European Molecular Biology Organization
EMBO is an organization of life scientists. Since 1964, scientists have been elected annually as members of EMBO based on excellence in research. There are about 1500 EMBO members today, fifty-seven of whom have received the Nobel Prize. EMBO is also founding member of the Initiative for Science in Europe.
The current EMBO Director is Professor Maria Leptin, a developmental biologist at the University of Cologne, Germany.
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