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Reference code
DE 2324 C-OH-6
Title
John Tooze
Date(s)
- 2017-02-28 (Creation)
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One audio file (.WAV) and one digital file (.PDF)
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Scope and content
In this interview, John Tooze who was the Executive Secretary of EMBO from 1973 until 1994 reflects his work as a scientific coordinator at that time. He especially describes his perception of the foundation process of EMBL, the emergence of its institutional design and his introduction of the EMBO journal. Furthermore, he gives an assessment of the general challenges EMBL had and has to face.