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From Telomeres to Empathy Highlights from the EMBO Meeting 2010 by CRISTINA JIMÉNEZ AUTUMN 2010 encounters Newsletter of the European Molecular Biology Organization From telomeres to empathy Highlights from The EMBO Meeting 2010 BY CRISTINA JIMÉNEZ ◗ In the early 1980s, after a meeting at the Gordon Research Conference, Elizabeth Blackburn and Jack Szostak discovered that telo meres include a specifi c DNA sequence. 29 years on, the fortuitous encounter resulted in a Nobel Prize for discovering the structure Elizabeth Frans de Waal Blackburn of molecular caps called telomeres and for working out how they protect chromosomes from degradation. This is only one fi brillation, a condition in Richard example of how necessary meetings can be for the advancement of sci- which there is uncoordinated Losick ence. They provide a perfect setting for junior researchers to approach contraction of the cardiac prospective supervisors – and vice versa. They can lead to new part- muscle of the ventricles in the nerships between research groups working in similar fi elds. And they heart, making them quiver also inspire open discussion and collaboration between institutions. rather than contract properly. The EMBO Meeting, held in September in Barcelona, gathered more Haïssaguerre explained how than 1,300 researchers from a broad scope of disciplines, extending he is currently having great from synthetic, developmental and evolutionary biologists to plant success in curing hundreds of scientists and neuroscientists. “Postdocs and PhD students are the patients every year from this main benefi ciaries of these meetings,” pointed out Luis Serrano, who sort of arrhythmia. Austin co-organized the meeting with Denis Duboule. Smith, the other prize winner, | Barcelona © Christine Panagiotidis The meeting kicked off on Saturday 4 September with Richard Losick gave a lecture on stem cells and the Design principles of pluripotency. speaking about Life & death of a microbial community in front of a full The primatologist Frans de Waal described in his special lecture auditorium at the Barcelona congress centre. The scientist explained on Sunday evening the role of empathy, fairness and cooperation in the mechanisms that govern the assembly and disassembly of biofi lms primates – a rather unusual topic by using the example of the soil bacterium Bacillus subtilis. at a molecular biology confer- Sunday started with Elizabeth Blackburn giving a keynote lecture ence. Denis Duboule, The EMBO HIGHLIGHTS about telomeres, telomerase and their implications for human disease Meeting programme co-organizer, such as cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The Nobel shed light: “We wanted to raise The EMBO Meeting Laureate, who has spent her career studying telomeres and telomerase, awareness among delegates about picture gallery reported that telomerase activity and telomere length are infl uenced by other fi elds of great interest in life 2/3 a variety of factors, including environmental exposure and oxidative sciences.” “Lectures like the one stress. Reducing stress can help to lengthen telomeres and delay cellu- by de Waal illustrate the immen- The importance of being mobile lar aging, prolonging overall life. sity of things that remain to be EMBO supports scientists From health matters, the programme changed at the plenary lectures discovered,” added the Swiss on the move 4 to talk about the evolution of animal forms. Detlev Arendt explained scientist. how his team is using molecular fi ngerprints to identify homologous So, after the Palau de cell types over large evolutionary distances. Arendt’s team has devel- Congressos closed its gates and Happy birthday! EMBO reports celebrates oped a novel technique, wholemount in silico expression profi ling, to The EMBO Meeting 2010 became its 10th anniversary 6/7 elucidate the evolutionary origin of neuron types in the marine worm history, one question remained Platynereis dumerlii. unsolved: How many Nobel- On Monday, the Louis-Jeantet prize lectures took place with this winning chats may have taken Proteopedia – more than year’s winners giving two fantastic lectures. The cardiac electrophysi- place in this year’s gathering? ● just pretty pictures 12 ologist Michel Haïssaguerre talked about the causes of ventricular European Molecular Biology Organization | Meyerhofstr. 1 | 69117 Heidelberg | Germany | T +49 6221 8891 0 | [email protected] www.embo.org ▼ 2 Irma Thesleff presenting her plenary lecture on Signalling in Development Lunch break in the gardens of the Palau de Congressos ▼ Nobel Laureate Elizabeth Blackburn – keynote lecturer on Sunday ©protopedia.org Financial support from the Robert- Bosch-Stiftung helped provide Three onsite childcare certifi ed services bloggers reported daily from Barcelona ▼ The EMBO Meeting 2010 | Barcelona | 4 –7 September 3 Scientifi c organizers Denis Duboule (above) and Luis Serrano (below) ▼ EMBO Director Maria Leptin at the award ceremony for EMBO Gold Medal winner Jason Chin ▼ Life Science Research in India session attended by more than 80 scientists. Detlev Arendt demonstrating ▼ about evolution Poster of the central session nervous system in animals Demo at the Invitrogen exhibit attracted participants 2010 Olympus camera awarded to a winner of the exhibitor quiz EMBO encounters | autumn 2010 | ©2010 EMBO [email protected] 4 EMBC summer meeting Delegates from the 27 member states The importance of being mobile of the EMBC – the inter-governmental EMBO supports scientists on the move with a number of activities funding body of EMBO – met in Heidel- berg on 28 June. The agenda included a ◗ An extensive t report from EMBO Director further career stepravel and itinerary increases often the probabil-secures a on the execution of the EMBCMaria General Leptin ity of receiving sought-after funds. Early-stage Human Frontier Science Programme d Programme and a scientifi scientists in particular rarely stay in one coun- the same conclusion: “Going abroad gives titled Tying up loose (chromosome) c presentation ends: try for more than four or fi you a much broader perspective on the wayraws telomeres from cell biology to disease suitcases, packing boxes and ve hunting years. Carryingfor new science is done.” David Shore, apartments is for many pre- and post-docs a Vice-Chair of the EMBO by Yet there are still too few researchers who Council. During the meeting, delegates Groundhog Day experience for real. dare to jump the fence. An EU study from approved the 2009 EMBO|EMBC Annual “Mobility is important,” states 2007 reveals that mobility of scientists is limit- Report. To download the annual report, Career Adviser for Life Science Postdocs. “You Anne Forde, ed. The results are not really surprising as the please visit the EMBO News website: get new ideas, see how labs work in differ- price for being mobile is often high. Not only www.embo.org/news.html ent countries and enhance your chances in a do the travellers sometimes have to cover the job market that is becoming more and more relocation costs, they repeatedly have to come EMBO_AR_2009_u1_u4.ai 20/5/10 14:07:42 competitive.” to grips with new cultures and languages. 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