The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is one of the highest ranked scientific research organisations in the world. The Headquarters Laboratory is located in Heidelberg (Germany), with additional sites in Grenoble (France), Hamburg (Germany), Hinxton (UK) and Monterotondo (Italy).
The National Center of Tumor Disease (NCT) is a joint Comprehensive Cancer Centre of the Heidelberg University Hospital and the German Cancer Research Centre (dkfz) aimed at providing world class translational cancer research and cancer care.