A paragon of collaboration: Nordic EMBL Partnership featured in FEBS Letters

The four Nordic EMBL Partnership Directors were interviewed alongside Silke Schumacher, Director of International Relations at EMBL (European Molecular Biology Laboratory)

image from partnership meeting 2017

A negotiation skills workshop at the 2017 Nordic EMBL Partnership Meeting. Photo: Jouko Siro/FIMM

The scientific journal, FEBS Letters, has included an in-depth article about the Nordic EMBL Partnership in its April edition. The piece, published as part of the journal’s ‘Scientists’ Forum’ series, examines how the Partnership operates, and how such a collaboration is helping to drive progress in basic research.

Nordic Partnership gives EMBL more access to translational expertise

The article gives an overview from the EMBL’s perspective, namely how the Partnership came to exist, and also how the EMBL benefits from the Nordic EMBL Partnership, and the other remote partnerships that are linked to the EMBL. Dr. Schumacher comments in the article:           

- The Nordic Partnership focuses on research in molecular medicine, which builds on complementary strengths in all partner institutes. EMBL has recognized research strengths in areas such as molecular, cellular and developmental biology, bioinformatics and structural biology.

Therefore, gaining access to more translational expertise through the Nordic partnership is of great importance to EMBL.

The Directors from Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), Danish Research Institute of Translational Medicine (DANDRITE), and Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway (NCMM) also share their experiences on what it means for their respective centres to be members of the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine.

EMBL has helped increase visibility of the Nordic EMBL Partnership

Professor Bernt-Eric Uhlin, Director of MIMS and current speaker of the Nordic EMBL Partnership comments in the article:

- The affiliation with EMBL has increased the visibility and profile of the Nordic EMBL Partnership and promoted the international awareness of the quality of the research conducted here.

The annual research conferences within the Partnership have resulted in new contacts leading to scientific exchanges and research collaborations.

You can read a PDF of the article via this link.

The article was also given a second mention on the FEBS Network website.

A digital version of the journal will be published shortly.

 

By Annabel Darby
Published Apr. 18, 2018 2:00 PM - Last modified May 4, 2021 11:11 AM