16 February 2022 - The EMBO Young Investigator Programme (YIP) was created in 2002 to support researchers starting their first lab (to be eligible, “applicants must have been an independent group leader for at least one year and for less than four years”). The programme provides mentorship, training, and networking opportunities for both the PIs and their lab members. Applications for the YIP programme are currently open. The EMBO podcast spoke with a YIP alumnus, immunologist Matteo Iannacone, and a recently selected member of the programme, neuroscientist Katrin Franke.