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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 joins EMBC  – Press releases – EMBO The country becomes the 32nd member state following approval of the accession agreement

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

EMBO PhD Course: Empower Your Research Journey The EMBO PhD Course is a dynamic two-week training experience designed to empower you with the essential skills needed to thrive in your research career—and beyond. Week 1, in-person : M…

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...

Outstanding life scientists elected to the EMBO Membership – Press releases – EMBO Sixty-nine new members join the community of leading life scientists in Europe and beyond

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

Fellowships, grants and career support – Postdoctoral Fellowships – EMBO Supporting internationally mobile postdoctoral researchers in Europe and around the world

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

YouTube video by European Bioinformatics Institute - EMBL-EBI The Human Genome Project at 20 - interview with Ewan Birney

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 🖥️🧬

Perspectives on the life sciences in Finland – People – EMBO Interview with Marja Makarow, Director of Biocenter Finland, former EMBC President, former Finnish EMBC and EMBL Delegate

"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 communities in EMBC Member States – Focus on Finland Finland joined the EMBC as a member state in 1977. Life scientists in Finland are eligible for all EMBO Programmes supporting life scientists in Europe and beyond.

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

Funding for conferences and training – Workshops – EMBO Funding for meetings that stimulate exchanges of the latest scientific knowledge.

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

Transparent peer review to be extended to all of Nature’s research papers 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.

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...

Özlem Türeci und Uğur Şahin - Nationalpreis 2025 - Deutsche Nationalstiftung Die Deutsche Nationalstiftung ehrt in diesem Jahr mit Özlem Türeci und Uğur Şahin die unternehmerischen Leistungen der Biontech-Mitgründer.

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 🧪

About EMBO – Work with us – EMBO EMBO is an inclusive, equal opportunity employer offering attractive conditions and benefits appropriate to an international research organization.

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

Ein Fischerei-Forschungskutter Clupea auf der ruhigen Ostsee. Es handelt sich um einen Kutter. Der Himmel ist klar und spiegelt sich im Wasser. Clupea ist das kleinste der dem Thünen-Institut zur Verfügung stehenden Forschungsschiffe und ist hauptsächlich in den küstennahen, flachen Gewässer im Einsatz.

🌊 #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

Chile-EMBO Life Science Forum The EMBO Scientists’ Forum brings together renowned research leaders in life sciences. It is hosted annually in a European city and, for the first time, it is coming to Santiago de Chile. The event…

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

EMBO – Funding We support outstanding life scientists at all career stages in Europe and around the world. Awardees benefit from funding, career development support and

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

A graphic titled "experiences with using AI to write papers". Bar charts showed the following results: 18% have used AI to edit their paper without disclosing AI use 10% have used AI to edit their paper and disclosed AI use 43% have not used AI to edit their paper but would be willing to 29% have not used AI to edit their paper and would not consider it 4% have used AI to translate a paper and not disclosed AI use 4% have used AI to translate a paper and disclosed AI use 43% have not used AI to translate have not used AI to translate a paper but would be willing to 49% have not used AI to translate a paper and would not consider it 4% have used AI to make summaries of other papers to use in own work and not disclosed AI use 4% have used AI to make summaries of other papers to use in own work and disclosed AI use 35% have not used AI to make summaries of other papers to use in own work, but have considered it 57% would not consider using AI to make summaries of other papers to use in own work 4% have used AI to write a first draft of paper without disclosing use 4% have used AI to write a first draft of a paper and disclosed use 29% have not used AI to write a first draft of a paper, but would consider it 63% have never used AI to write a first draft of a paper, and would never consider it

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...

Software & Systems Engineer – EMBO About us EMBO is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting excellence in the life sciences in Europe and beyond. We fund talented researchers at all career stages, facilitate scientific…

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 🧪