☕ Coffee with EMBL #11: The value of basic research (part 2)

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:
Dame Janet Thornton
Director Emeritus (2001-2015), Group leader and Senior Scientist at EMBL-EBI, 1994-2023
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2000)
Joint Vice President of ERC (2019-2020)
Marion Boland
Head of Research Policy at Science Foundation Ireland
EMBL Council Member, 2013-2018
Isabel Palacios
Lecturer in Cell Biology, Queen Mary University of London
Predoctoral Fellow (Mattaj Group) at EMBL Heidelberg, 1997-1993
Mariana Rama Pedro Alves
Postdoc at CIDTFF, Universidade de Aveiro
Predoctoral Fellow (Crocker Group) in Developmental Biology at EMBL Heidelberg, 2017-2021
Iain Mattaj
Director of Human Technopole, Milan
Director General, EMBL Heidelberg, 2005-2018
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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12 February 2021