Since 2005 ý and have collaborated to co-fund the Joint ý|EMBO Lecture Courses, as part of the ý 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 ý|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).
