Members of the EMBL community kick off a special series of Coffee with EMBL sessions celebrating EMBL's remarkable journey over the past five decades in 2024, EMBL's 50th anniversary year. In this first session, we looked back on the 1970s and 1980s – a pivotal period that laid the foundation of presentday EMBL. Together with a panel of alumni guest speakers who worked at EMBL during the 70s and 80s, we reminisced about the unforgettable memories, significant milestones and groundbreaking discoveries that defined EMBL's formative years.
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Topics include:
0:08 EMBL's 50th anniversary, memories of the past, and the impact of diversity on scientific experience
6:20 EMBL PhD program's early years, memories, and selection process
14:39 EMBL's impact, postdocs' experiences, and the Italian community
22:55 The history of EMBL and its impact on scientific research
28:43 Early days at EMBL, challenges as a female group leader with family responsibilities
34:52 Early days of EMBL's Kindergarten and personal experiences with childcare, family relocation
40:00 Experiences at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) among former group leaders and collaborators
47:31 Early days of European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and its infrastructure
53:13 Early days of European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and its impact on scientific research
58:18 EMBL's evolution, challenges, and maintaining flexibility and informality
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Guest speakers:

Karin Römisch (1:21)
Professor of Microbiology, Saarland University
Predoctoral Fellow (Dobberstein Group) at EMBL Heidelberg, 19871991

Graham Tebb (6:20)
Research Manager, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Predoctoral Fellow (Mattaj Group), Genome Biology at EMBL Heidelberg, 19851988

Michael Hortsch (12:30)
Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology at the University of Michigan Medical School
Predoctoral Fellow (Meyer Group) at EMBL Heidelberg, 19831987

Iain Mattaj (13:10)
exDirector of Human Technopole, Milan
Director General, EMBL Heidelberg, 20052018

Richard Bryan (16:30)
Group Leader at EMBL Heidelberg, 19801989

Daniela Marazziti (18:40)
Researcher at National Research Council (CNR), Italy.
Postdoctoral Fellow (Stanley Group), EMBL Heidelberg, 19841988

David States (23:53) prerecorded
1st Public Information Officer at EMBL Heidelberg, 19931997

Brigitte Jockusch (41:51)
Emeritus Professor of Zoology and Cell Biology, TU Braunschweig
Group Leader, Cell Biology and Biophysics at EMBL Heidelberg, 19781981

Brian Sproat (51:50)
Managing Director of Chemconsilium GCV
Group Leader at EMBL Heidelberg, 19841994

Heinrich Stuhrmann (01:00:00)
Emeritus Professor of Physical Chemistry, University of Hamburg
Head of EMBL Hamburg, 19761981

Andrew Miller (01:06:00)
First Head of EMBL Grenoble, 19751980

Ingo Liedtke (01:11:00)
General Services Administrator at EUMETSAT, 19972022
Invoice and Inventory Controller at EMBL Heidelberg, 19881997

Matthias Hentze (01:14:00)
Director of EMBL Heidelberg, coDirector of MMPU

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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.

Learn more about the series at https://www.embl.org/about/info/alumn...
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Recorded on Friday, 26 April 2024