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Materials related to the EBNIC program proposed and coordinated by EMBO from 1984-2001.

Towards the end of the 90s, EMBO decided to expand the geographical range of its activities, as a means of developing relationships between European scientists and their peers outside of the EMBO area. With China’s inclusion as a partner in the development of the 5th European Framework Programme, and with what the EMBO council considered to be EMBO’s insufficient attention to the area of Biotechnology, EMBO decided to initiate the EBNIC program. EBNIC began its operations in February 1998, funded by the EU-INCO (international cooperation program). Initially funded for 3 years, it represented an effort to promote wider interest among European academic and industrial biotechnologists in working with their Chinese counterparts.

Both a European and Chinese management team were established to oversee activities and define the mission of the program. Frank Gannon acted as coordinator. A start-up meeting of the management group was held in mid-February 1998 in Brussels, during which the date, venue, and draft agenda for the first annual meeting of the European Node were agreed upon during this meeting. The topics to concentrate on were chosen based on the relevant findings of the DGXII representatives in the mission that visited China in preparation of the EU-China Science & Technology Cooperation Agreement established in 1998.

The first general meeting of EBNIC was held on 27th April 1998 in Heidelberg. The results of this meeting were the enlargement of the management group, and the selection of topics for joint workshops.

At a later meeting, on the 15th of June 1998 in Beijing, these topics were finalized, and workshops on “Diagnostics today and tomorrow” and “host-pathogen interactions” were held in November 1998 in China and January 1999 in Italy, respectively.

Subsequent workshops, lectures, and scientific visits were organized under EBNIC’s program, a website hosting a database of potential collaborators was established, and annual meetings of interested European scientists and industries were held.

At the end of the 3-year program, funding for EBNIC-2, intended to be EBNIC’s successor, was not accepted and the program was terminated. However, EMBO subsequently set up its World Programme (now Global Activities), to continue its work building collaboration between European scientists and external partners.

This collection comprises materials relating to the relationship between the European Cell Biology Organisation, and the European Molecular Biology Organisation. It contains correspondence, newsletters and information bulletins, meeting documents, working group documents reports and copies of ECBO’s founding constitution.

This collection consists of correspondence, and administrative and organisational documents related to EMBO’s involvement in the activities of the ELSF.

In 1999, EMBO, EMBL, and ELSO engaged in talks to create a Forum for the life sciences in Europe, coming together at a meeting at the EMBO headquarters to establish the ELSF shortly thereafter. The ELSF aimed to empower scientists to engage more actively in strategic and science policy matters, to present a unified voice on issues of shared concern, and to enhance the visibility and policy influence of organisations representing the life sciences.

A small governing body was appointed consisting of Frank Gannon, Fotis Kafatos, Kai Simons, and Julio E. Celis as President. Luc van Dyck joined as manager six months after the organisation was created. The secretariat was set up at the EMBL/EMBO facilities in Heidelberg and the EMBL, EMBO, and FEBS offered to cover a large fraction of the expenses for a period of 3 years.

Additionally, the ELSF identified as priorities the career of young scientists and the creation of a European Research Council (ERC) to support basic research.

This collection comprises materials related to the creation of ELSO and its relationship with EMBO. It contains documents such as the original proposal for the creation of ELSO by Kai Simons, correspondence, the letter of intent re: the fusion of ELSO and EMBO, and documents related to the Nice conference in 2008 eg. Posters, schedule, and financial docs.

This collection contains administrative and organisational documents, correspondence, agreements, and other documents related to the activities of the European Molecular Biology Conference between 1967-2024.

This collection comprises materials related to the ESF and EMBO’s relationship with the organisation. It contains correspondence and meeting documents, as well as administrative and organisational documents related to the ESF
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This collection comprises materials relating to EMBO’s advisory role in the foundation of the European Science Open Forum. It contains correspondence, reports, and meeting documents.

This collection is comprised of materials relating to EMBO’s contribution to the founding of the European Research Commission (ERC), as well to the framework programmes of the European Community (EC) for research, technological development and demonstration activities. It consists of correspondence, and administrative and organisational documentation.

This collection comprises materials relating to the relationship between the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO), and the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS). It contains correspondence, meeting documents, reports, and draft lease contracts.

The ”Fellowship Committee” series is comprised of agendas, minutes, and correspondence regarding Fund Committee meetings from 1966-1996, and the Fellowship Committee from 1996- 2024. Paper records for the years up to 2016 are stored in the physical archive and subsequent years are stored as digital files on the EMBO3 server.

The “Fellows Meeting” series is comprised of correspondence, programs, abstract books, posters, and other materials regarding the organization, coordination, and running of Fellows Meetings from the years 1997-2024. Files from 2019-2024 are stored digitally on the EMBO3 server.

Working documents related to the Fellowship Department are stored in the Intermediate Archive for records management purposes.