EMBL is the leading life sciences laboratory in Europe. It is an intergovernmental organisation with 27 member states, among them Belgium, that conducts excellent research, provides access to state-of-the-art infrastructure and services, as well as and training opportunities for students and researchers.
The workshop will be an opportunity to discover the new and ambitious EMBL scientific Programme Molecules to Ecosystems for the next 5 years (2022-2026), and to explore and reinforce (new) opportunities of collaborations between the Belgian scientific community and EMBL.
08:30 | Registration |
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09:00 | Opening session Thomas Dermine, State Secretary in charge of Science Policy Edith Heard, Director General, European Molecular Biological Laboratory |
9:30 | Q&A |
9:45 | Session 1 - Infection Biology Chair: Matthias Wilmans, EMBL Hamburg Han Remaut, VUB-VIB Nassos Typas, EMBL Heidelberg Géraldine Laloux, De Duve Institute |
10:30 | Q&A |
10:45 | Break |
11:15 | Session 2 - Human Ecosystems Chair: David M Wilson, UHasselt Amandine Everard, UCL Kyung-Min Noh, EMBL Heidelberg Sarah-Maria Fendt, KULeuven |
12:00 | Q&A |
12:15 | Lunch break |
13:15 | Session 3 - Planetary Biology Chair: Yannick Schwab, EMBL Heidelberg Jean-François Flot, ULB Detlev Arendt, EMBL Heidelberg Sofie Goormachtig, UGent |
14:00 | Q&A |
14:15 | Session 4: Opportunities at EMBL: perspectives on EMBL services and careers from Belgium perspective Chair: Marleen Vanstraelen, VIB Kim Remans, EMBL Heidelberg Camille Goemans, EMBL Heidelberg Sibylle Vonesch, VIB (EMBL Alum) Yehudi Bloch, UGent (EMBL Hamburg services user) |
14:55 | Q&A |
15:15 | Break |
15:45 | Session 5 - Round table: EMBL new Programme and its opportunities for the Belgian community |
16:45 | Closing remarks |
BELSPO + EMBL | |
17:00 | Networking drink |
Date: 18 October 2021
Format: In-person meeting. To comply with the sanitary rules enforced in Brussels, we will use the Covid Safe Ticket. Participants will have to show a valid Covid Safe Pass (digital or paper) to access the conference room. The event will be recorded.
Venue: Palace of the Academies