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MESSAGE FROM EMBO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Molecular biology in the modern era

EMBO NEWS
EMBC Delegates meet in Heidelberg
Results of November 2007 EMBC Meeting

Young Investigators reach out to Turkish scientists
EMBO Young Scientists Forum

EMBO Council goes to Lucerne, Luzern, Lucerna
Extraordinary meeting discusses strategic matters

Advanced training in Heidelberg
EMBO|EMBL Symposia in the ATC

Strengthening science across Europe
EMBO Installation Grants help nine scientists establish labs

Welcome new EMBO Fellows
Record number of applications again in 2007

Recognizing achievements of women scientists
FEBS/EMBO Women in Science Award

Young investigators gain research boost
ERC Starting Grants

EMBO Events 2008

Poster prizes - NEW in 2008!
EMBO Courses & Workshops Programme and EMBO reports introduce EMBO poster prizes to reward scientific merit and excellence

Homo sapiens: united or divided by cultural evolution?
8th EMBO/EMBL Joint Conference on Science & Society
The Future of our species - Evolution, Disease and Sustainable Development

Editor picks - EMBO publications

Forging the links between research and clinic
EMBO Molecular Medicine planned journal launch in 2009

Living in an imperfect world
The EMBO Journal focuses on quality control

Recently on The Seven Stones
The Molecular Systems Biology blog on Systems & Synthetic Biology

Making the cover - a fungal fruitbody and a pelican
The EMBO Journal cover contest

NEWS FROM THE EMBO COMMUNITY

EMBO meets Taiwan
by Bertrand Jordan

Scientists wanted in Warm Spring Harbor
Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences in Split, Croatia

More life science research in Scotland
New Division of Molecular and Environmental Microbiology at Uni of Dundee

Global Research Partnerships help establish new Saudi Arabia institute
EMBO Member awarded KAUST GRP Investigator grant

Learning to lead
Experiences of an EMBO Fellow in the US, by Fabian V Filipp

Transitions

A good read – publications from the EMBO community

Event updates from the EMBO community

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