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Graduation ceremony An army of more than 600 young scientists has graduated from the EMBL International PhD Programme since its launch in 1983. For many, the graduation ceremony is a time when blood, sweat and tears are finally replaced with relief, happiness and pride. The ceremony is followed by an intimate reception that allows the new doctors to celebrate in the company of peers, friends and family. “It was a celebration of becoming part of a family with such friendly and talented people from all over the world,” says EMBL Heidelberg’s Veli Vural Uslu, who graduated last December.
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Beer sessions “Informal meet-ups in the Lab provide a place to network, take time out, and discuss surprising results,” says Dermot Harnett, a PhD student at EMBL Heidelberg. Indeed, whether it is over beer, tea, coffee or pizza, these gatherings have become institutions in their own right.
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Quality services, diverse expertise, and high user satisfaction characterise our shared research facilities for advanced light microscopy, chemical biology, electron microscopy, flow cytometry, genomics, protein expression and purification, and proteomics. The facilities are heavily used by scientists throughout EMBL, as well as researchers from our member states and beyond. Staff in all our core facilities are also involved in research; method and technology development; training; industry relations and international projects, as well as providing advice to similar facilities in our member states. The European Molecular Biology Laboratory Magazine
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Photos: 1. EMBL Photolab, 3. Festival of Faiths (CC BY 2.0), 5. EMBL Photolab/Udo Ringeisen, 7. EMBL/Maj Britt Hansen
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