EMBO YOUNG INVESTIGATORS & INSTALLATION GRANTEES EMBO Installation Grantees selected in 2011 Tolga Emre Gene regulatory networks in cancer TR Bogazici University, Istanbul Moving from: US National Cancer Institute, Bethesda Ebru Erbay Mechanism and therapy of cardiometabolic syndrome TR Bilkent University, Ankara Moving from: US Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, US Nurhan Özlü Cell surface changes during the cell cycle TR Koç University, Istanbul Moving from: US Harvard Medical School, Boston Kvido Stˇríšovský Rhomboid proteases CZ Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry AS CR, Prague Moving from: UK MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Tambet Teesalu Tumor penetrating peptides EE University of Tartu Moving from: US Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, Santa Barbara Bartosz Wilczyn ́ski Computational modeling of gene expression PL Warsaw University Moving from: DE European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, DE Dorota Wloga Cilia assembly and function PL Nencki Institute, Warsaw Moving from: US University of Georgia, Athens EMBO Young Investigators selected in 2011 Ivan Ahel DNA damage response UK Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Manchester Richard Benton Olfactory evolution CH University of Lausanne Rut Carballido-Lopez Bacterial cytoskeleton and morphogenesis FR French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) Jouy-en-Josas Johan Elf Intracellular biophysics SE Uppsala University Niko Geldner Endodermal polarity and differentiation CH University of Lausanne Anja Groth Regulation of chromatin and histone dynamics DK Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC) Copenhagen Sophie Jarriault Cell plasticity FR Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC), Illkirch Sebastian Jessberger Adult neurogenesis CH ETH Zurich Esben Lorentzen Structural basis for intraflagellar transport DE Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried Tom Lüdde Inflammatory signalling in liver disease DE University Hospital Aachen Irene Miguel-Aliaga Crosstalk between the brain and gut UK University of Cambridge Ellen Nollen Aging-related protein aggregation and toxicity NL University of Groningen Mark Petronczki Cell division and aneuploidy UK Cancer Research UK London Research Institute Benjamin Prud’homme Development and evolution of morphology and behaviour FR Developmental Biology Institute of Marseilles-Luminy (IBDML) Markus Ralser Systems biology of metabolic regulation UK University of Cambridge Akhilesh Reddy Circadian rhythms UK University of Cambridge Frank Schnorrer Muscle formation and function DE Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried Maya Schuldiner Endoplasmic reticulum function IL WeizmannInstitute,Rehovot Barry Thompson Tissue growth and form in Drosophila UK Cancer Research UK London Research Institute Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla Epigenetic dynamics of cell potency FR Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC) Illkirch Marc Veldhoen Epithelial immunity and metabolism UK Babraham Institute Cambridge Helen Walden Specificity and regulation of E3 ubiquitin ligases UK Cancer Research UK London Research Institute Deadlines Research Fellowships in Singapore New fellowship opportunities for Singapore As part of a recent cooperation agreement between the government of Singapore and EMBO, fellowships are available to support the careers of researchers who wish to work in Singapore or Europe. Applications are invited for short-term fellowships (applications open throughout the year) and three-year long-term fellowships (twice yearly application deadlines: 15 February and 15 August). Further details are available at www.embo.org/programmes/fellowships.html Next issue of EMBO encounters The next EMBOencounters issue – Summer 2012 – will be dispatched in July 2012. Please send your suggestions, contributions and news to communications@embo.org by 4 May 2012. Managing Editor Barry Whyte Editors Yvonne Kaul, Charlotte Otter Proofreading Meryl Schneider Print layout Uta Mackensen Web version Aditya Kusuma Jati E-newsletter Sandra Krahl, Katja Linssen Upcoming deadlines 15 FEBRUARY EMBO LONG-TERM FELLOWSHIPS 1 MARCH EMBO COURSES & WORKSHOPS 1 MARCH 1 APRIL EMBO YOUNG INVESTIGATORS 15 APRIL EMBO INSTALLATION GRANTS EMBO PLENARY LECTURES 6 EMBOencounters | Winter 2011|2012 | communications@embo.org ©2012 EMBO