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, 19871995, who coorganises the series together with Thomas Vaccari, Associate Professor, University of Milan | Former Predoctoral Fellow (Ephrussi Group) at EMBL Heidelberg, 19992004) and the EMBL Alumni Relations team.
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Guest speakers:

Dame Janet Thornton
Director Emeritus (20012015), Group leader and Senior Scientist at EMBLEBI, 19942023
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (2000)
Joint Vice President of ERC (20192020)

Marion Boland
Head of Research Policy at Science Foundation Ireland
EMBL Council Member, 20132018

Isabel Palacios
Lecturer in Cell Biology, Queen Mary University of London
Predoctoral Fellow (Mattaj Group) at EMBL Heidelberg, 19971993

Mariana Rama Pedro Alves
Postdoc at CIDTFF, Universidade de Aveiro
Predoctoral Fellow (Crocker Group) in Developmental Biology at EMBL Heidelberg, 20172021

Iain Mattaj
Director of Human Technopole, Milan
Director General, EMBL Heidelberg, 20052018

Hridayesh Prakash
Professor and Director of Amity Centre for Translational Research, Amity University, Noida
Postdoctoral Fellow (Griffiths Group) at EMBL Heidelberg, 20072008

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Recorded on Friday, 12 February 2021