EMBO EMBC annual report 2004

European Molecular Biology Organization European Molecular Biology Conference EMBO | EMBC table of contents

introduction appendix preface by Frank Gannon 4 delegates and advisors from the EMBC member states 62 preface by Susan Gasser 6 council & committee members 2004 66 preface by Marja Makarow 8 council & committee members 2005 68 new members elected in 2004 70 EMBO & EMBC: past & present advisory editorial board 2004 78 timeline & brief history 12 long-term fellowship awards 2004 80 aims of EMBO | EMBC | EMBL 14 long-term fellowships: statistics 92 summary of EMBO actions 2004 18 long-term fellowships 2004: geographical distribution 94 summary of EMBC actions 2004 24 short-term fellowship awards 2004 96 short-term fellowships: statistics 108 joint EMBO & EMBC activities short-term fellowships 2004: geographical distribution 110 fellowship programme 30 young investigators selected in 2004 112 fellows network 32 EMBO/HHMI scientists selected in 2004 112 courses and workshops programme 34 young investigator application and selection statistics 114 young investigator programme 36 young investigator lectures 2004 116 electronic information programme 38 courses 2004 118 workshops 2004 120 EMBO additional activities conferences 2004 122 The EMBO Journal 42 plenary lectures 2004 124 EMBO reports 44 world programme fellowships 2004 126 science & society programme 46 statistics on women 127 gold medal 48 scale of contributions from the EMBC member states 128 award for communication in the life sciences 49 staff in heidelberg 130 plenary lectures 50 sectoral meetings 51 events in 2005 world activities 52 practical courses 2005 134 women in the life sciences 54 lecture courses and workshops 2005 136 communications 56 conferences and symposia 2005 138 european life sciences forum 58 other EMBO events 2005 139

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2004 was a time for reflection on the devel- of 5% per annum for the next six years. tigator Programme have also become valuable data accumulated annually through opment of EMBO and the EMBC. There were Although this is less than seemed justified recognised and appreciated parts of the or- fellowship applications, requests for sup- significant anniversaries for both organisa- by the needs of EMBO’s programmes or, in- ganisation’s scope. In addition, the engage- port of courses and workshops and the tions and the joint celebration of EMBO’s deed, the willingness of a majority of the ment of the editorial staff of The EMBO themes of journal submissions, EMBO will 40th, EMBC’s 35th and EMBL’s 30th birth- member states, on reflection, it is a very sat- Journal and EMBO reports should be noted establish a more structured form of policy days was also a symbolically important isfactory outcome. This increase in funding and is well reflected, not only in the quality input in 2005 to provide strategic advice to event. Marking the tremendous impact of will ensure that EMBO actions supported by of these publications, but also in their out- governments throughout Europe. This pro- the organisations, both independently and the EMBC remain on a solid financial basis of-hours input to the journals. cess will complement our ongoing efforts to collectively, on the transformation of molec- for many years to come. The fruit of EMBO’s labour may give us bring about the establishment of a Euro- ular biology in Europe, the event also gave At times of budgetary uncertainties, good reason to be satisfied, but we remain pean Research Council. those associated with the organisations the EMBO activities come under very close scru- far from complacent. In 2004, EMBO saw a The continuing emergence of new activi- Frank Gannon chance to reflect on their development. tiny. Analysis this year at both EMBC and need to bring more exposure and structure ties at EMBO is driven by the needs of Euro- Executive Director In my remarks at the anniversary meet- EMBO Council level, although challenging to the emerging field of systems biology. pean science and motivated by a realisation European Molecular Biology ing, I focused more on individuals than orga- and time-consuming, was ultimately a re- This will result in the 2005 launch, together that EMBO and EMBC have important roles Organization (EMBO) nisations. I strongly believe that the motor warding and reassuring process. The final with Nature Publishing Group (NPG), of the to play in achieving a stronger science base and Secretary General for organisational growth lies with those assessment of our actions brought both new open-access, electronic journal – for Europe. This is only possible through the European Molecular Biology who contribute their energy and vision to positive commentary and constructive sug- Molecular Systems Biology. dedicated input of EMBO members (particu- Conference (EMBC) the entity whose reputation they create. gestions for improvement. Further reflection on the needs of Euro- larly those on EMBO committees), EMBC Today we still depend very much on individ- The contribution of the managers and pean science led to a decision to build upon delegates and EMBO staff. Together with uals and their efforts in 2004 have resulted staff at EMBO during this phase and in the a fruitful collaboration with the Howard them, I look forward to another significant in a very successful year for both EMBO and development of EMBO programmes has to Hughes Medical Institute. Discussions with- year for EMBO in 2005 and am grateful to all the EMBC. be highlighted. Today, EMBO has perhaps in the EMBC are now well advanced towards who have worked with EMBO and EMBC At the beginning of 2004, the value of this two distinguishing features – firstly the starting a programme to support Strategic over the last forty years to transform the kind of personal input was clearly demon- strength of its networks of members, young Development Installation Grants. The aim of ambitious aspirations of EMBO into realistic strated. EMBC discussions on the new finan- investigators and fellows and secondly the these grants will be to encourage scientists goals and significant achievements. cial framework for EMBO activities had stal- professionalism and commitment of the to start their laboratories in European coun- led and it took the efforts of many from staff at the EMBO headquarters. Through tries that are at a relatively early stage of EMBO and EMBC to bring the talks to an ac- their efforts, EMBO programmes continue to scientific development. ceptable solution. The subsequent agree- grow in impact and reputation. More recent Finally, in order to benefit more from the ment was an increase in the EMBC budget ventures such as the EMBO Young Inves- collective wisdom of our members and the

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As I look back over last year’s activities and to test the water with our flagship publica- to the journal; he has been instrumental to Les Grivell, who has also been an important forward to the next, I am struck by EMBO’s tion. We had also discussed the option of its success. The EMBO Council and the contributor to the start-up of Molecular increasing involvement in the world of elec- expanding EMBO’s publishing efforts into EMBO Publication Committee agreed unani- Systems Biology. E-BioSci aims to improve tronic publishing, data management and themes that are less widely represented in mously that Pernille Rørth of EMBL should electronic data searches of published litera- electronic information. This is an evolution The EMBO Journal. However, we wanted to be appointed as the new Executive Editor ture and other data storage sites. It will be that many would claim inevitable, yet each avoid the proliferation of specialised EMBO with the aim of having a leading scientist tested in the coming year to determine how step must be taken with care to ensure qual- “offspring”. It was under this backdrop and working closely with the in-house editorial it can help molecular biologists deal with an ity and avoid unwelcome results. Reversals in the hope that Europe might take the lead staff. This should ensure strong scientific ever-expanding digital database of informa- in evolutions of this kind are often extreme- in systems biology, that Molecular Systems input into the decision-making process. The tion. ly hard to achieve. Biology was conceived. participation of the Advisory Editorial Board Besides expansion into electronic areas, The most notable addition to EMBO’s In some ways, systems biology was an in the review process is also highly valued. continued efforts are being made to expand Susan Gasser current activities is Europe’s first electronic obvious choice for an electronic publishing In addition, a new layer of four external EMBO’s activities in central and eastern Chair of the EMBO Council journal on systems biology, Molecular Sys- venture, as it relies heavily on computation- senior editors has been incorporated into European countries. Last but certainly not tems Biology. The journal will be launched al and high-throughput technologies. The the editorial structure of The EMBO Journal least, the European Research Council (ERC) by EMBO and Nature Publishing Group (NPG) new journal will publish full-length papers with the aim of broadening the journal’s moves ever closer on the horizon promising in March 2005 appearing in electronic ver- with a focus on systematic or large-scale reach even further. The EMBO Journal has to be a significant new source of funding for sion only. This represents a first step for analyses that aim to integrate and model always been deeply rooted in the scientific research in Europe. These are projects in EMBO and NPG into open-access or author- molecular and cellular phenomena. Guiding community and it is hoped that the new which EMBO has played a major role, con- pays publishing. For EMBO, this is an excit- the journal are five stellar editors (Ruedi senior editors will attract further high quali- tributing on many levels – above all by pro- ing new expansion into a field that is cur- Aebersold, Peer Bork, George Church, Leroy ty papers and identify novel, ground-break- viding a standard for efficient, science- rently blossoming worldwide and provides Hood and Edison Liu), supported by an on- ing ideas in submitted manuscripts.The sen- based management. an opportunity to represent and structure a site editor at the EMBO office. Molecular ior scientists accepting this position are We thank the entire EMBO staff in Hei- research area well suited to the electronic Systems Biology represents a major effort, David Baulcombe, Ari Helenius, Tim Hunt delberg for their continued dedication to publication mode. but EMBO is confident that the paradigm is and Tony Hunter.The senior editors will meet making EMBO the success that it is today. What is the goal of Molecular Systems appropriate and the moment is ripe. with the editorial staff at least once per year I further thank all the EMBO members who Biology? Over the last few years, EMBO has There are also changes at The EMBO to help guide The EMBO Journal in its deci- generously contribute their time and judge- discussed the possibility of converting The Journal. Iain Mattaj will take over as Director sions. ment to help shape the ever-evolving EMBO EMBO Journal to open access. However, it is General of EMBL and step down as Exe- Another electronic direction that will programme, as we continue to promote still unclear whether this will be the ideal cutive Editor of The EMBO Journal. We are bear fruit in the coming months is the molecular biology throughout Europe and publishing paradigm and it seemed unwise greatly indebted to Iain for his commitment E-BioSci project, guided by EMBO manager, the rest of the world.

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2004 marked the 35th anniversary of the was, and still is, to promote basic research a model for molecular biology laboratories EMBC. Established in 1969 as an intergov- in Europe – in the case of the EMBC, in the worldwide. Viewed together, it is clear that ernmental organisation of fourteen member area of molecular biology. The EMBC and EMBC, EMBO and EMBL have raised the states, EMBC was born of the foresight and EMBO programme initially consisted of train- quality of European research to a new level. vision of a small group of scientists, who ing courses and long-term fellowships with Today EMBC has grown to encompass had founded EMBO five years earlier. By a focus on young scientists. These activities 24 member states and continues to pro- engaging European member states in secur- and the overall concept of the EMBC/EMBO mote a strong transnational approach to ing public funding for EMBO’s core activi- partnership was very much ahead of its time the life sciences – on a minimal budget ties, this pioneering group laid the ground- and a forerunner for the vision scientists and with the leanest of administrations. work for a successful partnership that has hold today of a European Research Council. Governed by the nominated delegates of been supporting European science for al- In this respect, EMBC and EMBO were al- national governments, EMBC is conscious Marja Makarow most four decades. ready delivering on the goals of the Euro- of its responsibility to European science. President Looking back at EMBC’s history and pean Research Area in the domain of mole- The organisation’s political mandate and European Molecular Biology founding goals gives rise to some interest- cular biology decades before Commissioner long-standing experience make it well Conference (EMBC) ing comparisons with today’s European Philippe Busquin launched the idea of a placed to contribute decisively to science Research Area and the discussions sur- common market for research. policy and develop programmes that accu- rounding the establishment of a European This long-standing partnership between rately reflect the needs of European science. Research Council (ERC) – the potential new EMBC and EMBO has had a fundamental funding instrument of the European Com- impact on the development of molecular mission to support investigator-driven basic biology. Together the organisations have research. The original motivation to create raised a new generation of molecular biolo- the EMBC came from the realisation that gists making first-class training and interna- Europe was lagging behind the United tional mobility an integral element of their States in science and that “brain drain” was research careers. The establishment of the flowing increasingly away from Europe to- European Molecular Biology Laboratory wards the US. These same arguments are (EMBL) in 1974, as a special project of the used today to promote the ERC. EMBC, was also a significant turning point Comparisons can also be drawn be- for molecular biology. EMBL later became tween the purpose of the EMBC and the an independent intergovernmental organi- ERC. Like the ERC, EMBC’s foremost aim sation in its own right and now represents

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timeline & brief history aims EMBO | EMBC | EMBL EMBO actions in 2004 EMBC actions in 2004

EMBO’s aim is to promote biosciences throughout Europe. It has done this very successfully over a period of 40 years.

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40 years of EMBO The origins of EMBO date back to 1963, rated as an association under Swiss law. when a group of leading European biolo- Start-up funding for the organisation was gists got together in Ravello, Italy to discuss generously provided by the Volkswagen proposals by John Kendrew and Conrad Foundation and EMBO was able to initiate its Waddington to establish an organisation and networking activities providing the first fel- laboratory for co-operation in molecular bi- lowships and electing 200 biologists as its ology. Both proposals were endorsed at this first members. Max Perutz, the first meeting and later, in July 1964, the European The EMBO Council worked hard to se- EMBO chairman Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) was cure long-term funding for EMBO activities officially born. and in 1969, the governments of 14 member The Ravello meeting laid down two initial states came together to establish the Euro- goals for EMBO – creation of a central mole- pean Molecular Biology Conference (EMBC). cular biology laboratory and the establish- The EMBC adopted the activities initiated ment of networking activities to enhance in- with the Volkswagen funding and these be- teractions between European laboratories. came known as the EMBC General Pro- Two committees were set up – the Labora- gramme. Soon after its foundation, the EMBC tory Committee and the Federal Organisa- also accepted EMBO’s proposal to establish John Kendrew, tion Committee. The work of the Laboratory a European laboratory and in 1974, a subset EMBO’s first Committee led to the subsequent estab- of ten member states formed the EMBL as Secretary General lishment of the European Molecular Biology an independent intergovernmental organi- Laboratory (EMBL). The concepts drafted sation. by the Federal Organisation Committee be- Today the EMBC has grown to 24 mem- came the motor for EMBO’s fellowships, ber states including most of the European courses and workshops. The Ravello meeting Union (EU) countries and some neighbour- also saw the election of Max Perutz as the ing countries. Evidence of how EMBO has first EMBO chairman and John Kendrew as thrived since its foundation can be found in Secretary General. the chapters of this annual report and is On July 12, 1964, thanks to the efforts of clearly demonstrated in the esteem in which Eduard Kellenberger, Eduard Kellenberger, one of EMBO’s found- the organisation is held today by scientists one of EMBO’s ing members, EMBO was officially incorpo- worldwide. founding members

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EMBO tronic, open-access publication, Molecular actions to determine the potential benefit workshops constitute the main actions of The European Molecular Biology Organiza- Systems Biology. of adding them to the overall programme of the EMBC. More recently, the Young Investi- tion (EMBO) promotes biosciences in EMBO elects new members annually on EMBC/EMBO activities. The funding of EMBO gator Progamme, the Electronic Information Europe. The organisation supports transna- the basis of proven excellence in research. activities outside the EMBC General Pro- Programme and the Science & Society Pro- tional mobility, training and exchange at all Today, EMBO has more than 1100 members gramme comes predominantly from EMBO’s gramme have been added to the EMBC Gen- stages of the scientific career through a in Europe and over 60 associate members scientific publications. Support is also pro- eral Programme. number of programmes and initiatives. worldwide – providing a dedicated focal cured in the form of grants, particularly from EMBC and EMBO operate very much in EMBO’s activities fall into two different point for the vast network of molecular bio- the European Union or occasionally through harmony and are driven by a common com- categories: those that make up the General logy. The EMBO membership includes some collaborations with international organisa- mitment to quality research at the pan- Programme funded by the European Mole- of the leading researchers in Europe, tions. European level. The actions of both organi- cular Biology Conference (EMBC) and those amongst them 38 Nobel Prize winners. The full range of EMBO programmes and sations are characterised by selection on that EMBO has initiated and developed in- EMBO members provide valuable input to activities is presented throughout the pages the grounds of quality and a strong co- dependently. The EMBC General Programme EMBO in all of its activities via various com- of this annual report. operation with the scientific community. includes well-known activities such as the mittees. EMBC has decision-making power over the provision of fellowships for long-term and EMBO activities are delivered by a dedi- EMBC funding and development of all EMBO activ- short-term laboratory visits, the funding of cated team of managers and administra- The European Molecular Biology Confer- ities associated with the EMBC General Pro- practical courses and workshops and activ- tors based at the EMBO headquarters in ence (EMBC) is an intergovernmental orga- gramme, while EMBO has full responsibility ities highlighting young independent re- Heidelberg, Germany. The EMBO Council is nisation made up of 24 member states. The for the delivery of these activities. The ac- searchers of high quality. also intensely engaged in EMBO actions and EMBC was founded in 1969 to support and tions of EMBO are monitored and the over- The General Programme supported by contributes decisively to the direction of finance the actions of EMBO and to give all programme is decided by the EMBC EMBC encompasses some newer actions the organisation by providing input on sci- member states more structured access to member states when they meet annually in such as science and society activities, which entific standards and policy. The Council the expertise of EMBO members. The orga- conference. foster an open dialogue between scientists regularly examines the range of EMBO ac- nisation was formally ratified in 1970. The and non-scientists and an electronic infor- tivities, monitoring their effectiveness and EMBC promotes a strong pan-European EMBL mation platform providing online searches making recommendations for changes. approach to research. Member states in- The creation of a central molecular biology of scientific literature and general web pres- In recent years, EMBO has also pursued clude most European Union (EU) countries laboratory was one of the founding goals of entation of life sciences information. EMBO a strategy of analysing European science as well as some neighbouring countries. EMBO. Early efforts by the EMBO Council supports the scientific community through and developing new activities to meet the Today, EMBC supports a wide range of and an EMBC special project resulted in the the publication of two scientific journals needs of the molecular biology community. EMBO activities as part of its General Pro- establishment of the European Molecular and in March 2005 will launch a new elec- EMBO identifies and pilots these new gramme. Fellowships, practical courses and Biology Laboratory (EMBL). In 1974, the

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EMBL became an independent entity sup- society. Today these core functions are EMBC member states ported by a subset of EMBC member states. combined with significant outreach activi- The following states make up the European Molecular Biology Conference (EMBC): Today 18 EMBC member states are also ties in the areas of science and society and 1970 Austria 1970 France 1970 Israel 1997 Slovenia member states of EMBL. training for science teachers. 1970 Belgium 1969 Germany 1972 Italy 1970 Spain EMBL has five core missions: to conduct The EMBL is independent from the EMBC 1998 Croatia 1972 Greece 1970 The Netherlands 1969 Sweden basic research in molecular biology; to and EMBO, but all three act in a mutually 1994 Czech Republic 1992 Hungary 1970 Norway 1969 Switzerland provide essential services to scientists in supportive manner, both at a strategic and 1970 Denmark 1978 Iceland 1999 Poland 1993 Turkey its member states; to provide high-level practical level. Full details of EMBL activi- 1977 Finland 1974 Ireland 1994 Portugal 1970 United Kingdom

training to staff, students and visitors; to ties can be found on the laboratory’s web- (year of ratification) develop new instrumentation for biologi- site at www.embl.org or in the EMBL Annual Special provision is also made for applications involving Cyprus. Applications from Luxembourg and Estonia cal research; and to transfer the benefits Report. have been accepted and are awaiting formal ratification. of new discoveries and technologies to

Aerial view of EMBO and EMBL-Heidelberg, Germany. The EMBC administration is also located in the EMBO building.

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Chairs of The specific activities of EMBO’s program- direction for EMBO and NPG. This novel 2004 impact factors of 10.456 for The ii) With the integration of the Restart EMBO committees in 2004 mes in 2004 are presented in the corre- approach is in keeping with current pub- EMBO Journal and 7.390 for EMBO fellowships into the EMBO Fellowship

Roberto Sitia sponding sections of this report. In addition lishing trends and particularly appropri- reports. Programme, the EMBO Council decided Science & Society to those activities, the following events ate for a field where dynamic data shar- that it was misleading to have a specific Committee were of particular importance for EMBO in ing is so important. The new journal will ‹› In 2004, discussions within the EMBO EMBO “Women’s Programme”. Activities

Pascale Cossart 2004: be supported by a group of international Council on the funding of EMBO pro- related to women in science are already Course Committee ‹› Following a series of discussions in and expert senior editors and advisory grammes were held in parallel with talks a component of all EMBO programmes. 2004, EMBO decided to launch a new editors. within the EMBC. After the EMBC reach- The commitment of EMBO towards pro- Cesare Montecucco Membership & Publication journal in partnership with Nature Pub- ed an agreement (see p. 24), the EMBO moting women in the life sciences is not Committee lishing Group (NPG). The new online pub- ‹› The EMBO Journal saw some organi- Council met in a special session to put in diminished by this decision and activi- Bärbel Traut-Laur and Bernhard Huber lication, Molecular Systems Biology, will sational changes in 2004. Iain Mattaj place a three-year programme of fund- ties supporting women in research will are responsible for EMBO finances. Daniela Rhodes Fellowship Committee go live in March 2005 and cover the retired from his position as Executive ing with the aim of providing long-term continue to be highlighted on the EMBO emerging area of systems biology, which Editor to concentrate on his new role as stability for EMBO actions. During this website, at committee meetings (partic- Jean-David Rochaix is continually growing in importance. EMBL Director-General from May 2005. process, the EMBO Council also reor- ularly in the Science & Society Com- Young Investigator Committee This topic is currently not widely repre- Iain was replaced by Pernille Rørth, ganised some of the existing EMBO pro- mittee) and in other external EMBO sented in the papers submitted to The senior EMBL developmental biologist and grammes and activities. Details of these activities. Glauco Tocchini-Valentini EMBO Journal and EMBO reports and EMBO member. The editorial process changes are presented below: Electronic Information Committee EMBO anticipates no competition be- was further consolidated by the appoint- iii) In a similar context, the EMBO Coun- tween Molecular Systems Biology and ment of a new group of senior editors: i) The EMBO Restart fellowships, which cil also looked at the EMBO World Pro- its current journals. David Baulcombe, Ari Helenius, Tim Hunt were designed to facilitate the re-entry gramme. The decision was made to inte- Molecular Systems Biology will be and Tony Hunter. In this way, EMBO and of parents into the research world, were grate the programme’s international published solely electronically. This is an the scientific community continue to discontinued. EMBO funding was insuffi- actions into other mainstream EMBO experiment, which EMBO and NPG feel maintain full editorial control over the cient to support this activity and EMBC programmes such that EMBO’s commit- is timely and allows for some innovative content of The EMBO Journal, as with its funding was not available. However, the ment to supporting activities outside new features such as a discussion forum other journals, EMBO reports and Mole- benefit of this kind of targeted support Europe is reflected across the organisa- on published papers, where readers can cular Systems Biology. for researchers with childcare commit- tion’s existing scope (see p. 31 and 53). enhance papers by entering moderated 2004 marked the first year that The ments was recognised and the eligibility International courses and workshops comments. Molecular Systems Biology EMBO Journal was published by NPG. criteria for the Restart fellowships were were integrated into the EMBO Courses will operate an open-access, author-pays The transition was smooth and the qual- integrated into the EMBO long-term fel- and Workshops Programme and the eli- business model, which again is a new ity of both journals is demonstrated in lowship scheme (see p. 31 and 54). gibility criteria for the former World

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Programme fellowships became part of class scientists by the EMBO Member- 2004 and 2005). Susan Gasser was re- These revised statutes will be submitted the EMBO short-term fellowship scheme. ship & Publication Committee, thirty- elected as Chair and Erik Boye was for vote to the EMBO members in 2005. These activities and other interactions seven new members and three new elected as Vice-Chair. Ingrid Grummt with countries outside Europe will now associate members were elected to the and Carlos-Martinez-A. were re-elected ‹› EMBO was very active during 2004 on be called EMBO World Activities and EMBO membership. to the EMBO Council and Daniel Louvard the topic of the European Research continue to be highlighted on the EMBO was elected as a new member. Roberto Council (ERC). The organisation’s involve- website. ‹› The annual EMBO Members Work- Di Lauro and Anton Berns were co-opted ment in the establishment of the Euro- shop took place in October 2004 in to the EMBO Council for the period of pean Life Sciences Forum (ELSF) has ‹› In 2004, minor changes were made Vienna, Austria. This is a unique meeting 2005–2007. A number of changes to proven to be very timely with ELSF tak- to the voting procedure for the EMBO that brings together leading scientists EMBO committees were also agreed ing the lead in many important actions membership election. The aim was to di- from all corners of the molecular biology upon during 2005 and are listed on p. 67 on the ERC in 2004. One specific activity minish the perceived tendency of mem- community. Presentations were made and 69. was the broadening of the ELSF concept Claudia Hagedorn is bers to vote in a nationally biased man- by the EMBO members elected in 2003 to establish a new platform comprising the administrator for ner. Changes included the removal of and covered the broad range of topics ‹› In 2004, the EMBO Council reflected representatives from all scientific areas. the EMBO Membership nominated scientists’ countries of resi- they represent. The meeting was very on changes to the scope of EMBO’s acti- The new multi-disciplinary platform is and EMBO Council. dence from ballot papers and the in- well received by participants and also vities. The decision was made to reorga- called the Initiative for Science in Eu- clusion of a question indicating whether provided an opportunity for discussion nise the EMBO Membership & Publica- rope (ISE). Through ELSF, the ISE group members are voting for a scientist on different aspects of EMBO policy and tion Committee. From 2005, there will organised two meetings in 2004 and based in their own country. As with the current science and society issues. The be a separate Membership Committee acted as a useful sounding board for dis- standard voting procedure, the collec- next EMBO Members Workshop will take and the Publication Committee’s respon- cussion on the ERC. ISE also prepared a tion of data was fully anonymous and place in October 2005 in Warsaw, Poland. sibilities will be fused with the Electronic well-publicised letter, which was signed had no influence on the ranking of mem- EMBO Members Workshops are open to Information Committee. Membership of by 52 different European organisations bers’ votes. all interested scientists and offer an ex- the 2005 committees is outlined on p. 69. thereby confirming the commitment of Subsequent analysis of the data cellent opportunity to learn about pro- the scientific community towards the showed that the impact of national vot- gress in the diverse areas of molecular ‹› The EMBO statutes, rules and proce- general concepts that have been agreed ing was minimal and that the election biology. dures were analysed during 2004 and upon for the ERC. The letter was pub- outcome would have remained virtually endorsed by the EMBO Council, subject lished in Science in August 2004 (“Crea- unchanged if national voting had been ‹› EMBO members elected 2005 EMBO to an input of legal advice on their accu- ting a European Research Council” – Vol. excluded. As a result of this election and Council in 2004 (see p. 66 and 68 for racy. 305, Issue 5685, 776–777, 6 August 2004). the co-option proposals of further first- details of the EMBO Council members in

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‹› EMBO organises annual sectoral meet- brated on two occasions – jointly with ings focusing on topics that EMBO feels EMBC (founded 35 years ago) and EMBL require special attention. In 2004, the (established 30 years ago) at a special sectoral meeting was held in Rome, Italy event in November and by EMBO itself and looked at the topic of bioinformatics at a historical 40th anniversary meeting and computational biology. In addition in Heidelberg in June. A booklet to high- to presenting up-to-date perspectives on light the 40 years of EMBO’s existence research, the meeting gave participants was published in conjunction with this the opportunity to provide input to EMBO meeting and contains many interesting “40 years of success” on how the organisation could further recollections from members throughout This booklet was published impact and support the bioinformatics the years. in 2004 to accompany community. 2004 also saw the first fol- EMBO’s 40th anniversary. low-up sectoral meeting on molecular ‹› The 2004 winner of the annual EMBO It highlights important medicine. The theme was molecular bio- Gold Medal was María Blasco, Director milestones in the history logy and leukaemia with a particular of the Molecular Oncology Programme of EMBO and EMBC, and focus on Ras-, Raf- and Myc-signalling. at the Spanish National Cancer Centre features many interesting (CNIO) in Madrid, Spain. Maria received recollections from EMBO ‹› EMBO continued its discussions at the award in recognition of her landmark members throughout the EMBO Council and Committee level work in the area of telomeres (see p. 48). the years. on its potential role as an advisory body To obtain a copy, e-mail to external parties, in particular to the ‹› In 2004, the EMBO members were [email protected] EMBC. The commitment of EMBO to this polled for their opinions on a variety of or download the PDF version goal was strengthened during 2004 and EMBO actions. 15% of the EMBO member- at www.embo.org/publications/ some specific actions are under discus- ship participated in the survey and the EMBO’s first Executive Director, Raymond Appleyard (left) and Eduard Kellenberger, one of EMBO’s archive.html. sion for a more structured launch of this results demonstrated a high degree of founding members. This photo was taken during the 40th anniversary meeting in Heidelberg in June 2004. project in 2005. satisfaction with the majority of EMBO’s Eduard Kellenberger sadly passed away in December 2004. activities. The outcome also revealed a ‹› 2004 was the 40th anniversary of the need for greater publicity of some of formal founding of EMBO. This was cele- EMBO’s newer actions.

22 www.embo.org 23 summary EMBC actions 2004

Three sessions of the EMBC were convened ‹› At an extraordinary meeting of the incorporate the conditions of the former mal action in this area, it organised a during 2004. The first of these was an EMBC in January 2004, the delegates Restart fellowships. Provision is now discussion meeting on the ERC in con- extraordinary meeting to finalise an agree- unanimously supported a six-year indi- made for candidates with childcare com- junction with an EMBC Strategic Work- ment on the EMBC’s financial support of cative scheme that determines the max- mitments to work part-time and extend ing Party meeting in Paris in September EMBO activities. Two formal sessions of the imum funds to be paid annually by the the duration of their fellowship up to a 2004. The EMBC also encouraged EMBO EMBC were held in June and November EMBC member states. The main focus of maximum period of three years. In cer- to continue with its efforts to co-ordi- 2004. The EMBC Strategic Working Party the scheme was the provision of a 5% tain circumstances, eligible candidates nate an international view of the ERC also met on two occasions in 2004 and per annum increase for each of the six are also not required to move countries proposal specifically referring to co- there was one meeting of the Financial years in addition to the annually calcu- to qualify for a fellowship (see p. 55). operating with the European Science Advisory Group. In addition, a special meet- lated cost variation index (approximate- Foundation (ESF) and the EUROHORCS ing was organised to discuss actions that ly equivalent to inflation). ‹› Following an assessment of the ac- (European Heads of Research Councils). could be taken to support EMBC member cumulated liability of the EMBC in terms states, which are currently developing their At the two formal sessions of the EMBC, a of employer contributions to pension and ‹› The EMBC discussed the method used science bases. The results of these meet- number of important decisions were made: end-of-contract commitments, the sum to calculate the scale of member state ings (unless covered elsewhere in this of 387,000 Euro was placed in a pension contributions. A decision was reached to report) are summarised below. ‹› The eligibility criteria for EMBO short- account. The EMBC will add to this make no change in the current proce- ‹› The EMBC officers for 2004 were: term fellowships were altered such that amount on an annual basis. dure, which is based on net national Secretary General scientists worldwide can apply for sup- income at factor cost (see p.128). Frank Gannon port to visit a European laboratory. Can- ‹› A quality audit was performed on the President didates from EMBC member states can EMBO Courses and Workshops Pro- Marja Makarow (Finland) also apply for funding to visit a labora- gramme to determine its impact on Euro- Vice Presidents tory outside Europe. Special selection pean research. The outcome was posi- Reinhard Lührmann (Germany) conditions were associated with this tive and favourably received by the Peter Weisbeek (Netherlands) changed rule. The new criteria represent EMBC delegates. The full report is avail- Chair of an integration of the former EMBO World able on the EMBO website (see p. 34). Financial Advisory Group Programme fellowships (see p. 53). David Smith (United Kingdom) The eligibility criteria of EMBO long- ‹› At each of the EMBC meetings in Vice-Chair of term fellowships were also changed to 2004, attention was given to the topic of Financial Advisory Group facilitate higher participation of parents the European Research Council (ERC). Gitta Bourke is the Brita Beije (Sweden) (particularly mothers). The new criteria While the EMBC has not taken any for- administrator for the EMBC.

24 www.embo.org/embc 25 summary EMBC actions 2004

‹› The EMBC discussed possible actions EMBC asked EMBO to put forward a list ‹› The EMBC officers for 2005 were to strengthen science in some of its of leading EMBO scientists to the group elected as follows: member states. Different options were responsible for proposing members of Secretary General considered and the decision was made the European Research Council senate Frank Gannon to initiate a funding scheme to encour- to the European Commission. President age scientists to start up laboratories in Marja Makarow (Finland) one of these countries. The working title ‹› The Articles of the EMBC make provi- Vice Presidents for the new grants will be EMBO Strat- sion for entering into formal agreements Kresimir Paveliç (Croatia)) egic Development Installation Grants. with external organisations or countries. Peter Weisbeek (Netherlands) Further discussions are planned to de- In 2004, a government representative Chair of termine whether the programme, having from the Republic of South Africa attend- Financial Advisory Group been endorsed in principle, can also ed an EMBC meeting and discussions on Brita Beije (Sweden) attract financial support from the mem- formalising an agreement were initi- Vice-Chair of ber states. ated. In the process, there was a broader Financial Advisory Group discussion on the criteria that should be Maria José Almeida (Portugal) ‹› EMBO’s interaction with the EMBC,in used for entering into such agreements. formal terms, is as an executor of the This discussion recognised that each EMBC General Programme. In practice, potential co-operating country presents however, EMBO has also been a source a different scenario and that the EMBC of new ideas and concepts over the Strategic Working Party should consider years. Many of these are pre-tested each country on a case-by-case basis. using limited EMBO resources and after consideration frequently implemented ‹› The EMBC also fulfilled a number of by the EMBC. In 2003 and 2004 discus- financial duties including acceptance of sions on formalising or extending the the accounts for 2003, agreement on a EMBO/EMBC relationship concluded with budget for 2005 and endorsement of a EMBO being invited to provide advice on 2004 cost variation index based on the strategic policy matters to the EMBC on changes in cost of living in the different an annual basis. As an initial request, the member states.

26 www.embo.org/embc 27 column title colgmn title joint EMBO & EMBC activities

fellowship programme fellows network courses and workshops programme young investigator programme electronic information programme

28 webaddress 29 EMBO fellowship programme

CONTACT The EMBO Fellowship Programme supports international mobility and exchange five committee members was introduced The demand for short-term fellowships also Changes to fellowship in the biosciences. Renowned for its attention to scientific excellence, the pro- with the aim of pre-selecting approximately remained high this year with the scheme application conditions Jan Taplick ! Programme Manager gramme has funded thousands of talented young scientists since its establish- 50% of applicants to be interviewed and attracting over 300 applications – an in- In July 2004, the eligibility N.B. ment in the 1960s. EMBO fellowships faciliate movement throughout the EMBC evaluated by EMBO members or young in- crease on the application rate in 2003. criteria for fellowship appli- Liselott Ahlgren member states and also between non-member states and member states – fund- vestigators. This change in the evaluation EMBO short-term fellowship applications cations were enhanced to support Long-term fellowships Administrator ing research visits of varying durations and encouraging co-operation between procedure resulted in a significantly lower are evaluated by two expert referees from applicants with childcare commitments scientists within Europe and beyond. number of interview requests – decreas- either the EMBO membership or the cur- and promote international collaboration. Agnès Visser-de Matteïs ing the workload for the individual commit- rent group of EMBO young investigators. In Laura Cortesi Short-term fellowships EMBO long-term fellowships programme’s budget year-on-year until tee members and ensuring that applicants 2004, 167 applications were selected for Long-term fellowships Administrators EMBO long-term fellowships support ad- 2009. This means that an increase in the with a chance of scoring well were fully funding corresponding to a success rate of The new rules represent an vanced research and training, awarding number of fellowships awarded will be pos- assessed. 55%. A full list of successful applicants and integration of the former Restart [email protected] funds to post-doctoral scientists for research sible in coming years. 2004 also saw a new co-operation be- related statistics is available on pages fellowships (see p. 55). visits to laboratories in an EMBC or non- In 2004, the EMBO Fellowship Commit- tween EMBO and the Marie Curie Fellow- 96–111. ‹› Under certain conditions, candi- EMBC member state for a period of up to tee selected 163 applications for funding. ship Scheme of the European Commission. dates with childcare commitments two years. Currently EMBO awards an aver- 120 of these fellows moved to a laboratory Applicants who are successful in both pro- can now apply for a fellowship age of 160 long-term fellowships annually. in a different EMBC member state, while grammes can now carry out both fellow- within their current country of EMBO long-term fellowships experienced the remaining successful applicants took ships over a combined period of three years. Liselott Ahlgren (left), Agnès Visser-de Matteïs and residence another record level of applications in 2004, up post-doctoral posts in laboratories in the Jan Taplick take care of the EMBO fellowships. ‹› Applicants with childcare obliga- with over 1100 applications logged. This illus- USA, Canada and Australia. A full list of suc- EMBO short-term fellowships Laura Cortesi (below left) joined the team in 2004. tions can now apply to carry out EMBO fellowships trates the continued high demand for post- cessful applicants and related statistics is EMBO short-term fellowships support col- their fellowship on a part-time applications and awards doctoral training in the life sciences – the available on pages 80–95. laborative research visits of up to three basis over a period of three years. in 2004 application rate for long-term fellowships Following input from the EMBO Council, months in EMBC member states and non- has almost doubled since 2001. Despite this the Fellowship Committee discussed member states. These visits allow scien- Short-term fellowships long-term fellowships dramatic increase in applications, funding changes in the evaluation process for long- tists to complement their research at home The new rules represent an integra- applications 1137 of the EMBO Fellowship Programme has term fellowships in 2004. As a result, the with new techniques unavailable in their tion of the former World Programme awards 163 remained fairly constant. This resulted in a Fellowship Committee was expanded to home environment. Short-term fellowships fellowships (see p. 52–53) drop in the success rate to just under 15% 15 members to cope with the high numbers also encourage continued collaboration be- ‹› Candidates from non-EMBC short-term fellowships in 2004, in comparison with 20–25% in pre- of proposals and to ensure a continued fair tween home laboratories and receiving member states can now apply applications 301 vious years. However, 2004 also saw an and expert assessment of candidates. In institutes beyond the duration of the fel- to take up fellowships in EMBC awards 167 agreement by the EMBC to increase the addition a pre-screening of applications by lowship. member states and vice versa.

30 www.embo.org/fellowships 31 EMBO fellows network

CONTACT The fellows network helps EMBO to keep in touch with its fellows after they complete their long-term fellowship. The aim is to provide a common focal point Jan Taplick Programme Manager for these promising young scientists as they progress throughout their careers – thereby fostering a sense of community and collaboration. Liselotte Ahlgren Long-term fellowships Administrator The majority of EMBO long-term fellows term collaborations and friendships with continue in science after completing their other fellows. Agnès Visser-de Matteïs fellowship, often establishing their own The success of the annual fellows meet- Short-term fellowships Administrator research group. Through the fellows net- ing is reflected in the fact that many partic- Participants of work, EMBO maintains contact with the ipants return to subsequent meetings. For the EMBO Fellows Meeting [email protected] young researchers providing them with up- EMBO, these meetings are an important in Heidelberg, June 2004 dates on recent developments within the source of feedback on the Fellowship Pro- organisation and information on opportuni- gramme and working conditions for fellows first North American meeting ties in European science. in different countries. In 2004, the EMBO fel- One new development in 2004 had its roots lows meeting and subsequent media work- in communications with the fellows net- annual fellows meeting shop took place at the EMBL in Heidelberg work. In November 2004, EMBO organised A popular feature of the network is the on June 10 –14. the first meeting of fellows who are cur- annual fellows meeting, which has been rently in the USA or Canada. The aim was to taking place in Heidelberg since 1997.Three keep fellows in North America up to date keynote lecture scientific talks – years after starting their fellowship, fellows guest speakers with developments in Europe. Sir Paul Nurse, New York, USA EMBO young investigators are invited to attend and present the Matt Cotton, Axxima Pharmaceuticals AG, Munich, D The meeting took place on November Isabelle Mansuy, Zürich, Switzerland results of their research projects. Sessions Seema Sharma, Science’s Next Wave, Cambridge, UK 19–21 at Rockefeller University in New York funding opportunity talks Anne Spang, Tübingen, Germany are chaired by EMBO members, who offer Sabine Rehberger-Schneider, EMBO, Heidelberg, D and was hosted by the university’s presi- Marina Koch-Krumrei, DFG Andrea Musacchio, Milan, Italy information and advice based on their own dent and EMBO Council member, Sir Paul Joan Schwartz, NIH Philippe Pierre, Marseille, France experiences of the scientific career. The scientific autobiographies – EMBO members Nurse. Talks were delivered by EMBO young Georges Bingen, European Commission Tom Tuschl, New York, USA three-day meeting also features special lec- Christine Clayton, Heidelberg, D investigators and representatives of fund- Frank Gannon, EMBO tures on science in industry and talks on Varda Rotter, Rehovot, IL ing organisations from both Europe and the Torsten Wiesel, HFSPO session chairs – EMBO members career opportunities. In addition to gaining Ivan Dikic, Frankfurt, D United States. The meeting met with enthu- Daniela Rhodes, Cambridge, UK important career information, fellows also William Rutherford, Gif-sur-Yvette, F siastic feedback from participants and simi- special talk Antonio Coutinho, Oeiras, Portugal have the opportunity to build up longer- Luis Serrano, Heidelberg, D lar reunions are planned for the future. Emilie Marcus, Cell Press, USA Giora Simchen, Jerusalem, Israel

32 www.embo.org/communities/fellowsnet 33 EMBO courses & workshops programme

CONTACT The EMBO Courses and Workshops Programme has been facilitating scientific training and exchange throughout Europe since the founding years of EMBO. Mary Gannon Programme Manager Every year the programme provides funds for an average of 20 practical courses, 3 lecture courses, 20 workshops and 5 conferences covering a wide range of top- Kathy Oswald ics in molecular biology. The bi-annual closing dates for applications are February 1 Administrator and August 1. Felise Fortmann Administrator (as of 2005) In 2004, EMBO supported a total of 51 meet- course comprises a series of expert lec-

[email protected] ings throughout the EMBC member states – tures providing up-to-date information on 20 practical courses, 2 lecture courses, 21 developments in a range of diverse topics. workshops and 8 conferences. Over 4,000 Lecture courses are often held in new EMBC participants and invited speakers attended member states or member countries that the opportunity to establish new contacts programme on the training, development these events, helping to promote knowl- are developing their science bases – provid- and help to foster collaborative networks and interaction of Europe’s scientists at edge exchange and broaden the network of ing a valuable boost to the local scientific throughout Europe. In 2004, EMBO confer- all stages of the scientific career (available scientific interaction throughout Europe. communities. Approximately 100 students ences attracted 1,400 participants. on the EMBO website at www.embo.org/ attended EMBO lecture courses in 2004. publications/archive.html). practical courses EMBC audit EMBO practical courses act as an early cat- workshops In 2004, a review of the Courses and alyst for transferring cutting-edge tech- EMBO workshops bring together up to 120 Workshop Programme was undertaken at niques to a number of European laborato- scientists from multi-disciplinary fields to the request of the EMBC as part of its ongo- ries. Up to 20 young scientists participate in engage in high-level discussions and ex- ing assessment of EMBO activities. The audit these courses learning new methods as change results on a topic of common inter- considered the actions of the programme soon as they are identified. Some 370 par- est. Over 1,800 scientists took part in EMBO between 1999 and 2003 and entailed a ticipants from all over Europe attended workshops in 2004. particularly detailed analysis of EMBO meet- EMBO practical courses in 2004. ings that took place in 1999 and 2002. The conferences findings of the audit were documented in a lecture courses These larger-type workshops focus on top- report, which was approved by the EMBC at These courses cater specifically for students ics of major importance to the scientific its annual meeting in Rome in June 2004. Kathy Oswald and Mary Gannon organise at the early stages of their careers. Design- community in Europe. Catering for over 120 The conclusions of the report were very the Courses and Workshops Programme and ed for approximately 100 participants, each participants, they provide scientists with positive and underlined the impact of the the World Activities (see p. 52).

34 www.embo.org/courses workshops 35 EMBO young investigator programme

CONTACT The EMBO Young Investigator Programme has been identifying and supporting ‹›‹›‹› Creating awareness for the activi- Since the inception of the Young Investi- outstanding young life scientists in Europe since 2000. The programme targets ties of the Young Investigator Programme gator Programme in 2000, five young inves- Gerlind Wallon Programme Manager researchers who are within three years of having established their first inde- and the status of the individual scientists tigators have been elected to the EMBO pendent laboratories in an EMBC member state. The aim of the programme is to through sponsorship of special young in- membership — Jürgen Knoblich and Jan- Kim Piggott give these promising young scientists an added advantage in the early years of vestigator lectures at scientific events, Michael Peters in 2002, Barry Dickson and Administrator their independent careers – drawing attention to the quality of their research publication of a brochure highlighting the Michael Glotzer in 2003 and Jan Löwe in [email protected] and enhancing their standing in the scientific community. scientists’ research and an invitation to 2004. write reviews for EMBO reports. Since the launch of the EMBO Young Inves- promoting young investigators support of central Europe tigator Programme, 148 scientists have been The EMBO Young Investigator Programme ‹›‹›‹› Organising an annual EMBO Young In recent years, EMBO has established a co- selected from over 1,000 applicants in Eu- offers its members valuable support on a Investigator Symposium for the scientific operation with the Howard Hughes Medical rope. Membership of the three-year pro- number of levels. A growing number of ac- community to facilitate interactive discus- Institute (HHMI) in support of scientists from gramme entitles young investigators to a tivities are offered, many of which have sion of techniques or methods identified by Central Europe. A scheme launched in 2002 The 2nd symposium range of academic and practical support as been developed in line with the specific EMBO young investigators. The 2004 sym- provided additional funds to selected scien- organised by the Young well as a financial award made available by needs of the young investigator member- posium focused on chemical approaches to tists in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary Investigator Programme the individual EMBC member states. For sci- ship. These activities are designed to put a the study of biology attracting over 200 par- and Poland in conjunction with the EMBO attracted more than entists from regions where funding is more spotlight on the young scientists and en- ticipants and speakers from Europe and the Young Investigator Programme. 200 participants. limited, EMBO also offers the possibility of hance their prominence in the scientific United States. A special issue of ChemBio- EMBO and HHMI also support the scien- top-up funds. community by: Chem, a European journal of chemical biol- tific community in Central Europe by organ- ogy, highlights a number of contributions to ising an annual meeting in a Central Euro- ‹›‹›‹› Facilitating networking amongst the symposium (Volume 6, Issue 1, 2005). pean country. In 2004 the meeting took the young investigators via an annual meet- place in Prague and was attended by 100 ing and interaction with the EMBO mem- ‹›‹›‹› Supporting the young investiga- scientists from all over Central Europe. The bership through a mentorship programme tors’ laboratories through annual PhD cours- meeting also saw a decision by EMBO and Kim Piggott and Gerlind and the annual EMBO Members Workshop. es for their students and laboratory manage- HHMI to offer a new grants scheme to Wallon look after the EMBO The programme also provides financial sup- ment courses for the young investigators attract leading young scientists to Central young investigators and port of joint group meetings and other col- themselves. Europe. The EMBO/HHMI Startup Grants will activities supporting laborations. Joint publications in major sci- be launched at the next EMBO/HHMI meet- women in the life sciences entific journals often result from these ing in Budapest, Hungary in February 2005. (see p. 54). collaborative actions.

36 www.embo.org/yip 37 EMBO electronic information programme

CONTACT Scientists use the web to read literature and find other information relevant to their research. The Electronic Information Programme consists of three proj- Les Grivell Programme Manager ects that aim to ease the process of accessing and interlinking digital informa- tion. The programme also provides technical support for other EMBO web- Ole Hansen based activities. Technical Officer E-BioSci partners Life Sciences Mobility Portal Anne Seller E-BioSci ORIEL EMBO (co-ordination) The Life Sciences Mobility Portal is a one- CONTACT Administrator E-BioSci is a unique literature and gene The ORIEL project also pools the resources CINES France stop online service that provides informa- Sabine Rehberger-Schneider [email protected] search engine that integrates and inter- of a network of European institutions (see CSIC Spain tion on transnational career and training op- Life Sciences Mobility Consultant relates research literature in the life sci- table opposite). Funded by the EC, the proj- DIMDI Germany portunities in the life sciences. The portal ences with data from different molecular ect focuses on information management in EBI-EMBL United Kingdom has been online since February 2004 and is Laura Cortesi Data Manager and genomic databases. the life sciences and aims to provide EDINA United Kingdom open to all scientists, irrespective of their lo- Developed by EMBO in collaboration with research communities with the tools to ingenta plc United Kingdom cation or organisational affiliation. The proj- [email protected] Les Grivell (seated), a number of other European organisations access and navigate large, complex digital INIST France ect is funded by the EC and linked to the Anne Seller and (see table opposite) and funded by the Euro- datasets. Technology developed within the ORIEL partners EC’s own Researcher’s Mobility Portal and Ole Hansen (right) are pean Community (EC), E-BioSci is a web- project is being applied within E-BioSci. EMBO (co-ordination) Science magazine’s Science Next Wave site. Sabine Rehberger-Schneider EMBO’s contacts for the based platform that enables users to access ORIEL also offers stand-alone tools released EUR The Netherlands In addition to the extensive online inform- (right) and Laura Cortesi (left) are Electronic Information and navigate a range of geographically dis- under Open Source licences to encourage CINES France ation on the mobility of researchers, the Life responsible for the Life Sciences Programme. tributed molecular biology information rapid adoption by user communities. CNR-IBC Italy Sciences Mobility Portal also provides a Mobility Portal. resources. 2004 saw the launch of two new This year’s joint ORIEL/E-BioSci Annual CNR-ITB Italy personal consultancy service with individ- prototypes. The latest version, which has Workshop focused on web services in the CSIC Spain ual advice on finding transnational funding been available since November 2004 and life sciences and brought together a num- EBI-EMBL United Kingdom sources. So far, the user statistics show an includes improved cross-query and naviga- ber of experts working in this area. The ICGEB Italy average of 2,000 users per month. The ma- tion functionality, is now undergoing inten- meeting, which was held on October 12–15, IGH France jority of visits come from Western Europe sive testing. The platform receives approxi- 2004 at the Wellcome Trust’s Conference ingenta plc United Kingdom with a strongly increasing tendency from mately 1,000 hits per day and has a global Centre on the Hinxton Genome Campus, INRIA France Eastern and Central European countries. user base of approximately 15,000. was well attended and generated some LIRMM France lively discussions. University of Montpellier France www.e-biosci.org www.oriel.org University of Oxford United Kingdom http://mobility.embo.org

38 www.embo.org/eip 39 column title colgmn title EMBO additional activities

The EMBO Journal EMBO reports science & society programme EMBO gold medal EMBO award for communication in the life sciences plenary lectures sectoral meetings world activities women in the life sciences EMBO communications european life sciences forum

EMBO’s activities fall into two categories: those that are part of the General Programme, supported by the EMBC, and those initiated and developed by EMBO as an independent organisation. These additional activities are funded mainly by the profits from EMBO’s journals.

40 webaddress 41 journals The EMBO Journal

EDITORS & CONTACT The EMBO Journal is a high-quality print and online publication that covers all shop. Approximately 10% of the Advisory Scope of The EMBO Journal areas of molecular biology. In its 22 years of existence, The EMBO Journal has Editorial Board attended along with The The EMBO Journal’s 18 subject categories represent the scope of the journal. Iain Mattaj Structural Biology Development Executive Editor established itself as one of the leading molecular biology journals worldwide EMBO Journal and EMBO reports editors, ‹› ‹› with a current impact factor of 10.456. EMBO Executive Director Frank Gannon ‹› Membranes & Transport ‹› Differentiation & Death Frank Gannon (Associate Editor of The EMBO Journal and ‹› Cell & Tissue Architecture ‹› Cellular Metabolism Associate Editor January 2004 saw The EMBO Journal change centage of acceptance decreased slightly Senior Editor of EMBO reports) and repre- ‹› Signal Transduction ‹› Neuroscience Susan Gasser publishers from Oxford University Press to (from 18.1% in 2003 to an estimated 17.2% sentatives of NPG. The meeting served as ‹› Chromatin & Transcription ‹› Immunology Editor-in-Chief Nature Publishing Group (NPG). This move in 2004). Approximately 55% of submissions an opportunity to assess the running of The ‹› RNA ‹› Plant Biology Proteins Microbiology & Pathogens Valerie Ferrier has had no impact on the journal’s editorial are selected for peer review by the editors, EMBO Journal, its current performance and ‹› ‹› Connie M. Lee process or decision-making regarding sub- who meet daily with the Executive Editor to potential improvements. Discussions proved ‹› Cell Cycle ‹› Molecular Biology of Disease Astrid Lunkes mitted articles. It did, however, present the discuss new manuscripts. The Advisory very fruitful and the decision was made to ‹› Genome Stability & Dynamics ‹› Genomic & Computational Biology Volker Wiersdorff Editors opportunity to make some alterations to Editorial Board is also consulted when re- continue to hold regular Advisory Editorial the design and organisation of the print and quired. The decision on whether to publish Board meetings in the future. Claire Johnstone online versions of the journal. peer-reviewed manuscripts is based on Sophia Katsogiannos Sara Quirk One notable change was the assign- commentary from expert referees. Karen Thompson ment of individual manuscripts to some of In 2004, the first preparations were Editorial Assistants the journal’s eighteen subject categories, made for a transfer from the current manu-

[email protected] which together represent the full scope of script-tracking system to a web-based sys- the journal. This increases the visibility of tem. The main aim is to enable online individual articles and allows readers to submission of manuscripts and referee re- pinpoint articles relevant to their research ports. The new database, which is due to be more quickly and easily. A further opportu- launched in 2005, will also help The EMBO nity for article exposure came with the high- Journal staff to track manuscripts, authors lighting of The EMBO Journal articles on and referees more efficiently. other high-traffic NPG web pages. Iain Mattaj retired as Executive advisory editorial board Editor of The EMBO Journal in submission and editorial process In October 2004, the first meeting of the December 2004. Iain will be The number of manuscripts submitted to joint Advisory Editorial Board of The EMBO Sara Quirk (left), Claire Johnstone (back), Sophia Astrid Lunkes, Volker Wiersdorff, Valerie Ferrier and replaced by EMBL Senior The EMBO Journal continued to increase in Journal and EMBO reports was held in Katsogiannos (front) and Karen Thompson (right) Connie Lee at one of their daily editors’ meetings Scientist and EMBO member, 2004 by approximately 7.5%, while the per- Vienna, following the EMBO Members Work- are the editorial assistants for The EMBO Journal. (from left to right). Pernille Rørth.

42 www.embojournal.org 43 journals EMBO reports

EDITORS & CONTACT EMBO reports is a print and online journal dedicated to the rapid publication of also those interested in the current dialogue ‹› Reviews – concise updates on sharply focused short papers and review articles in all areas of molecular biol- on the relationship between science and rapidly changing research areas Frank Gannon Senior Editor ogy. The journal also features commentaries on the social impact of advances in society. ‹› Concepts – reviews with an eye to the life sciences and the influence of society on science. the future Susan Gasser The Science & Society section features ‹› Meeting reports – the latest develop- Editor-in-Chief Launched in July 2000, EMBO reports has possibility of e-mail submission as opposed essays and articles on topics beyond the ments from recent conferences Christine M. Blaumueller rapidly become recognised as a unique and to hard copy. In 2004, preparations were realms of pure scientific research. The arti- ‹› Literature reports – highlights of Science Editor, valuable contribution to the scientific litera- made to switch EMBO reports to a web- cles provide commentary and analysis on important papers Scientific Reports ture. Its current impact factor is 7.390 reflect- based manuscript-handling system. This will the impact of politics, industry, finance and Susan R. Owens ing the high quality of the journal’s content. happen in 2005 and enable online handling society on the environment in which scien- Scientific Reports are sharply focused pri- Science Editor, Reviews Since January 2003, EMBO reports has been and submission of articles and referee tific research is carried out – as well as con- mary research papers that provide major

Holger Breithaupt published by Nature Publishing Group (NPG), reports. sidering the consequences of biological new insights into a particular aspect of mole- News Editor which has increased the visibility of the On the editorial side, the first meeting of research for society. Article formats include: cular biology. Rapid, high-quality peer-review The editorial team in Heidelberg journal. Articles are highlighted across the the joint Advisory Editorial Board of The of these articles by experts throughout the (from left to right): Christine Blaumueller, Caroline Hadley Assistant Editor Nature subject areas, are featured regularly EMBO Journal and EMBO reports took place ‹› Editorials – insights from the editors world keeps a broad readership abreast of Holger Breithaupt, Susan Owens, in both the weekly Research and Reviews in Vienna, in October 2004. The meeting pro- ‹› Correspondence – response and the latest developments. Caroline Hadley and Caroline Simpson Uta Mackensen updates and the AfCS-Nature Signaling Gate- vided an opportunity to discuss the current commentary Graphics Editor way, and are also included in web focuses statistics and future policies of the journals. ‹› Book reviews – critiques of current Caroline Simpson on various topics. Meetings of the Advisory Editorial Board publications Editorial Assistant will continue to take place regularly in the ‹› Viewpoints – expert opinions

[email protected] 2004 highlights future. ‹› Analysis – journalistic perspectives The highlights in 2004 for EMBO reports ‹› Interviews – with those shaping science were the publication of a dedicated review series on molecular medicine in the July to scope and content The Reviews section distils the vast amount October issues and a Science & Society EMBO reports complements its sister publi- of scientific information presented in the Special Issue on “Risk: challenges, research cation, The EMBO Journal, by providing a literature into concise articles that can be and social implications”, published in Oct- variety of short formats to cover topics easily digested by the general reader. These ober. 2004 also saw a continued increase in related to molecular biology. Divided into articles are written by leading experts in submissions for the journal’s Scientific three sections, the journal is designed to the field and presented in four formats: Reports section. This was due in part to the inform not only the molecular biologist, but

44 www.emboreports.org 45 EMBO science & society programme

CONTACT The Science & Society Programme has the overall aim of making science and ported a workshop in the Ukraine and col- Communication skills for scientists 2004 highlights scientists more accessible to society. The programme supports scientists in their laboration between EMBO and the Euro- The Science & Society Programme is en- Andrew Moore ‹› 3rd international practical work- Programme Manager communication with non-scientists, focusing on specific groups such as teach- pean Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) gaged in a number of activities promoting shop for biology teachers ers and the media. Furthermore, it stimulates open dialogue on issues of intense resulted in further workshops in Portugal. effective communication skills. Participants www.embo.org/scisoc/teachers04.html Alessandra Bendiscioli social interest, promoting the development and communication of modern EMBO offers a DVD and guide for organisers were certainly not silent at a science and Administrator ‹› Teachers workshops and biology. of similar events. society special session at the EMBO Mem- educational resources [email protected] EMBO also supports science educators bers Workshop in Vienna, Austria. Organised www.embo.org/scisoc/education.html Rewarding science communicators The 2004 winner of the EMBO Award for through its annual international practical as an interactive communication training ‹› 4th EMBO media workshop 2004 could be described as the European Communication was Fran Balkwill, who was workshop for teachers. The third workshop session, EMBO members benefited greatly www.embo.org/scisoc/media04.html year of science communication. Increasing honoured for her outstanding contribution took place in May 2004 in Heidelberg, Ger- from the experience. The annual EMBO interest in this area led the European Com- to science communication for children. The many. EMBO again played host to 120 of the Science Writing Prize was also awarded at ‹› Science writing prize www.embo.org/scisoc/writing_prize.html mission to launch the Descartes Prize for full-time professor of cancer biology has most motivated teachers in Europe, who the Members Workshop. The winning essay Sandra Bendiscioli Science Communication. This initiative puts written 13 children’s science books (see p. learnt new techniques in biology through by Matthew Bottomley took an entertaining ‹› Special science & society session and Andrew Moore run into competition the winners of other com- 49). EMBO has nominated Fran Balkwill for practical experiments and lectures. look at the importance of bacterial quorum at EMBO Members Workshop www.embo.org/scisoc/special_sessions.html the Science & Society munication prizes, among them the EMBO the 2005 Descartes Prize for Science sensing in pathogenicitiy. Programme. Award for Communication in the Life Communication. EMBO/EMBL Joint Science & Society Young scientists were also coached in ‹› Award for communication in Sciences, which is present- Conference communication skills at EMBO’s annual the life sciences www.embo.org/awards/communications.html ed annually to a practising Educational resources for teachers Every year EMBO and EMBL organise a Joint Media Workshop, organised in 2004 in con- life scientist in Europe for Communication with teachers remains an- Science & Society Conference to facilitate junction with Bernard Dixon OBE. Film foot- ‹› 5th EMBO/EMBL joint conference significant contributions to other major success area of the Science & discussion between scientists and non-sci- age of the workshop has been made into a on science & society www.embl.org/aboutus/sciencesociety/index.html public engagement in sci- Society Programme. In 2004, the last in a entists on topics of major social signifi- media skills training DVD, which is available ence. EMBO proposed three series of nine international practical work- cance. The 2004 conference looked at time from EMBO on request. of its previous winners for shops took place throughout Europe. The and ageing. From theories on why mild A new activity in 2004 recognised that the Descartes prize, all of workshops were co-ordinated by EMBO as stress can be good for you to doubts about communication ideas are plentiful among whom reached the final. part of its EC project, Continuing Education the caloric restriction model of life exten- scientists and often only need an initial in- Peter Csermely, EMBO win- for European Biology Teachers (CeeBT). sion in humans, the event presented a fas- jection of cash to get off them the ground. ner in 2003, won one of the Around 750 teachers were touched by cinating variety of opinions on the potential EMBO launched the Small Grants Scheme, five categories for his Net- these workshops, bringing EMBO’s educa- of living longer. Over 200 participants from inviting enquiries from life scientists with work of Youth Excellence tion network to over 1,000 teachers in more around 20 countries took part in presenta- an interesting communications concept to project. than 20 countries. In 2004, EMBO also sup- tions and discussions. develop.

46 www.embo.org/scisoc 47 EMBO gold medal award for communication in the life sciences

The EMBO Gold Medal is awarded annually to an outstanding young scientist The EMBO Award for Communication in the Life Sciences is presented annually for exceptional research carried out within Europe. The prize highlights the stan- to a practising life scientist in Europe who has made significant contributions dards being reached in molecular biology in Europe – bringing the very best to public engagement in science. The award highlights the exceptional efforts young scientists to the attention of a global audience. made by some scientists to combine science communication activities with a full-time research career. The 2004 winner of the EMBO Gold Medal breaking impact on cancer research and was María Blasco, Director of the Molec- received wide recognition in the field. The winner in 2004 was Fran Balkwill, charge throughout South Africa and in ular Oncology Programme at the Spanish The EMBO Gold Medal was presented to Professor of Cancer Biology at the Barts & 2005, the second edition will reach 100,000 National Cancer Center (CNIO) in Madrid. María Blasco on October 15, 2004 at the The London, Queen Mary’s Medical School more children and educators in sub- María was honoured in recognition of her Austrian Ministry of Science in Vienna as in London, UK. Fran received the award in Saharan Africa. landmark work in the area of telomeres. part of the EMBO Members Meeting. recognition of her outstanding contribution The scientist’s research has had a ground- to science communication for children and Centre of the Cell her remarkable ability to combine these Since 2001, Frances Balkwill has also been efforts with a full-time and highly success- the driving force behind a major science The EMBO Gold Medal awards roll includes ful research career. education project in London’s East End. many distinguished scientists: Due to open in April 2006, the Centre of the 1986 John Tooze (Heidelberg, D) 1996 Enrico Coen (Norwich, UK) A way with words Cell will be the first science education cen- 1987 Barbara Pearse (Cambridge, UK) 1997 Dirk Görlich (Heidelberg, D) Since 1990, Fran Balkwill has written 13 tre to be housed within a medical school 1988 Antonio Lanzavecchia (Basel, CH) 1998 Adriano Aguzzi (Zurich, CH) acclaimed children’s books, using punchy with working research laboratories. The aim 1989 Hugh Pelham (Camridge, UK) 1999 Konrad Basler (Zurich, CH) narrative and imaginative illustrations to is to draw children into the exciting world 1990 Erwin Wagner (Vienna, A) 2000 Christof Niehrs (Heidelberg, D) and explain the workings of the human body, of biomedical research through interactive 1991 Patrick Stragier (Paris, F) Daniel St. Johnston (Cambridge, UK) stem cells, viruses and cancer. Fran’s latest exhibits and hands-on activities. 1992 Carl-Hendrik Heldin (Uppsala, S) 2001 Matthew Freeman (Cambridge, UK) two books, although equally entertaining, The Award for Communication medal 1993 Jim Smith (London, Uk) 2002 Amanda Fisher (London, UK) have a more profound goal. Staying Alive: and a prize of 5,000 Euro were presented to 1994 Paolo Sassone-Corsi (Strasbourg, F) 2003 Anthony Hyman (Dresden, D) Fighting HIV/AIDS and the upcoming revis- Fran Balkwill on November 5, 2004 at the 1995 Richard Treisman (London, UK) 2004 María Blasco (Madrid, E) ed edition, You, Me & HIV, are aimed at EMBL/EMBO Science & Society Conference. educating children at risk of contracting HIV Winners of the EMBO Award are also pro- in sub-Saharan Africa. posed for the European Commission’s In 2002, 19,000 copies of Staying Alive: Descartes Prize for Science Communica- Fighting HIV/AIDS were distributed free of tion.

48 www.embo.org/awards/medal04.html www.embo.org/awards/communications04.html 49 EMBO plenary lectures sectoral meetings

CONTACT EMBO has been sponsoring plenary lectures by EMBO members at major inter- EMBO sectoral meetings ensure strong contacts between EMBO and its mem- CONTACT national scientific meetings since 1999. The programme has a dual purpose – bers in the various areas of molecular biology. This enables EMBO to respond to [email protected] Mary Gannon Programme Manager to give EMBO members the opportunity to intensify exchange and collaboration the different needs and trends in these specific sectors. Since the initiative was with scientists from associated fields and to bring EMBO activities to the atten- launched in 1999, EMBO has organised sectoral meetings in the areas of neuro- Kathy Oswald tion of a wider scientific audience. biology, plant biology, microbiology, immunology and molecular medicine. Administrator

Felise Fortmann In 2004, EMBO sponsored a total of 31 ple- national meetings in six different countries 2004 sectoral meeting jointly by EMBO and Nature Publishing Group Administrator (as of 2005) nary lectures. 22 EMBO members delivered as far afield as India and Argentina. See The 2004 sectoral meeting focused on the (NPG) in March 2005.

[email protected] lectures at European events in twelve of page 124 for full details of EMBO lectures in timely topic of bioinformatics and compu- The 2004 meeting concluded with a pre- the EMBC member states. Nine EMBO mem- 2004. tational biology. Held at the Accademia sentation on the BioSapiens Network of Ex- bers brought “The EMBO Lecture” to inter- Nazionale dei Lincei in Rome, Italy and cellence, a virtual institute for genome anno- organised locally by EMBO member, Anna tation funded by the European Union (EU). Tramontano, the meeting attracted 49 EMBO This was followed by round-table discus- In 2004, 22 lectures in Europe 9 lectures outside Europe members and approximately 120 local sci- sions on the relationship between compu- EMBO members ‹› Czech Republic ‹› Norway ‹› Argentina entists with an interest in bioinformatics. tational and experimental science. The out- delivered plenary ‹› Denmark ‹› Poland ‹› Australia The programme featured a number of first- come of these discussions has led EMBO to lectures at major ‹› France ‹› Portugal ‹› Chile rate scientific sessions on computational consider possible follow-up actions that scientific meetings ‹› Germany ‹› Spain ‹› India genomics, structural studies, cell biology would address the interface between the in the following ‹› Hungary ‹› Switzerland ‹› Thailand and molecular medicine – all providing up- computational and experimental sectors and countries ‹› Iceland ‹› United Kingdom ‹› USA to-date perspectives and insights on the bring benefit to both communities in Europe. (full details p. 124) ‹› Italy topic. Participants also had the opportunity to follow-up meetings hear about EMBO’s activities and the orga- 2004 also saw the first follow-up to a nisation’s impact on the community of sectoral meeting. The molecular medicine computational biology and bioinformatics. theme of the 2003 meeting was continued EMBO’s most recent initiative in this area is in November 2004 with a disease-targeted a new electronic journal dedicated to sys- meeting focusing on molecular biology and tems biology and synthetic biology. Mole- leukaemia. Similar follow-up meetings on cular Systems Biology will be launched other diseases are planned for future years.

50 www.embo.org/lectures.html www.embo.org/communities/sectoral.html 51 EMBO world activities

CONTACT In recent years, EMBO has made concerted efforts to widen its reach beyond EMBO courses and workshops were inte- cedures to interested scientists from out- New fellowship Europe. EMBO World Activities have become an integral part of many EMBO pro- grated into the EMBO Courses and Work- side of Europe (see p. 39). application conditions Mary Gannon ! Manager grammes with the aim of attracting applicants from outside Europe and pro- shops Programme (see p. 119,121,125). encourage international N.B. moting international collaboration. In 2004, EMBO World Activities continued to International co-operation collaboration Kathy Oswald gain momentum, particularly within the developing world. Screening service In 2004, EMBO continued to engage in valu- The fellowships formerly offered Administrator In 2003, EMBO entered into a co-operation able interactions with international scientif- under the EMBO World Programme Felise Fortmann international training and opposite). The new eligibility criteria allow with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) ic organisations. In co-operation with the were integrated into the short-term Administrator (as of 2005) collaboration for greater mobility between EMBC and to offer a screening service for Chinese Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP), fellowship scheme in 2004.

[email protected] EMBO World Activities offer opportunities non-EMBC member states. post-doctoral applicants wishing to visit a the Wellcome Trust and the Third World The aim is to attract applicants from for scientific exchange and training world- European laboratory. In 2004, an initial pilot Academy of Sciences (TWAS), EMBO co- outside Europe and encourage inter- wide, acting as a catalyst for lasting interna- courses and workshops scheme was set up. Its success was de- ordinated a project to examine educational national mobility and collaboration. tional collaborations. This is made possible Building on the impact of EMBO courses and pendent on the interest and involvement of opportunities, research accomplishments through EMBO training and fellowship op- workshops in Europe, nine practical courses group leaders in European host laborato- and science policy in a selection of resource- ‹› Candidates from non-EMBC portunities. outside Europe were supported by the ries. Unfortunately this proved to be much constrained countries. member states can now apply In 2004, eight fellowships were awarded EMBO World Programme in 2004. These less widespread than expected. As an alter- A background report was prepared at to take up fellowships in EMBC to researchers outside Europe. During visits courses brought together students from dif- native, EMBO will set up the service via a EMBO and presented at a meeting in Trieste, member states. The same is to European laboratories of a three to nine ferent continents to interact and learn new web-based data bank, where interested Italy in November 2003. The meeting brought true for applicants from EMBC month duration, scientists had the opportu- methods. Seven of the courses were jointly post-docs from outside Europe can deposit together representatives of major interna- member states wishing to nity to collaborate on common research funded with other international organisa- their scientific details. The information post- tional funding organisations to discuss pos- collaborate with a laboratory topics and learn new techniques. On return tions – ICRO, UNESCO, CAS, and A-IMBN. ed will be available to the European scientif- sibilities for support of life sciences educa- in a non-member state. to their home laboratories, researchers Three international EMBO workshops en- ic community. This approach will be moni- tion and research in developing nations. The were able to share these new techniques abled scientists from different countries to tored for six to nine months to determine its conclusions of the meeting are laid out in a with their groups and embark on longer- engage in high-level discussions, exchange effectiveness. report called “Promoting life science re- term collaborations with the host laborato- results and forge new collaborations. Two of search and training in developing countries: ries. Fellowship recipients are listed on the workshops were funded jointly with the Mobility information a need for concerted action” (available page 126. CAS and the Wellcome Trust. Through services such as the EMBO Life on the EMBO website at www.embo.org/ These fellowships were offered under EMBO also sponsored nine plenary lec- Sciences Mobility Portal, part of the EMBO publications/archive.html). the EMBO World Programme until July 2004, tures outside Europe in 2004 with the aim of Electronic Information Programme, EMBO is when they were integrated into the EMBO raising the profile of European science inter- able to provide information on European short-term fellowship scheme (see side bar nationally. In July 2004, all international funding sources and grant application pro-

52 www.embo.org/world 53 EMBO women in the life sciences

CONTACT EMBO promotes the highest standards of research throughout its member states women and men in its membership, fellow- tions are discussed in the EMBO Science & at all stages of the scientific career. In recent years, EMBO has made efforts to ships, courses and workshops (see p.127 Society Committee. In 2004, EMBO contin- Gerlind Wallon Manager assess and act on imbalances or uncertainties in the life sciences career path – for the 2004 statistics). ued to evaluate the selection procedures examining the potential differences and difficulties for particular groups inclu- EMBO committees are made aware of and success rates of its programmes. The Kim Piggott ing researchers with childcare commitments and female scientists. the participation of male and female scien- aim is to ensure that there are no factors Administrator tists in EMBO activities through an annual that could potentially deter talented scien- [email protected] family-friendly research conditions current country of residence. A new part- report provided to each programme. The tists of either gender from participating in EMBO is committed to fostering family- time option has also been introduced, issue of gender balance and possible ac- or benefiting from EMBO opportunities. friendly conditions in research. In 2002 and whereby applicants with childcare commit- 2003, EMBO offered Restart fellowships to ments can apply to carry out their two-year encourage scientists who had taken a ca- fellowship over a period of up to three New fellowship conditions to support candidates with childcare commitments reer break for childcare reasons to re-enter years. In July 2004, the eligibility criteria for long-term fellowships were enhanced to cater for science. In July 2004, the positive impact gender balance in the life sciences ! applicants with childcare commitments. The changes are intended to foster family-friendly of this initiative led to the integration of EMBO is acutely aware of the low represen- conditions in research and help scientists return to the bench after a career break for N.B. the Restart eligibility criteria into the EMBO tation of women in senior positions in sci- childcare. The new criteria represent an integration of the former Restart fellowships: long-term fellowship scheme (see side bar ence. Although both genders are equally opposite). represented at graduate level, women leave ‹› The mobility requirement was ‹› Applicants with childcare commitments The new long-term fellowship condi- science in disproportionately higher num- waived for candidates wishing to return now have the flexibility to apply to carry tions bring greater flexibility to candidates bers during the later stages of the academic to research after taking a recent career out their fellowship on a part-time basis with childcare obligations. Scientists who career. This is a matter of great concern to break for childcare reasons. Eligible over a period of three years. have interrupted their careers for at least EMBO. In order to analyse the impact of this applicants can now apply for a fellow- This development is in line with the 2003 one year to care for their children can now situation on its own activities, the organisa- ship within their current country of extension of support for fellows taking apply to take up a fellowship within their tion actively monitors the participation of residence. maternity or paternity leave.

54 www.embo.org/gender 55 EMBO communications

CONTACT The EMBO communications office serves as an information resource for the scientific community, the media and the general public. A number of targeted Lindsay Johnson Communications Officer activities also support an active communication channel between the organisa- tion and its broad network of members, young investigators and fellows. Uta Mackensen Graphic Designer keeping the EMBO community getting the message across talking to journalists Lynne Turnbull informed 2004 saw EMBO develop a consistent de- The EMBO communications office maintains Administrator In 2004, EMBO carried out a survey of its sign concept for its communications mate- regular contact with the European press –

[email protected] membership. The overall results were posi- rials. The aim is to increase the clarity and issuing press releases on EMBO events, tive revealing a high degree of satisfaction distinctiveness with which the organisation awards and activities, fielding enquiries from with EMBO’s activities. At the same time, presents information on its activities. The the media and hosting journalists at EMBO the survey identified a need for improved brochures, posters, flyers and calendars events. In 2004, the winners of the EMBO dissemination of information amongst the produced in 2004 demonstrate this coher- Gold Medal (see p. 48) and the EMBO Award EMBO members. To this end and following ent design concept, providing clear and for Communication in the Life Sciences (see discussions with the EMBO Council, the consistent information on EMBO activities p. 49) attracted strong media interest. The communications office launched EMBO and events. Many of these can be down- 2004 EMBO members meeting in Vienna, encounters, a new quarterly news publica- loaded from the EMBO website: Austria was also covered in the Austrian tion. www.embo.org/publications/archive.html press. EMBOencounters provides a forum for In 2004, the communications office also information exchange – not only between consolidated its advertising efforts – devel- Lynne Turnbull, EMBO and its network of scientists but also oping an advertising plan and increasing Lindsay Johnson and between the scientists themselves. A vari- the quantity and range of adverts appear- Uta Mackensen ety of features bring readers the latest news ing across EMBO’s journals and other major are responsible for from EMBO and also highlight the activities scientific publications. EMBO also exhibited the preparation of all and achievements of EMBO members, young at major European scientific meetings (ELSO EMBO information investigators and fellows. EMBOencounters EMBOencounters features the latest news from and the FEBS Congress) providing the sci- materials. also serves as an excellent resource for the EMBO and the EMBO Community of members, entific community with an opportunity to wider scientific community and the general young investigators and fellows. It is available speak directly with EMBO staff and find out public. online at www.embo.org/about_embo/news.html more about EMBO opportunities.

56 www.embo.org/about embo/news.html 57 ELSF european life sciences forum

CONTACT The European Life Sciences Forum (ELSF) is a platform of organisations repre- sations and published in Science in August mission has suggested it as one of the axes senting the life sciences in Europe. The organisation was founded in 2000 by 2004 (“Creating a European Research of its next Framework Programme (FP7), Luc van Dyck Executive Co-ordinator EMBO, the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS), the European Council” – Vol. 305, Issue 5685, 776–777, due to start in January 2007. Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the European Life Scientist Organi- 6 August 2004). However, much work still lies ahead – [email protected] zation (ELSO). The mission of ELSF is to increase the visibility and impact of the notably to ensure that the ERC becomes research community in public and policy-making arenas with the aim of founding goals of ISE more than a mere funding body and re- advancing research and strengthening the scientific voice in European society. The Paris conference also marked the offi- ceives appropriate funding. Equally impor- cial launch of ISE as an independent and tant will be the safeguarding of the ERC’s Since 2003, ELSF has been a prominent guese Minister of Science and Technology informal multi-disciplinary platform of orga- autonomy from political intervention and player in the debate on the establishment and one of the initiators of the Lisbon nisations committed to the scientific and the recognition of the role scientists have of a European Research Council (ERC). The Agenda. The founding members of the ISE technological development of Europe. ISE’s to play in its design, implementation and idea behind the ERC is the creation of a group are representatives from ELSF, Euro- primary objective is the establishment of delivery. In this way, the work of ELSF and new instrument to foster and fund basic science, the European Science Foundation the ERC. Its broader aim, however, is to pro- ISE is far from over and both organisations research in all scientific disciplines on a (ESF), the European Physical Society (EPS), vide a common forum to promote inde- will continue to monitor and actively ac- European level. ELSF has been very active the European University Association (EUA) pendent scientific advice in European pol- company the developments on the ERC. over the past two years – collecting and and the Group of European Nobel Laure- icy-making and stimulate the involvement promoting scientists’ opinions and expec- ates. The executive secretariat of ISE is run of scientists in the design and implementa- tations of the ERC and lobbying policy-mak- by ELSF and consequently the life sciences tion of European science and technology ers through conferences, publications and maintain a leading role in the campaign. policy. ISE membership now comprises more other targeted activities. In 2004, the ISE group organised two than 35 European organisations with a conferences on the ERC – the first at the strong representation from the life sciences Initiative for Science in Europe (ISE) European Parliament in Brussels in Febru- and biomedical research communities. In November 2003, ELSF and its founding ary and the second, in October, at UNESCO The collective efforts of organisations members recognised the need to join forces in Paris. The aim of these conferences was like ELSF and ISE have had an important with representatives from organisations to maintain momentum in the ERC debate impact on the ERC debate. What initially active in other scientific disciplines. To this and provide a forum to further identify and started as a pipe dream of the scientific end, a multi-disciplinary group came to- discuss the positions of the scientific com- community is now closer to reality than Luc van Dyck is the gether to form the Initiative for Science in munity. ISE also drafted an appeal support- ever. The creation of an ERC has the sup- Executive Co-ordinator of Europe (ISE), under the chairmanship of ing the creation of an ERC, which was port of the majority of the European Union the European Life Sciences José Mariano Gago – the then former Portu- endorsed by 52 European scientific organi- (EU) member states and the European Com- Forum (ELSF).

58 www.elsf.org www.initiative-science-europe.org 59 column title colgmn title appendix

delegates and advisers from the EMBC member states council members & committees 2004 council members & committees 2005 new members 2004 advisory editorial board 2004 long-term fellowship awards 2004 long-term fellowships: statistics & geographical distribution short-term fellowship awards 2004 short-term fellowships: statistics & geographical distribution young investigators selected 2004 EMBO/HHMI scientists selected 2004 young investigators selected 2001, 2002 & 2003 young investigator statistics young investigator lectures 2004

courses, lectures, workshops, conferences 2004 plenary lectures 2004 world programme fellowships 2004 participation of women in EMBO activities scale of contributions from EMBC member states EMBO staff in heidelberg

60 61 delegates and advisers from the EMBC member states (as of December 2004)

GERMANY GREECE Dr. Janos Pusztai ISRAEL AUSTRIA CROATIA DENMARK Prof. Eero Vuorio Hungarian Academy University of Turku Dr. Christian Alecke Prof. Theodore Fotsis of Sciences Prof. Marvin Edelman Prof. Annemarie Frischauf Dr. Kresimir Pavelic Prof. Julio E. Celis Kiinamyllynkatu 10 Federal Ministry of Education Laboratory of Office for Dept. of Plant Genetics Dept. of Molecular Biology Rudjer Boskovic Institute Institute of Cancer Biology FIN-20014 Turku and Research (BMBF) Biological Chemistry International Co-operation Weizmann Institute University of Salzburg Division of and Danish Centre for tel +358 2 333 6100 Referat 613 Faculty of Medicine Nádor u. 7 IL-76100 Rehovot Hellbrunnerstrasse 34 Molecular Medicine Translational Breast Cancer fax +358 2 333 5011 Heinemannstrasse 2 University of Ioannina H-1051 Budapest tel +972 8 934 3301/39 A-5020 Salzburg Bijenicka c. 54 Research [email protected] D-53175 Bonn GR-45110 Ioannina tel +36 1 327 3000/2536 fax +972 8 946 9124 tel +43 1 662 8044 5779 POB 180 Strandboulevarden 49 tel +49 188 8 57 3659 tel +30 26510 97560 fax +36 1 411 6370 [email protected] fax +43 1 662 8044 144 HR-10002 Zagreb DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø fax +49 188 8 57 83659 fax +30 26510 97868 [email protected] [email protected] tel +385 1 468 0094 tel +45 3525 7363 [email protected] [email protected] Dr. Mahmoud Taya fax +385 1 456 1010 fax +45 3525 7375 FRANCE Ministry of Science and Mag. Elisabeth Tischelmayer [email protected] [email protected] Mr. Eckhart Curtius Prof. Charalambos Savakis Technology Federal Ministry for Science, Prof. Bernard Ehresmann Federal Ministry of Education Faculty of Medicine ICELAND Life Sciences Division Education and Culture Ms. Mette Müller UPR 9002, CNRS and Research (BMBF) University of Crete and Haqirya Hamizrahit, Bldg 3 BM:BWK Danish Research Agency Institute of Molecular and Referat 613 Institute of Molecular Biology Dr. Eiríkur Steingrímsson P.O. 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THE NETHERLANDS POLAND Prof. Maria do Carmo-Fonseca SPAIN SWEDEN TURKEY University of Lisbon Ms. Louise Perbal Prof. Andrzej Jerzmanovski Institute of Molecular Ms. Cristina Espa Felip Dr. Brita Beije Prof. M. Beyazit Cirakoglu Ministry of Education, Laboratory of Medicine International Organisations Swedish Research Council TÜBITAK Marmara Research Culture and Science Plant Molecular Biology Av. Prof. Egas Moniz and Programmes Natural and Engineering Centre IPC 4100 Warsaw University P-1649-028 Lisbon Codes Ministry of Education and Sciences Genetic Engineering and Rijnstraat 50 Institute of tel +351 21 799 94111 Science Regeringsgatan 56 Biotechnology Research NL-2515 XP Den Haag Biochemistry and Biophysics fax +351 21 799 9412 José Abascal 4.2° S-103 78 Stockholm Institute tel +31 70 412 3405 Polish Academy of Sciences [email protected] E-28003 Madrid tel +46 8 546 44 249 TR-41470 Gebze Kocaeli fax +31 70 412 2525 Pawinskiego 5a tel +34 91 594 8618 fax +46 8 546 44 144 tel +90 262 641 2300/4000/ 4001 [email protected] PL-02-106 Warsaw Dr. Claudio Sunkel fax +34 91 594 8643 [email protected] fax +90 262 646 3929 tel +48 22 659 6072/5704 Institute for Molecular and [email protected] [email protected] Prof. Peter J. Weisbeek fax +48 22 658 4636 Cell Biology (IBMC) Prof. Marianne Sommarin University of Utrecht [email protected] Molecular Genetics Prof. Esteban Manrique Reol Dept. of Plant Biochemistry Dept. of Molecular Genetics Laboratory International Organisations Lund University Padualaan 8 Ms. Maria Klimkiewicz Rua do Campo Alegre and Programmes Chemical Center UNITED KINGDOM NL-3584 CH Utrecht Ministry for Scientific P-4150 Porto Ministry of Education and Getingevägen 60 tel +31 30 253 3580 Research and tel +351 2 607 9157 Science S-222 41 Lund Dr. Diana Dunstan fax +31 30 251 3655 Information Technology fax +351 2 609 9157 José Abascal 4.2° tel +46 46 222 77 92 Director of Research Management [email protected] Dept. of International [email protected] E-28003 Madrid fax +46 46 222 41 16 Medical Research Council Co-operation tel +34 91 594 8608 [email protected] Wspolna 1/3 fax +34 91 594 8643 20 Park Crescent UK-London W1B 1AL PL-00-529 Warsaw [email protected] NORWAY tel +48 22 628 3289 SLOVENIA tel +44 207 636 5422 fax +48 22 628 3534 Prof. Juan Modolell SWITZERLAND fax +44 207 637 6021 Dr. Berit Johne Prof. Franc Gubensek [email protected] [email protected] Centre of Molecular Biology Research Council of Norway Dept. of Biochemistry (CBM) P.O. Box 2700 J. Stefan Institute Universidad Autónoma Dr. Isabella Beretta Mr. Nigel Watts Stensberggata 26 Jamova 39 Cantoblanco State Secretariat for MRC Head Office N-0131 Oslo PORTUGAL SI-1000 Ljubljana E-28049 Madrid Education and Research 20 Park Crescent tel +47 22 03 7422 tel +386 1 477 3250 tel +34 91 497 5072 Multilateral Research UK-London W1B 1AL fax +47 22 03 7362 Ms. Maria Jose Almeida fax +386 1 257 3594 fax +34 91 497 5073 Co-operation tel +44 20 7670 6292 [email protected] Office for International [email protected] Hallwylstrasse 4 fax +44 20 75806198 [email protected] Relations in Science CH-3003 Bern [email protected] Prof. Aurora Martinez and Higher Education Ms. Radojka Vercko tel +41 31 322 8417 Dept. of Biomedicine (GRICES) Ministry of Education, fax +41 31 322 7854 Dr. Douglas Yarrow University of Bergen Av. 5 de Outubro, 85, 5° Science and Sport [email protected] North Star Avenue Jonas Lies vei 91 P-1050-050 Lisbon Office of Science Polaris House N-5009 Bergen tel +351 21 782 8300 Trg OF 13 UK-Swindon SN2 1UH tel +47 55 58 6427 fax +351 21 797 1687 SI-1000 Ljubljana tel +44 1793 414651 fax +47 55 58 6300 [email protected] tel +386 1 478 4683 fax +44 1793 413203 [email protected] fax +386 1 478 4719/21 [email protected] [email protected]

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council members 2004 EMBO committee members & auditors 2004 (year elected)

years(s) elected name country course fellowship young investigator 2001, 2004 Erik Boye N-Oslo committee committee (cont.) committee 2003 Margaret Buckingham F-Paris 2003 Pico Caroni 2004 Leszek Kaczmarek 2004 Martino Bolognesi 2000, 2002 Antonio Coutinho (Vice-Chair) P-Oeiras 2004 Miquel Coll 2003 Angela Krämer 2000 Doreen Cantrell 2000, 2003 Susan Gasser (Chair) CH-Geneva 2000 Pascale Cossart 2004 Wilhelm Krek 2003 S. Dusko Ehrlich 2002 Ingrid Grummt D-Heidelberg (Chair) 2004 Montserrat Pages 2003 Jiri Forejt 2004 Tim Hunt UK-London 2002 Jonathan Howard 2004 Anthony Pugsley 2002 Regine Kahmann 2002 Carlos Martinez-A. E-Madrid 2002 Philip Ingham 2000 Daniela Rhodes 2004 Hans Krokan 1999, 2002 Cesare Montecucco I-Padova 2004 Howard Jacobs (Chair) 2004 Doron Lancet 2001, 2004 Sean Munro UK-Cambridge 2003 Batsheva Kerem 2001 Varda Rotter 2000 Iain Mattaj 2000, 2003 Paul Nurse USA-New York 2001 Anna Tramontano 2004 Angela Santoni 2003 Gines Morata 1999, 2002 André Sentenac F-Gif-sur-Yvette 2001 Joel Vandekerckhove 2000 Jean-David Rochaix 2000, 2003 Giora Simchen IL-Jerusalem 2003 Peter Weisbeek membership & publication (Chair) 2004 Kai Simons D-Dresden committee 2004 Gunnar von Heijne S-Stockholm science & society 2003 Andres Aguilera EMBO members 2003 Maciej Zylicz PL-Warsaw committee 2002 Ruth Arnon who act as auditors: 2003 Lauri Aaltonen 2004 Thierry Boon internal auditors 2001 Victor de Lorenzo 2003 Ari Helenius Diter von Wettstein 2004 Dénes Dudits 2004 Andrzej Legocki David J. McConnell ex officio 2001 Matthew Freeman 2002 Maria Leptin Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard Secretary General of EMBO 2004 Benjamin Geiger 1999 Cesare Montecucco external auditors Marja Makarow President of EMBC 2003 Matthias Hentze (Chair) Isabel Cabaço Antunes Frank Gannon Secretary General of EMBC 2001 Mary Osborn 2003 Dino Moras Maria da Luz Faria Fotis Kafatos Director General of EMBL 2002 Roberto Sitia 2002 Hans Wolf-Watz Carl-Henrik Heldin Chair of EMBL SAC (Chair) Daniela Rhodes Chair of EMBO Fellowship Committee 2002 Mary Weiss electronic information Pascale Cossart Chair of EMBO Course Committee committee Cesare Montecucco Chair of Membership & Publication Committee fellowship 2001 Graham Cameron Roberto Sitia Chair of Science & Society Committee committee 2000 Sigrun Eckelmann Jean-David Rochaix Chair of EMBO Young Investigator Programme Committee 2004 Peter Becker 2002 Gerard Giroud Glauco Tocchini-Valentini Chair of Electronic Information Committee 2000 Francesco Blasi 2000 Jacques Haiech 2001 August Boeck 2000 Carlos Martinez-Alonso 2002 John Diffley 2002 Annette Thomas 2004 Bauke Dijkstra 2000 Glauco Tocchini-Valentini 2004 Nicolas Glaichenhaus (Chair) 2000 Crisanto Gutierrez 2003 Eric Westhof

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council members 2005 EMBO committee members & auditors 2005 (year elected)

year(s) elected name country course science & society membership 2005 Anton Berns NL-Amsterdam committee committee committee 2001, 2004 Erik Boye (Vice-Chair) N-Oslo 2003 Pico Caroni (Chair) 2003 Lauri Aaltonen 2005 Ueli Aebi 2003 Margaret Buckingham F-Paris 2004 Miquel Coll 2005 Andrea Barta 2003 Andres Aguilera 2005 Roberto di Lauro I-Napoli 2002 Jonathan Howard 2005 Wendy Bickmore 2002 Ruth Arnon 2000, 2003 Susan Gasser (Chair) CH-Basel 2002 Philip Ingham 2004 Dénes Dudits 2005 Carl-Henrik Heldin 2002, 2005 Ingrid Grummt D-Heidelberg 2005 Dirk Inzé 2004 Benjamin Geiger 2004 Andrzej Legocki 2004 Tim Hunt UK-London 2004 Howard Jacobs 2005 Ernst Hafen 2002 Maria Leptin (Chair) 2005 Daniel Louvard F-Paris 2003 Batsheva Kerem 2003 Matthias Hentze 2005 Antonio Malgaroli 2002, 2005 Carlos Martinez-A. E-Madrid 2005 Maria Persico 2001 Mary Osborn 2005 Paolo Sassone-Corsi 2001, 2004 Sean Munro UK-Cambridge 2005 Anne Ridley 2002 Roberto Sitia (Chair) 2005 Veronica van Heyningen 2000, 2003 Paul Nurse USA-New York 2005 Philippe Sansonetti 2005 Claudio Sunkel 2002 Hans Wolf-Watz 2000, 2003 Giora Simchen IL-Jerusalem 2004 Kai Simons D-Dresden fellowship young investigator publications & 2004 Gunnar von Heijne S-Stockholm committee committee electronic information 2003 Maciej Zylicz PL-Warsaw 2005 Robin Allshire 2005 Michael Bevan committee 2004 Peter Becker 2005 Thomas Boehm 2004 Thierry Boon 2002 John Diffley 2004 Martino Bolognesi 2001 Graham Cameron 2004 Bauke Dijkstra 2003 S. Dusko Ehrlich 2005 Gianni Cesareni ex officio 2004 Nicolas Glaichenhaus 2003 Jiri Forejt 2003 Ari Helenius Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard Secretary General of EMBO 2004 Leszek Kaczmarek 2005 Elisa Izaurralde 2003 Dino Moras Marja Makarow President of EMBC 2005 Jürgen Knoblich 2002 Regine Kahmann (Chair) 2005 Erich Nigg Frank Gannon Secretary General of EMBC 2003 Angela Krämer 2004 Hans Krokan 2005 Václav Pacesˇ Fotis Kafatos/Iain Mattaj Director General of EMBL 2004 Wilhelm Krek 2004 Doron Lancet 2005 Leena Peltonen Ronald Plasterk Chair of EMBL SAC 2004 Montserrat Pages 2003 Gines Morata 2003 Eric Westhof (Chair) Daniela Rhodes Chair of EMBO Fellowship Committee 2004 Anthony Pugsley Pico Caroni Chair of EMBO Course Committee 2000 Daniela Rhodes (Chair) EMBO members Maria Leptin Chair of Membership Committee 2001 Varda Rotter who act as auditors: Roberto Sitia Chair of Science & Society Committee 2004 Angela Santoni internal auditors Regine Kahmann Chair of EMBO Young Investigator Programme Committee Diter von Wettstein Eric Westhof Chair of Publications & Electronic Information Committee David J. McConnell

external auditors Isabel Cabaço Antunes Maria da Luz Faria

68 www.embo.org/about embo/archive 69 EMBO new members elected in 2004

Siv G.E. Andersson Dept. of Molecular Evolution Bart de Strooper Laboratory for Neuronal Cell Biology and Gene Evolutionary Biology Center Transfer, Center for Human Genetics Uppsala, Sweden Leuven, Belgium

Genome structure Neurobiology Microbiology Cell biology

Yehudit Bergman Hubert Humphrey Center for Experimental Hugues De Thé CNRS, UMR 7151 Medicine and Cancer Research Hôpital St. Louis Hebrew University Medical School Paris, France Jerusalem, Israel Cancer biology Developmental biology Cell biology Immunology

Christer Betsholtz Laboratory of Vascular Biology Ivan Dikic Institute of Biochemistry II Dept. of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics Goethe University Medical School Karolinska Institute Frankfurt, Germany Stockholm, Sweden Cancer biology Developmental biology Cell biology Cell biology

Michael Brunner Biochemie-Zentrum Heidelberg Jeff Errington Sir William Dunn School of Pathology Heidelberg, Germany University of Oxford Oxford, United Kingdom Cell biology Genetics Cell biology Microbiology

Graham Cameron European Bioinformatics Institute Marco Foiani F.I.R.C. Institute of Molecular Oncology EMBL Outstation Milan, Italy Cambridge, United Kingdom Cancer biology Structural biology Genome structure Genome structure

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Hans Hengartner Institute of Experimental Immunology Jan Löwe Laboratory of Molecular Biology University Hospital Zurich Medical Research Council Zurich, Switzerland Cambridge, United Kingdom

Virology Structural biology Immunology Cell biology

Jonathon Howard Max-Planck-Institute of Paolo Lusso Laboratory of Human Virology Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics DIBIT–San Raffaele Scientific Institute Dresden, Germany Milan, Italy

Structural biology Virology Cell biology Immunology

Laurence Daniel Hurst Dept. of Biology and Biochemistry Andrew J. McMichael Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine University of Bath John Radcliffe Hospital Bath, United Kingdom Oxford, United Kingdom

Genome structure Virology Genetics Immunology

Mariusz Jaskólski Center for Biocrystallographic Research Abraham Minsky Dept. of Organic Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences Weizmann Institute of Science Poland Rehovot, Israel

Structural biology Structural biology Microbiology

Klas Kärre Microbiology and Tumor Biology Center Sergio Moreno Cancer Research Institute–CSIC Karolinska Institute Salamanca University Stockholm, Sweden Salamanca, Spain

Cancer biology Cell biology Immunology Genetics

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Klaus-Armin Nave Dept. of Neurogenetics Marina V. Rodnina Institute of Physical Biochemistry Max-Planck-Institute of Experimental Medicine Witten/Herdecke University Göttingen, Germany Witten, Germany

Neurobiology Structural biology Microbiology

Alain Nicolas Institute Curie Pernille Rørth Developmental Biology Programme CNRS, UMR 7147 EMBL Paris, France Heidelberg, Germany

Genome structure Developmental biology Genetics Cell biology

Thomas Nyström Dept. of Cell and Molecular Biology Titia K. Sixma Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis Göteborg University Netherlands Cancer Institute Göteborg, Sweden Amsterdam, Netherlands

Cell biology Cancer biology Microbiology Structural biology

Stephen G. Oliver Faculty of Life Sciences Kirsten Skarstad Dept. of Cell Biology University of Manchester Institute for Cancer Research Manchester, United Kingdom Oslo, Norway

Genome structure Cell biology Genetics Microbiology

Hans-Georg Rammensee Department of Immunology Austin G. Smith Institute for Stem Cell Research University of Tübingen University of Edinburgh Tübingen, Germany Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Cell biology Developmental biology Immunology Cell biology

74 www.embo.org/about embo/members2004.html 75 EMBO new members elected 2004

Eiríkur Steingrímsson Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Ashok Venkitaraman Cancer Research UK Dept. of Oncology and University of Iceland MRC Cancer Cell Unit Reykjavik, Iceland Cambridge, United Kingdom

Developmental biology Cancer biology Genetics Cell biology

Iannis Talianidis Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Karen Vousden Beatson Institute for Cancer Research Foundation for Research and Technology Glasgow, United Kingdom Crete, Greece Cancer biology Cell biology Cell biology

Dimitris Thanos Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics Nancy Kleckner Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Biology associate members Biomedical Sciences Research Center Harvard University Athens, Greece Cambridge, MA, United States

Cell biology Genetics Genome structure Microbiology

Juan Valcárcel Gene Regulation Programme Dieter Söll Dept. of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Centre de Regulació Genòmico Yale University Barcelona, Spain New Haven, CT, United States

Cancer biology Genome structure Genome structure Microbiology

Maarten van Lohuizen Division of Molecular Genetics Peter Walter Howard Hughes Medical Institute Netherlands Cancer Institute Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics Amsterdam, Netherlands University of California San Francisco, CA, United States Developmental biology Cancer biology Structural biology Cell biology

76 www.embo.org/about embo/members2004.html 77 EMBO advisory editorial board 2004

advisory editorial board A Adriano Aguzzi D Pietro V. De Camilli J Herbert Jäckle O Moshe Oren 2004 for The EMBO Journal Kari Alitalo Bauke W. Dijkstra Richard J. Jackson Michael J. Owen and EMBO reports Geneviève Almouzni Marcel Dorée Stephen P.Jackson P Peter J. Parker Frances M. Ashcroft Giulio Draetta Reinhard Jahn Hugh R.B. Pelham B Andrea Ballabio Raymond A. Dwek Stefan Jentsch Nikolaus Pfanner Mariano Barbacid E Gerard I. Evan Thomas J. Jentsch Olaf Pongs Yves-Alain Barde F Alain Fischer Josef Jiricny R Martin C. Raff Jiri Bartek G Henrik Garoff K Regine Kahmann Tom A. Rapoport David C. Baulcombe Susan M. Gasser Eric Karsenti Daniela Rhodes Peter B. Becker Benjamin Geiger Rolf Kemler Howard Riezman Jean D. Beggs Frank G. Grosveld Guido Kroemer Jean-David Rochaix Anton J. Berns Jean Gruenberg Robb Krumlauf Bernard C. Rossier Michael J. Berridge Ingrid Grummt Werner Kühlbrandt S Helen R. Saibil Heinrich Betz H Ernst Hafen L Michel Lazdunski Philippe J. Sansonetti Mariann Bienz Alan Hall Tomas Lindahl Georg E. Schulz August Böck F. Ulrich Hartl Reinhard Lührmann Bertrand Séraphin Johannes L. Bos Carl-Henrik Heldin M Bernard Malissen David J. Sherratt Chris Bowler Ari Helenius Christopher J. Marshall Ben-Zion Shilo Erik Boye Matthias W. Hentze Carlos Martínez-A. Roberto Sitia Bernd Bukau Christopher F. Higgins Marjori A. Matzke James C. Smith Meinrad Busslinger Jonathan Hodgkin Edwin Milgron Daniel St. Johnston C Michel Caboche Jan H.J. Hoeijmakers Cesare Montecucco T David Tollervey Iain D. Campbell Barbara Hohn Dino Moras Richard Treisman Doreen A. Cantrell Tim Hunt Jorge Moscat W Stephen C. West Gennaro Ciliberto Tony Hunter Sean Munro Alfred Wittinghofer Pascale Cossart Nancy E. Hynes N Kiyoshi Nagai Dieter H. Wolf I Philip W. Ingham Michael S. Neuberger Hans Wolf-Watz Walter Neupert Y Mitsuhiro Yanagida Z Marino Zerial Maciej Zylicz

78 www.embojournal.org www.emboreports.org 79 EMBO long-term fellowship awards 2004

country name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest country Austria Hetzer-Egger, Austrian Salk Institute of Biological Salk Institute of Biological DNA damage repair: Analysis of the Behm-Ansmant, French EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany Mechanisms of nonsense France Claudia Studies, La Jolla, USA Studies, La Jolla, USA functional role of the MRE11 com- Isabelle mediated mRNA decay (NMD) in plex during Adenovirus infection metazoans Köcher, Austrian Uppsala University, Sweden Uppsala University, Sweden Development of techniques for Bertrand, French Columbia University, Institute of Developmental Specification of pan-neuronal Thomas the complete characterisation of Vincent New York, USA Biology, Marseille, France and subtype-specific features of proteins a single interneuron in C. elegans Mamnun, Austrian Cancer Research UK, Cancer Research UK, Characterisation of the substrate Bleuyard, French Cancer Research UK, University Blaise Pascal, Analysis of Holliday junction Yasmine Melanie London Research Institute, UK London Research Institute, UK specificity and the cellular function Jean-Yves South Mimms, UK Aubiere, France processing in DNA repair-deficient of the SCF (Pof3) cells Bossard, French UCSD, La Jolla, USA UCSD, La Jolla, USA Regulation of the vesiculation Belgium Ulens, Belgian NKI, Amsterdam, HHMI, Columbia University, Structural and functional basis for Carine process from Golgi membranes Chris The Netherlands New York, USA coupling of ligand activation to Capron, French UC-Davis, USA UC-Davis, USA Characterisation of a gene channel opening in the nicotinic Arnaud required for normal fertilisation in acetylcholine receptor Arabidopsis Chapouton, French IDG, Neuherberg, Germany IDG, Neuherberg, Germany Characterisation of a progenitor Croatia Ahel, Croatian London Research Institute, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Identification of novel factors Prisca pool at the adult zebrafish Ivan South Mimms, UK Zagreb, Croatia involved in non-homologous end midbrain–hindbrain boundary joining in human cells Collin, French MRC, London, UK IGBMC, Strasbourg, France Implications of Rho GTPases in Grskovic, Croatian UCSF,San Francisco, USA EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany Role of Notch Signalling in pluripo- Ludovic neuronal migration Marica tent stem cells of the mammalian Colombani, French Cancer Research UK, ISDBC, Nice, France Developmental control of apopto- germline Julien London Research Institute, UK sis and cell cycle exit by salvador, Zagrovic, Croatian ETH Hönggerberg, ETH Hönggerberg, Computational studies of protein hippo and warts Bojan Zurich, Switzerland Zurich, Switzerland dynamics and conformational Conte, French INSERM U589, F.Hoffmann-La Roche, Role of IRES in translation control averaging Caroline Toulouse, France Basel, Switzerland during angiogenesis

Czech Republic Krejci, Czech University of Cambridge, UK University of Cambridge, UK Investigating transcriptional Darios, French MRC, Cambridge, UK INSERM, Paris, France Role of calcium in exocytosis Alena complexes and epigenetic changes Frédéric mechanisms at Notch target gene promoters Dejardin, French Massachusetts General Institute of Human Genetics, Characterisation of native Jerome Hospital, Boston, USA CNRS UPR1142, chromatin fragments Denmark Brodersen, Danish Institut de la Biologie Institute of Molecular Biology, Cross-kingdom investigation of Montpellier, France Peter Moléculaire des Plantes du Copenhagen, Denmark the mammalian retroviral silencing Dos Reis, French Biomedical Institute, Uppsala, Laboratory of Molecular Role of ribosome in folding of CNRS, Strasbourg, France suppressor Tas to identify con- Suzana Sweden Genetics, nascent peptide chains served RNA silencing components Bordeaux, France Jensen, Danish Yale University, Chemical Centre, QM/MM studies of solution-phase Fievet, French University of Cambridge, UK Curie Institute, CNRS UMR144, Role of C. elegans protein phos- Kasper New Haven, USA Lund, Sweden and enzymatic reactions Bruno Paris, France phatase 2A in the establishment Lindorff-Larsen, Danish Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge, UK Structure and dynamics in native of embryonic cell polarity Kresten Copenhagen, Denmark and non-native states of proteins Gadéa, French Institute of Cancer Research, CRBM, CNRS, Montpellier, Analysis of Rho GTPase signalling Gilles London, UK France pathways in tumour cell movement Finland Niittyla, Finnish Carnegie Institution of John Innes Centre, Carbon partitioning and transport Gompel, French University of Cambridge, UK HHMI, Madison, USA The evolution of neuronal connec- Totte Washington, Palo Alto, USA Norwich, UK in plants Nicolas tivity in the fly sensory system Hachet, French ISREC, Epalinges, Switzerland EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany Investigating crosstalk between Olivier the septation initiation network, the contractile actomyosin ring and polarized growth in fission yeast Hertzog, French FIRC Institute of Molecular LEBS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France Regulation of actin dynamics by Maud Oncology, Milan, Italy Eps8 proteins Jamain, French MPI for Experimental Medicine, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France Study of neuroligins in mice as Stephane Göttingen, Germany animal model for autism

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country name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest country France cont. Jeanneteau, French Skirball Institute of Centre Paul Broca, Distinctive features of Trk neuro- Ripaud, French MPI for Biochemistry, Cellular Genetics and Regulation of polyglutamine Freddy Biomolecular Medicine, INSERM U573, Paris, France trophin transactivation by Leslie Martinsried, Germany Biochemistry Institute, aggregation in a yeast model of New York, USA G protein-coupled receptors Bordeaux, France Huntington’s Disease: Influence of Joron, French Institute of Biology, University College London, UK Comparative mapping of mimicry ageing and screen for new Mathieu Leiden, The Netherlands genes in Heliconius butterflies modulators Journet, French ESBS, Illkirch, France Biozentrum, University of Study of an ABC transporter Roux, French Yale School of Medicine, Institut Curie, Paris, France Proteinaceous and lipidic minimal Laure Basel, Switzerland involved in iron uptake in Aurélien New Haven, USA requirements for membrane fission Pseudomonas aeruginosa in vitro and in vivo Kniazeff, French The Panum Institute, Laboratory of Functional Bacterial homologues of Roze, French Institute of Cell, Animal and Research Institute on Genomic architecture and evolu- Julie Copenhagen, Denmark Genomics, Montpellier, France mammalian cocaine-sensitive Denis Population Biology, Development, tion in structured populations neurotransmitter transporters: Edinburgh, UK Montpellier, France Structural and functional dynamics Salinas, French Cancer Research UK, IGMM, Montpellier, France Role of lipid microdomains in Le Clainche, French University of California, University of California, Molecular links between the actin Sara London Research Institute, UK sorting and retrograde transport in Christophe Berkeley, USA Berkeley, USA cytoskeleton and the endocytic spinal cord motor neurons machinery Sauzeau, French Cancer Research Institute, Thorax Institute, INSERM U533, Identification of physiological Maro, French Stanford University, USA Ecole Normale Supérieure, Cellular and molecular analysis Vincent Salamanca, Spain Nantes, France and physiopathological roles of Géraldine Paris, France of the mechanisms involved in Vav proteins in the cardiovascular hierarchical choices in synaptic system specificity Seitz, French University of Massachusetts Institute of Functional Biochemical and biophysical analy- Marthiens, French University of Cambridge, UK Institut du Fer à Moulin, Roles of cadherin-dependent Hervé Medical School, Worcester, USA Exploration of Genomes, ses of the RNAi enzyme complex Veronique Paris, France cell–cell contacts in the control of Toulouse, France assembly and mode of action neural stem cell behaviour Terrillon, French HHMI – UCSD, La Jolla, USA HHMI – UCSD, La Jolla, USA Microcompartmentation of Martinic, French Joslin Diabetes Center, Joslin Diabetes Center, Ectopic aire-expression and its role Sonia signalling from G protein-coupled Marianne Boston, USA Boston, USA in T-cell tolerance receptors Ménasché, French Abranson Family Cancer INSERM U429, Paris, France In vivo structure/function relation- Thore, French Institute for Molecular Biology EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany Crystallographic studies of Gaël Research Institute, ships of the adapter protein: ADAP Stephane and Biophysics, riboswitches: RNA elements that Philadelphia, USA Zurich, Switzerland regulate gene expression. Menet, French HHMI, Waltham, USA HHMI, Waltham, USA A novel genetic screen to identify Tintignac, French Friedrich Miescher Institute for Friedrich Miescher Institute for The PKB/Akt and DNA-PK Jerome new components of the Drosophila Lionel Biomedical Research, Biomedical Research, connection in cellular responses circadian clock Basel, Switzerland Basel, Switerland to DNA damage Michallet, French University of Lausanne, IFR128 BioSciences Study of the molecular con- Tournier, French Cancer Research UK, Interdisciplinary Center for Computer simulations of size Marie-Cecile Epalinges, Switzerland Lyon-Gerland, France nections between caspase-8 and Alexander London, UK Scientific Computing (IWR), control mechanisms during lymphocyte activation Heidelberg, Germany the cell cycle of S. pombe Morey, French Western General Hospital, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France Nuclear reorganisation of Hox van den Abeele, French Campus Gasthuisberg, University of Lille, Functional analysis of TRPM8, Celine Edinburgh, UK clusters upon activation in ES cells Fabien Leuven, Belgium Villeneuve d’Ascq, France a new target in prostate cancer and in mouse embryos Vermot, French California Institute of Institute of Genetics and Studying FGF receptor signalling Pelte, French DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany IBMC, Strasbourg, France Search for new intracellular Julien Technology, Pasadena, USA Molecular Biology, during limb morphogenesis Nadège components in the Toll pathway Ilkirch, France and their involvement in innate Yart, French ETH Honggerberg, ETH Honggerberg, Functional analysis of URI, a novel immune responses in Drosophila Armelle Zurich, Switzerland Zurich, Switzerland component of the TOR signalling Pons, French University of Geneva, University of Geneva, Mechanisms of early to late pathway Véronique Switzerland Switzerland endosome transport. Role of Zipfel, French John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK University of Basel, Switzerland Deciphering receptor-like protein sorting nexins Cyril (RLP) function(s) in plant innate Reymond, French Ludwig Institute for Cancer Cancer and Immunology Molecular basis for tumour cell immunity Nicolas Research, London, UK Institute of Marseille, migration across the endothelial INSERM U119, France barrier

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country name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest country Germany Adryan, German MRC, Cambridge, UK MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, The dynamics and evolution of Schneider, German University of Edinburgh, UK MPI of Biophysical Chemistry, Analyses of the exosome Boris Göttingen, Germany Drosophila transcription factors Claudia Göttingen, Germany and Rrp6p complexes in and their regulatory interactions S. cerevisiae Alberts, German Yale University School of Institute du Fer à Moulin, Paris, In vitro and in vivo analysis of Siefritz, German UMR Plant Molecular Institute of Botany, Novel molecular and functional Philipp Medicine, New Haven, USA France retrograde MHC class II trafficking Franka Physiology and Biochemistry, Darmstadt, Germany aspects of membrane protein in dendritic cells Montpellier, France methylation – the model of plant Dietrich, German California Institute of University of Heidelberg, Assembly of aquaporins Lars Technology, Pasadena, USA Germany the iron reducing machinery Stucke, German University College London, UK MPI for Biochemistry, Regulation of cell adhesion, polar- in Shewanella oneidensis Volker Matthias Martinsried, Germany ity and proliferation in mammalian Eisner, German Biozentrum, University of University of Freiburg, Germany Molecular interactions in epithelial cells by proteins of the Gottfried Basel, Switzerland type III secretion crumbs and discs large group Gatfield, German Science III, University of EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany Molecular and functional analysis Ternes, German Utrecht University, University of Hamburg, Functional analysis of a novel David Geneva, Switzerland of period and cryptochrome Philipp The Netherlands Germany family of sphingomyelin synthase- complexes in the mammalian related proteins circadian clock van der Laan, German University of Freiburg, Germany University of Groningen, Functional reconstitution and Gille, German Institute of Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Characterisation of the nicotinic Martin The Netherlands characterisation of the mito- Andreas Heidelberg, Germany Heidelberg, Germany acid receptor: Desensitisation chondrial presequence protein mechanisms and endogenous translocase (TIM23/PAM Complex) ligand search Werner, German University of Wisconsin, Umeå Centre for Molecular Evolution of melanin patterning in Hartmann, German ICREA Centre of Genomic Biozentrum, Basel, Switzerland Signal-mediated alternative Thomas Madison, USA Pathogenesis, Umeå, Sweden Drosophila wings Britta Regulation (CGR), splicing in Drosophila Wolkers, German La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Netherlands Cancer Institute, Mechanisms of CD4+ T cell help for Barcelona, Spain Monika Immunolgy, San Diego, USA Amsterdam, The Netherlands cytotoxic CD8+ T cell Hornig, German IGB-CNR, Naples, Italy Cancer Research UK, Epigenome and RNAi Nadine London, UK Boutla, Greek EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany Institute of Molecular Biology & Expression and function of the Greece Krueger, German CEBI, University of Southern Institute of Physiological Insulin-induced changes in Alexandra Biotechnology, microRNA 2/13 gene family Marcus Denmark – Odense University, Chemistry, the phosphorylation pattern of Heraklion, Crete, Greece Denmark Halle/Saale, Germany the proteome Eystathioy, Greek CMU, Switzerland University of Calgary, Regulation of CIITA and Kurz, German Institute of Biochemistry, Institute of Biochemistry, Regulation of cullin-based Theophany Alberta, Canada MHC class II expression in Thimo Zurich, Switzerland Zurich, Switzerland E3 ligases by the ubiquitin-like thymic epithelial cells protein Nedd8/Rub1p Hatzis, Greek Royal Dutch Academy of IMBB, FORTH, Greece Deciphering the molecular Layer, German Biological Redox Centre, Institute of Microbiology, Biosynthesis of iron-sulfur clusters Pantelis Sciences, mechanisms through which the Gunhild Grenoble, France Braunschweig, Germany in proteins: Biochemical and Utrecht, The Netherlands tumour suppressor LKB1 controls structural characterisation of the cellular polarity scaffold proteins Topalidou, Greek Columbia University, IMBB, FORTH, Greece Deciphering gene regulatory Nottrott, German University of Massachusetts University of Massachusetts Control of CPEB mRNA translation Irini New York, USA pathways in the mechanosensory Stephanie Medical School, Worcester, USA Medical School, Worcester, USA in neurons by microRNAs system in C. elegans Probst, German MRC, Cambridge, UK Institute of Experimental Determinants of target specificity Tzakos, Greek MRC, Cambridge, UK University of Ioannina, Greece Structural and biochemical studies Hans Christian Immunology, of cytidine deaminases Andreas of brain specific non-messenger Zurich, Switzerland RNAs and their interaction with the Reinhard, German Human Genetics/Laboratory BZH, Heidelberg, Germany Identification and characterisation translational machinery Constanze for Neurobiology and Gene of the sAPP receptor(s) Vrontou, Greek California Institute of IMBB, FORTH, Greece Neural circuitry of nociception in Transfer, Leuven, Belgium Sophia Technology, Pasadena, USA the skin and viscera Schenck, German MPI of Molecular Cell Biology IGBMC, Strasbourg, France Signalling from the endocytic Zagoraiou, Greek Columbia University, Columbia University, Mechanisms of interneuron Annette and Genetics, platform: Dissecting function of Laskaro New York, USA New York, USA diversification in the mammalian Dresden, Germany APPL proteins and their associated spinal cord signalling pathways in vertebrate development

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country name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest country Hungary Csaba, Hungarian University of Oxford, UK Eotvos Lorand University, Evolution of gene dispensability De Paola, Italian Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Pre-synaptic terminal dynamics in Italy Pal Budapest, Hungary and genetic interactions in Vincenzo USA Biomedical Research, Basel, the adult primary somatosensory metabolic network of yeast Switzerland cortex in vivo Lenart, Hungarian IMP,Vienna, Austria EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany Spatial and temporal dynamics Gallio, Italian University of California, San Wenner-Gren Institute, The perception of temperature in Peter of cohesin loading and release in Marco Diego, La Jolla, USA Stockholm University, Sweden the Drosophila brain vertebrate cells Maggi, Italian EMBL, Monterotondo, Italy EMBL, Monterotondo, Italy Long-term changes in behaviour Laura and synaptic plasticity following Iceland Petersen, Icelandic Centre for Molecular Biology Yale University, In vivo functional analysis of the silencing of specific neuronal Petur and Neuroscience, New Haven, USA importance of the aquaporin 4 populations during development Oslo, Norway gene for astrocyte migration, in vitro and in vivo knockdown Simmer, Dutch University of Edinburgh, UK University of Edinburgh, UK Genetic analysis of RNA interfer- The of genes important for astrocyte Femke ence induced heterochromatin Netherlands function assembly in S. pombe using an Sigurdsson, Icelandic London Research Institute, Institute of Biotechnology, Rad26/CSB-mediated displace- inducible system Stefan South Mimms, UK San Antonio, USA ment of RNA polymerase II stalled van den Burg, Dutch Swammerdam Institute for Life Sainsbury Laboratory, Large-scale identification of targets at a DNA lesion Harrold Alfred Sciences, University of Norwich, UK for SUMO protein modification in Amsterdam, The Netherlands plant innate immunity Ireland Cunningham, Irish University of Heidelberg, University of Leeds, UK GABAergic interneurones: Mole- van Roon, Dutch MRC Laboratory of Molecular Leiden University, Structural and biochemical studies Mark Germany cular and cellular determinants Anne-Marie M. Biology, Cambridge, UK The Netherlands of U2 snRNP components present in cortical network oscillatory at the catalytic centre of the behaviour spliceosome

Israel Argaman, Israeli Hubrecht Laboratory, Hadassah Medical School, Identifying miRNA targets in C. ele- Coelho, Portuguese Biological Station of Roscoff, Biological Station of Roscoff, Role of Ca2+ in the cross-talk Portugal Liron Utrecht, The Netherlands Jerusalem, Israel gans using biotinylated miRNAs Susana France France between the cell cycle and Chill, Israeli NIH, Bethesda, USA Weizmann Institute of Science, Novel NMR methodologies for polarization in the Fucus zygote Jordan Rehovot, Israel study of membrane proteins Santos Da Silva, Portuguese Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, COSI, University of Torino, Activity-dependent mechanisms Eldar, Israeli California Institute of Weizmann Institute of Science, Noise buffering in microbial Jorge Pedro USA Orbassano, Italy controlling GABAergic neuron Avigdor Technology, Pasadena, USA Rehovot, Israel development: Temporal variations development during functional in the Bacillus subtilis sporulation circuitry formation process Santos, Portuguese Gulbenkian Insitute of Science, Skirball Institute, New York, USA Identification and characterisation Hasson, Israeli National Institute for Medical The Hebrew University, Dissecting the roles of Tbx5 in Ana Oeiras, Portugal of new genes required for dorsal Peleg Research, London, UK Jerusalem, Israel vertebrate forelimb development closure in D. melanogaster Ilani, Israeli Cornell University, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA The molecular basis for structural Tal Ithaca, USA changes during immunological Bernal, Spanish Hutchison/MRC Research IRNAS, Seville, Spain Replication stalling and chromo- Spain synapse formation Juan A. Centre, Cambridge, UK somal instability: The role of the Kashkush, Israeli University of Georgia, University of Georgia, Athens, Epigenetic regulation of BRCA2 breast cancer susceptibility Khalil Athens, USA USA transposable elements protein Ron, Israeli Zoological Station, Naples, Italy Tel Aviv University, Israel Chromatin remodelling during Catalá, Spanish Rockefeller University, INIA, Madrid, Spain Characterisation of post- Mily plant photomorphogenesis Rafael New York, USA transcriptional regulation of the Sharon, Israeli University of Cambridge, UK University of Cambridge, UK Development of mass spectro- Arabidopsis thaliana bZIP ABI5 Michal metry approaches for the analysis Graupera Garcia- Spanish Ludwig Institute for Cancer Ludwig Institute for Cancer The role of PI3K isoforms in of RNA polymerase transcription Mila, Maria Research, London, UK Research, London, UK VEGF-receptor signalling and complexes angiogenesis Yaniv, Israeli NICHD, NIH, Bethesda, USA Hadassah Medical School, Characterisation of the lymphatic Guil, Spanish Western General Hospital, Western General Hospital, hnRNP A1: Nucleo-cytoplasmic Karina Jerusalem, Israel vascular system in the zebrafish Sonia Edinburgh, UK Edinburgh, UK shuttling and cellular functions Danio rerio following stress signalling

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country name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest country Spain cont. Huertas, Spanish The Wellcome Trust/Cancer University of Seville, Spain Analysis of early events in the DNA Kaeser, Swiss The Salk Institute, La Jolla, USA ISREC, Epalinges, Switzerland Identification and characterisation Pablo Research UK, Gurdon Institute, damage response Matthias of oct4 expression determinants Cambridge, UK LeibundGut- Swiss Cancer Research UK, Cancer Research UK, Plasmacytoid versus conventional Izquierdo, Spanish University of Dundee, UK MSI/WTB Complex, School of Functional genomics relating to Landmann, London Research Institute, UK London Research Institute, UK dendritic cells: Induction of type I Luis Life Sciences, University of the biosynthesis of trypanosome Salomé interferon by Toll-like receptor Dundee, UK glycoconjugates ligands Jiménez, Spanish University of Florence, University of Valencia, Burjasot, NMR cross-correlation and 13C Page, Swiss Pasteur Institute, Paris, France University of Zurich, A chromosome conformation Beatriz Sesto Fiorentino, Italy Valencia, Spain direct detection to address signal Damian Switzerland analysis of the X inactivation transduction in CutA1 proteins centre in mouse Sánchez, Spanish EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany University of Basel, Switzerland Structure-based prediction of Senti, Swiss Wenner Gren Institute, Wenner Gren Institute, Integration of multiple extracellular Ignacio Enrique the energetics of protein-nucleic Kirsten-André Stockholm University, Sweden Stockholm University, Sweden cues in epithelial cell guidance acid complexes Weihofen, Swiss Center for Neurologic Center for Neurological Identification and characterisation Sancho Madrid, Spanish Cancer Research UK, Hospital de La Princesa, Functional characterisation of a Andreas Diseases, Boston, USA Diseases, Boston, USA of Parkin ubiquitin ligase complex David London, UK Madrid, Spain novel C-type lectin receptor differ- (PUBLIC) in human brain entially expressed in CD8α+ dendritic cells Allen, British Stanford University Medical Stanford University Medical Is there a role for thrombospondin United Nicola School, USA School, Stanford, USA in critical period plasticity? Kingdom Sweden Engblom, Swedish DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany Glutamate signalling in Briggs, British LMU of Munich, Germany University of Oxford, UK The infection pathway of HIV David dopaminergic cells: John observed using single virus tracing A trigger for drug addiction? Henderson, British UCLA, Los Angeles, USA UCLA, Los Angeles, USA De novo DNA methylation and Gustavsson, Swedish University College London, UK Karolinska Institute, Role of programmed cell death Ian RNA silencing Peter Stockholm, Sweden during neurulation and in Loizou, British International Agency for International Agency for Role of epigenetic modifications the pathogenesis of neural tube Joanna Research on Cancer, Research on Cancer, in DNA repair, cell cycle and defects Lyon, France Lyon, France oncogenic transformation Heddad Masson, Swedish University of Geneva, Arrhenius Laboratories, Genetic analysis of retrograde Ooi, British Columbia University, Columbia University, Regulation of de novo methylation Mounia Switzerland Stockholm University, Sweden signalling in Chlamydomonas Steen New York, USA New York, USA and transposon silencing in germ using FLPs (FLU-like proteins) cells Holm, Swedish Institute of Stem Cell Research, Lund Stem Cell Center, Regulation of gene expression Selby, British University of Southern Macquarie University, Modification-specific proteomics: Pontus Neuherberg/Munich, Germany Lund, Sweden and function in neuronal and David Denmark, Odense, Denmark Sydney,Australia Determining protein glycosylation hematopoietic stem cells heterogeneity and its effect on Jormakka, Swedish University of New South Wales, Imperial College London, UK Structural and molecular studies protein interactions Mika Sydney,Australia of the intracellular chloride channel Shivdasani, British IMBA, Vienna, Austria University of Sheffield, UK A transgenic RNAi screen to iden- (CLIC) family Anish tify novel factors affecting wiring Spåhr, Swedish Stanford University, Karolinska Institute, Structural studies of the RNA poly- specificity in the Drosophila olfac- Henrik San Francisco, USA Huddinge, Sweden merase II transcription machinery: tory system Mechanism of start-site selection Smith, British University of Cambridge, UK Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Antigen presentation in a complex Christopher of Medical Research, viral infection Switzerland Berset, Swiss Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute of Zoology, A forward genetic screen to Parkville, Australia Thomas Institute, Sydney,Australia Zurich, Switzerland identify genes that regulate muscle stem cell biology in zebrafish Darken, American Vall d’Hebron Research Weill Medical College of Cornell Role of FoxG1 in glioma other (Danio rerio) Rachel Institute, Barcelona, Spain University, New York, USA tumorigenesis nationalities Bühler, Swiss Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Cell Biology, The role of the Rdp1 complex in Harper, American University Medical Center, University of Texas, Dallas, USA Elucidating the molecular Marc Boston, USA Bern, Switzerland RNAi-mediated heterochromatin Shannon Utrecht, The Netherlands mechanisms of Epac signalling and assembly and its possible link to regulation nonsense surveillance Luftig, American IRBM P.Angeletti, Pomezia, Italy IRBM P.Angeletti, Pomezia, Italy Structural basis for Herpesvirus Fiaux, Swiss University of Heidelberg, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland Mechanism of chaperone-assisted Micah entry: HSV-1 gD/Nectin-1α Jocelyne Germany co-translational protein folding complex

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country name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest country other Schurter, American Pasteur Institute, Paris, France UCSD, La Jolla, USA Elucidating a novel signalling Tyagi, Indian University of Lausanne, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Role of HCF-1 in cell-cycle progres- nationalities Brandon pathway implicated in Vav1 Shweta Switzerland USA sion through association with E2F cont. arginine methylation: Role in T-cell transcriptional regulators expansion and differentiation Mochida, Japanese Cancer Research UK, Herts, UK Okinawa Institute of Science Analysing different mechanisms of Shaye, American IBMB, Barcelona, Spain Columbia University, A screen for Dpp/TGF-ß and Satoru and Technology, cyclin A and B destruction Daniel New York, USA Wg/Wnt targets involved in cell Gushikawa, Okinawa, Japan migration Yamagishi, Japanese MPI of Neurobiology, Chiba University, Genetic analysis of the FLRT family Savina, Argentinian Curie Institute, INSERM U365, Curie Institute, INSERM U.365, Antigen presentation and Satoru Martinsried, Germany Chuo-ku, Japan of transmembrane proteins puta- Ariel Edgardo Paris, France Paris, France T cell-mediated immunity: tive co-receptors of fibroblast Membrane trafficking during growth factor receptors cross-presentation El Hage, Lebanese Institute of Cell and Molecular Institute of Biophysical Nop15p: A link between Deane, Australian University of Oxford, UK University of Sydney,Australia Structural studies of the type III Aziz Biology, Edinburgh, UK Chemistry, Paris, France ribosome biosynthesis and cell Janet secretion system of Shigella cycle progression in S. cerevisiae? flexneri Calderon de Anda, Mexican COSI, University of Torino, COSI, University of Torino, Mechanisms of neuronal Tkachev, Belarusian University of Heidelberg, Babraham Institute, The role of DNA methylation- Froylan Orbassano, Italy Orbassano, Italy differentiation Dmitri Germany Cambridge, UK dependent chromatin remodelling Taylor, New Zealander University of Oxford, UK The University of Western The oxidative stress proteome of in activity-regulated neuronal gene Staffan Australia, Perth, Australia plant mitochondria: Identifying expression proteins sensitive to the products Archambault, Canadian University of Cambridge, UK The Rockefeller University, Proteomics of mitotic kinases in of lipid peroxidation Vincent New York, USA the fly Rizzoli, Romanian MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, University of Colorado Health Role of early endosomes in Dubé, Canadian University Medical Center McGill University, Understanding the function of Silvio Göttingen, Germany Sciences Center, Denver, USA synaptic vesicle cycling Nadia Utrecht, The Netherlands Montreal, Canada ras-associating domain-containing Bereshchenko, Russian EMBL, Monterotondo, Italy EMBL, Monterotondo, Italy The role of TIP48 and TIP49 in vivo: proteins in processes related to Oksana C/EBPα connection and mouse cancer models Lucifero, Canadian The Babraham Institute, McGill University, Novel epigenetic mechanisms Soshnikova, Russian University of Geneva, MDC for Molecular Medicine, Hoxd13 as a model of trinucleotide Diana Cambridge, UK Montreal, Canada involved in imprinted gene regula- Natalia Switzerland Berlin, Germany repeat expansion diseases tion Lee, South Korean MRC, Cambridge, UK Osaka University, Structure–function analysis of Samaha, Canadian University Pierre and Marie University of Michigan, Investigating the role of the Soo Jae Osaka, Japan complexes of Nab2 and Sus1 Anne-Noël Curie, Paris, France Ann Arbor, USA extracellular signal regulated important in co-ordinating the kinase (ERK) pathway in the gene expression machinery cellular and behavioral responses to drugs of abuse Schmeing, Canadian MRC, Cambridge, UK Yale University, Structural studies of translation Thomas Martin New Haven, USA initiation in eukaryotes Watt, Canadian University College London, UK University College London, UK Evaluating the activity-dependence Alanna of synapse elimination at an identi- fied central synapse Court, Chilean San Raffaele Scientific Institute, University of Edinburgh, UK Integrin-dependent signalling Felipe Milan, Italy events in Schwann cells involved in axonal sorting and myelination Hui, Chinese IMP,Vienna, Austria IMP,Vienna, Austria Analysing the functions of AP-1 in Lijian liver carcinogenesis Anand, Indian EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany Aventis Pharma Deutschland, Structural analysis of HIV/EIAV- Kanchan Frankfurt, Germany encoded transcriptional activator Tat in complex with cyclin T1 and TAR-RNA

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number and percentage of country from applications % of total awards % of total success rate % year appl. awards success rate % long-term fellowship pattern of applications long-term fellowship Austria 67 1.54 19 2.35 28 1977 236 94 40 and awards 1977–2004 applications and awards Belgium 71 1.63 10 1.24 14 1978 235 101 43 2000–2004 Croatia 20 0.46 4 0.50 20 1979 254 101 40 Czech Republic 37 0.85 7 0.87 19 1980 242 108 45 Denmark 53 1.22 11 1.36 21 1981 274 111 41 Finland 49 1.13 10 1.24 20 1982 276 91 33 France 909 20.90 172 21.31 19 1983 294 103 35 Germany 489 11.24 116 14.37 24 1984 305 112 37 Greece 92 2.12 25 3.10 27 1985 340 92 27 Hungary 50 1.15 11 1.36 22 1986 333 90 27 Iceland 10 0.23 2 0.25 20 1987 383 120 31 Ireland 47 1.08 6 0.74 13 1988 455 141 31 Israel 231 5.31 39 4.83 17 1989 460 118 26 Italy 294 6.76 43 5.33 15 1990 526 123 23 Netherlands 159 3.66 44 5.45 28 1991 571 139 24 Norway 10 0.23 1 0.12 10 1992 626 142 23 Poland 38 0.87 6 0.74 16 1993 739 199 27 Portugal 58 1.33 19 2.35 33 1994 806 176 22 Slovenia 5 0.11 0 0 – 1995 877 147 17 Spain 513 11.80 81 10.04 16 1996 898 160 18 Sweden 184 4.23 25 3.10 14 1997 831 185 22 Switzerland 75 1.72 26 3.22 35 1998 790 144 18 Turkey 26 0.60 1 0.12 4 1999 830 170 20 United Kingdom 250 5.75 30 3.72 12 2000 707 155 22 Eastern Europe 110 2.53 9 1.12 8 2001 645 147 23 USA/Canada 186 4.28 41 5.08 22 2002 789 178 22 others 316 7.27 49 6.07 16 2003 1080 164 15 total 4349 100 807 100 19 2004 1137 163 15

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applications awards

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country name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest country Austria Moll, Austrian MPI for Molecular Genetics, Institute for Microbiology and Translation of leaderless mRNA Rasmussen, Danish CNRS, Montpellier, France University of Aarhus, Denmark In vivo studies of retroviral RNA Denmark Isabella Berlin, Germany Genetics, Vienna, Austria by protein-deficient ribosomes: Søren dimerisation by real-time single A glimpse of the past RNA molecule detection Ott, Austrian CNIO, Madrid, Spain Medical University of Vienna, Loss of JunB turns cdk6 from Schroeder Mantoni, Danish EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany Institute of Cancer Research, Investigation of the dynamic René Georg Austria a tumour suppressor to a tumour Tine Sutton, UK assembly of the androgen receptor promoter transcription complex in response Wruss, Austrian University of Lübeck, Germany Institute of Biochemistry, Analysis of virus-receptor inter- to DNA damage by ChIP assays Jürgen Vienna, Austria actions with NMR techniques Palokangas, Finnish King’s College, London, UK University of Helsinki, Finland Isolation and culturing of neonatal Finland Belgium De Naeyer, Belgian Karolinska Institute, University of Gent, Belgium Ligand screening of natural Veera mouse cardiomyocytes for study- An Stockholm, Sweden plant compounds as selective ing palladin and myotilin in normal estrogen/orphan receptor and diseased cells modifiers and exploration of their (non)genomic hormone activities Bajenoff, French NIAID, Bethesda, USA Institute of Molecular and Elucidation of the mechanisms by France De Rop, Belgian Fraunhofer Institute, IGB, Flemish Institute for Analysis of adhesion and invasive Marc Cellular Pharmacology, which NK cells influence CD4 T-cell Larissa Stuttgart, Germany Biotechnology, Leuven, Belgium growth of C. albicans mutants in a Valbonnes, France differentiation in mice infected reconstituted human tissue-culture with the intracellular parasite system Leishmania major Deghorain, Belgian University of Oxford, UK Catholic University of Louvain, Inducible insertion of modified Beckoüet, French Medical School Cardiff Joliot-Curie, Effect of yeast RNA polymerase II Marie Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium precursors in the cell wall of Frèdèric University, UK Gif-sur-Yvette, France mutants on transcription coupled rod-shaped and spherical lactic repair acid bacteria: A fluorescent study Bonnot, French University of the Faculty Notre Dame de la Paix, Identification and characterisation Morreel, Belgian MPI for Molecular Plant Flanders Interuniversity, GC-MS metabolic profiling of Sophie Mediterranean, Marseille, Namur, Belgium of Brucella secreted effectors Kris Physiology, Golm, Germany Gent, Belgium xylem extracts from Arabidopsis France regulated by a quorum sensing plants with altered monolignol transcriptional regulator biosynthesis Bournaud, French MPI for Experimental Medicine, INSERM U513, Créteil, France Characterisation of VGLUT3, Margot Göttingen, Germany an atypical vesicular glutamate Croatia Terzic, Croatian Goethe University Medical University of Split, Croatia Role of ASAP1 in the EGF receptor transporter Janos School, Frankfurt, Germany recycling Brachet, French University of Patras, Greece University Hospital Centre, Effect of an ectopic expression of Philippe Nantes, France the nerve growth factor receptor Czech Republic Andelova, Czech EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany Charles University, Cell biology of Fransicella tularen- TrkA on the plasticity and survival Hana Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic sis in macrophages of adult rat striatal neurons Bartos, Czech UMR INRA-UBP, Institute of Experimental Physical mapping of the 3B Frémeaux-Bacchi, French University of Newcastle, UK European Hospital Georges The functional significance of Jan Clermont-Ferrand, France Botany, chromosomes from hexaploid Véronique Pompidou, Paris, France factor I mutations in patients with Olomouc, Czech Republic bread wheat Atypical Haemolytic Uraemic Cvackova, Czech MPI of Molecular Cell Biology Charles University, Prague, Spliceosomal snRNP dynamics Syndrome Zuzana and Genetics, Czech Republic Giraud, French ICGEB, Trieste, Italy Necker Hospital, Paris, France Molecular basis of the genetic Dresden, Germany Matthieu association of a SNP in an Sindelka, Czech Chalmers University of Institute of Molecular Genetics The expression profiling of intron-splicing site of the CHRNA1 Radek Technology, Göteborg, Sweden AV CR, Prague, Czech Republic “embryonic” genes during autoantigen gene, in autoimmune Xenopus laevis development Myasthenia gravis by real-time PCR analysis Gregoire, French EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany University Paris 7 - Denis A microscopic model description Guillaume Diderot, Paris, France of Listeria monocytogenes motility Lecat, French EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany CNRS, Illkirch, France Identification of new proteins Sandra implicated in the signalling pathway of NK2 receptor by a translocation assay

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country name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest country France cont. Romao, French EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany Institute Curie, Paris, France Study of a kinetochore component Bessa, Greek Institut du Fer à Moulin, IMBB, Heraklion, Greece Functional characterisation Greece Maryse in S. cerevisiae, its mutation effect Maria Paris, France of neural and glial TAG-1 in in mitotic spindle and in SPB myelinated fibers maturation Emmanouil, Greek MPI for Molecular Plant Agricultural University of Molecular and physiological analy- Toesca, French University of Cambridge, UK IBCG, Toulouse, France Mapping of phosphorylation Flemetakis Physiology, Golm, Germany Athens, Greece sis of carbonic anhydrase isoforms Isabelle sites in E. coli RNAse E by the in Lotus janponicus root noodles bacteriophage T7 protein kinase Kiupakis, Greek University of Cambridge, UK IMBB FORTH, Heraklion, Greece Transcriptional profiling of Alexandros Drosophila conditional lethal Germany Baudendistel, German Research Center for Molecular DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany In vivo characterisation of insertion mutants Nina Medicine, Debrecen, Hungary protein–protein interactions Kotantaki, Greek National Institute for Medical University of Patras, Greece Conditional inactivation of the between the AP-1 transcription Panorea Research, London, UK cell cycle inhibitor Geminin: activator proteins c-Fos and c-Jun Electroporation of ES cells with a with fluorescence resonance Geminin-LoxP construct, selection energy transfer (FRET) of positive clones and blastocyst Ernst, German Medical University, Johann W. Goethe University , Functional characterisation of the injections Robert Vienna, Austria Frankfurt, Germany yeast ABC transporter Pdr5p by Lalioti, Greek Gent University, Belgium Autonomous University of Proteomics of GLUT4 and associ- rational mutagenesis and in vivo Vassiliki Madrid, Spain ated proteins: Identification of labelling GLUT4 phosphorylation sites Fritz, German CNRS, Gif-Sur-Yvette, France University of Barcelona, Spain Pyrene G-actin polymerization and characterisation of proteins Stefan induced by pure Golgi membranes associated with GLUT4 by mass Grütz, German MRC, Cambridge, UK Charité, Berlin, Germany Generation of mice deficient for spectrometry Gerald ZFP36L2/Tis11D Liokatis, Greek University of Basel, Switzerland University of Ioannina, Greece Oligomerisation state and Klocke, German Teagasc Crops Research Insitute for Agriculture Development of a real-time-PCR- Stamatios structure-function relationships Michael Centre Oak Park, Technique Bornim e.V, based assay for quantitative of the inner nuclear membrane Carlow, Ireland Potsdam, Germany detection of lactobacilli as a tool protein LBR for the analysis of biocoenosis of Papavasileiou, Greek MRC, Cambridge, UK Mycology Reference Cell signalling in Dictyostelium fermentative bacteria within Dimitris Laboratory,Athens, Greece development and differentiation grass silages Rigas, Greek University of Freiburg, Germany Agricultural University of Subcellular localisation of the Paeschke, German MRC, Cambridge, UK University of Witten/Herdecke, Telomere-binding proteins and Stamatis Athens, Greece Arabidopsis TRH1 K+ transporter Katrin Germany the G-quadruplex structure in the and quantitative gene expression macronucleus of Stylonychia analysis in root hair defective lemnae mutants Reichelt, German EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany University of Freiburg, Germany Characterisation of replication and Sergaki, Greek NIMR, London, UK Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Clarification of the function of Mike budding sites of LaCrosse bunya- Maria Christina Athens, Greece BM88, a neurogenic molecule, by virus by immuno-electronmicro- the generation of knockout mice

scopy and in-situ-hybridisation Sotirou, Greek Lund University, Sweden University of Patras, Greece Differentiation of GABAA Sassen, German Aarhus University, Denmark Philipps-University, Localisation and regulation of Evangelos receptor function and pharma- Martin Christian Marburg, Germany TRPM6 cology between dorsal and Schepsky, German Marie Curie Research Institute, University of Iceland, Do the microphthalmia-associated ventral hippocampus Alexander Oxted, UK Reykjavik, Iceland transcription factor (MITF) and Spyroulias, Greek University of Florence, Italy University of Patras, Greece Mapping the contact interface of β-catenin interact on Mitf target Georgios HIV gp120 V3 and CD4+ T-cell promoters CCR5 N-terminal peptides through Steffen, German FIRC Institute of Molecular GBF,Braunschweig, Germany Identification and characterisation NMR spectroscopy: Implications for Anika Oncology, Milan, Italy of protein complexes associated HIV inhibitor design with IRSp53 Stylianos, Greek Regensburg University, BSRC “Alexander Fleming”, Ferritin-dependent neurodegener- Stute, German Umea University, Sweden Philipps-University, Effects of the receptor tyrosine Kosmidis Germany Vari, Greece ation in D. melanogaster Christiana Marburg, Germany kinase alk on vertebrate myotube Tarsounas, Greek CNIO, Madrid, Spain Clare Hall Laboratories, Investigating the role of RAD51 formation Madalena South Mimms, UK paralogues in telomere mainte- nance

98 www.embo.org/fellowships 99 EMBO short-term fellowship awards 2004

country name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest country Greece cont. Kalamvoki, Greek University of Ferrara, Italy Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Mechanisms of disruption of Weil, Israeli University of Rome Tor Vergata, Tel Aviv University, Israel Involvement of nitric oxide in the Maria Athens, Greece intracellular calcium levels by the Miguel Italy caspase-dependent terminal HCV NS5A protein differentiation of human epidermal keratinocytes Hungary Barabás, Hungarian EMBL, Hamburg, Germany Institute of Enzymology, Structural biology insights into Wiesel, Israeli DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany Hebrew University, The role of lamina-associated pro- Orsolya Budapest, Hungary mechanism and evolution of Naama Jerusalem, Israel teins in nuclear lamin assembly catalysis by dUTPase Gáspári, Hungarian University of Helsinki, Finland Eötvös Loránd University, Detailed characterisation of Asselta, Italian University of Helsinki, Finland University of Milan, Italy Identifying gene variants Italy Zoltán Budapest, Hungary Drosophila dUTPase by advanced Rosanna predisposing to multiple sclerosis NMR technique Baratta, Italian Institute for Biomedical University of Turin, Italy Role of leptin in the Kis, Hungarian Lausanne University, University of Cambridge, UK Insulin resistance, cardiovascular Mario Research, Frankfurt, Germany mammary gland: Analysis of the Adrienn Switzerland risk. Studies on genetically leptin-activated JAK/STAT pathway modified mouse models Cammareri, Italian CNIO, Madrid, Spain Laboratory of Molecular Characterisation of epigenetic Kiss, Hungarian Johannes Gutenberg University Hungarian Academy of Structural flexibility of in vitro Patrizia Oncology, Palermo, Italy modification in tumour suppressor Anett of Mainz, Germany Sciences, Szeged, Hungary reconstituted LHCII genes Meszaros, Hungarian University of London, London, Budapest University of MAPKs in Arabidopsis flagellin Campanella, Italian University College London, UK ICSI, Ferrara, Italy Study of the functional role of IF1, Tamas UK Technology, signalling Michelangelo the mitochondrial ATPase inhibitor Hungary protein, in physiological and Novák, Hungarian Cancer Research UK, London, Budapest University of Computational modelling of DNA pathological conditions Béla UK Technology, Hungary replication control in the fission Cardinale, Italian University of Dundee, UK University of Milan Bicocca, Analysis by FRET and FRAP of yeast cell cycle Stefano Italy protein-protein interactions and dynamics involving mammalian Iceland Valdimarsdottir, Icelandic Ubrecht Laboratory NIOB, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Cross-talk between signalling cleavage factor I (CFlm) Gudrun The Netherlands Research, Uppsala, Sweden pathways in hES cells Casartelli, Italian University of Heidelberg, University of Rome “Tor Functional screening of nef alleles Nicoletta Germany Vergata”, Italy derived from vertically infected Ireland Fullard, Irish Fred Hutchinson Cancer IMBB, Heraklion, Greece Determination of transcription children with different modality of John Research Center, Seattle, USA factor target genes involved in disease progression neural development Conrotto, Italian Ludwig Institute for Cancer IRCC, Turin, Italy Mass spectrometric analyses of McMahon, Irish Columbia University College of Biosciences Institute, Lineage relations of radial glia and Paolo Research, Uppsala, Sweden post-translational modification of Siobhan Physicians & Surgeons, Cork, Ireland their progeny in the developing hypoxiainducible factor 1 New York, USA rat spinal cord Galletti, Italian INRA, Versailles, France University of Rome “La Cell wall characterisation of Ara- Roberta Sapienza”, Italy bidopsis thaliana plants expressing Israel Arbesfeld, Israeli MRC, Cambridge, UK Sackler School of Medicine, Analysing the molecular function a fungal polygalacturonase Rina Tel Aviv, Israel of Axin and Dsh in the β-catenin Hofmann, Italian University College London, UK University of Florence, Italy Stoichiometry of nAchR α3β4 degradation complex Giovanna Ben-Aroya, Israeli Institute Curie, Paris, France Tel Aviv University, Israel Genomic location of the RFC-like Lucchetti, Italian INIA, Madrid, Spain INRAN, Rome, Italy Functional characterisation of Shay complexes in the yeast S. cere- Sabrina ATHB-1, a transcription factor visiae, and their role in DNA repli- related to plant responses to cation abiotic stresses Eldor, Israeli Hospital Cochin-Saint-Vincent Hadassah University Hospital, The effect of inhibition of Mapelli, Italian EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany European Institute of Oncology, Structural characterisation of the Roy de Paul, Paris, France Jerusalem, Israel NF-κB activity on pancreatic islets Marina Milan, Italy functional hetero-conformational survival following transplantation Mad2 oligomerisation Simovitch, Israeli Imperial College, London, UK The Hebrew University Faculty Finding the mammalian target of Martino, Italian MRC, Cambridge, UK University of Geneva, In vitro reconstitution of repressed Michal of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel newly discovered EHEC toxins by Fabrizio Switzerland chromatin in yeast two-hybrid system Massimiliano Italian MDC for Molecular Medicine, University of Bari, Italy Analysis of the transposition Spira, Israeli Southampton General Hospital, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Halofuginone, a collagen type I Marsano, René Berlin, Germany activity of bari1 transposon in Gadi UK Haifa, Israel inhibitor, affects hepatic stellate heterologous cellular systems cell survival and proliferation

100 www.embo.org/fellowships 101 EMBO short-term fellowship awards 2004

country name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest country Italy cont. Matassi, Italian University of Cambridge, UK Stazione Zoologica A. Dohrn, Computational genomics analysis Schippers, Dutch University of Warwick, UK University of Groningen, Transcriptional analysis of the early Giorgio Napoli, Italy of the gene duplication process in Jos Haren, The Netherands leaf senescence mutant old9 the urochordate Ciona intestinalis Smits, Dutch University of Lubeck, Germany Utrecht University, Elucidation of the crystal structure Paoletti, Italian Institute of Biotechnology, SISSA/ISAS, Trieste, Italy Application of new refolding Saskia The Netherlands of the main proteinase of Francesca Halle, Germany methodologies to human and toroviruses mouse neurotrophine Riccio, Italian The Babraham Institute, Second University of Naples, Influence of an imprinted YAC Banachewicz, Polish EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany Warsaw University, Poland Inhibition of amyloidogenic Poland Andrea Cambridge, UK Italy transgene on expression of genes Wiktor aggregates by small molecules flanking its integration site Russo, Italian Institute Pasteur, Paris France University of Padova, Italy High-resolution structural and Dawidowska, Polish University Medical Center Polish Academy of Sciences, Detection and assessment of Antonella replicative analysis of the common Malgorzata Rotterdam, The Netherlands Poznan, Poland minimal residual disease in ALL fragile site FRA6E, in normal and patients tumoural samples, by molecular Gagos, Polish ITC-CNR, Trento, Italy Agricultural University, Molecular organisation of polyene combing Mariusz Lublin, Poland antibiotic Amphotericin B in lipid Settanni, Italian MRC Centre for Protein University of Zurich, Protein folding kinetics investi- membranes: A research by Linear Giovanni Engineering, Cambridge, UK Switzerland gated by molecular dynamics Dichroism in Infrared Spectroscopy simulations of reversible folding Karawajczyk, Polish Federal Polytechnic School of Leiden University, A hybrid quantum mechanics– and experiments Anna Lausanne, Switzerland The Netherlands molecular mechanics approach to Spillantini, Italian University of Florence, Italy University of Cambridge, UK Alpha-synuclein involvement in the study of bleomycin activity Maria Grazia plasticity of the nervous system Król, Polish Cancer Research UK, Jagiellonian University, Development of a new protocol for Vallone, Italian University of Cambridge, UK University of Rome “La Structural biology of polyketide Marcin London, UK Kraków, Poland the efficient optimization of pro- Beatrice Sapienza”, Italy antibiotic crystallisation with tein–protein encounter complexes robotic technology Mlynarczuk-Bialy, Polish Charite Medical School, Centre of Biostructural 20S proteasome function and Vannini, Italian Technical University Munich, University of Pisa, Italy Isolation and characterisation of Izabela Dominika Berlin, Germany Research, Warsaw, Poland composition in chemosensitive Claudia Germany genes involved in adaptations to and resistant melanomas free-living and symbiotic lifestyles Raczynska, Polish CNRS, Strasbourg, France Insitute of Molecular Biology, Purification of proteins binding of polynucleobacter bacteria Katarzyna Poznan, Poland to the 3’ ends of mitochondrial Ventura, Italian University of Colorado, University of Rome “Tor How the suppression of Frataxin transcripts Natascia Boulder, USA Vergata”, Rome, Italy extends C. elegans lifespan Wojda, Polish CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France Marie Curie-Sklodowska Functional genomics analysis Verga Falzacappa, Italian EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany Burlo Garofolo IRCCS, Trieste, How does β-defensin-like antimi- Iwona University, Lublin, Poland of Drosophila innate immune Maria Vittoria Italy crobial peptide hepcidin modulate response the expression of iron metabolism genes? Pungercar, Slovenian University of Milan, Italy Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Cellular studies of toxic Slovenia Zappavigna, Italian Institute of Genetic Medicine, University of Modena, Italy Analysis of the role of Pbx1 in the Joze Slovenia phospholipases A2 Vincenzo New York, USA proliferation and terminal differen- Rozman, Slovenian IGBMC, Strasbourg, France University of Ljubljana, Molecular mechanisms of the tiation of chondrocyte precursors Damjana Ljubljana, Slovenia cAMP-dependent activation of using micromass mesenchyme mammalian lanosterol 14a- cultures from Pbx1–/– mutant mice demethylase gene CYP51 Rupnik, Slovenian Insitute for Medical University of Ljubljana, Isolation of host cell protease The Huibregtse, Dutch Gent University, Belgium Academic Medical Centre, Genetically modified Lactococcus Maja Microbiology and Hygiene, Ljubljana, Slovenia involved in processing of Netherlands Inge Amsterdam, The Netherlands lactis secreting IL-10; Mainz, Germany C. difficile toxin B (TcdB) a therapeutic approach for inflammatory bowel disease Aguado, Spanish Immunology Centre of University of Murcia, Spain Role of LAT as a platform for Spain Kooistra, Dutch FIRC Institute of Molecular University Medical Centre The role of Epac/Rap signalling in Enrique Marseille-Luminy, INSERM- intracellular signalling Matthijs Oncology, Milan, Italy Utrecht, The Netherlands endothelial cell-cell adhesion CNRS, Marseille, France Barrera Olivares, Spanish Utrecht University, Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Determinants of KcsA stability in Francisco The Netherlands Alicante, Spain lipid membranes

102 www.embo.org/fellowships 103 EMBO short-term fellowship awards 2004

country name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest country Spain cont. Cabrera-Poch, Spanish Erasmus Medical Centre, Institute of Biomedical Biological functions of kidins220, a Pastrana Izquierdo, Spanish EMBL, Monterotondo, Italy UAM, Madrid, Spain Retinal ganglion cell axonal Noemi Rotterdam, The Netherlands Research “Alberto Sols”, novel neuronal protein, only known Erika regeneration promoted by olfac- Madrid, Spain substrate of protein kinase D tory ensheathing glia: Determining Cordobés, Spanish MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology, University of the Basque Cloning of a gene responsible for the implication of BDNF through Shandra Marburg, Germany Country, San Sebastian, Spain a fungal autoregulator the employment of cellular popula- Cordón Preciado, Spanish IGH, Montpellier, France Cancer Research Centre, Origin choice in S. cerevisiae rDNA. tions derived from the transgenic Violeta Salamanca, Spain Involvement of silencing machinery mice trkB shc/shc and and gene expression trkB plcy/plcy Cubas Dominguez, Spanish John Innes Centre, UAM, Madrid, Spain Optical projection tomography of Porras Millán, Spanish Freiburg University, Germany University of Cordoba, Spain Importing glutaredoxin 2 of Pilar Norwich, UK arabidopsis axillary meristems Pablo S. cerevisiae into mitochondria: de Nadal, Spanish Insitute of Biochemistry, UPF,Barcelona, Spain Control of gene expression by the Mechanism and regulation Eulàlia Zurich, Switzerland yeast MAPK Hog1 Poveda Larrosa, Spanish IST, Lisbon, Portugal University Miguel Hernandez, Fluorescence studies on micro- Del Carmen Sanz Spanish The Salk Institute for Biological University Complutense of Isolation and differentiation of Jose Antonio Elche, Spain heterogeneity in biological systems Miguel, Maria Studies, La Jolla, USA Madrid, Spain stem cells Riolobos, Spanish Institute of Medical Virology, CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain Searching the nuclear import route Fernandez Valledor, Spanish Karolinska Institute, Scientific Park Barcelona, Spain Role of LXR in leukocyte Laura Giessen, Germany of the major parvovirus minute Annabel Stockholm, Sweden extravasation virus of mice capsid protein Giménez-Cassina, Spanish University of Oxford, UK UAM, Madrid, Spain Packaging of human genomic Alfredo locus of frataxin in a herpesvirus- Rodriguez Romero, Spanish INSERM, Paris, France University of Salamanca, Spain The apical localisation of GLUT2 based amplicon vector Marta in intestinal absorbing cells: Gonzalez Traves, Spanish London Research Institute, UK Health Institute Carlos III, Role of PKCε in IFN-γ mediated Respective roles of dietary sugar Francisca Madrid, Spain inflammatory response and insulin Herraez Spanish University of Heidelberg, University of Barcelona, Spain Construction and characterisation Zeini Moreno, Spanish University of Kaiserslautern, Health Institute Carlos III, Reciprocal regulation beween NO Hernandez, Elsa Germany of truncated mutants derived from Miriam Germany Madrid, Spain and HIF-1a activity in different cell a codon-optimized EHBsAG-S gene types Marsellach- Spanish University of Edinburgh, UK Institute of Molecular Biology, Analysis of the contribution of the Modamio Høybjør, Spanish University of Sussex, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Study of the inner ear expression Castellvi, Barcelona, Spain S. pombe multi KH-domain protein Silvia Brighton, UK Madrid, Spain pattern of the DFNA44 gene and Francesc Xavier vig to heterochromatin structure protein and function Martinez-Morales, Spanish Cajal Institute, CSIC, EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany FGF signalling role in chick retina Wennmalm, Swedish University of Basel, Karolinska Institute, DNA-binding properties of Sweden Juan-Ramon Madrid, Spain neurogenesis Stefan Switzerland Stockholm, Sweden homeodomain proteins studied Moreno Raja, Spanish Georg Speyer Haus Institute for Miguel Hernandez University, Search for peptide inhibitors of HIV by Fluorescence Correlation Miguel Biomedical Research, Alicante, Spain gp41-mediated membrane-fusion Spectroscopy Frankfurt, Germany Muñiz, Spanish Max Plank Society,Tübingen, University of Seville, Spain Role of Emp24 complex in cargo Cereghetti, Swiss University Hospital Zurich, University of Padova, Italy In vivo detection of prion protein Switzerland Manuel Germany recruitment into COPI vescicles Grazia Maria Switzerland RNA partners by CLIP derived from Golgi compartment Eberhard, Swiss The Weizmann Insitute of CERVI IFR, INSERM 74, Functional role of epithelium Nombela-Arrieta, Spanish CBR, Boston, USA CNB, Madrid, Spain In situ analysis of dock2- and Alexandra Sciences, Rehovot, Israel Lyon, France penetrating dendrites of mucosal César PI3Kg-deficient lymphocytes by dendritic cells multi-photon intravital microscopy Flückinger, Swiss University of Perugia, Italy SIAF,Davos Platz, Switzerland Cloning and characterisation of Ortín Pérez, Spanish Moredun Research Institute, University of Zaragoza, Spain In vitro transfection of molecular Sabine target vaccine antigens for the Aurora Penicuik, UK clones into culture systems for treatment of invasive aspergillosis obtaining a steady source of retro- Lesslauer, Swiss Sars International Center for University of Zurich, Shining light on the photoreceptor virus particles associated with Annegret Marine Molecular Biology, Switzerland synapse: Enhancer trap screen in respiratory neoplasm of small Bergen, Norway zebrafish ruminants

104 www.embo.org/fellowships 105 EMBO short-term fellowship awards 2004

country name nationality host laboratory host laboratory research interest name nationality host laboratory host laboratory research interest country Turkey Tufan, Turkish John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK Bogzici University, Characterisation of yellow rust Öpik, Estonian Scottish Crop Research University of Tartu, Estonia Molecular quantification of Halle Ann Bebek, Turkey resistance in wheat as NBS-LRR Maarja Institute, Dundee, UK mycorrhizal fungi using an expressed, DNA marker Al-Otaibi, Jordanian Stazione Zoologica Anton Bilkent University, Transcriptional control of system Hani Dohrn, Naples, Italy Ankara, Turkey Na/I symporter gene Tuna, Turkish The Weizmann Institute of Trakya University, Allopolyploidy induced genome Park, Korean Goteborg University, Sweden University of Saarland, Measurement of the mobilities Metin Science, Rehovot, Israel Tekirdag, Turkey evolution in the wheat (Aegilops- Yungki Saarbruecken, Germany of the p24 family members using triticum) group fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) United Kingdom Howard, British MRC, Cambridge, UK University of Cologne, Germany Interaction of the interferon- Pop, Romanian GBB, Groningen, University of Jena, Germany Analysis of the processing of Tat- Jonathan inducible p47 resistance GTPases Ovidiu Ioan The Netherlands dependent substrates by Bacillus with membrane phospholipids subtilis signal peptidases Kelly, British Karolinska Institute, University of Birmingham, UK Cellular phenotype and viral Dorokhov, Russian CNRS, Toulouse, France RAS, Moscow, Russia Partition of the linear plasmid pro- Gemma Stockholm, Sweden genotype in Burkitt’s lymphocyte Boris phage N15: The role of multiplicity Lancaster, British University of Witten/Herdecke, University of York, UK Specific activity of Colicin E3, and dispersion of centromeres Lorna Germany a ribosomal RNase Fedorova, Russian Wageningen University, RAS, Moscow, Russia Study of Rop GTPases and syntaxin Monk, British CNRS, Montpellier, France Imperial College, London, UK Epigenetics of placental-specific Elena The Netherlands in regulation of membrane fusion David imprinting in root of Medicago truncatula Winter, British Biocenter Oulu, Finland University of Glasgow, UK Prolyl 4-hydroxylase assembly Nikonova, Russian University of Innsbruck, Austria RAS, Moscow, Russia Study of specificity and of RNA- Alan and function: Ekaterina protein interactions: Effect of A nematode model system mutations in the ribosomal protein other Dickson, American University of Rome, Italy University of Edinburgh, UK Regulation of psd-95 mRNA by L1 on its target sites on rRNA and nationalities Kirsten the Fragile X mental retardation mRNA protein Perevyazova, Russian Max Plank Research Unit for RAS, Moscow, Russia Crystallisation of site-specific Eliscovich, Argentinian EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany UPF,Barcelona, Spain CPEB-mediated RNA localisation Tatiana Structural Molecular Biology, nickase BspD6I Carolina in spindles Hamburg, Germany Herrera Seitz, Argentinian MPI of Biochemistry, Institute of Biological Sciences, Chemotaxis in extreme halophilic Pindyurin, Russian EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany RAS, Moscow, Russia Genome-wide mapping of in vivo Karina Martinsried, Germany Mar del Plata, Argentina microorganisms Alexey DNA targets of the Drosophila Rodriguez, Argentinian The Rockefeller University, Centre for Molecular Biology, Crystallisation of the s32-DnaK Suppressor of Under-Replication Fernanda New York, USA Heidelberg, Germany complex (SuUR) protein Macreadie, Australian University Hospital of CSIRO, Victoria, Australia Cloning of the dihydrofolate Spániková, Slovak Utrecht University, Slovak Academy of Science, Cloning of genes of novel esterase Ian Lausanne, Switzerland synthase gene from Pneumocystis Silvia The Netherlands Bratislava, Slovak Republic from wood-degrading fungus jirovecii Schizophyllum commune Fedorovich, Belarusian INSERM UMR 641, Institute of Biophysics and Cell Role of calmodulin in regulation of Artamonov, Ukrainian MPI for Molecular Physiology, Palladin Institute of Study of N-acylethanolamines Sergei Marseille, France Engineering, Minsk, Belarus fusion between synaptic vesicles Mykhaylo Dortmund, Germany Biochemistry, Kyiv, Ukraine binding with serum albumin and the plasma membrane Ivakhno, Ukrainian Graz University of Technology, Institute of Molecular Biology Design and programming of Ganchev, Bulgarian Univeristy of British Columbia, Utrecht University, Biomembrane force probe investi- Sergii Austria and Genetics, Kyiv, Ukraine microarray/LS-MS/MS integrative Dragomir N. Vancouver, Canada The Netherlands gation of transmembrane peptides software package incorporated in biomembranes Nemazanyy, Ukrainian Royal Free and University Laboratory of Cell Growth Functional analysis of the interac- Pantchev, Bulgarian Tel Aviv University, Israel Sofia University, Bulgaria Identification of HK022 integrase Ivan College Medical School, Regulation, Kyiv, Ukraine tion between ribosomal S6 kinase Ivelin Yordanov variants performing IHF-independ- London, UK and CoA synthase: Implication in ent attP-attB integrative recombi- energy metabolism nation Rodnin, Ukrainian Institute of Structural Biology Institute of Molecular Biology Adenovirus structural genomics Vichev, Bulgarian Royal Veterinary College, Technical University, Effect of BMP-4 and Noggin on Mykola Jean Pierre Ebel, Grenoble, and Genetics, Kyiv, Ukraine Konstantin London, UK Dresden, Germany embryonic muscle stem cells in a Volodimirovitch France mammalian model Lagos Martinez, Colombian CNR, Genova, Italy Ciudad University, Identification of ion channels of Luisa Bogota, Colombia the parasite Leishmania

106 www.embo.org/fellowships 107 EMBO short-term fellowships: statistics

number and percentage of Country from applications % of total awards % of total success rate % year appl. awards success rate % short-term fellowship pattern of short-term fellowship Austria 11 0.70 8 0.88 73 1977 294 213 72 applications and awards 1977–2004 applications and awards Belgium 32 2.03 19 2.08 59 1978 349 244 70 2000–2004 Croatia 15 0.95 10 1.10 67 1979 344 243 71 Czech Rep. 40 2.53 23 2.52 58 1980 357 242 68 Denmark 22 1.39 12 1.32 55 1981 339 235 69 Finland 12 0.76 9 0.99 75 1982 321 213 66 France 133 8.42 78 8.55 59 1983 335 223 67 Germany 116 7.35 63 6.91 54 1984 320 226 71 Greece 69 4.37 44 4.82 64 1985 304 221 73 Hungary 40 2.53 24 2.63 60 1986 309 215 70 Iceland 6 0.38 3 0.33 50 1987 301 212 70 Ireland 16 1.01 9 0.99 56 1988 351 211 60 Israel 66 4.18 49 5.37 74 1989 331 199 60 Italy 245 15.52 133 14.58 54 1990 346 211 61 Netherlands 40 2.53 26 2.85 65 1991 344 194 56 Norway 8 0.51 5 0.55 63 1992 351 213 61 Poland 49 3.10 22 2.41 45 1993 376 209 55 Portugal 29 1.84 15 1.64 52 1994 369 203 55 Slovenia 19 1.20 11 1.21 58 1995 325 187 57 Spain 240 15.20 147 16.12 61 1996 316 180 57 Sweden 23 1.46 16 1.75 70 1997 339 188 55 Switzerland 18 1.14 7 0.77 39 1998 279 143 51 Turkey 34 2.15 11 1.21 32 1999 230 138 60 UK 59 3.74 37 4.06 63 2000 274 176 64 Eastern Europe 153 9.69 78 8.55 51 2001 233 124 53 others 84 5.32 53 5.81 63 2002 252 170 67 total 1579 100.00 912 100.00 58 2003 289 138 48 2004 301 167 55

108 www.embo.org/fellowships 109 EMBO short-term fellowships 2004: geographical distribution

applications awards

110 www.embo.org/fellowships 111 EMBO young investigators selected in 2004

EMBO young investigators selected in 2004 EMBO young investigators selected 2000, 2001, 2002 & 2003

name nationality institute research interest A Adams, Ralf F Fankhauser, Christian M Malnasi Csizmadia, Andras S Salecker, Iris Agami, Reuven Dutch/Israeli NKI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands DNA damage checkpoint Allain, Frederic Fernandez-Chacon, Rafael Mansuy, Isabelle Santos, Manuel Batista, Facundo Argentinian Cancer Research UK, London, UK B-cell activation and fate Alon, Uri G Glotzer, Michael Manzanares, Miguel Saudou, Frédéric Baum, Buzz British Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Genetics of the actin cytoskeleton Antonny, Bruno Gönczy, Pierre Marin, Oscar Schärer, Orlando D. London, UK Arber, Silvia Gonzalez-Reyes, Acaimo Martin-Bermudo, Maria D. Schedl, Andreas Behrens, Axel German Cancer Research UK, London, UK MAP kinase signalling Arkowitz, Robert H Hajnal, Alex Mattevi, Andrea Schleper, Christa Bertolotti, Anne French Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS), Paris, France Pathological protein misfolding Arribas, Joaquin Hassan, Bassem Mehlen, Patrick Schlötterer, Christian Bochtler, Matthias* German IIMCB, Warsaw, Poland Peptidases, proteases and protein Ashe, Hilary Haucke, Volker Meier, Pascal Schneitz, Kay degradation Averof, Michalis Helariutta, Ykä Mosialos, George Schwappach, Blanche Elena, Santiago Spanish CSIC-UPV, Valencia, Spain Experimental viral evolution B Barkai, Naama Helms,Volkhard Mota, Maria Spang, Anne Friml, Jiri Czech ZMBP,University of Tübingen, Germany Auxin transport Barr, Francis Hidalgo, Alicia Musacchio, Andrea Stock, Daniela Labib, Karim British Cancer Research UK, Manchester, UK Cell cycle regulation Barral, Yves Hirst, Judy N Nagy, Laszlo Suomalainen-Wartiovaara, Anu Levashina, Elena Russian IBMC, Strasbourg, France Vector-pathogen interactions in malaria Beja, Oded Holstege, Frank Nehrbass, Ulf Szabò, Ildikò Leys, David Belgian University of Leicester, UK Molecules at metabolic crossroads Berger, Frederic Hopfner, Karl Peter Neuhauss, Stephan T Tamagnone, Luca Mitchell, Kevin Irish Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland Genetics of axon guidance Bertrand, Edouard J Jansen, Ralf Nichols, Benjamin Tanaka, Tomoyuki Møller, Simon Geir Norwegian University of Leicester, UK Plastids in embryogenesis Blazquez, Miguel Jensen, Torben Heick Nissen, Poul Tavernarakis, Nektarios Poirazi, Panayiota Cypriot IMBB, Heraklion, Greece Computational modelling of the brain Briscoe, James K Khakh, Baljit Noselli, Stephane Teichmann, Sarah Spahn, Christian German Charité Medical School, Berlin, Germany Macromolecular machines Bujnicki, Janusz Knoblich, Jürgen O Otzen, Daniel Telford, Maximilian Sträßer, Katja German Gene Center, University of Munich, Germany Nuclear mRNA export C Casares, Fernando Konieczny, Igor Owen, David Therond, Pascal Stumpf, Michael German Imperial College London, UK Evolution of complex disease Christoforidis, Savvas Kunji, Edmund Owen-Hughes,Tom Trouche, Didier Voinnet, Olivier French IBMP,Strasbourg, France RNA silencing in plants and animals Collinson, Ian L Lappalainen, Pekka P Palková, Zdena Trumpp, Andreas Wutz, Anton Austrian IMP,Vienna, Austria X-chromosome inactivation Conradt, Barbara Lecuit, Thomas Pellizzoni, Livio Tuschl, Thomas Zeeman, Samuel British University of Bern, Switzerland Sugar export in plants Cosma, Maria Pia Lemaitre, Bruno Peracchi, Alessio U Uhlmann, Frank * EMBO/HHMI young investigator Cramer, Patrick Logan, Malcolm Perrakis, Anastassis Ulrich, Helle Currie, Peter Löwe, Jan Peters, Jan-Michael Ungermann, Christian D Davis, Daniel Lygerou, Zoi Philpott, Dana V van Aalten, Daan EMBO/HHMI scientists selected in 2004 de Gier, Jan-Willem Pierre, Philippe van den Ackerveken, Guido Delledonne, Massimo Posas, Francesc van der Goot, Gisou Mocsai, Attila Hungarian Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary Signalling in osteoclasts Dessen, Andrea R Radtke, Freddy van Steensel, Bas Dickson, Barry Reich , Ziv Vinkemeier, Uwe Dominguez, Maria Robinson, Robert W Wimmer, Ernst A. Donaldson, Anne Rodriguez, Ivan Z Zernicka-Goetz, Magdalena

112 www.embo.org/yip 113 EMBO young investigator application and selection statistics

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 country appl. awards appl. awards appl. awards appl. awards appl. awards Austria 9 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 average general statistics Belgium 8 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 age 34.8 for all young investigators Croatia 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 post-doctoral years 4.7 selected 2000 – 2004 Czech Republic 2 0 0 1 6 0 14 0 4 0 total number of publications 20.0 Denmark 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 last author 3.0 Finland 9 2 1 0 4 1 3 0 9 0 first author 9.1 France 72 5 17 4 26 4 26 2 17 3 This booklet contains the Germany 52 7 22 4 17 4 15 3 30 3 profiles of the young investi- Greece 82 12 41 30 41 no. % of total pre- and/or post-doctorate gators selected in 2002, 2003 Hungary 2 1 1 0 6 0 7 1 5 0 USA 83 68.0 spent in the USA and 2004. Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 To obtain a copy, e-mail Ireland 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 [email protected] Israel13271405150 no. % of total post-doctoral fellowships or download the PDF version Italy 22 1 6 3 14 3 11 1 14 0 EMBO 43 35.2 were received from the following at www.embo.org/ Netherlands 10 2 6 2 3 0 4 0 3 1 HFSP 29 23.8 international agencies publications/archive.html Norway 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 EU TMR 17 13.9 Poland 13 1 2 0 8 1 6 0 8 1 Portugal 9 1 6 1 2 0 2 1 3 0 Slovenia 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Spain 40 4 26 1 18 2 26 2 21 1 3rd EMBO Sweden 23 1 3 0 15 0 7 1 8 0 Young Investigator Switzerland 21 6 11 3 12 3 5 1 8 1 Meeting in June 2004 Turkey 8 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 United Kingdom 75 14 30 1 23 4 21 5 20 7 others 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 total 415 55 150 23 169 23 163 21 172 20

female 94 12 44 4 45 4 47 7 38 4 male 321 43 106 19 124 19 116 14 134 16

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young investigator George Mosialos FIMSA: NF-kB: Biology and Pathology USA – Snowbird, UT January 11–16 Volker Haucke ELSO 2004: Mini-symposium on Signal F – Nice September 4–8 lectures 2004 Tomoyuki Tanaka EMBL Seminar: Bi-orienting D – Heidelberg January 13 Recognition in Membrane Traffic Chromosomes on the Mitotic Spindle Frank Uhlmann 8th Workshop on Site-specific USA – Woods Hole, MA September 26 – Andreas Trumpp EMBO/SALK/EMBL Conference: D – Heidelberg April 17–20 Recombination and Transposition October 1 Oncogenes and Growth Control Frederic Saudou BSDB Autumn Meeting: UK – Birmingham September 27–29 Andrea Mattevi EMBL Seminar: D – Hamburg April 22 Genesis of the Nervous System Enzymes Acting on Biogenic Amines Frank Uhlmann EMBO Workshop on Cell Growth and ES – Salamanca September 30 – Christa Schleper EMBO/EMBL Conference in D – Heidelberg April 22–24 the Cell Cycle October 3 Molecular Microbiology Janusz Bujnicki Bioinformatics II – Methods, CZ – Brno October 13 Oded Beja EMBO/EMBL Conference in D – Heidelberg April 22–24 Technology and Software Molecular Microbiology Bas van Steensel 2nd EMBL/EMBO Symposium on D – Heidelberg October 16–19 Michael Glotzer ASCB Summer Meeting on Cytokinesis USA – Burlington, VT April 22–25 Functional Genomics: Exploring the Christa Schleper ASM Annual Meeting: Microbial USA – New Orleans, LA May 23–27 Edges of Omics Population Genomics and Ecology Maria Pia Cosma Seminar: Enhancing Effect of SUMF1, I – Pavia November 2 Philippe Pierre ENII-EMBO Workshop on F – Ile Les Embiez May 26–30 the Multiple Sulfatase Deficiency Gene, Mechanisms of Immunity on Sulfatase Activities Yves Barral Joint FEBS/EMBO Conference: FIN – Helsinki June 12–16 David Owen EMBO Conference on D – Heidelberg November 10–13 Cytoskeletal Dynamics Structures in Biology Andrea Dessen Gordon Conference on USA – New London, NH June 27–July 2 Helle Ulrich ASM Conference on DNA Repair & Bermuda – Southampton November 14–20 Bacterial Cell Surfaces Mutagenesis: From Molecular Bruno Antonny FASEB Summer Research Conference: USA – Snowmass, CO July 10–15 Structure to Biological Consequences Regulation and Biological Function of Karl-Peter Hopfner ASM Conference on DNA Repair & Bermuda – Southampton November 14–20 Small GTPases Mutagenesis: From Molecular Christian Ungermann FASEB Summer Research Conference: USA – Tucson,AZ July 24–29 Structure to Biological Consequences Protein Lipidation, Signalling and Membrane Domains Andrea Mattevi 11th Amine Oxidase Workshop – UK – St. Andrews July 25–29 Amine Oxidases: Function and Dysfunction Andrea Mattevi 22nd European Crystallographic H – Budapest August 26–31 Meeting Zdena Palkova 22nd Small Meeting on Yeast Transport P – Azores September 2–4 and Energetics (SMYTE) Andras ELSO 2004 F – Nice September 4–7 Malnasi Csizmadia Blanche Schwappach ELSO 2004 F – Nice September 4–7 Frank Uhlmann ELSO 2004 F – Nice September 4–7 Thomas Lecuit ELSO 2004 F – Nice September 4–7 Yves Barral ELSO 2004 F – Nice September 4–7

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practical courses 2004 Plant development: J. A. Feijó P – Oeiras March 22 – April 7 Solution scattering from D. Svergun D – Hamburg (EMBL) October 29 – Europe/EMBC The molecular and cellular basis M. Oliveira biological macromolecules R. Willumeit November 5 Structural characterisation of C.W. Müller F – Grenoble (EMBL) May 3–8 Serial analysis of gene expression F.Baas NL – Amsterdam November 8–13 macromolecular complexes: et al. et al. Modern techniques and strategies Gene quantification by V. Benes D – Heidelberg (EMBL) May 9–13 real-time qRT-PCR et al. Digital image microscopy I.T.Young NL – Delft May 10–14 Microarray technologies: W.Ansorge Japan, Tokyo March 14–21 practical courses 2004 et al. Applications in biomedical research et al. outside Europe Automated macromolecular A. Perrakis NL – Amsterdam May 25 – June 1 (A-IMBN/EMBO Course) structure solution et al. Electrophysiological concepts and W. Stühmer Brazil, Ribeirao Preto April 4–18 Microarray technology: W.Ansorge D – Heidelberg (EMBL) May 29 – June 5 techniques for studying cells et al. Genome – proteome – function et al. (ICRO/UNESCO/EMBO Course) Molecular genetics with the fission R. Egel DK – Copenhagen June 6–18 Molecular motors and the cytoskeleton L.C. Cameron Brazil, Rio de Janeiro June 7–18 yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe O. Nielsen (ICRO/UNESCO/EMBO Course) E. Carafoli Microinjection, transfection and W.Ansorge D – Heidelberg (EMBL) June 7–12 et al. detection of probes in cells et al. Phagocytosis and M.I. Colombo Argentina, Mendoza August 23 – Advanced techniques in U. Landegren S – Uppsala June 7–15 intracellular microorganisms et al. September 3 molecular medicine et al. (AMSUD-Pasteur/EMBO Course) (Joint EU/EMBO Course) Plant reproduction W-C. Yang China, Beijing August 25 – Transient kinetics applied to M.A. Geeves UK – Canterbury July 11–17 et al. September 7 biological macromolecules et al. Functional imaging in cell and P.Bastiaens India, Bangalore September 12–19 Animal models for development P.I.Ingham UK – Sheffield July 12–24 developmental biology R. Pepperkok and disease V.T. Cunliffe (NCBS/EMBO Course) K. VijayRaghavan Biomolecular simulation M. Nilges F – Paris July 18–25 et al. R. Wade Methods for protein simulation F.Meyer China, Shanghai September 13–24 Protein expression, purification and P.Tucker D – Hamburg (EMBL) August 11–18 and drug design et al. crystallisation (PEPC4) et al. (CAS/EMBO Course) Multidimensional NMR in R. Kaptein I – Il Ciocco, Lucca August 15–20 Proteomics and human diseases W. Hennig China, Wuhan September 13–26 structural biology et al. (CAS/EMBO/Tongji Course) et al. Cryo-electron microscopy and A. Hoenger D – Heidelberg (EMBL) September 5–14 Advanced methods in reconstructing J. McInerney Brazil, Rio de Janeiro November 1–5 3 D image analysis et al. molecular phylogenetic relationships et al. Anatomy and embryology of A. Marusic HR – Zagreb September 11–19 the mouse et al. Electron microscopy and stereology I. Fernandez F – Paris September 12–22 in cell biology et al. Receptor mechanisms and I. Kramer F – Bordeaux July 14–19 lecture courses 2004 (Joint FEBS/EMBO Course) signal transduction et al. Europe/EMBC Multi-photon imaging of W. Denk D – Munich October 11–17 3D structure databases – uses for K. Henrick UK – Cambridge September 20–24 living cells and tissues A. Konnerth biological problem solving J. Thornton et al.

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workshops 2004 Protein sorting in S. Tooze A – Goldegg January 13–18 Nuclear organisation – H.J. Lipps D – Elmau October 7–10 Europe/EMBC the secretory pathway et al. from basic science to application S. Gasser Epithelial polarity in development T. Lecuit F – Carry le Rouet March 27–31 et al. and disease et al. Frontiers of molecular biology R. Schroeder A – Vienna October 15–19 (Joint CNRS/EMBO Workshop) (EMBO Members Workshop) et al. A critical assessment of text mining A. Valencia E – Granada March 28 – April 1 Spatial and temporal dynamics of D. Holden E – San Feliu de Guixols October 16–21 methods in molecular biology et al. the endomembrane system H. Stenmark (Joint E-BioSci/EMBO Workshop) (Joint FEBS/EMBO Workshop) Telomeres and genome stability D. Rhodes UK – Cambridge April 3–7 Interpreting hedgehog-gli signalling I. Guerrero E – Madrid October 25–27 (Joint 58th Harden conference/ et al. (Joint Juan March/EMBO Workshop) A. Ruiz i Altaba EMBO Workshop) Pathogenesis of amoebiasis: D. Mirelman IL – Kibbutz Ein Gedi November 16–20 Recombination mechanisms: A. Nicolas F – Seillac May 24–28 From genomics to disease et al. 40th Anniversary meeting of S. West the Holliday model Advanced light microscopy: T. Nilsson S – Gothenburg May 26–28 4th International ELMI meeting et al. Cell signalling and development P.Ingham China – Shanghai June 28 – July 2 workshops 2004 Mechanisms of immunity P.Ricciardi Castagnoli F – Ile des Embiez (Var) May 26–30 (CAS/EMBO Workshop) K. Liao outside Europe (Joint ENII/EMBO Workshop) et al. et al. Molecular and developmental biology T. Kaufman GR – Kolymbari, Crete June 20–26 AIDS and TB: The way ahead S. Gordon South Africa – Cape Town November 30 – of Drosophila: et al. (Wellcome Trust/EMBO Workshop) et al. December 8 14th International EMBO Workshop Cell interactions in S. Cohen India – Hyderabad December 16–18 Mechanisms of genomic integrity N. Lowndes IRL – Galway June 21–24 development and disease L.S. Shashidhara (Joint SFI/EMBO Workshop) et al. et al. Molecular mechanisms of A. Bucheton F – Roscoff June 26–30 transposition, its regulation and D. Finnegan evolution AFM applications in biology L.V. Melo P – Lisbon July 7–9 (Joint FEBS/EMBO Workshop) et al. Lymphocyte antigen receptor and C.T. Baldari I – Siena September 11–15 coreceptor signalling et al. Calcium signalling and disease E. Carafoli I – Capri September 20–23 et al. Cell biology of virus infections J. Krijnse Locker D – Heidelberg (EMBL) September 25–29 et al. The Hsp90 chaperone machine D. Picard CH – Gwatt September 25–29 J. Buchner Cell growth and the cell cycle: S. Moreno E – Salamanca September 30 – XIII European cell cycle conference et al. October 3

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conferences 2004 Oncogenes and growth control A. Nebreda D – Heidelberg (EMBL) April 17–20 Europe/EMBC (Joint EMBL/SALK/EMBO Conference) et al. Molecular microbiology: Exploring V. de Lorenzo D – Heidelberg (EMBL) April 22–26 prokaryotic diversity et al. (Joint EMBL/EMBO Conference) Cytoskeletal dynamics: From cell biol- O. Carpén FIN – Helsinki June 12–16 ogy to development and disease P.Lappalainen (Joint FEBS/EMBO Conference) The ubiquitin proteasome system in R.J. Mayer UK – Cirencester September 6–10 health and disease C. Gordon (Joint 59th Harden/EMBO Conference) Structural biology at cross-roads: M. Wilmanns D – Hamburg (EMBL) September 15–18 From biological molecules to et al. biological systems (Joint EMBL/EMBO Conference) Functional genomics conference II: E. Furlong D – Heidelberg (EMBL) October 16–19 Exploring the edges of “omics” N. Barkai (Joint EMBL/EMBO Conference) et al. Structures in biology D. Suck D – Heidelberg (EMBL) November 10–13 (Joint EMBL/EMBO Conference) et al. 6th Community-wide experiment on A. Tramontano I – Gaeta December 4–8 the critical assessment of techniques et al. for protein structure prediction

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plenary lectures 2004 John Diffley Norwegian Biochemical Society N – Lillehammer January 15–18 Jonathan Jones 2nd EPSO Conference – I – Ischia October 10–14 Europe/EMBC Annual Meeting Interactions in Plant Biology: David Sherratt Cologne Spring Meeting D – Cologne March 3–5 Cells, Plants and Communities Cell Dynamics – Subcellular and David Baulcombe 33rd Annual Meeting of the DK – Fyn October 25–27 Cellular Movements Danish Society for Biochemistry Anton Berns 1st IEO-IFOM Meeting on I – Milan March 11–14 and Molecular Biology Cancer Research Elisa Izaurralde 14th National Congress of P – Vilamoura December 2–4 Charles Weissmann International Winter Meeting of CH – St Moritz March 24–28 Biochemistry the Swiss Society of Neuropathology Jonas Frisén 5th International EMBL PhD Students D – Heidelberg (EMBL) December 2–4 Davor Soltor Molecular Biology: IS – Reykjavík April 3 Symposium Future Prospects Symposium in Honour of Dr Gudmundur Eggertsson Jan Hoeijmakers Molecular Biology: IS – Reykjavík April 3 Future Prospects Symposium in Robin Lovell-Badge 8th ADNAT Convention: India – Hyderabad February 23–24 plenary lectures 2004 Honour of Dr Gudmundur Eggertsson Symposium on Comparative and outside Europe Denis Bray ESF-EURESCO EuroConference: E – San Feliu de Guixols May 8–13 Functional Genomics Bacterial Neural Networks Claudio Stern The Hunter Cellular Biology Meeting Australia – Hunter Valley March 24–26 Alfred Wittinghofer EMBL Symposium on D – Heidelberg May 14–15 Marjori Matzke Gordon Research Conference: USA – New Hampshire July 18–23 Lipid Binding Domains and Signalling Plant Molecular Biology Tony Hunter Dubrovnik Conference on HR – Cavtat May 21–27 Pere Puigdomènech Buenos Aires Plant Biology Lectures Argentina – Buenos Aires October 25–27 Cellular Signalling 2004 Series 2004 Nick Proudfoot ESF-EURESCO Conference: E – San Feliu de Guixols May 29 – June 3 Harald Zur Hausen NCBS International Workshop on India – Bangalore November 8–9 Gene Transcription in Yeast Cervical Cancer Iain Mattaj 29th FEBS Congress PL – Warsaw June 26 – July 1 Matthias Mann 2nd Australian Health and Australia – Sydney November 21–26 Christopher Dobson BioScience 2004 UK – Glasgow July 18–22 Medical Research Congress Dénes Dudits 14th Congress of the Federation of PL – Krakow August 23–27 Robert Huber 17th FAOBMB Symposium / Thailand – Bangkok November 22–26 European Societies of Plant Biology 2nd IUBMB Special Meeting / Yossih Shiloh European Radiation Research 2004: H – Budapest August 25–28 A-IMBN Meeting 33rd Annual Meeting of the European Pascale Cossart XXVI Annual Meeting of Chile – Valparaiso December 1–3 Society for Radiation Biology the Chilean Society for Microbiology Walter Neupert Bi-annual meeting of the Czech and CZ – Olomouc August 31 – Christopher Lamb XL National Meeting of the Argentina – Misiones December 5–8 Slovak Society for Biochemistry and September 3 Argentine Society for Biochemistry Molecular Biology and Molecular Biology (SAIB) Ueli Schibler 6th FISV Meeting I – Riva del Garda September 30 – October 3 Michael Neuberger 1st International Conference on H – Budapest October 3–7 Basic and Clinical Immunogenomics Andres Aguilera Jacques Monod Conference: F – Roscoff October 6–10 Biological Responses to DNA Damage

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name home country host laboratory home laboratory research interest participation of women in EMBO activities world Antsiferova, Russia Institute of Cell Biology, Institute of Highly Pure Roles of activin and follistatin programme Maria Zurich, Switzerland Biopreparations, in skin morphogenesis and fellows 2004 St. Petersburg, Russia wound repair total number of EMBO members women % year EMBO membership Caimi, Argentina Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Biotechnology Institute, Evolutionary relationships among 1191 13.7 2004 Karina Surrey, UK Buenos Aires, Argentina strains of Mycobacterium bovis: New tools to study the nature and pattern of bovine tuberculosis female participants % female speakers % EMBO courses & workshops Frankel, Argentina MPI, Golm, Germany University of Buenos Aires, Analysis of transgenic plants practical courses 56 27 Nicolas Argentina expressing the water-stress workshops 40 25 inducible gene Asr1 in sense and antisense orientations lecture courses 50.5 29 Gorenkova, Russia Central Institute of Mental Russian Academy of Medical Analysis of stress-induced conferences 40.5 21 Natalia Health, Mannheim, Germany Sciences, Moscow, Russia changes in gene expression profile in animals with active and passive behavioural coping: applications awards success rate % EMBO long-term fellowships Implications for animal models female applicants 533 (46.9%) 65 (39.9%) 12.2 (statistics for 2004) Lara-Gonzalez, Mexico Institut Pasteur, Paris, France Autonomous National Structural and functional studies of male applicants 604 (53.1%) 98 (60.1%) 16.2 Samuel University of Mexico, Mexico glycogen synthase Moghimi, Iran Erasmus University Medical University of Social Welfare & Establishing novel diagnostic test total 1137 (100.0%) 163 (100.0%) 14.3 Babak Center, Rehabilitation, Tehran, Iran for Thalassemia patients Rotterdam, The Netherlands applications awards success rate % EMBO short-term fellowships Rahman, Bangladesh University of Leicester, UK University of Rajshahi, Molecular mechanisms by which Habibur Bangladesh cis- and trans-acting factors regu- female applicants 161 (53.7%) 84 (52.2%) 52.2 (statistics for 2004) late alternative RNA processing male applicants 140 (46.3%) 83 (47.8%) 59.3 total 301 (100.0%) 167 (55.5%) 55.5

applications awards success rate % EMBO young investigators female applicants 269 (25.2%) 32 (22.5%) 11.9 (2000–2004 general statistics) male applicants 800 (74.8%) 110 (77.5%) 13.8 total 1069 (100.0%) 142 (13.3%) 13.3

* In July 2004 the World Programme Fellowships were integrated into the short-term fellowship scheme (see p. 53) applications awards success rate % EMBO young investigators female applicants 38 (22.1%) 4 (20.0%) 10.5 (statistics for 2004) male applicants 134 (77.9%) 16 (80.0%) 11.9 total 172 (100.0%) 20 ( 11.6%) 11.6

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contributions from EMBC member states (based on net national income at factor cost)

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Kerstin Hiester (left) organises meetings at EMBO and travel Eilish Craddock, (left) Personal arrangements. Seán Bourke Secretary to Frank Gannon, and welcomes visitors to EMBO at Pirkko Kokkosalo work in the the reception desk and takes Executive Director’s office. care of building matters

executive director’s Frank Gannon EMBO Executive Director [email protected] Iain Mattaj* Executive Editor The EMBO Journal office EMBC Secretary General Pernille Rørth** Executive Editor [email protected] Eilish Craddock Personal Secretary to [email protected] Frank Gannon Associate Editor [email protected] Frank Gannon Isabel Arnold*** Editor [email protected] Kerstin Hiester Administrator [email protected] Valerie Ferrier Editor [email protected] Pirkko Kokkosalo** Administrator [email protected] Connie M. Lee* Editor Thomas Lemberger*** Editor [email protected] EMBC Gitta Bourke Administrator [email protected] Astrid Lunkes Editor [email protected] Volker Wiersdorff Editor [email protected] EMBO council and Claudia Hagedorn Administrator [email protected] Claire Johnstone Editorial Assistant [email protected] membership Sophia Katsogiannos Editorial Assistant [email protected] Fiona Panayi*** Editorial Assistant [email protected] electronic information Les Grivell Programme Manager [email protected] Sara Quirk* Editorial Assistant programme Ole Hansen Technical Officer [email protected] Karen Thompson Editorial Assistant [email protected] Anne Seller Administrator [email protected] Sabine Rehberger-Schneider Mobility Consultant [email protected] Frank Gannon Senior Editor [email protected] EMBO reports Christine Blaumueller Science Editor [email protected] fellowship programme Jan Taplick Programme Manager [email protected] Holger Breithaupt News Editor [email protected] Liselott Ahlgren Administrator [email protected] Caroline Hadley Assistant Editor [email protected] Agnès Visser-de Matteïs Administrator [email protected] Susan Owens Science Editor [email protected] Laura Cortesi Assistant [email protected] Uta Mackensen Graphics Editor [email protected] Zeynep Dinsi-Yararli*** Administrator [email protected] Caroline Simpson Editorial Assistant [email protected]

courses and workshops Mary Gannon Programme Manager [email protected] Thomas Lemberger*** Editor [email protected] Molecular Systems programme and Kathy Oswald Administrator [email protected] Astrid Lunkes Editor [email protected] Biology world activities Laura Gordon* Student Trainee Felise Fortmann*** Administrator [email protected] Lindsay Johnson** Communications Officer [email protected] Communications Patricia Codyre*** Communications Officer (Web) [email protected] and Web science and society Andrew Moore Programme Manager [email protected] Uta Mackensen Graphic Designer [email protected] programme Alessandra Bendiscioli Administrator [email protected] Ellen Peerenboom* Communications Officer Lynne Turnbull Administrator [email protected]

young investigator Gerlind Wallon Programme Manager [email protected] Seán Bourke Reception/ [email protected] Reception and programme Kim Piggott Administrator [email protected] Building Administration Building Maintenance and women in the life sciences Luc van Dyck Executive Co-ordinator [email protected] European Life Sciences Forum

finances Bernhard Huber Financial Manager [email protected] * left during the course Bärbel Traut-Laur Administrator [email protected] of 2004 ** started in 2004 *** started in 2005

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practical courses 2005 Functional genomics: P.Ricciardi-Castagnoli I – Milan February 14–19 Structure determination of biological S. Grzesiek CH – Basel September 7–14 Europe/EMBC Making sense out of transcriptomes et al. macromolecules by solution NMR et al. From mice to cells L. Minichiello I – Monterotondo (EMBL) March 13–20 (Joint Biozentrum/EMBO Course) et al. Combination of electron microscopy J. Navaza F – Gif-sur-Yvette October 23–28 Optical techniques for cell physiology W.B. Amos UK – Plymouth March 30 – April 9 and X-ray crystallography in structure et al. and developmental biology et al. determination Analysis and informatics of A. Brazma UK – Hinxton (EMBL-EBI) April 4–9 microarray data et al. Quantification of gene expression by V. Benes D – Heidelberg (EMBL) May 28 – June 2 real-time qRT-PCR et al. RNAi and reverse genetics in C. Clayton Ghana – Accra January 10–21 practical courses 2005 Light microscopy in living cells N. Moreno P – Oeiras June 9–17 trypanosomes et al. outside Europe G. Cox (Joint TDR/EMBO Course) Microinjection and detection of R. Pepperkok D – Heidelberg (EMBL) June 13–19 Advanced optical methods in cell S. Ahmed Singapore January 17–28 probes in cells et al. and developmental biology E. Stelzer Exploiting anomalous scattering W. Shepard F – Grenoble (EMBL) June 15–21 (Joint BMRC/EMBO Course) et al. in macromolecular structure et al. Structural and evolutionary genomics. G. Bernardi Costa Rica – San Jose February 26 – March 2 determination Genome and RNA: Expression and et al. (Joint ESRF/EMBL/EMBO Course) functions BioXAS on metalloproteins and W. Meyer-Klaucke D – Hamburg (EMBL) June 14–19 (Joint ICRO/UNESCO/EMBO Course) organism tissue S. Mangani Bioinformatics and H. Ayadi Tunisia – Sfax March 24 – April 2 Advanced techniques in U. Landegren S – Uppsala June 15–22 genome data analysis A. Rebai molecular medicine et al. (Joint Institut Pasteur Paris/ICGEB/ F.Tekaia (Joint EU/EMBO Course) ICRO/UNESCO/IUBMB/EMBO Course) Microarray technology: C. Schwager D – Heidelberg (EMBL) June 20–25 Malaria functional genomics B. Crabb India – New Delhi October 9–21 From production to systems biology et al. (Joint TDR/HHMI/EMBO Course) et al. Electron microscopy and stereology J. Nebesarova CZ – Ceske Budejovice June 21–30 Genomics, proteomics and J.E. Allende Chile – Santiago October 11–23 in cell biology et al. bioinformatics et al. High-throughput methods for C. Cambillau F – Marseille July 4–13 (Joint ICRO/UNESCO/EMBO Course) protein production and crystallisation et al. Calcium signalling, with special J.R. Sotelo Uruguay – Montevideo October 16–29 Enhancer detection, gene trapping and T. Becker N – Bergen August 1–11 attention to cell motility and et al. TILLING in zebrafish et al. the cytoskeleton SNP genotyping and L. Peltonen FIN – Helsinki August 21–27 (Joint ICRO/UNESCO/EMBO Course) haploblock analysis et al. Functional microscopy of host G. Griffiths South Africa – Cape Town November 18–30 Methods in cell biology: D. Brunner D – Heidelberg (EMBL) August 22 – pathogen interactions et al. From single molecule to complex T. Surrey September 2 Microarray technology: Production L.M. Teran Mexico – Mexico DF November 20–26 systems analysis and applications et al. Image processing for E. Orlova UK – London September 4–14 cryo-electron microscopy H. Saibil Endocytosis and signalling M. Gonzalez D – Dresden September 4–15 during development et al.

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lecture courses 2005 Channels and transporters L. DeFelice I – Erice, Sicily May 31 – June 6 Molecular and population biology of K. Louis GR – Kolymbari, Crete July 24–31 Europe/EMBC B. Kanner mosquitoes and other disease vectors et al. Cellular and molecular biology of A.P.Pugsley F – Cargèse, Corsica June 20 – July 1 Regulation of mRNA turnover C. Moroni CH – Arolla August 28 – membranes et al. et al. September 1 (Joint FEBS/EMBO Course) Chromosome dynamics and J.L. Santos E – Madrid September 13–18 Molecular mechanisms in J.L. Bos GR – Spetses August 15–26 recombination in meiosis et al. signal transduction and cancer et al. Membrane dynamics in endocytosis M.S. Robinson E – San Feliu de Guixols September 17–22 (Joint FEBS/EMBO Course) (Joint FEBS/ESF/EMBO Workshop) H. Riezman Protein misfolding, protein A. Fersht GR – Spetses September 5–15 Cytoskeletal molecular motors J. Kendrick Jones UK – Cambridge September 18–22 modification and age-related diseases et al. (Joint 61st Harden conference/ R. Cross (Joint FEBS/EMBO Course) EMBO Workshop) F.Buss Mouse models for J. Auwerx F – Bischoffsheim September 17–23 The molecular and cellular M. Buckingham F – Fontevraud September 24–29 human disease P.Chambon mechanisms underlying skeletal J. Melki et al. muscle formation and repair L. Schaeffer (Joint FEBS/EMBO Workshop) Centrosomes and spindle pole bodies M. Knop D – Heidelberg (EMBL) September 23–27 workshops 2005 The road ahead: Future directions in E. Vivier F – Marseille January 13–15 et al. Europe/EMBC fundamental and clinical immunology et al. The assembly and function of P.Caroni CH – Ascona September 25–30 Meiotic divisions and checkpoints C. Jessus F – Cargèse, Corsica March 16–20 neuronal circuits et al. et al. Chromosome structural elements: F.Ascenzioni I – Rome September 29 – mRNA 3’ Ends: N.J. Proudfoot UK – Oxford March 17–19 From DNA sequence to function et al. October 3 Interconnections with transcription, J.L. Manley Frontiers of molecular biology M. Zylicz PL – Warsaw October 14–18 translation and mRNA turnover (EMBO Members Workshop) et al. Structural basis of papovavirus biology P.Amati I – Siena April 11–16 Principles of self-organisation in P.Bastiaens D – Heidelberg (EMBL) November 4–7 et al. living matter et al. Notch signalling in development and I. Screpanti I – Rome April 21–24 cancer et al. RNA control of neuronal function J. Yisraeli IL – Kfar Blum, Upper May 22–26 et al. Galilee Innate immunity in the lung S. Gordon South Africa – Cape Town November 30 – workshops 2005 Plant stem cells: Independent inven- C. Gutiérrez E – Madrid May 23–25 (Joint Novartis Foundation/Medical G. Brown December 2 outside Europe tions and conserved mechanisms et al. Research Council/EMBO Workshop) (Joint Juan March/EMBO Workshop) Molecular physiology of R. Padinjat India – Coorg November 30 – Invasive growth: P.M. Comoglio I – Candiolo (Torino) May 26–29 intracellular calcium signalling et al. December 4 A genetic program for stem cells, et al. Upstream and downstream of R.K. Mishra India – Hyderabad December 14–17 cancer, and cancer stem cells Hox genes F. K a r c h Biology of molecular chaperones. M. Zylicz PL – Zakopane May 28 – June 2 Heat shock proteins in molecular F.U. Hartl medicine: Misfolding diseases and cancer (Joint FEBS/EMBO Workshop)

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conferences 2005 Chromatin and epigenetics. G. Almouzni D – Heidelberg (EMBL) May 19–22 Fellows Meeting J. Taplick D – Heidelberg (EMBL) June 17–21 fellowship Europe/EMBC Alan Wolffe EMBO Conference et al. A. Visser-de Matteïs programme 2005 (Joint EU/EMBO Conference) Helicases and NTP driven nucleic acid P.Linder CH – Arolla July 5–10 machines: structure, function and roles S. Kowalczykowski in human disease Laboratory Management Course G. Wallon D – Heidelberg January 27–29 young investigator (Joint SNSF/EMBO Conference) (Course1, Part I) K. Piggott programme 2005 The biology of phosphatases D. Alexander UK – Cambridge July 10–14 Laboratory Management Course G. Wallon D – Heidelberg January 20–22 et al. (Course2, Part I) K. Piggott Ciliate molecular biology T. Clark I – Il Ciocco, Lucca August 3–8 EMBO/HHMI Meeting G. Wallon H – Budapest February 7–9 (Joint FASEB/EMBO Conference) C. Miceli K. Piggott J. van Houten B. Vertessy PSEUDOMONAS 2005: A. Filloux F – Marseille August 27–31 Laboratory Management Course G. Wallon D – Heidelberg April 15–16 A multidisciplinary exploration of et al. (Course1, Part II) K. Piggott current Pseudomonas research Laboratory Management Course G. Wallon D – Heidelberg April 22–23 (Joint FEMS/EMBO Conference) (Course2, Part II) K. Piggott Protein synthesis and M. Hentze D – Heidelberg (EMBL) September 13–18 Young Investigator Meeting G. Wallon D – Heidelberg (EMBL) June 22–23 translational control et al. K. Piggott Nuclear structure and dynamics G. Cavalli F – La Grande Motte September 24–28 3rd Symposium: Quantitative Biology G. Wallon D – Heidelberg (EMBL) June 24–26 et al. P.Bastiaens Nuclear receptors: J. Schwabe I – Lake Garda September 29 – B. Schwappach From chromatin to disease et al. October 1 K. Piggott Young Investigator PhD Course G. Wallon D – Heidelberg (EMBL) September 4–11 K. Piggott

joint EMBO/ESF Three-dimensional sensory and motor D. Wolpert E – San Feliu de Guixols October 8–13 symposia 2005 space: Probabilistic mechanisms of et al. learning and development in sensori- 4th International Teachers Workshop A. Moore D – Heidelberg (EMBL) May 13–14 science & society motor systems S. Bendiscioli programme 2005 Probing the molecular basis of protein M. Engelhard E – San Feliu de Guixols October 29 – Media Workshop A. Moore D – Heidelberg (EMBL) June 18 function through chemistry: et al. November 3 S. Bendiscioli Scope of chemical protein synthesis Special Session on Science & Society A. Moore PL – Warsaw October 17 Comparative genomics of eukaryotic J.-L. Souciet E – San Feliu de Guixols November 12–17 during the EMBO Members Workshop S. Bendiscioli microorganisms: Eukaryotic genome et al. ‘Frontiers of molecular biology’ evolution, approaches with yeasts 6th EMBO/EMBL Conference on A. Moore D – Heidelberg (EMBL) October 28–29 and fungi Science and Society: S. Bendiscioli Science and security H. Stefánsson

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