09.05.2012

EMBO Welcomes 55 Leading Life Scientists as Members

EMBO recognized 55 life scientists from Europe and around the world for their excellence in research. Forty-eight of the researchers are from Europe and neighbouring countries while seven scientists from Argentina, Australia, South Korea and the United States join as Associate Members. In total, EMBO membership now comprises almost 1,550 life scientists in the international scientific community. more06.12.2011

EMBO Installation Grants 2011: The Recipients

EMBO announced the selection of seven scientists as recipients of the 2011 EMBO Installation Grants. The grants will assist the researchers to relocate and set up laboratories in the Czech Republic, Poland, Estonia and Turkey. A committee of EMBO Members selects the successful candidates for the high standard of their research. The scientists receive 50,000 euros annually for three to five years from their host countries. This helps them to establish their research groups and themselves in the European scientific community. more07.11.2011

EMBO 2011 Young Investigators Program: 22 Researchers are Joining

EMBO acknowledges the work of 22 young European scientists selected for excellence in research to join the Young Investigator Program. These scientists join a growing network of more than 300 young group leaders. more20.10.2011

EMBO Membership - 46 Life Scientists Elected

EMBO acknowledges the outstanding scientific contribution of 46 life scientists from 14 countries by awarding them life-long EMBO membership. Election to EMBO membership is recognition of the commitment to research excellence and the exceptional achievements made by a life scientist. The new EMBO Members join the ranks of 1,500 of the best researchers in Europe and around the world. They are leaders in their research fields and communities. more22.04.2011

Simon Boulton receives the EMBO Gold Medal 2011

Simon Boulton receives the award in recognition of his groundbreaking research on DNA repair mechanisms. The election committee was particularly impressed by his pioneering role in establishing the nematode worm, C. elegans, as a model system to study genome instability. The EMBO Gold Medal annually recognizes outstanding contributions of young researchers in the molecular life sciences. more11.04.2011

EMBO Conference Series: Protein Synthesis and Translational Control

EMBO Conference Series. "Translational Control" has become a major focus of attention and research activity in the field of gene regulation. Developmental biology and neurobiology are but two prominent examples that have added to the interest in translational control even before the arrival of small non-coding RNAs. MicroRNAs in particular now define a new frontier in gene expression, and will be a central topic to be discussed within the conference series. more18.02.2011

Breast Cancer “Oncogene”- ZNF703

Breast cancer "oncogenes" are genes that when overactive upset the normal checks and balances that control when and how often a cell divides. This is the first time in over five years that scientists have discovered a new one of these breast cancer "oncogene" called ZNF703. more03.02.2011

Stem Cells Generated via miRNAs

Stem cells are ideal tools to understand disease and develop new treatments; however, they can be difficult to obtain in necessary quantities. In particular, generating induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells can be an arduous task because reprogramming differentiated adult skin cells into iPS cells requires many steps and the efficiency is very low - researchers might end up with only a few iPS cells even if they started with a million skin cells. A team at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) set out to improve this process. more07.12.2010

EMBO Installation Grants

Six life science researchers will receive the 2010 EMBO Installation Grants, assisting them to relocate and set up their research groups in the Czech Republic, Poland, Portugal and Turkey. These scientists are the fifth group of awardees since the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) introduced the scheme in 2006. more24.11.2010

Europe’s Most Talented Young Researchers Selected

The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) announced the selection of 21 of Europe's most talented young researchers as 2010 beneficiaries of the EMBO Young Investigator Program. more