The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is a molecular biology research institution supported by 20 countries comprising nearly all of western Europe and Israel. Molecular biology is the study of Biology at a molecular level For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Israel topics. The EMBL was created in 1974 and is a non-profit organisation funded by public research monies from 20 member states. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Research at EMBL is conducted by approximately 80 independent groups covering the spectrum of molecular biology. Molecular biology is the study of Biology at a molecular level The Laboratory operates from five sites: the main Laboratory in Heidelberg, and Outstations in Hinxton (the European Bioinformatics Institute), Grenoble, Hamburg, and Monterotondo near Rome. Heidelberg is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. As of 2006 over 140000 people live within the city's area Hinxton is a Village in South Cambridgeshire, England. It is the home to the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, which includes the Wellcome The European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI is a centre for research and services in Bioinformatics, and is part of European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL Grenoble is a city and commune in south-east France situated at the foot of the Alps where the Drac joins the Isère River. Hamburg (English, German: ˈhambʊɐk local pronunciation Low German / Low Saxon: Hamborg) is the second-largest city in Germany Monterotondo is a town and commune in the Province of Rome, central Italy.
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. Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (born October 20, 1942 in Magdeburg) is a German Biologist who won the Albert Lasker Award Eric F Wieschaus (born June 8, 1947) is an American developmental biologist and
See also
- European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
- National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
- Fotis Kafatos
- Michael Ashburner
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:
The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO promotes excellence in molecular life sciences in Europe by recognizing and fostering talented scientists The National Center for Biotechnology Information ( NCBI) is part of the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM a branch of the National Institutes Fotis C Kafatos (born in Heraklion, Crete, Greece) is a prominent Greek Biologist. Michael Ashburner (born May 23 1942, Sussex England) is professor of Biology in the Department of Genetics at University of CambridgeDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic