# The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) Alumni Chats Series

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Author: EMBL Alumni Relations
Episodes: 34

## Resource

A series of in-depth conversations with members of European Molecular Biology Lab's Alumni Community. Alumni recall the impact of EMBL on their careers and their memories of time spent there as well as the inside stories behind some of the major research breakthroughs. Alumni Chat contributors are members of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) community. The opinions expressed are their own and are not necessarily representative of the views of EMBL or any other party. The mere appearance of video content on the EMBL Alumni RSS account does not constitute an endorsement by EMBL. Audio Production and Editing: EMBL Alumni Relations Content and Interviews: Angus Lamond and Thomas Vaccari Music: Eco Technology by Aleksey Chistilin from Pixabay Thanks to: EMBL Audiovisual and EMBL Design Sponsored by: EMBLEM © European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)

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## Episodes
- [34. Veli Vural Uslu - Plant development regulation, using theatre to communicate science and the power of failure in the lab.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/34-veli-vural-uslu-plant-development-regulation-using-theatre-to-communicate-science-and-the-power-of-failure-in-the-lab) — 2026-07-30T23:00:00+00:00
- [33. Angus Lamond & Thomas Vaccari - Differing EMBL journeys & the impact of basic research for society](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/33-angus-lamond-thomas-vaccari-differing-embl-journeys-the-impact-of-basic-research-for-society) — 2026-07-23T23:00:00+00:00
- [32) Graham Tebb -  Following your instincts in research](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/32-graham-tebb-following-your-instincts-in-research) — 2026-07-16T23:00:00+00:00
- [31. Julius Brennecke - The bantam mystery and the power of genetic conflict](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/31-julius-brennecke-the-bantam-mystery-and-the-power-of-genetic-conflict) — 2026-07-09T22:00:00+00:00
- [30. Janet Thornton - A Life in Computational Biology](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/30-janet-thornton-a-life-in-computational-biology) — 2026-07-02T23:00:00+00:00
- [29. Alex Stark - The Evolution of Computational Genomics and Protein Structure Analysis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/29-alex-stark-the-evolution-of-computational-genomics-and-protein-structure-analysis) — 2026-06-25T23:00:00+00:00
- [28) Des Higgins - Early days of bioinformatics, Clustal and democratising sequence alignments](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/28-des-higgins-early-days-of-bioinformatics-clustal-and-democratising-sequence-alignments) — 2026-06-18T23:00:00+00:00
- [27) Martin Hetzer - The Frontiers of Ageing and Europe's leadership role in AI adoption](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/27-martin-hetzer-the-frontiers-of-ageing-and-europe-s-leadership-role-in-ai-adoption) — 2026-06-11T23:00:00+00:00
- [26) Fatima Gebauer - Heavenly first impressions of EMBL and advice for young group leaders](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/26-fatima-gebauer-heavenly-first-impressions-of-embl-and-advice-for-young-group-leaders) — 2026-06-04T23:00:00+00:00
- [25) Baubak Bajoghli - Visualising discovery through open access and the EMBL experience.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/25-baubak-bajoghli-visualising-discovery-through-open-access-and-the-embl-experience) — 2026-05-28T23:00:00+00:00
- [24) Ernst Stelzer. - A career of innovation in light microscopy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/24-ernst-stelzer-a-career-of-innovation-in-light-microscopy) — 2026-05-22T08:41:13+00:00
- [23) Mark Green - Science administration at the coalface of groundbreaking research](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/23-mark-green-science-administration-at-the-coalface-of-groundbreaking-research) — 2026-05-14T23:00:00+00:00
- [22) Mary Holmes - Recounting EMBL's establishment and becoming its first Librarian](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/22-mary-holmes-recounting-embl-s-establishment-and-becoming-its-first-librarian) — 2026-05-07T23:00:00+00:00
- [21) Sara Fahs - EMBL's interdisciplinary ethos and adapting to a career in industry](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/21-sara-fahs-embl-s-interdisciplinary-ethos-and-adapting-to-a-career-in-industry) — 2026-05-01T11:00:00+00:00
- [20) Sara Courtneidge - Memories of Lennart Philipson and research of the src structure](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/20-sara-courtneidge-memories-of-lennart-philipson-and-research-of-the-src-structure) — 2026-04-24T08:00:00+00:00
- [19) David Owen - Bridging Basic Research and Pharmaceutical Innovation](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/19-david-owen-bridging-basic-research-and-pharmaceutical-innovation) — 2026-04-16T23:00:00+00:00
- [18) Giorgia Guglielmi - Using storytelling to combat scientific misinformation](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/18-giorgia-guglielmi-using-storytelling-to-combat-scientific-misinformation) — 2026-04-10T08:00:00+00:00
- [17) George Simos - Asking fundamental questions and the joy of discovering new truths](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/17-george-simos-asking-fundamental-questions-and-the-joy-of-discovering-new-truths) — 2026-03-27T09:00:00+00:00
- [16) Thomas Graf - The future of personalised cancer treatment and the role of basic research in the Covid19 response](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/16-thomas-graf-the-future-of-personalised-cancer-treatment-and-the-role-of-basic-research-in-the-covid19-response) — 2026-03-20T09:00:00+00:00
- [15) Erin Tranfield - Lunar Dust, the electron microscopy toolbox and making science accessible for all.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/15-erin-tranfield-lunar-dust-the-electron-microscopy-toolbox-and-making-science-accessible-for-all) — 2026-03-13T09:00:00+00:00
- [14) Ilaria Piazza - Experiences of a new PI and the value of travel on scientific curiosity.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/14-ilaria-piazza-experiences-of-a-new-pi-and-the-value-of-travel-on-scientific-curiosity) — 2026-03-06T10:00:00+00:00
- [13) Denis Duboule - Hox genes, finding joy in the process of discovery and memories of Fotis Kafatos](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/13-denis-duboule-hox-genes-finding-joy-in-the-process-of-discovery-and-memories-of-fotis-kafatos) — 2026-02-27T09:00:00+00:00
- [12) Maria Tosches - Evo-Devo and the cerebral cortex of reptiles.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/12-maria-tosches-evo-devo-and-the-cerebral-cortex-of-reptiles) — 2026-02-20T12:00:00+00:00
- [11) Claire O'Donovan - Swiss-Prot and the impact of AI on Database Curation](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/11-claire-o-donovan-swiss-prot-and-the-impact-of-ai-on-database-curation) — 2026-02-13T00:00:00+00:00
- [10) Leo Burger - 40 years of building innovative and high quality equipment in the Mechanical Workshop at EMBL](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/10-leo-burger-40-years-of-building-innovative-and-high-quality-equipment-in-the-mechanical-workshop-at-embl) — 2026-02-06T12:00:00+00:00
- [9) Sigrid Reinsch - From cell biology to outer space](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/9-sigrid-reinsch-from-cell-biology-to-outer-space) — 2026-01-30T10:31:51+00:00
- [8) Wieland Huttner - Establishing EMBL's PhD programme and co-founding MPI-Dresden](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/8-wieland-huttner-establishing-embl-s-phd-programme-and-co-founding-mpi-dresden) — 2026-01-16T09:00:00+00:00
- [7) Eric Wieschaus - Groundbreaking research in Drospohila and staying grounded after Nobel success.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/7-eric-wieschaus-groundbreaking-research-in-drospohila-and-staying-grounded-after-nobel-success) — 2026-01-09T07:20:00+00:00
- [6) Jacqueline Dreyer-Lamm - Lab Builds to Sustaining Research Around the Globe](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/6-jacqueline-dreyer-lamm-lab-builds-to-sustaining-research-around-the-globe) — 2025-12-12T09:30:13+00:00
- [5) Phil Avner - Mentors in Paris, Diabetes research and leading EMBL Rome.](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/5-phil-avner-mentors-in-paris-diabetes-research-and-leading-embl-rome) — 2025-11-28T09:30:10+00:00
- [4) Edith Heard - Basic Research, AI, Planetary Biology and the Future of Science](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/4-edith-heard-basic-research-ai-planetary-biology-and-the-future-of-science) — 2025-11-14T08:00:20+00:00
- [3) Anne Ephrussi - Disproving hypotheses, taking risks and a life of researching the Oskar RNA](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/3-anne-ephrussi-disproving-hypotheses-taking-risks-and-a-life-of-researching-the-oskar-rna) — 2025-10-31T09:01:19+00:00
- [2) Rolf Apweiler - Big Data growth, from floppy disks to machine learning](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/2-rolf-apweiler-big-data-growth-from-floppy-disks-to-machine-learning) — 2025-10-16T10:18:12+00:00
- [1) Moritz Gerstung - From Physics to Precision Medicine, Reflections on How AI is Transforming Cancer Genomics](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-european-molecular-biology-laboratory-embl-alumni-chats-series-7525543/1-moritz-gerstung-from-physics-to-precision-medicine-reflections-on-how-ai-is-transforming-cancer-genomics) — 2025-10-06T13:08:43+00:00

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