Learn all things C. elegans #research at the EMBO | The Company of Biologists Workshop "C. elegans Biology: IV LAWM" in Merida, Mexico, 24–28 February 2026. Registration by 16 January 2026 Abstract submission by 17 October 2025 meetings.embo.org/event/26-worm #EMBOWorms2026 #EMBOevents 🧪

One week left – Sign up now! Early registration deadline closes 30 September for the ASCB | EMBO #CellBio2025 Meeting taking place 6–10 December in Philadelphia, US: www.ascb.org/cellbio2025/... 🧪 #LifeSciences #CellBiology #research #conference

Are you attenting the @embo.org workshop on SUMOylation this week? So is our editor @hvodermaier.bsky.social - make sure to meet him and discuss your work with him #EMBOsumoylation

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 🧪

We have asked the new EMBO Members to tell us about themselves and what makes it so compelling to work in science today. 🧪 In the fifth video of the series, EMBO Members explain their #research in one sentence or with a metaphor. #LifeSciences

Thank you to everyone who joined us this week for the @embo.org Practical Course 'Methods for infectious disease modelling using genomics'. Join us for 2026's EMBO Practical Course. Sign up for 'Causality in biomedicine' alerts and hear as this new course develops: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/eve... 🧬🧫

“The infrastructure was state-of-the-art (...) I am thankful for the chance to do my #research here in #Greece,” says Margarita Zacharogianni, who completed an EMBO Postdoctoral #Fellowship at the Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens. 🧪 www.embo.org/people/from-... #opportunity

Meet George Garinis, professor at the University of Crete #Greece, affiliated group leader at imbb-forth.bsky.social and EMBO Member. “For me EMBO is all about connection,” he says, grateful for the role EMBO plays in facilitating #networking to other parts of #Europe: www.embo.org/people/creat... 🧪

Congratulations to EMBO Young Investigator Uri Ben-David from Tel Aviv University, who has been named one of the 2025 Schmidt Polymaths by @schmidtsciences.bsky.social! 🧪 Uri will study human #aging through the lens of chromosomes. www.schmidtsciences.org/eight-scient... #award #genetics #GeneSky

Congratulations to EMBO Member Melina Schuh from the @mpi-nat.bsky.social for being awarded the #LifeSciences Breakthrough of the Year by the Falling Walls Foundation! 🧪 Find out more: falling-walls.com/breakthroughs #research #award

“EMBO has been instrumental,” says Zoi Lygerou, in enabling her to pursue #research and giving her students access to unique opportunities, such as training. Zoi is a professor at the University of Patras #Greece and EMBO Member. 🧪 www.embo.org/people/colla... #LifeSciences #opportunities #funding

Our scientific organisers opened ‘The human microbiome’ symposium by giving us a brief update on their most recent work 🦠 #EESMicrobiome 🔹Mani Arumugam, University of Copenhagen 🔹Ami Bhatt, Stanford University School of Medicine 🔹Peer Bork, EMBL Heidelberg 🔹Nicola Segata, University of Trento

We have asked the new EMBO Members to tell us about themselves and what makes it so compelling to work in science today. 🧪 In the fourth video of the series, EMBO Members explain what they think non-scientists would find most surprising about their #research field – Part 2! #LifeSciences

"EMBO provides opportunities for Greek life scientists and clinical researchers to network with other scientists and participate in EMBO Courses & Workshops," says Nektarios Tavernarakis, EMBC Delegate and EMBO Member. 🧪 Read the full interview here: www.embo.org/people/persp... #Greece #networking

Supporting the #LifeSciences community through different programmes and schemes, scientific #publishing, #policy as well as #innovation, EMBO champions scientific excellence throughout #Europe and worldwide. This week’s feature: #Greece www.embo.org/the-embo-com... 🧪 #research #opportunities

Sign up now for EMBO Workshop "Dendrites and beyond: properties, function and contributions to network processing" in Heraklion, GR, 19–22 May 2026. Registration deadline: 15 Mar 2026 Abstract submission deadline: 1 Feb 2026 meetings.embo.org/event/26-den... #EMBOdendrites #EMBOevents #NeuroSky 🧪

Last week on 11–12 Sep, together with our publishing partner @springernature.com, EMBO hosted a workshop "AI to advance open science publishing” in Heidelberg, DE. 🧪 Participants engaged in demonstrations and experiments using tools developed by Springer Nature and EMBO for innovation in publishing.

We have asked the new EMBO Members to tell us about themselves and what makes it so compelling to work in science today. 🧪 In the third video of the series, EMBO Members explain what they think non-scientists would find most surprising about their #research field. #LifeSciences

Each year, EMBO elects new members to the EMBO community. Their unique expertise informs the EMBO Programmes and activities, nurturing excellence in the #LifeSciences. 🧪 We have asked the new EMBO Members to tell us about themselves and what makes it so compelling to work in science today.

Sign up now! Early registration deadline closes 30 September for the ASCB | EMBO #CellBio2025 Meeting taking place 6–10 December in Philadelphia, US: www.ascb.org/cellbio2025/... 🧪 @ascbiology.bsky.social #LifeSciences #CellBiology #research #conference

Each year, EMBO elects new members to the EMBO community. Their unique expertise informs the EMBO Programmes and activities, nurturing excellence in the #LifeSciences. 🧪 We have asked the new EMBO Members to tell us about themselves and what makes it so compelling to work in science today.

Are you a Master, #PhD student, an early career postdoctoral researcher or academic in the #LifeSciences in #Bulgaria? Join our #webinar on 24 September 2025 at 16:00–17:00 EEST to learn about #funding opportunities. 🧪 Register now: embo-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #research #opportunity

Discuss and collaborate on genetic and non-genetic mechanisms of #cancer #evolution at the EMBO Workshop "The Many Faces of Cancer Evolution" in Rimini, Italy, 27–29 May 2026. Abstract submission deadline: 12 April Registration deadline: 10 May meetings.embo.org/event/26-can... #EMBOevents 🧪

Congratulations to Carola García de Vinuesa on receiving the 2026 FEBS | EMBO #WomenInScience Award! She is recognized for advancing the understanding of autoimmune diseases and for her impact within the #LifeSciences community, in particular in public engagement: www.embo.org/press-releas... 🧪

On 4 September, @uio.no (through @cancelluio.bsky.social) hosted an EMBO Forum on Responsible Research, with discussions on #ScientificIntegrity and best practices in the #LifeSciences. Many thanks to EMBO Members Anne Gjøen Simonsen and Harald Stenmark, Nagham Theres Asp and to all participants!

Places available in our online courses this autumn: @embo.org Project Management (17-19.09), Negotiation for Scientists (18-19.09), Lab Leadership for Postdocs (07-09.10) and for Group Leaders (04-06.11) + Self-Leadership (14-16.10). Register now: www.embolableadership.org/our-courses/ #EMBOLabLead

EMBO is #hiring a Policy Assistant for the EMBO Policy Programme – Apply now! www.embo.org/vacancy/poli... #JobOpening #JobSearch #CareerOpportunities 🧪

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 🧪

EMBO is offering travel #grants for international meeting attendees for the ASCB | EMBO #CellBio2025 Meeting taking place 6–10 December in Philadelphia, US – Deadline is today! 🧪 Apply now: www.ascb.org/grants-award... @ascbiology.bsky.social #LifeSciences #CellBiology #research #conference

Submit your talk or poster abstract by 3 September for the ASCB | EMBO Meeting #CellBio2025 that is taking place in Philadelphia, US, 6–10 December 2025! 🧪 www.ascb.org/cellbio2025/... #LifeSciences #CellBiology #research #conference @ascbiology.bsky.social

The Maria Leptin | EMBO Science Journalism Fellowships provides researchers, such as Tom Kern (pictured below), with placements in media newsrooms so they can learn and train in #ScienceJournalism. Apply now: www.embo.org/funding/fell... #ScienceCommunication #LifeSciences #funding 🧪

Tom Kern had doubts: Would he like journalism, or be any good? Did he even know how to become a journalist? After nine months as a #ScienceJournalism fellow with leading German news outlets those doubts are largely gone: www.embo.org/people/trans... #ScienceCommunication #funding #LifeSciences 🧪

✨ How do bird flocks form or diseases emerge? Join the brand-new EMBO | EMBL Symposium #EESCollectivity and explore how collective behaviours arise from fundamental principles across biological systems 🧬🦠🐒 💻 s.embl.org/ees26-01-bl ✒️ Submit your abstract by 18 Nov

⚠️ Last chance to sign up for #EESImaging if you'd like to join us in person! 📝 Make sure to register by 27 August to visit EMBL Heidelberg and attend talks, network, socialise, and experience the atmosphere on the campus! 👉🏼 https://s.embl.org/ees25-09-bl

⏰ Final call for abstracts for #EESNucleus! 📥 Submit your abstract by 26 August: https://s.embl.org/ees25-07-bl#EESNucleus Don't miss your chance to discover the cutting-edge research shaping our understanding of the nucleus - from its dynamic architecture to its role in cell division and pathology ⚛️

Are you a Master, #PhD student, an early career postdoctoral researcher or academic in the #LifeSciences in #Bulgaria? Join our #webinar on 24 September 2025 at 16:00–17:00 EEST to learn about #funding opportunities. 🧪 Register now: embo-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #research #opportunity

EMBO is #hiring a Policy Assistant for the EMBO Policy Programme – Apply now! www.embo.org/vacancy/poli... #JobOpening #JobSearch #CareerOpportunities 🧪

Submit your talk or poster abstract by 3 September for the ASCB | EMBO Meeting #CellBio2025 that is taking place in Philadelphia, US, 6–10 December 2025! 🧪 www.ascb.org/cellbio2025/... #LifeSciences #CellBiology #research #conference @ascbiology.bsky.social

Sign up now for the EMBO | The Company of Biologists Workshop "Interfacing biophysical and molecular mechanisms of animal #homeostasis and repair" in Haining, China, 6–10 April 2026. Deadline: 20 December 2025 meetings.embo.org/event/26-hom... #EMBOevents #biophysics #MolecularBiology 🧪

Join junior group leaders using #Drosophila to understand development, #CellBiology, #evolution and more at the EMBO Workshop on Molecular and Developmental Biology of Drosophila, 21–27 June 2026 in Kolymbari, Greece. Deadline: 3 November meetings.embo.org/event/26-dro... #EMBOevents #GeneSky 🧪

New course announced! We're thrilled to be hosting the @embo.org Practical Course 'Causality in biomedicine: going beyond associations' from 4 – 9 October 2026. Register your interest and be the first to hear when the course opens for applications: www.ebi.ac.uk/training/eve...

The Maria Leptin | EMBO Science Journalism Fellowships provides journalists with placements at #research institutions. Photographed is science journalist Maria Bolevich @mariabolevich89.bsky.social during her placement in Brussels. Apply now: www.embo.org/funding/fell... #ScienceCommunication 🧪

How are ribosomes assembled? Sign up now and get the chance to explore new strategies targeting #ribosome synthesis at the EMBO Workshop "Ribosome synthesis: From mechanisms to therapy" in Cambridge, UK, 7–12 September Deadline: 22 August www.eventsforce.net/hg3/317/home #EMBOevents 🧪

"I had the rare #opportunity to be supported in my desire of exploring fundamental scientific questions (...). And today, as a member, I have the opportunity to act on a bigger scale," says @ilohmann.bsky.social, Professor @uniheidelberg.bsky.social and EMBO Member: www.embo.org/people/twent... 🧪

"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

Christian Schwartz, lab leader at the University Hospital Erlangen #Germany and former EMBO Fellow, says the EMBO Fellowship has been pivotal in his #career development, offering financial support, professional independence and #networking opportunities. 🧪 Read more: www.embo.org/people/from-...

SAPEA is inviting nominations for experts to join an online workshop on "The role and use of #ArtificialIntelligence for #CrisisManagement," 6 Oct at 10–13:00 CET. By 10 Aug, please send your CV/profile, statement describing your expertise and availability confirmation for 6 Oct to [email protected].

"I think this is a good, short-term commitment way to see if a place or technique fits," says Cheng-Han Ho, postdoctoral researcher at @utokyoofficial.bsky.social and #ScientificExchange Grantee at @embl.org #Germany. Read the interview: www.embo.org/people/a-fir... #LifeSciences #research 🧪

Deadline extended to 7 August – Apply now! #EMBOneuroethology #GeneSky #EMBOevents 🧪

🪰 Welcome to the EMBO Practical Course 'Drosophila genetics and genomics'! #EMBODrosophila Participants will gain hands-on experience and insights from leading experts in the field – let the learning and collaboration begin! 🙌🏼 @embl.org @embo.org @justinmcrocker.bsky.social