July www.surveymonkey.com/r/QGFMBH8?ch...

Today, BioNTech co-founders and EMBO Members Özlem Türeci and Uğur Şahin were awarded the 2025 German National Prize for their contributions to innovation in the life sciences. Read more (in German) here: www.nationalstiftung.de/preistraeger... #LifeSciences #award 🧪

EMBO is #hiring – You can find our current job offers here: www.embo.org/about-embo/w... 🧪 #career #opportunity

🌊 #Ostseetag2025: Unter dem Motto „Gesunde #Ostsee – gesunder Mensch“ möchten wir mit euch in den Dialog treten. Auf euch warten Gespräche, Stände, Vorträge und #Forschungschiffe ‒ zum Beispiel die Clupea (Foto). 🚩 Hafeninsel #Stralsund 📅 5. Juni 2025 🕒 9.30-17.30 Uhr ostseetag.info/ #WissKomm

For the first time, the EMBO Scientists' Forum is coming to #Chile! This event will bring together research leaders from Chile and #Europe – Join us for the Chile-EMBO Life Science Forum in Santiago de Chile, 10 October 2025. Register by 31 August: meetings.embo.org/event/esf-ch... 🧪 #LifeSciences

Submit your applications for workshops, practical courses, global lecture courses, India | EMBO Lecture Courses and EMBO | The Company of Biologists Courses & Workshops by 1 July: buff.ly/dTXQitY 🧪 @biologists.bsky.social #funding #EMBOevents #Networking #LifeSciences

Would you use AI to write a research paper? Would you use AI in peer review? Would you disclose it if you had? We asked 5000 researchers these questions. What do you think of their answers? You can read the full survey results here: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

EMBO is #hiring a Software & Systems Engineer to join our Information Support & Resources team. Apply by 17 June: buff.ly/xzmzxDc 🧪

Do you wonder what it's like to work in #SciComm @embo.org? I was pleased to have the opportunity to share some insights: www.embo.org/staff/convey... #Wisskomm #SciWri 🧪

Happy 99th birthday Sir David Attenborough! Last year we were proud to unveil a new portrait of Sir David by renowned artist Jonathan Yeo, to mark 40 years of his Fellowship. "He's very much what we've seen of him, and what I imagined him to be was very much who he is." said Yeo.

You have until 25 May to apply for this @embo.org Practical Course introducing concepts, methods and tools for carrying out infectious disease modelling using genomics www.ebi.ac.uk/training/eve... There is some financial assistance provided by EMBO - please see the course website for info 🧪🧬🖥️🦠🧫

EMBO and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science are working on a partnership to promote #ScientificExchange between #Europe and #Japan. Learn more at "Global insights in life science: EMBO meets WPI" in Heidelberg, Germany, 27 June. Register by 25 June: meetings.embo.org/event/embo-w... 🧪

📣 Job Alert: Hiring a scientist with data management skills to integrate AI-based tools into our publishing workflows and assist further adoption of open science initiatives. Position based @springernature.com and working in partnership with @embo.org. Further info: bit.ly/3GuDhdq

Call for applications opening next week on 1 May for workshops, practical courses, global lecture courses, India | EMBO Lecture Courses and EMBO | The Company of Biologists Courses & Workshops www.embo.org/funding/fund... #Networking #LifeSciences #EMBOevents 🧪 @biologists.bsky.social

A recent EMBO Workshop brought together researchers from diverse fields, policymakers and funders to explore how #CellBiology can contribute to climate resilience. Read more here: www.embo.org/features/con... 🧪 #ClimateChange #LifeSciences #EMBOevents

The Maria Leptin | EMBO Science Journalism Fellowships support life scientists pursuing a career in #ScienceJournalism and science journalists who wish to further their scientific education. www.embo.org/funding/fell... #LifeSciences #Funding 🧪

Just over one month left to apply! EMBO is #hiring a Head of Scientific Affairs. Apply by 28 May: www.embo.org/vacancy/head... 🧪

As we gear up to launch our #ResponsibleResearchAssessment Guide for research performing institutions in just 3 weeks, we want to thank the DORA community and all those who contributed to it! What are you most excited to learn from the guide? Join us for the launch May 15-16 bit.ly/DORAGuide-La...

EMBO is #hiring an AI Analytics Trainee that will be supporting our #OpenScience implementation and our team working on membership. Apply by 13 May: www.embo.org/vacancy/ai-a... 🧪 #AIanalytics

We’re introducing a new layer of verification on Bluesky — a user-friendly, easily recognizable blue check. In addition to account verification issued by Bluesky, we're also introducing Trusted Verifiers. Select independent organizations can verify accounts directly.

Sir Jeremy Farrar, chief scientist, @who.int, joined @embo.org workshop and shared powerful messages: 🌍 Climate change is a health crisis 🔬 Discovery science matters 🤝 Scientists must engage with policy Watch & share: youtu.be/sDr-CT35GBA #EMBOCells4PlanetHealth #EMBOcells4climateresilience