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The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) is an organization of more than 1800 leading researchers that promotes excellence in the life sciences not only in Europe, but worldwide.
The European Molecular Biology Conference (EMBC) was created in 1969, following the model of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), as a permanent intergovernmental organization. It came into being as a consequence of the creation of EMBO in 1964, enabling this organization to obtain the political support needed to pursue its long-term projects.
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The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and the European Molecular Biology Conference (EMBC) offers, in the area of life sciences:
The main objectives of the organization are to:
EMBO helps young scientists advance their research, promote their international reputation and ensure their mobility. Courses, workshops ans lectures and EMBO Press publications disseminate the latest research and offer training in techniques to maintain high standards of excellence in research practice. EMBO helps shape science policy by seeking input from the community and closely monitoring trends in science.
EMBO supports talented researchers, selected through impartial evaluation processes, to enable them to do high-level science. The broad scientific scope across the full range of life sciences research, together with the broad geographical reach of over 1800 members and associate members - some of the best researchers in Europe and around the world - ideally positions EMBO to serve the life sciences community.
The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) was founded in 1964 by a pioneering group of molecular biologists, among them Nobel Prize winners Max Perutz, John Kendrew, François Jacob and Sydney Brenner. The organization was set up to achieve two distinct but related objectives:
Funding and support for the first of these objectives was found from European countries and led to the establishment of the European Molecular Biology Conference (EMBC) in 1969.
The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), was established in 1974 as a 'Special Project' of the EMBC with support from a subset of EMBC member countries. Find out more about the relationship of the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) with the EMBL.
Today, the EMBL is an independent entity operating autonomously as an intergovernmental organization. EMBO and EMBL and its member countries work together to create synergies for the advancement of this scientific field in Europe.
Fourteen governments initially joined the EMBC, providing the organization with stable funding and scientific independence.
EMBC today is composed by 30 member countries, mostly from the European Union, but also including some neighboring countries: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and United Kingdom.
EMBC, through its General Programme, presents a framework for European cooperation in the field of molecular biology and related research areas.
The General Programme focuses mainly on the provision of training, teaching and research grants and the establishment of programmes for courses and workshops in the life sciences.
Financial contributions from each member country support the General Programme whose execution is assigned to EMBO. Both EMBC and EMBO are driven by a common commitment to quality research at European level. Their joint activities are characterized by quality and encouraging cooperation within the scientific community.
Cláudio Sunkel - Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular
cesunkel@i3s.up.pt
Luísa Igreja
luisa.igreja@fct.pt
Luísa Igreja
luisa.igreja@fct.pt
Pedro Ferreira
pedromiguel.ferreira@fct.pt