Dr. Anne Ephrussi is Emerita Director and Senior Scientist of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). She is a member of the French Academy of Sciences, where she co-chairs the Committee for the Defence of Scientists (CODHOS), and Vice-President Elect of the Académie des Sciences (2026-2027); she is also a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Dr. Ephrussi obtained her AB from Harvard University and PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A molecular, cellular and developmental biologist, her research has contributed to understanding how RNA molecules are transported and their translation into proteins regulated in space and time within cells. She is a member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) and of Academia Europaea, and was awarded the 2022 Feldberg Prize, the 2023 Society for Developmental Biology Lifetime Achievement Award, and the 2024 FEBS|EMBO Women in Science Award.