About Us

In March 2008 Australia accepted an invitation to partner with Europe’s pre-eminent research institute, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). This partnership saw Australia granted Associate Member status (the first ever offered) for a period of seven years and created EMBL Australia. This invitation was extended to Australia due to our scientific strengths in cell biology, clinical research, stem cells and regenerative medicine, chemical biology and genetic epidemiology.

EMBL Australia aims to foster and enhance Australian research quality through the development of world-class scientific leaders. Its primary activities are:

• First-class scientific training and collaboration
• Establishing an EMBL Australia Partner Laboratory Network (PLN)
• Exchanging infrastructure, services, resources, and expertise between Europe and Australia
• Pursuing new opportunities in co-funding research