Mission
The cornerstones of EMBL's mission are manifold. Basic research in molecular biology and molecular medicine is performed; scientists, students and visitors at all levels are trained; vital services to scientists in the member states are offered; new instruments and methods in the life sciences are developed; and there is an active engagement in technology transfer.
Read more about this topic: European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Famous quotes containing the word mission:
“Perhaps the mission of those who love mankind is to make people laugh at the truth, to make truth laugh, because the only truth lies in learning to free ourselves from insane passion for the truth.”
—Umberto Eco (b. 1932)
“When you’re dealing with monkeys, you’ve got to expect some wrenches.”
—Alvah Bessie, Ranald MacDougall, and Lester Cole. Raoul Walsh. Captain Nelson, Objective Burma, giving a subaltern a mission (1945)
“Perhaps the mission of those who love mankind is to make people laugh at the truth, to make truth laugh, because the only truth lies in learning to free ourselves from insane passion for the truth.”
—Umberto Eco (b. 1932)