Since 2005 FEBS and EMBO have collaborated to co-fund the Joint FEBS|EMBO Lecture Courses, as part of the FEBS 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 FEBS|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 “Cell biology of host–pathogen interactions” (Blois, France | 26–30 May 2025).
- Darya Chernikova, from Institute of Science and Technology Austria, who attended the joint course “Physical Virology: across length scales” (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).
