Since 2005 Ģý and have collaborated to co-fund the Joint Ģý|EMBO Lecture Courses, as part of the Ģý Advanced Courses programme. In 2025 both organizations celebrate the delivery of over 50 courses funded together and, to mark the occasion, we arranged a Joint Ģý|EMBO Lecture Courses Special 2005–2025 Award.
Organizers of joint course this year were invited to present an award certificate to an early-career participant giving a short talk or poster presentation from a project that shows the value of collaborative research.
We are delighted to introduce the awardees from the first two joint courses of 2025:
- Indra Bekere, from Technical University of Munich, who attended the joint course “” (Blois, France | 26–30 May 2025).
- Darya Chernikova, from Institute of Science and Technology Austria, who attended the joint course “” (Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain | 1–6 June 2025).
The photographs above show awardees Indra Bekere (in the center of the left photograph, with the course co-organizers Hubert Hilbi and Lena Pernas), and Darya Chernikova (right photograph).
