European Molecular Biology Organisation
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| Motto | Excellence in the life sciences |
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| Formation | 1964 |
| Purpose | Promote life science research in Europe |
| Headquarters | Heidelberg, Germany |
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Membership
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1700 members |
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Director
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Maria Leptin |
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Key people
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| Website | embo |
The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) is a professional organization of life scientists in Europe. Its goal is to promote research in life science and enable international exchange between scientists. It organizes courses, workshops and conferences, publishes four scientific journals and supports individual scientists and projects. The organization was founded in 1964 and is a founding member of the Initiative for Science in Europe. As of 2016[update] the Director of EMBO is Maria Leptin, a developmental biologist at the University of Cologne, Germany.
EMBO organises over 80 meetings attracting more than 10,000 participants every year including the annual EMBO meeting where over 1000 researchers participate.
EMBO publishes four peer-reviewed scientific journals: The EMBO Journal,EMBO Reports,Molecular Systems Biology, and EMBO Molecular Medicine. These span a broad spectrum of molecular biology topics.
EMBO confers several awards and prizes including:
The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) was officially launched in July 1964 after a group of European biologists had discussed the idea earlier at a meeting Ravello. In that meeting, the initial goals of EMBO were set, which consisted of creating a central European laboratory for life sciences and increase scientific interactions between researchers in Europe. At the Ravello meeting, Max Perutz was elected as the first EMBO Chairman and John Kendrew as Secretary General.
Initially, 140 biologists were elected EMBO members and in 1969, the European Molecular Biology Conference (EMBC) was set up as a political body with 14 countries as initial members. Since 1964, scientists have been elected annually as members of EMBO based on excellence in research. There are currently more than 1700 Members of the European Molecular Biology Organization, 84 of whom have received the Nobel Prize. The EMBC has now 29 member states.
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