Networking and Collaboration

At EMBL, an active Visitor’s Program attracts thousands of international scientists each year, affording new opportunities for collaborative research. Careful planning of the EMBL Australia scientific Programmatic themes within the Partner Laboratory Network can achieve an equivalent level of connectedness and interdependency amongst Australian and international scientists. To this end, EMBL Australia will adopt the EICAT Scholars' Program and the Visiting Scientists' Program, which are open to scientists who need training in one of the specialised groups of the Partner Laboratory Network, who wish to evaluate possibilities for their own institutions, or to perform a specific project or to benefit from EMBL Australia technologies and methods for specific parts of their thesis. These programs will offer visiting principal investigators as well as postdocs and students from other institutions the opportunity to associate with a specific group or unit of the Laboratory for a period of study, reflection, writing, and exposure to ongoing research. EMBL Australia will serve as a node in international collaborations that ensure access to data collected throughout the world for Australian scientists.