☕ Coffee with EMBL #10: The value of basic research (part 1)

Coffee with EMBL is hosted by EMBL and moderated by EMBL alumnus Angus Lamond, Professor of Biochemistry, University of Dundee | Former Group Leader at EMBL Heidelberg, 1987-1995, who co-organises the series together with Thomas Vaccari, Associate Professor, University of Milan | Former Predoctoral Fellow (Ephrussi Group) at EMBL Heidelberg, 1999-2004) and the EMBL Alumni Relations team.
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Guest speakers:
Maria Leptin
President of the European Research Council (ERC)
Head of EMBO, 2010-2021
Sigrid Reinsch
Director of Education and Outreach @ NASA
Postdoctoral Fellow (Karsenti Group), Cell Biology and Biophysics, EMBL Heidelberg, 1992-1998
Kai Simons
CEO at Lipotype GmbH
Emeritus Founding Director, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG), Dresden, 1998-2006
Head of Unit, Group leader, Cell Biology and Biophysics, EMBL Heidelberg, 1975-2000
Hridayesh Prakash
Professor and Director of Amity Centre for Translational Research, Amity University, Noida
Postdoctoral Fellow (Griffiths Group) at EMBL Heidelberg, 2007-2008
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Recorded on 22 January 2021