EMBL International Centre for Advanced Training (EICAT)
EICAT, the EMBL International Centre for Advanced Training, coordinates integrated training activities for scientists at different levels. EICAT is the landmark representing one of the Laboratory's core missions: the provision of advanced training.
EICAT, headquartered at the main EMBL laboratory in Heidelberg, Germany, coordinates the different elements of advanced training at all five EMBL sites, integrating their respective experience and know-how, creating synergies, promoting training at EMBL and making available its expertise to other institutions in the EMBL member states.
EICAT Missions
EICAT fosters information exchange between the respective EMBL training branches. Among these are the International PhD Programme, the Postdoctoral Programme and the Collaborative Training Programme. It also includes the highly successful Courses and Conferences Programme and collaborates with the Science and Society Programme. EICAT hosts the European Learning Laboratory for the Life Sciences (ELLS), an education facility for high school teachers, whose mission is to bridge the gap between research and classrooms. The Scholars' Programme and the Visiting Scientists' Programme offer principal investigators as well as postdocs and graduate students, respectively, from other institutions the opportunity to associate with a specific group or unit of the laboratory for a period of study, reflection, writing, exposure to ongoing research, etc. In close collaboration with personnel, EICAT is promoting career development actions for EMBL staff through the Vocational Training Programme.
EICAT promotes joint advanced training activities between the five EMBL sites, between EMBL and its sister institution EMBO, and between the laboratory and research organizations and networks in the EMBL member states.
EICAT thus pursues a dual mission: to provide first-rate training for the scientists who work at EMBL, and to serve as a European hub of advanced training for those who primarily work elsewhere.
For further information please contact EICAT.
Dr. Anne Ephrussi, Unit Coordinator, EICAT Coordinator and Senior Scientist
Prof. Matthias Hentze, Associate Director
Dr. Helke Hillebrand, Academic Coordinator and Dean of Graduate Studies
Dr. Andrew Robertson, Scientific Coordinator
EICAT
EMBL Heidelberg
Meyerhofstraße 1
69117 Heidelberg
Germany
eicat@embl.de