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EMBO
Press Release
EMBO selects Europe’s best
young independent scientists
Heidelberg, October 26th, 2005
EMBO has singled out 17 European life scientists to receive the support
of its prestigious Young Investigator Programme. The annual selection
round identifies some of the brightest young minds in Europe –
providing academic, practical and financial support in the early years
of their independent careers. The three-year programme is extremely
competitive and selection is a mark of the highest scientific excellence.
The Young Investigator Programme targets researchers who have been
running their first laboratories for between one to three years. Members
of the programme are entitled to a range of benefits, designed to help
smooth the often difficult transition between setting up independently
and establishing a reputation within the scientific community. A mentorship
programme, sponsorship of lectures at international meetings, an annual
symposium and a laboratory management course are some of the benefits
that help augment the standing of the young investigators and support
new collaborations.
The programme is highly competitive with a 13% success rate in the current
round of selection. Manager of the programme, Gerlind Wallon, explains,
 Competition
is extremely tough but it’s meant to be. Carrying the young investigator
title means that EMBO is convinced of the quality of your research.
This is an influential recommendation. We hope the EMBO stamp of quality
combined with practical support will raise the young investigators’
status in the community and help them to attract new collaborations
and funding.
The EMBO Young Investigator Programme has been identifying and supporting
outstanding young life scientists in Europe since 2000. Currently the
programme supports a network of 70 young scientists.
2005 EMBO Young Investigators
NAME |
URL |
RESEARCH INTREST |
INSTITUTE |
| Yohanns
Bellaiche |
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Cell polarization in Drosophila |
Institute Curie, Paris, France |
| Michael Boutros |
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Genetics of signaling pathways |
DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany |
| Jason Chin |
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Orthogonal Translation |
MRC-LMB, Cambridge, UK |
| Fabrizio Chiti |
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Protein structure in amyloid disease |
University of Florence, Italy |
| Tim Clausen |
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Protein quality control |
IMP, Vienna, Austria |
| Miguel A.Del Pozo |
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Integrin signaling in cell migration and growth |
CNIC, Madrid, Spain |
| Raimund Dutzler |
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Transmembrane ion transport |
University of Zürich, Switzerland |
| Oliver Einsle |
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Protein systems in Nitrogen and Iron metabolism |
Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany |
| Henrik Kaessmann |
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Evolution of the human genome |
University of Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Claudia Köhler |
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Reproductive development in plants |
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich, Switzerland |
| Gernot Längst |
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Chromatin dynamics |
Adolf Butenandt Institute, Munich, Germany |
| Jan Lohmann |
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Stem cell fate in plants |
MPI, Tübingen, Germany |
| Giles Oldroyd |
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Signaling in symbiosis |
John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK |
| Ruth Palmer |
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Receptor Tyrosine Kinase signaling pathways |
Umea University, Sweden |
| Daniel Peeper |
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Cellular protection against oncogenic transformation |
NKI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| Yitzhak Pilpel |
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Gene expression regulation |
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel |
| Terence Strick |
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Single-molecule analysis of protein/DNA interactions |
Institute Monod, Paris, France |
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