Croatia has become the 19th member-state of this non-profit organisation and a basic research institute funded by public research monies from 18 member states.
On this occasion, Croatian Science Minister Dragan Primorac met with the EMBL director-general, Iain Mattaj, in Heidelberg, where the EMBL has its main laboratory. Primorac also held talks with Frank Gannon, the EMBL executive director.