Related Links Long Term Fellowships Katja Arndt Barbara Belletti Judit Biro Julie King Susanne Müller Ildiko Unk Elodie Pastural Belen Illana Family-friendly, flexible and far-reaching

Eight female scientists have been awarded an EMBO Restart fellowship. The first six fellows to benefit from the European Molecular Biology Organization's (EMBO) restart fellowship scheme come from Germany, Hungary, the UK and Italy.

"The restart fellowships offer scientists an excellent opportunity to return to the laboratory. EMBO hopes that this programme will help to counteract the losses to science and research caused by scientists leaving to start a family," says Gerlind Wallon, EMBO Restart Programme Manager. "Judging by the number of inquiries received, there is a great deal of interest in the scheme. And we have already had a lot of applications from really excellent scientists. This shows the need for initiatives like this in Europe."

Katja Arndt

Researchs "Design, Selection, Analysis and Targeting of Antiparallel Coiled Coils" at the University of Freiburg (Germany),the Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics (Biology III). Dr. Arndt is the mother of twins and is returning to the laboratory after a one-year break.

Barbara Belletti

The Italian researcher has two daughters and is continuing her work after a break of 18 months in cancer research at the Centro di Riferimento Oncologico of the National Cancer Institute in Aviano, Italy. She works on the "Role of IGF-I Receptor in adhesion and migration of soft tissue sarcoma derived cell lines."

Judit Biro

Works at the National Institute for Medical Research in London, UK in August 2003 after a year's break. The title of her work on stem cells is the "Role of AA4/CD93 for hemato-lymphoid development and migration of progenitor/stem cells." She has a one-year-old son.

Julie King

Works on "Genomic analysis of a large genome plant species". She continues her research at the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research in Aberystwyth, Wales (UK). Julie has four children.

Susanne Müller

Researches the "Effects of HMGB1 secreted by monocytes in inflammation" at the DIBIT, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy. Susanne has one child.

Ildiko Unk

Mother of three children, Ildiko has joined the Department of Genetics at the Biological Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Szeged. She will be working on the "Identification and characterization of proteins interacting with yeast Polh and Rev1."

Elodie Pastural

Studies cell signaling at the Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines in Lyon after relocation and having taken a break of 4 years to raise two children.
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Belen Illana

Works on the Inhibition of neurodegeneration in Friedreich's ataxia models by gene transfer at the Centro de Bilogia Molecular "Severo Ochoa" in Madrid. She is restarting after taking a break of three years to raise her two children.

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