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The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is a molecular biology research institution supported by 20 European countries and Australia as associate member state. The EMBL was created in 1974 and is a non-profit organisation funded by public research money from its member states. Research at EMBL is conducted by approximately 85 independent groups covering the spectrum of molecular biology. The Laboratory operates from five sites: the main Laboratory in Heidelberg, and Outstations in Hinxton (the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)), Grenoble, Hamburg, and Monterotondo near Rome. Each of the sites has a research specific field. At EBI, the research is oriented towards computational biology and bioinformatics, at Grenoble and Hamburg the research is in the field of structural biology, at Monterotondo the research is using mainly mouse models for medical related problems and last but not least in Heidelberg, the headquarters, there are big departments in cell biology and gene expression as well as smaller complementing the aforementioned research fields.
The cornerstones of EMBL's mission are: to perform basic research in molecular biology and molecular medicine, to train scientists, students and visitors at all levels, to offer vital services to scientists in the member states, to develop new instruments and methods in the life sciences, and to actively engage in technology transfer.
EMBL's international PhD Programme has a student body of about 170. The Laboratory also sponsors an active Science and Society programme.
Many scientific breakthroughs have been made at EMBL, most notably the first systematic genetic analysis of embryonic development in the fruit fly by Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and Eric Wieschaus, for which they were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1995.
See also
- European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
- Fotis Kafatos
- Matthias Hentze
External links
- EMBL homepage
- EMBL Heidelberg homepage
- EMBL and University of Heidelberg Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit (MMPU)
Coordinates
Coordinates for EMBL main laboratory in Heidelberg: 49°23′5.28″N 8°42′37.15″E / 49.3848°N 8.7103194°E
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