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EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
A city of about 140,000 inhabitants, Heidelberg is home to Germany’s oldest university, as well as leading
biological and medical science institutes such as the Centre for Molecular Biology, the German Cancer
Research Center (DKFZ) and the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, making it an ideal site for
EMBL’s main laboratory.
Nestling in the wooded hills above the city, the complex is home to five of EMBL’s scientific units: Gene
Expression, Cell Biology and Biophysics, Developmental Biology, Structural and Computational Biology and
Directors’ Research, as well as the Core Facilities and the central administration, from which service functions
are provided for the use of staff at all five EMBL sites. Heidelberg is also home to EMBLEM, the laboratory’s
technology transfer company.
Today more than 900 personnel are located at EMBL Heidelberg, and the close proximity of the other
excellent institutes has led to numerous long-term collaborations. EMBL shares a campus with its sister
organisation, the European Molecular Biology Organization. The two share strong historical ties and work
together in many ways; for example, they combine to stage many highly-recognised international courses and
conferences. Integrated in the EMBL campus the newly-built Advanced Training Centre (ATC) will host
state-of-the-art training facilities for practical courses and computer labs together with a 450-seat auditorium,
setting the scene for a new area of scientific conferences at EMBL promoting advanced scientific training and
education in Europe.