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This collection comprises materials related to the Membership Programme of EMBO.

The Membership Committee series contains correspondence, meeting documents, and other organisational and administrative documents concerning the management of the Membership department.

The Nominations and Results series contains documents relating to the nominations and elections of new EMBO members. It contains lists of nominations and results.

The EMBO Members Meeting series contains administrative and organisational documents concerning the annual meeting of new and current EMBO members, as well as material from the meetings such as photographs, programmes, and lists of participants.

The EMBO Membership Lists series contains annual lists of EMBO members published by the organisation.

This collection comprises materials relating to the establishment of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) by the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO).

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.

This collection covers the activities of the Courses and Workshops department at EMBO from 1966-2024.

The ”Course Committee” series is mostly comprised of agendas, minutes, and correspondence and runs from 1966-2024. Paper records for the years up to 2010 are stored in the archive and subsequent years are stored as digital files.



The series concerning courses, workshops, and other events contain correspondence, funding applications, programs, lists of participants, coursebooks, financial and scientific reports, survey analyses, and posters. These materials run from 1972-2014, although references to events outside of this timeframe may be found in the Course Committee files.

The collection is comprised almost entirely of paper materials, but occasionally contain other materials such as floppy disks, CD-ROMS, and t shirts.

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 relating to both internal and external communications efforts by the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO). It contains a folder of general communications materials regarding EMBO’s programme and activities, a folder of press clippings from 1968-1972 and 2001-2002, and the first 48 issues of EMBO Encounters.

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 comprises materials relating to the establishment and management of the European Molecular Biology (EMBO) Journal and the Electronic Information Programme. It contains correspondence, announcements, reports, publications, communications materials, and organisational and administrative documents. It also contains documents related to committee meetings, working group meetings, and meetings with publishers.

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.