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Emerin

Emerin (EMD gene, Xq28): a 254-amino-acid LEM-domain inner nuclear membrane protein binding lamin A/C, BAF, and actin; loss of emerin causes X-linked Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy.

Emerita (crustacean)

Emerita (mole crabs, sand crabs), genus of burrowing filter-feeding decapod crustaceans in family Hippidae, Anomura; about 12-15 species in Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Ocean swash zones; includes E. analoga and E. talpoida.

Emérita Torres

Emérita Torres is an American politician and Democratic member of the New York State Assembly representing the Bronx's 85th district, after two decades in public policy and advocacy.

Emeritus

Emeritus (feminine emerita, plural emeriti) is an honorary title for a retired person, usually a professor, who keeps a former title; from Latin emereri, earned by service.

Emerkingen

Emerkingen is a village in the Danube valley about 35 km southwest of Ulm, Germany, first recorded in 805 and known for its Roman fort.

Emerson Collective

Emerson Collective, founded by Laurene Powell Jobs in 2011, is a philanthropic and investment LLC (not a foundation) active in education, immigration, climate, and media; it majority-owns The Atlantic since 2017.

Emerson College

Emerson College: private Boston college founded 1880 as an oratory school, focused on communication and arts; campuses in Boston, Los Angeles, Kasteel Well; president Jay Bernhardt; tuition $57,984.

Emerson de Lima

Emerson de Lima is a Brazilian technology entrepreneur, founder and chief executive of Sauter Digital, a cloud and AI consultancy founded in São Paulo in 2020.

Emerson Electric

Emerson Electric Co. is an American automation technology company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1890, it reported net sales of $18.0 billion for fiscal 2025.

Emerson Fittipaldi

Emerson Fittipaldi, Brazilian racing driver born 1946 in São Paulo; two-time F1 World Champion (1972 Lotus, 1974 McLaren), 14 Grand Prix wins, later two-time Indianapolis 500 winner (1989, 1993) and 1989 CART champion.

Emerson Hancock

Emerson Hancock (Emerson Christian Hancock, born 1999, Cairo, Georgia) is a Seattle Mariners right-handed starting pitcher, drafted sixth overall in 2020 from Georgia; MLB debut August 9, 2023.

Emerson Jones

Emerson Jones (born 2008) is an Australian tennis player, 2024 junior world No. 1, runner-up at the 2024 Australian Open and Wimbledon girls' finals, W75 Sydney champion, and WTA career-high No. 122 in October 2026.

Emerson Palmieri

Emerson Palmieri, full name Emerson Palmieri dos Santos, is an Italian left-back at Olympique de Marseille who won the Champions League and EURO 2020 with Italy.

Emerson Royal

Emerson Royal (Emerson Aparecido Leite de Souza Júnior, born 1999) is a Brazilian right-back at Flamengo. Formerly Ponte Preta, Atlético Mineiro, Betis, Barcelona, Tottenham (101 apps), and AC Milan; 10 Brazil caps, Copa América 2021 runner-up.

Emerson Smith

Emerson Smith (born 1997, Buffalo, New York) is an American freestyle skier from Dover, Vermont, who took dual moguls silver at the 2016 FIS Junior Worlds and placed 23rd in men's moguls at PyeongChang 2018.

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP), English progressive rock supergroup formed in London in 1970 by Keith Emerson, Greg Lake, and Carl Palmer; six platinum 1970s albums, about 50 million records sold, Tarkus and Brain Salad Surgery, broke up after Love Beach, both bandmates died in 2016.

Emerson, Lake & Palmer (album)

Emerson, Lake & Palmer (1970) is the English progressive rock trio's debut album, recorded at Advision Studios, produced by Greg Lake, reaching UK No. 4 and US No. 18, containing "Lucky Man" and classical adaptations of Bartók and Janáček.

Emery (band)

Emery is an American post-hardcore/alternative rock band formed in Rock Hill, South Carolina in 2001, later based in Seattle. Signed to Tooth & Nail, then its own BadChristian label; albums include The Weak's End, The Question, and Styrofoam (2026).

Emery Brown

Emery Brown is an American anesthesiologist, statistician, and computational neuroscientist, an Institute Professor at MIT and Harvard professor whose research defines how anesthetic drugs produce general anesthesia.

Emery H. Bresnick

Emery H. Bresnick is a molecular biologist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison who studies transcriptional regulation of blood cell formation, focusing on GATA transcription factors and leukemia predisposition.

Emery Jones Jr.

Emery Jones Jr. is an NFL offensive guard for the Baltimore Ravens, drafted 91st overall in 2025 from LSU, where he was a three-year right tackle starter, two-time second-team All-SEC, and a Joe Moore Award finalist.

Emery Lehman

Emery Lehman (born 1996), American long track speed skater from Oak Park, Illinois. Four-time Olympian (2014, 2018, 2022, 2026); team pursuit bronze at Beijing 2022, silver at Milan Cortina 2026, world gold at Hamar 2025; retired after 2026 Games.

Emery Reves

Emery Reves, born Imre Révész, was a Hungarian-born writer, publisher, and literary agent who syndicated democratic statesmen's views in the 1930s and published Churchill's war memoirs abroad.

Emery Walker

Emery Walker (1851–1933) was an English process engraver, printer, and typographic adviser, a central figure in the Arts and Crafts and Private Press movements who co-founded the Doves Press.

Emery Worldwide

Emery Worldwide, also known as Emery Air Freight, was an American air freight company founded in 1946 whose airline was grounded by the FAA in August 2001.

Emery–Dreifuss muscular dystrophy

Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD), also called Emery-Dreifuss syndrome, is a rare inherited muscular dystrophy with early contractures, humeroperoneal weakness, and cardiac conduction disease; genes include EMD, LMNA, FHL1, SYNE1/2, TMEM43, SUN1/2.

Emeryville, California

Emeryville, CA is a compact city in Alameda County on San Francisco Bay's east shore between Oakland and Berkeley, incorporated in 1896 and named for Joseph S. Emery.

Emese Szasz Kovacs

Emese Szasz Kovacs (Szász-Kovács Emese, born 1982, Budapest) is a Hungarian left-handed épée fencer, 2016 Rio Olympic champion in women's individual épée, and a distinct person from swimmer Emese Kovács.

Emesent Hovermap ST

Emesent Hovermap ST is a mobile LiDAR mapping payload by Australia's Emesent, launched in 2022, that maps GPS-denied environments like mines and tunnels using SLAM.

eMESH study

eMESH study refers to two unrelated clinical trials: EMESH 1 (NCT01676376), a feasibility study of the Kips Bay Medical eSVS Mesh external vein support for saphenous vein grafts in CABG, and eMESH Struct. 2022-23 (NCT05202938), a Sherbrooke observational PET study of cardiac energy metabolism in septic shock and heart failure.