EMBC Annual Report 2007

EMBO | EMBC annual report 2007

EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY ORGANIZATION | EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY CONFERENCE EMBO | EMBC table of contents

introduction preface by Hermann Bujard, EMBO 4 preface by Tim Hunt and Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, EMBO Council 6 preface by Marja Makarow and Isabella Beretta, EMBC 7

past & present timeline 10 brief history 11 EMBO | EMBC | EMBL aims 12 EMBO actions 2007 15 EMBC actions 2007 17

EMBO & EMBC programmes and activities fellowship programme 20 courses & workshops programme 21 young investigator programme 22 installation grants 23 science & society programme 24 electronic information programme 25

EMBO activities The EMBO Journal 28 EMBO reports 29 Molecular Systems Biology 30 journal subject categories 31 national science reviews 32 women in science 33 gold medal 34 award for communication in the life sciences 35 plenary lectures 36 communications 37 European Life Sciences Forum (ELSF) 38

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appendix EMBC delegates and advisers 42 EMBC scale of contributions 49 EMBO council members 2007 50 EMBO committee members & auditors 2007 51 EMBO council members 2008 52 EMBO committee members & auditors 2008 53 EMBO members elected in 2007 54 advisory editorial boards & senior editors 2007 64 long-term fellowship awards 2007 66 long-term fellowships: statistics 82 long-term fellowships 2007: geographical distribution 84 short-term fellowship awards 2007 86 short-term fellowships: statistics 104 short-term fellowships 2007: geographical distribution 106 young investigators 2007 108 installation grant recipients 2007 109 young investigators 2000 – 2006 110 young investigators: statistics 112 young investigator lectures 2007 114 courses | workshops | conference series | symposia 2007 118 plenary lectures 2007 124 participation of women in EMBO activities: statistics 128 EMBO staff 132 events in 2008 courses | workshops | conference series | symposia 2008 136 other EMBO events 2008 140 organisations and ACRONYMS 142

➔ 3 preface EMBO 2007

I am pleased to introduce this annual report in- actively involved in these endeavours. While forming you of EMBO activities in 2007. My short participating in many of last year’s committee time as Executive Director has reinforced my con- meetings, I witnessed engaged and well-informed viction of the continuing relevance of our mission members prepared for critical discussion pre- and the unique asset of the EMBO membership to ceding decisions. This engagement is why EMBO guide us in achieving our goals. excels in the quality of its programmes and poli- Since 1964 EMBO has adhered to the found- cies. Indeed, the EMBO membership is more than ing principles of promoting molecular biology in an illustrious body of scientists with outstanding Hermann Bujard Europe and neighbouring countries. Accordingly, research achievements. It is, and always has been, EMBO Executive Director recognising and fostering of talented scientists a spirited academy of leading scientists who care and disseminating cutting edge scientifi c knowl- about future generations. edge are hallmarks of our programmes. They aim Dedicated EMBO staff members in Heidelberg at furthering our understanding of processes and ensure the successful delivery of all EMBO pro- mechanisms of living systems at the molecular grammes, activities and publications. The EMBO level and thereby contribute knowledge to meet Fellowship Programme – now also reaching out the challenges of a changing world. to molecular medicine to foster relationships In 2007 we have again seen outstanding between clinicians and scientists – again saw research achievements in molecular life science record numbers of applications for funding of with impressive contributions of members of our post-doctoral studies (see page 20). Eighteen communities. We are delighted with the recogni- scientists joined the EMBO Young Investigator tion of Sir Martin Evans who was awarded the Programme to benefi t from the networking and Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He is the career advancement initiatives offered (see page 45th Nobel Laureate in our membership. His dis- 22). Nine scientists were recipients of the EMBO coveries were crucial for present-day stem cell Installation Grants – the second year of this ini- research and together with his co-laureates, tiative that supports leading young scientists to Oliver Smithies and Mario Capecchi, he opened up return from abroad to set up their laboratories in new perspectives for the exploration of gene func- countries aiming to improve their research capa- tions in mammalian systems, obviously of utmost bility (see page 23). relevance to medicine. A hallmark of all these programmes is the The following report details the objectives, cultivation of contacts within each community operations and highlights of EMBO programmes, as exemplifi ed by the EMBO Fellows Meeting and activities and publications over the past year. the meetings of EMBO Young Investigators and Almost 800 of the 1300 EMBO Members are Installation Grant awardees. These meetings

➔ 4 www.embo.org | [email protected] spark exchange and initiatives across disciplines EMBO Gold Medal – a former EMBO Fellow and and countries. Young Investigator elected to EMBO membership Equally successful was the EMBO Courses in 2004 (see page 34). & Workshops Programme in which we sponsored Attention to the changing European research and co-organised over 70 practical courses, work- environment by both EMBO and EMBC allows shops and conference series, attracting more than the proactive introduction of new activities to 6,000 participants (see page 21). EMBO also joined benefi t our communities of members, young in- with EMBL and CERN to organise the conference vestigators and fellows. In 2007, EMBO Council Women in Science: The Way Forward (see page supported a recommendation by the ELSO Presi- 33). A renowned speaker faculty at the 8th Annual dent and EMBO Executive Director to incorporate EMBO/EMBL Science & Society Conference last ELSO into EMBO in late 2008. By doing so, we will November stimulated lively discussion related to address yet another community of young scien- The future of our species – Evolution, disease and tists – graduate and PhD students – and are confi - sustainable development (see page 24). dent that future EMBO Annual Meetings, to begin Our publications – The EMBO Journal, EMBO in 2009, will be signifi cant events on the calendars reports and Molecular Systems Biology – contin- of life scientists at all career stages. Importantly, ued to perform well over the past year and EMBO this annual meeting also will incorporate aspects Council supported the planned launch of a molec- of the EMBO Science & Society Programme and ular medicine journal in 2009 (see pages 28 to 31). hopefully stimulate public policy debate. Each year EMBO Members rigorously adhere Of course, this refl ection on the achievements to the election process of new members who of 2007 cannot be complete without recogni- have made signifi cant contributions to molecular tion of Frank Gannon, who retired as Executive life sciences. In 2007, 50 new members – ordinary Director of EMBO this past June. Frank’s tenure and associate – joined our ranks (see pages 54 of more than 13 years created a strong platform to 63). These new members, while enjoying rec- from which we will execute the EMBO mission as ognition by their peers, also join the academy we move forward. My sincere thanks to Frank for and thus participate in the guidance of our pro- this foundation and to EMBO Council and EMBC grammes, activities and publications. They ensure Delegates for the support I have enjoyed to date. continuous rejuvenation of the membership. Ten I look forward to the year ahead and to opportu- of the newly elected members were former EMBO nities for EMBO to further infl uence the direction Young Investigators. Thus, we observe interesting of European research by promoting excellence in transitions between our communities, as also molecular life sciences. ■ exemplifi ed by Jan Löwe, the 2007 awardee of the

www.embo.org | [email protected] ➔ 5 preface EMBO Council 2007

For EMBO, 2007 was a year of change, with the example, that giving more EMBO Fellowships departure of Frank Gannon in June and the sub- is a sensible, cost-effective use of their limited sequent appointment of Hermann Bujard, an funds? They will say that they have no interest EMBO Member since 1976, as Executive Direc- in sending, say, Swedes to the USA, and you can tor. Hermann is no stranger to EMBO. He was easily sympathize with this view. But it over- integral to the location of EMBO in Heidelberg looks the fact that the UK is a huge benefi ciary – and has previously served two terms on EMBO almost certainly a net gainer – of fi rst-rate young Council. The transition appeared seamless, scientists, hand-picked by an experienced panel Tim Hunt thanks to the devoted and experienced staff of judges. The postdocs and young investigators EMBO Council Chair and highly engaged and loyal EMBO Members come from all over Europe, and they greatly who ensured the high scientifi c standards were enrich research in the life sciences in the UK. maintained. We, EMBO, know that science makes progress EMBO aims to identify scientifi c quality, through clever, hard-working people, that mainly in people. Most of the budget is spent investment in the best people pays dividends, on fellowships, and we know we do an excel- while spending money on second-rate science lent job of identifying the best candidates who is a horrible waste. benefi t from the recognition and support as an A large fraction of EMBO personnel are edi- EMBO Fellow. The evaluation of applications is tors of our journals. Pernille Rørth left Heidel- extremely labour-intensive, and the Commit- berg for Singapore in 2007 but continues as Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard tee must read an unimaginably large pile of Editor-in-Chief of The EMBO Journal, keeping EMBO Secretary General paper. Applications number well over 1000 each in close touch with the team by regular video- year and continue to increase. We could give conferences. Likewise, Frank Gannon continues twice as many long-term fellowships without in charge of EMBO reports, with regular visits seriously compromising our standards, and we to Heidelberg. A plan to launch a new journal would love to do so: but this would require the devoted to molecular medicine has been incu- budget to double. This could only happen if the bating for some time. EMBO aims to set a good con tributors to EMBC would agree. example with its journals, and they bring in a While visiting the last EMBC meeting, I felt small but most welcome income that allows us that delegates from a number of EMBC Mem- to experiment with new ideas. I hope that those ber States appeared favourable to a substan- among you with medical connections will sup- tial budget increase. For smaller countries, the port our latest journal by submitting your best advantages appear obvious, but how can we work, as well as reviewing and advising. ■ convince the UK Medical Research Council, for

➔ 6 www.embo.org | [email protected] EMBC 2007

As an intergovernmental organisation, EMBC is are linked to the EMBO Young Investigator net- fortunate to rely on EMBO, an organisation of work. The programme is open for other EMBC scientists for scientists in Europe, to defi ne and Member States to join. execute its programme. During 2007 we aimed EMBC and EMBO responded to the Euro- at intensifying the communication between pean Commission’s Charter for Researchers EMBC and EMBO Council. and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of The development of the EMBL Advanced Researchers, welcoming all efforts to improve Training Centre (ATC) is an ideal opportunity to researchers’ careers. The co-ordination of so- intensify and expand the collaboration between cial security schemes and improving the port- Marja Makarow EMBC, EMBO and EMBL and to attract not only ability of pension rights are important aspects EMBC President European scientists but scientists worldwide. of the global scientist labour market. EMBC and With the launch of the European Research EMBO support the general principles applicable Council (ERC), competition for funds has in- to funders, employers and researchers as out- creased. But the support of the 27 Member lined in the Commission’s European Charter for States for EMBC continued with strong con- Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the viction to support frontier research at the in- Recruitment of Researchers. ternational level in the domain of molecular life In 2007, EMBC welcomed two new Member sciences. States, the Slovak Republic and Luxembourg. In addition to well-established elements of EMBC is opening up for worldwide co-operation, its General Programme, like the long- and short- with the drafting of a collaborative agreement Isabella Beretta term fellowships, courses and workshops and with South Africa, to be signed in early 2008. EMBC Secretary General the science and society activities, EMBC re- Australia recently signed an agreement with sponds to the needs of the scientifi c commu- EMBL and has now also approached EMBC to nity in a rapid and pragmatic way. An example explore possibilities for collaboration. of this responsiveness is the EMBC acceptance, At the end of 2007 Marja Makarow ended in 2006, of the EMBO Installation Grants Pro- her four-year term as President of EMBC and gramme as a special project. Croatia, the Czech left the Finnish delegation to the EMBC to Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Portugal and take offi ce as Chief Executive of the European Turkey participate to attract researchers, who Science Foundation in Strasbourg. ■ have spent a successful research period abroad, to establish laboratories in these countries. The second call in 2007 attracted 58 high-quality candidates, from whom nine were selected and

www.embo.org/embc | [email protected] ➔ 7 PAST & PRESENT EMBO EMBC EMBL EMBO | EMBC past & present

timeline & brief history pages 10 –11

aims EMBO | EMBC | EMBL pages 12 –14

EMBO actions 2007 pages 15 –16

EMBC actions 2007 page 17

➔ 9 EMBO timeline

1964 1966 1970 1974 1976 1986 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006

1963 19651969 1973 1975 1981 1991 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005

1963 Election of ﬁrst EMBO ofﬁcers 1986 EMBO Gold Medal launched 2001 EMBO moves to new building

1964 EMBO incorporated as 1991 EMBO East European Fellowships 2002 EMBO Restart Fellowships a non-profit organisation established (discontinued in 1994) initiated (integrated into long-term and appoints 200 members fellowship scheme in 2004); 1994 Frank Gannon appointed EMBO Award for Communication 1965 Raymond Appleyard appointed Executive Director of EMBO in the Life Sciences launched Executive Secretary of EMBO 1995 Review of Austrian Molecular 2003 Review of 1966 Funding for nine long-term and Biology Programme French Genopole System 22 short-term fellowships and the first three practical courses 1996 EMBO Lectures and EMBO 2004 EMBO Life Sciences Mobility Portal secured by the Volkswagen Members Workshop established; and E-BioSci go live; Stiftung EMBO Fellows Network started; Initiative for Science in Europe Science & Society Programme (ISE) established in conjunction 1969 Governments of 14 member founded with other organisations states establish the European Molecular Biology Conference 1997 Review of Finland 2005 EMBO Conference Series – (EMBC) Biotechnology Programme first call for applications; Award of EMBO/HHMI Startup Grants 1970 Formal ratification of EMBC 1998 European Biotechnology Node in support of research in Central for Interaction with China (EBNIC) Europe; 1973 John Tooze appointed established under EMBO EMBO and Nature Publishing Group Executive Secretary of EMBO co-ordination launch Molecular Systems Biology journal; 1974 EMBL established by EMBC 1999 Sectoral meetings started; Reviews of CNB and life sciences Review of Hungarian biology strategy of Spanish National Research 1975 EMBO Annual Symposium Council (CSIC) (discontinued 1994) 2000 EMBO reports launched; E-BioSci, Young Investigator Programme 2006 EMBO Installation Grants launched and 1976 Statement from EMBO on and World Programme first awardees selected recombinant DNA technology initiated (integrated across several EMBO programmes in 2004); 2007 EMBO Molecular Medicine Fellowships 1981 The EMBO Journal launched ELSF established in conjunction launched with other organisations

➔ 10 brief history

History The origins of EMBO date back to 1963, when a The EMBO Council worked hard to secure group of leading European biologists gathered long-term funding for EMBO and in 1969 the in Ravello, Italy to discuss proposals by John governments of 14 member states established Kendrew and Conrad Waddington to establish the European Molecular Biology Conference an organisation and laboratory for co-opera- (EMBC). Formal ratifi cation followed in 1970. tion in molecular biology. Both proposals were EMBC adopted the activities started with the endorsed and later, in July 1964, the European Volkswagen funding and these became known Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) was of- as the EMBC General Programme. Soon after its fi cially born. foundation, EMBC also accepted a proposal by The Ravello meeting laid down two initial EMBO to establish a European laboratory. As a goals for EMBO – the creation of a central labora- result, 10 EMBC Member States came together tory and the establishment of networking activi- in 1974 to form EMBL as an independent inter- ties to enhance interactions between scientists governmental organisation. across Europe. To pursue these goals, two com- Today EMBC has grown to 27 member states mittees were set up. The efforts of the Labora- including most of the European Union (EU) and tory Committee led to the establishment of the some neighbouring countries. Thanks to EMBC European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). funding and the success of The EMBO Journal, The Federal Organisation Committee became EMBO has been able to expand its scope dra- the motor for the EMBO Fellowship Programme matically over the years, particularly in the past and Courses & Workshops Programme. decade (see timeline opposite). Every year thou- The Ravello meeting also saw the election sands of scientists benefi t from EMBO training, of Max Perutz as the fi rst EMBO Chairman and career development and networking activities. John Kendrew as Secretary General. Thanks to The organisation also plays an increasing role in the efforts of another EMBO founding member, European science policy. Eduard Kellenberger, EMBO was awarded offi - With a current membership of over 1,300 of cial legal status on 12 July 1964. The Volkswa- Europe’s leading life scientists and 80 associate gen Foundation provided start-up funding for members worldwide, EMBO has become a focal the organisation and EMBO initiated its fi rst net- point of the European life sciences community working activities including fellowships, practi- and a major catalyst for high-quality research. ❚ cal courses and the election of 200 biologists as the fi rst EMBO Members.

www.embo.org/about_embo/history.html ➔ 11 aims EMBO | EMBC | EMBL

EMBO The European Molecular Biology Organization Scientifi c publishing is another mainstay of (EMBO) works with leading researchers to pro- EMBO. The EMBO Journal and EMBO reports are mote excellence in the molecular life sciences already well established in the scientifi c litera- in Europe. The organisation supports training ture with a reputation for quality and innovation. and exchange at all stages of the scientifi c ca- Molecular Systems Biology aims to set the same reer, promoting collaboration across Europe standards in the emerging fi eld of molecular and worldwide. EMBO activities are funded pre- systems biology. Published exclusively online, dominantly by the European Molecular Biology the open-access journal is the fi rst electronic Conference (EMBC) as part of the EMBC General publication to be dedicated to this fi eld. Programme. EMBO takes its lead from the scientifi c com- Through EMBC, EMBO supports over 600 munity and in particular the EMBO Members. research fellowships annually and more than EMBO elects new members annually on the 70 practical courses, workshops and confer- basis of excellence in research. With over 1,300 ence series. The EMBO Young Investigator Pro- EMBO Members in Europe and more than 80 gramme promotes outstanding young group associate members worldwide, the organisation leaders across Europe, while EMBO Installation provides a dedicated focal point for the Euro- Grants strengthen scientifi c development in pean life sciences community. EMBO Members selected EMBC Member States. EMBC also sup- are some of the leading researchers in Europe. ports the EMBO Science & Society Programme, Forty-fi ve scientists from the EMBO member- promoting dialogue between scientists and oth- ship have received the Nobel Prize. The mem- er sectors of society, and its Electronic Informa- bership provides valuable input to EMBO in all of tion Programme, providing web-based services its activities, in particular through participation to EMBO and its communities. in the EMBO committees. EMBO also funds initiatives independently. The EMBO Council is engaged intensely in These activities are developed based on careful EMBO actions, contributing strategically to the analysis of the needs of the European life sci- direction of the organisation. Comprising 15 ences community. Start-up funding comes pri- EMBO Members, elected by the membership, marily from EMBO publications and occasionally the Council meets annually with EMBO man- from European Union (EU) grants or collabora- agement to discuss and review EMBO activities. tions with international organisations. EMBO A dedicated team of managers, administrators pilots these activities to determine the poten- and editors deliver these activities at the EMBO tial benefi t of adding them to the EMBC General headquarters in Heidelberg, Germany. ■ Programme.

➔ 12 www.embo.org | [email protected] EMBC The European Molecular Biology Conference Selected EMBC Member States also fund the (EMBC) is the intergovernmental organisation new EMBO Installation Grants, awarded to sci- that contributes the core funding of EMBO. entists establishing research groups in their Through the contributions of its 27 member countries (see page 23). states, EMBC supports and fi nances the major- Both EMBC and EMBO are driven by a com- ity of EMBO activities, providing quality scientifi c mon commitment to quality research at the initiatives at a pan-European level. EMBC mem- pan-European level. The actions of both organi- bership includes most of the European Union sations are characterised by selection on the (EU) and a number of neighbouring countries grounds of quality and a strong co-operation (see table). with the scientifi c community. EMBC has deci- EMBC funds a wide range of EMBO activi- sion-making power over the funding and devel- ties as part of its General Programme (see oppo- opment of EMBO activities associated with the site page). The EMBO Fellowship Programme, EMBC General Programme, while EMBO has full Courses & Workshops Programme and Young responsibility for their delivery. EMBC monitors Investigator Programme are the main recipi- EMBO activities and the overall programme is ents of funding, but EMBC also supports other decided when the EMBC Delegates meet twice important actions such as the EMBO Science & annually in conference. ■ Society and Electronic Information Programmes.

EMBC Member States The following countries are member states of the European Molecular Biology Conference (EMBC):

➔ Austria ➔ France ➔ Italy ➔ Slovenia ➔ Belgium ➔ Germany ➔ Luxembourg ➔ Spain ➔ Croatia ➔ Greece ➔ The Netherlands ➔ Sweden ➔ Czech Republic ➔ Hungary ➔ Norway ➔ Switzerland ➔ Denmark ➔ Iceland ➔ Poland ➔ Turkey ➔ Estonia ➔ Ireland ➔ Portugal ➔ United Kingdom ➔ Finland ➔ Israel ➔ The Slovak Republic

Special provisions also exist for Cyprus.

➔ For the scale of contributions by the individual EMBC Member States, see page 49.

www.embo.org/embc | [email protected] ➔ 13 aims EMBO | EMBC | EMBL

EMBL The creation of a central molecular biology labo- states; to provide high-level training to staff, ratory was one of the founding goals of EMBO. students and visitors; to develop new instrumen- The early efforts of the EMBO Laboratory Com- tation for biological research; and to transfer the mittee, the EMBO Council and EMBC led to the beneﬁ ts of new discoveries and technologies to subsequent establishment of the European society. These core functions are complement- Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). In 1974 ed by outreach activities in the areas of science EMBL became an independent entity supported and society and training for science teachers. by a subset of EMBC Member States. Today 20 EMBL, EMBO and EMBC are independent organi- of the EMBC Member States are also member sations but all three act in a mutually supportive countries of EMBL. manner, both at a strategic and practical level. EMBL has ﬁ ve core missions: to conduct Full details of EMBL activities can be found in basic research in molecular biology; to provide the EMBL Annual Report or on the laboratory’s essential services to scientists from its member website at www.embl.org. ■

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

➔ 14 www.embl.org EMBO actions 2007

The annual meeting of EMBO Council took place ➔ EMBO Council approved the appointments of EMBO Offi cers & Council 2007 on 10 –11 October 2007. Major decisions from Gerlind Wallon and Jan Taplick as Deputy Direc- Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard the meeting are listed below along with other tors of EMBO beginning in 2008. Secretary General, EMBO important EMBO actions that are not described Tim Hunt elsewhere in this report. Chair, EMBO Council Financial matters Anton Berns ➔ The EMBO Council unanimously approved the Vice-Chair, EMBO Council budget for EMBO activities for 2008. This fund- Margaret Buckingham Council, committee and ing comes from income generated by EMBO Roberto di Lauro membership elections publications and supplements the EMBC fi nanc- Ingrid Grummt ➔ Tim Hunt was re-elected as Chair of EMBO ing of the EMBO Fellowship, Young Investigator, Ari Helenius Council for 2008. Anton Berns was re-elected as Courses & Workshops and Science & Society Daniel Louvard Vice-Chair of EMBO Council for 2008. Christiane Programmes. It is also used to pilot EMBO ac- Carlos Martínez-A. Nüsslein-Volhard was re-elected as Secretary tivities that are not part of the EMBC General Marjori Matzke General of EMBO. Programme. One current example is the EMBO Daniela Rhodes Molecular Medicine Fellowships. This funding Benny Shilo ➔ Anton Berns and Daniel Louvard were re- also ensures that EMBO has the adequate staff David Shore elected to Council by the membership for the and infrastructure to fulfi l its responsibilities Kai Simons period 2008 – 2010. Carl-Henrik Heldin was new- to the EMBO Members and the EMBC Member Gunnar von Heijne ly elected and Maria Blasco, Roberto di Lauro States. Maciej Żylicz and Ferenc Nagy were co-opted for the same See pages 52 – 53 for a complete period. ➔ The EMBO Council determined that an ex- list of the 2008 EMBO Council and traordinary strategy meeting should be sched- Committee members. ➔ Fifty EMBO Members were elected in the uled in early 2008. 2007 membership election, eight of these associate members. Details of the individual EMBO Valeria Kaplan Members are listed on pages 54 – 63. EMBO programmes is the new administrator for & publications the EMBO membership and EMBO Council. ➔ Former Executive Director, Frank Gannon ➔ EMBO will continue to plan for the launch of a retired from EMBO at the end of June 2007. Molecular Medicine Journal in early 2009. Departures ➔ Hermann Bujard took up the position of ➔ EMBO will establish a working party to defi ne Claudia Hagedorn Executive Director as of July 2007. the future direction of publication activities. EMBO Membership and Council Administrator

www.embo.org | [email protected] ➔ 15 EMBO actions 2007

Bernhard Huber EMBO/EMBL Co-operation ➔ French cell biologists, Ali Saib and Christian Financial Manager ➔ The EMBO Council selected two EMBO Mem- Sardet, received the 2007 EMBO Award for and bers, Marc Kirschner and Andrew Murray, to Communication in the Life Sciences (see page represent EMBO on the EMBL Scientifi c Advi- 35). Bärbel Traut-Laur sory Committee. Finance Administration Meetings are responsible for ➔ EMBO will continue planning with EMBL on ➔ The annual EMBO Members Workshop was EMBO’s fi nances. developing joint EMBO/EMBL Symposia to be held in Barcelona, Spain on 26–29 October held in the new EMBL Advanced Training Centre 2007. The meeting featured a lecture by Aaron (ATC) after its opening in 2009. Ciechanover, Nobel Laureate and EMBO Member, on the ubiquitin system and a media EMBO/ELSO fusion communication workshop. ➔ The European Life Sciences Organization (ELSO) will be incorporated into EMBO following ➔ The EMBO Executive Director and EMBO EMBO Committee Chairs 2007 the 2008 ELSO Annual Meeting. Managers were engaged in a variety of other Maria Leptin meetings and collaborations – in particular with Chair, EMBO Membership Committee ➔ EMBO will work with ELSO to organize and the Federation of European Biochemical Socie- Anthony Pugsley promote the 2008 ELSO Meeting and, beginning ties (FEBS) and the various programmes of the Chair, EMBO Fellowship Committee in 2009, will hold an annual scientifi c meeting, European Commission (EC). Pico Caroni the EMBO Annual Meeting. Chair, EMBO Course Committee ➔ EMBO held the Women in Science: The Way Regine Kahmann ➔ Tim Hunt and Kai Simons will represent the Forward conference in Heidelberg on 9 –11 May, Chair, EMBO Council on the Organising Committee of organized within SET-Routes, a joint project EMBO Young Investigator Committee the fi rst EMBO Annual Meeting in 2009. with EMBL and CERN, and fi nanced by the EU Roberto Sitia 6th Framework programme. The conference Chair, Other EMBO activities focused on moving forward to fi nd concrete EMBO Science & Society Committee Awards ways to improve the prospects of women work- Eric Westhof ➔ Jan Löwe of the Medical Research Council’s ing in science (see page 33). Chair, EMBO Publications Laboratory of Molecular Biology (UK) won the & Electronic Information Committee 2007 EMBO Gold Medal for his work elucidating ➔ EMBO continues to drive and participate in See pages 52 – 53 for a complete the structure and function of proteins involved the activities and meetings of the European list of the current EMBO Council and in bacterial cytoskeleton and cell division (see Life Sciences Forum (ELSF) and the Initiative for Committee members. page 34). Science in Europe (ISE) (see page 38). ■

➔ 16 www.embo.org | [email protected] EMBC actions 2007

In 2007, two formal sessions of EMBC were held Reports on EMBO/EMBC activities EMBC ofﬁ cers for 2007 in Heidelberg and Hamburg. The EMBC Strate- ➔ At each of its formal sessions, EMBC heard Marja Makarow (Finland) gic Working Party also met once and a meeting a report on the delivery by EMBO of the EMBC President of the Financial Advisory Group took place in General Programme. At its July session, the Krešimir Pavelić (Croatia) Portorož (Slovenia). The decisions and actions EMBC welcomed the new Executive Director of Peter Weisbeek (Netherlands) resulting from these meetings are listed below. EMBO, Professor Hermann Bujard. Vice-Presidents

Isabella Beretta (Switzerland) ➔ The EMBC Special Project supporting Strate- Secretary General EMBC Ofﬁ cers gic Development Installation Grants (known as ➔ Peter Weisbeek (Netherlands) was elected the EMBO Installation Grants scheme) received Brita Beije (Sweden) Chair, Financial Advisory Group/ President for 2008. Krešimir Pavelić (Croatia) 58 applications. Nine scientists were selected Audit Committee was re-elected Vice-President and Claudio to receive funding from the seven participating Sunkel (Portugal) was elected Vice-President for member states as of 2008. Maria José Almeida (Portugal) Vice-Chair, Financial Advisory Group/ the ﬁ rst time. Audit Committee ➔ A joint declaration by both EMBC and EMBO ➔ Isabella Beretta (Switzerland) was re-appoint- on the EC’s European Charter for Researchers ed EMBC Secretary General. was signed and sent to the EC. EMBO and EMBC will continue to monitor developments in this ➔ Maria José Almeida (Portugal) was elected area. Chair of the Financial Advisory Group and the Audit Committee for 2008. Paula Heppner (Ger- ➔ A detailed report on the quality analysis of many) was elected Vice-Chair of the Financial the EMBO Young Investigator Programme was Strategic Working Party 2007 Advisory Group and the Audit Committee. presented. ■ Ahmet Ademoğlu (Turkey) Brita Beije (Sweden) Isabella Beretta (Switzerland) Financial matters Eckhart Curtius (Germany) ➔ EMBC accepted the accounts for 2006 and Julien Galabru (France) noted the reports of the external and internal Marja Makarow Chair (Finland) auditors. Juan Modolell (Spain) Gitta Bourke Krešimir Pavelić (Croatia) ➔ EMBC started its discussions on the next is the administrator Glauco Tocchini-Valentini (Italy) draft indicative scheme covering the period for EMBC, located in Peter Weisbeek (Netherlands) the EMBO building. 2010 – 2015. Douglas Yarrow (United Kingdom)

www.embo.org/emc | [email protected] ➔ 17 EMBO title

EMBO & EMBC PROGRAMMES & ACTIVITIES 2007

➔ 18 www.embo.org | [email protected] EMBO | EMBC programmes and activities

fellowship programme page 20

courses & workshops programme page 21

young investigator programme page 22

installation grants page 23

science & society programme page 24

electronic information programme page 25

➔ 19 EMBO fellowship programme

Jan Taplick Renowned for its strict attention to scientiﬁ c excellence, the EMBO Fellowship Programme Programme Manager has supported thousands of talented young scientists since its launch in the 1960s. EMBO Fellowships support post-doctoral and pre-doctoral research visits of varying duration to laboratories throughout the EMBC Member States and internationally. Liselott Maidment Administrator ■ Approximately 200 long-term fellowships 2007 HIGHLIGHTS Long-term fellowships and 200 short-term fellowships awarded ➔ EMBO Long-Term Fellowships annually 1288 applicants / 212 awards Agnès Visser-de Matteïs 16 % success rate Administrator ■ Annual EMBO Fellows Meeting for fellows in Short-term fellowships the ﬁ nal year of their long-term fellowship ➔ EMBO Short-Term Fellowships 409 applicants / 211 awards ■ EMBO Fellows Network forging links between 52 % success rate EMBO Fellows past and present ➔ EMBO Fellows Meeting ■ Professional training for long-term fellows 22 – 25 June 2007 including EMBO Laboratory Management Heidelberg, Germany Courses (see page 22) and EMBO Media 78 participants Workshops (see page 24) ➔ EMBO Laboratory Management Courses ■ Special conditions for EMBO Fellows with for long-term fellows children (see page 33)

➔ For long-term fellowship trends and statistics, see pages 66 – 85 ➔ For short-term fellowship trends and statistics, see pages 86 –107

➔ 20 www.embo.org/fellowships | [email protected] http://fellowsnet.embo.org | [email protected] courses & workshops programme

The EMBO Courses & Workshops Programme has a long-standing reputation in scientiﬁ c Maria Barbosa training. The programme funds high-quality meetings, providing training on a range of Programme Manager molecular biology topics to scientists at all career stages. A careful selection process ensures that only the best and most novel meetings are funded. Anne Seller ■ Over 70 meetings funded annually, attracting 2007 HIGHLIGHTS Administrator approximately 6,000 participants ➔ EMBO Practical Courses 23 applications / 18 funded* ■ Varied training including practical courses, 8 applications / 8 funded** Lynne Turnbull workshops and conference series on a wide Administrator range of novel topics ➔ EMBO Workshops Online HelpDesk 39 applications / 24 funded* ■ Joint activities sponsored with other scientiﬁ c 1 application / 1 funded** organisations such as EMBO-ESF Symposia ➔ EMBO Conference Series ■ Maximum grant of € 30,000 per meeting 21 applications / 14 funded* depending on budgetary requirements ➔ EMBO Lecture Courses ■ Travel grants for practical course participants 3 applications / 2 funded* from selected countries 2 applications / 0 funded**

■ Free online HelpDesk service assists organis- ➔ ESF-EMBO Symposia ers with websites, posters and online applica- 12 applications / 5 funded tion / registration ➔ HelpDesk service 35 websites, 29 posters Departures ➔ For a list of all courses, workshops and conferences * Within Europe (EMBC) Mary Gannon in 2007, see pages 118 –122 ** Outside Europe Programme Manager ➔ For a list of 2008 courses, workshops and Marion Poth conferences, see pages 136 –139 Administrator

www.embo.org/courses_workshops | [email protected] ➔ 21 EMBO young investigator programme

Gerlind Wallon The EMBO Young Investigator Programme supports outstanding young group leaders in Programme Manager the early years of their independent careers. Launched in 2000, the programme currently supports a network of over 200 scientists in 23 EMBC Member States. The young investigators benefi t from unique networking and training opportunities designed to raise their Kim Krynauw profi le, widen their network and support their research groups. Administrator ■ Approximately 20 EMBO Young Investigators 2007 HIGHLIGHTS selected annually ➔ EMBO Young Investigator Programme 131 applicants / 18 awards ■ Networking support through annual meet- 14 % success rate ings, laboratory exchanges and EMBO Mem- ber mentorship ➔ 7th EMBO Young Investigator Meeting 13 –15 June 2007 | EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany ■ Promotional activities including sponsorship of lectures at international meetings and ➔ EMBO Young Investigator Lectures distribution of a brochure profi ling the young 47 lectures sponsored at international meetings investigators ➔ EMBO Laboratory Management Courses ■ Training opportunities such as laboratory and Advanced Leadership Courses ➔ For a list of EMBO Young Inves tigators management courses, an annual PhD course For young group leaders and EMBO Fellows selected in 2007, see page 108 for the young investigators’ students and satellite meetings on different topics ➔ 6th EMBO Young Investigator PhD Course ➔ For programme statistics and 23 – 30 September 2007 | Heidelberg, Germany EMBO Young Investigator Lectures in ■ Annual award of € 15,000 plus possible top- 36 participants 2007, see pages 110 –117 up funds from EMBO ➔ 1st EMBO Young Investigator ➔ For a list of programme events in 2008, ■ One year’s free subscription to EMBO reports Sectoral Meeting on Neurobiology see pages 140 –141 and free online access to The EMBO Journal 16 June 2007 | Heidelberg, Germany

➔ 22 www.embo.org/yip | [email protected] installation grants

Launched in 2006, EMBO Installation Grants aim to strengthen science in selected EMBC Gerlind Wallon Member States. Building on earlier initiatives targeting Central and Eastern Europe, the Programme Manager grants offer scientists an attractive funding and networking package to relocate and establish their laboratories in a participating country. Awardees are closely integrated into Kim Krynauw the young investigator network, helping them to establish a reputation in the European Administrator scientiﬁ c community.

■ Nine scientists selected in 2007 2007 HIGHLIGHTS ➔ EMBO Installation Grant awards ■ Participating countries: Croatia, the Czech 58 applicants / 9 awards Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Portugal 16 % success rate and Turkey ➔ 5th EMBO/HHMI ■ Annual grant of € 50,000 for three to ﬁ ve Central European Scientists Meeting years 13 –16 September 2007 | Tallinn, Estonia

■ Networking support through the EMBO Young Investigator Programme (see opposite page) Current participating countries Croatia Poland ■ Annual meetings to network scientists in the Czech Republic Portugal participating countries e.g. EMBO/HHMI Cen- Estonia Turkey tral European Scientists Meetings Hungary

➔ For a list of the EMBO Installation Grant Recipients selected in 2007, see page 109

www.embo.org/sdig | [email protected] ➔ 23 EMBO science & society programme

Andrew Moore The EMBO Science & Society Programme has been promoting and strengthening commu- Programme Manager nication between life scientists and other sectors of society for over eight years. A range of initiatives helps scientists to communicate their research more effectively, stimulate and inform public debate, and contribute to improvements in science education and policy- Alessandra Bendiscioli making. Administrator ■ Public dialogue on scientiﬁ c developments of 2007 HIGHLIGHTS social concern through annual conferences ➔ 8th EMBO/EMBL Joint Conference on co-organised with EMBL Science & Society The future of our species – ■ Analysis of current issues in European life Evolution, disease and sustainable development sciences policy resulting in publications 2 – 3 November 2007 | Heidelberg, Germany informing policy-making 190 participants

■ Annual Award for Communication in the Life ➔ EMBO Award for Communication in Sciences rewarding scientists for outstand- the Life Sciences ing communication with the public Ali Saib and Christian Sardet (see page 35)

■ Media communication training for young ➔ 6th EMBO International Workshop on scientists Secondary School Biology Education 17–19 May 2007 | Heidelberg, Germany ■ Activities supporting education in the 92 participants from 27 countries molecular life sciences ➔ 7th EMBO Media Workshop ■ Sessions at European scientifi c meetings 23 June 2007 | Heidelberg, Germany 78 participants ■ Funding of science and society speakers at European scientifi c meetings ➔ Media communication workshop at EMBO Members Workshop ➔ For a list of programme events in 2008, Communicating diffi cult issues see page 140 28 October 2007 | Barcelona, Spain

➔ 24 www.embo.org/scisoc | [email protected] electronic information programme

The Electronic Information Programme supports EMBO programmes, networks and the Les Grivell wider scientifi c community with web-based services that include the EMBO website, Programme Manager online application and registration systems, the EMBO Life Sciences Mobility Portal and EMBO fellowsNet. Anne Seller ■ Up-to-date information on EMBO activities, ■ Professional content management systems Administrator the EMBO community and the life sciences in for the EMBO and EMBC websites general through the EMBO website 2007 HIGHLIGHTS Patricia Codyre ■ Searchable online database of information ➔ Two-fold increase in visitors to Communications Offi cer on European funding, training and career op- EMBO Life Sciences Mobility Portal (Web) portunities through the EMBO Life Sciences compared to prior year Mobility Portal More than 26,500 visitors in September 2007 Laura Cortesi EMBO fellowsNet ■ Support of web-based interaction and com- ➔ Twelve percent increase in Administrator munication within the EMBO Fellows Network annual hits on EMBO website through EMBO fellowsNet (see page 20) More than 851,500 hits in December 2007 Ole Hansen Technical Offi cer ■ Integrated online services and application ➔ EMBO fellowsNet systems for the Fellowship Programme and More than 900 registered users Young Investigator Programme Sabine ➔ Online HelpDesk for Rehberger-Schneider ■ Online application and registration systems EMBO Courses & Workshops Programme Life Sciences Mobility Consultant for the Courses & Workshops Programme Improved functionality, updates and and its online HelpDesk service maintenance

www.embo.org/eip http://mobility.embo.org http://fellowsnet.embo.org ➔ 25 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] EMBO title

EMBO ACTIVITIES 2007

➔ 26 www.embo.org | [email protected] EMBO activities

The EMBO Journal page 28

EMBO reports page 29

Molecular Systems Biology page 30

journal subject categories page 31

national science reviews page 32

women in science page 33

gold medal page 34

award for communication in the life sciences page 35

plenary lectures page 36

communications page 37

European Life Sciences Forum (ELSF) page 38

➔ 27 journals The EMBO Journal

The EMBO Journal has been the ﬂ agship EMBO publication for over 20 years. With a current impact factor of 10.086 and a citation half-life of 7.4 years,* the journal has an international reputation for quality and originality. Published papers are amongst the best in their ﬁ elds,

providing novel insights into a diverse range of biological problems. *Journal Citation Reports, Pernille Rørth Thomson 2007 Executive Editor ■ Broad scope spanning all areas of molecular 2007 HIGHLIGHTS Isabel Arnold biology (see subject categories on page 31) ➔ EMBO Open introduced Karin Dumstrei Authors can publish via an Open Access model Stan Gorski ■ Owned and run by EMBO, published by ➔ Rapid time to fi rst decision on manuscripts Thomas Schwarz-Romond Nature Publishing Group (NPG) Average of fi ve days following submission Hartmut Vodermaier Editors ■ Professional EMBO editorial team support- ➔ High submission rate from outside Europe ed by an Executive Editor, Senior Advisors 56 % of submitting authors Jana Christopher and an Advisory Editorial Board of EMBO ➔ E-mail alerts increase by 14 percent Valeria Kaplan Members over prior year Fiona Panayi Monthly average of almost 85,000 registrants Meryl Schneider ■ Effi cient online submission system Gerlinde Schuster ➔ Online RSS feeds implemented Editorial Assistants ■ Initial editorial decisions within one week of Average monthly uptake more than 78,000 submission and within three to four weeks ➔ Meeting of Senior Advisors Volker Wiersdorff for in-depth peer review 9 October 2007 | Heidelberg, Germany Database/graphics/ web support ■ Rapid online publication and wide exposure ➔ More than 700 entries for annual of articles through highlights across NPG’s cover contest subject area pages and gateways

■ Free online access after 12 months via Senior Advisors nature.com and PubMed Central (immediate David C. Baulcombe Tim Hunt access to the developing world through the Ari Helenius Tony Hunter WHO-brokered HINARI initiative) ➔ For a list of Advisory Editorial Board members, ■ Full archive available online see pages 64 – 65

➔ 28 www.embojournal.org | [email protected] EMBO reports

EMBO reports uniquely caters for both the scientiﬁ c community and general readers Frank Gannon interested in the social impact of biological advances. With a varied perspective on current Senior Editor research in a range of articles including research papers, reviews, scientiﬁ c reports and

journalistic viewpoints, the journal currently has an impact factor of 8.175.* *Journal Citation Reports, Thomson 2007 Holger Breithaupt ■ Diverse scope covering all areas of molecular ■ Full archive available online Editor, Science & Society biology (see subject categories on page 31) 2007 HIGHLIGHTS ■ Three sections: Science & Society, Reviews, ➔ Science & Society special issue Sandra Caldeira Scientifi c Reports Genes, brain/mind and behaviour (July 2007) Editor, Scientifi c Reports ■ Owned and run by EMBO, published by ➔ Introduction of Talking Points article type Nature Publishing Group (NPG) One controversial topic addressed from two points Samuel Caddick ■ of view in Science & Society or Reviews sections Professional EMBO editorial team supported Assistant Editor by a Senior Editor and international Advisory ➔ Scientifi c paper submissions increased Editorial Board of EMBO Members 14 % increase on 2006 ■ Nonia Pariente Publication of special issues on topics of ➔ EMBO Open introduced Editor, Reviews current scientifi c and social interest Authors can publish using an Open Access model ■ Innovative editorial and graphical support ➔ International press citations ■ Effi cient online submission system Including The Wall Street Journal Les Grivell Associate Editor ➔ Rapid time to fi rst decision on manuscripts ■ Initial editorial decision within one week of Average of seven days following submission submission and within three to four weeks for in-depth peer review ➔ High submission rate from outside Europe Uta Mackensen Almost 50 % of submitting authors Graphics Editor ■ Rapid online publication and wide exposure of articles through highlights across NPG’s subject area pages and gateways Departures Susanne Hofner-Harris ■ Free online access after 12 months via ➔ For a list of Susan R. Owens Editorial Assistant nature.com and PubMed Central (immediate Advisory Editorial Editor, Reviews access to the developing world through the Board members, Caroline Hadley WHO-brokered HINARI initiative) see pages 64 – 65 Assistant Editor

www.emboreports.org | [email protected] ➔ 29 journals Molecular Systems Biology

Thomas Lemberger Molecular Systems Biology is an open-access publication dedicated to the growing ﬁ eld of Editor systems biology at the molecular level. Published exclusively online since 2005, the journal provides a unique forum for the publication of papers describing the molecular properties and behaviour of complex biological systems. The journal aims to set standards in the ﬁ eld, Les Grivell structuring research output and using pioneering systems biology technologies. Associate Editor ■ Wide scope covering all aspects of molecular 2007 HIGHLIGHTS systems biology (see subject categories on ➔ Achieved Impact Factor 7.941* Jana Christopher page 31) ➔ Submissions increased two-fold Editorial Assistant ■ Immediate free access to all content online, ➔ Open-access licence extended supported by an author publication charge Authors can permit derivative works

➔ ■ Professional EMBO editorial team, panel of Introduced Perspectives article type Senior Editors and Advisory Editorial Board of Communicates novel concepts and leading systems biology researchers innovative research directions ➔ Systems Biology in Human Health and ■ Published by Nature Publishing Group (NPG) Medicine reprint collection published and jointly owned by EMBO and NPG 8900 printed copies distributed to Nature Biotechnology subscribers and others ■ Variety of article formats including primary research papers, reviews, perspectives, news ➔ Redesigned homepage & views, and editorials Added thumbnails to research papers, Senior Editors Top 10 downloads, and links to Latest blog posts Ruedi Aebersold ■ Rapid publication and wide exposure of ➔ Launched The Seven Stones blog Peer Bork articles across NPG’s subject area pages and Instant online publishing and commenting George Church gateways platform on systems and synthetic biology Leroy Hood Edison Liu ■ Enhanced support for structured data ➔ Journal partner for the 8th International formats such as Systems Biology Markup Conference on Systems Biology and for ➔ For a list of Advisory Editorial Board Language (SBML) RECOMB Satellite Conference on Systems members see page 65 Biology 2007

*Journal Citation Reports, Thomson 2007

➔ 30 www.molecularsystemsbiology.com | [email protected] journal subject categories

Subject categories The EMBO Journal, EMBO reports and Molecular Systems Biology ➔ Development ➔ Proteins ➔ Immunology ➔ Cellular Metabolism ➔ Neuroscience ➔ Signal Transduction ➔ Plant Biology ➔ Cell Cycle ➔ Structural Biology ➔ Differentiation & Death ➔ Genomic & Computational Biology ➔ Membranes & Transport ➔ Genome Stability & Dynamics ➔ Cell & Tissue Architecture ➔ Chromatin & Transcription ➔ Microbiology & Pathogens ➔ RNA ➔ Molecular Biology of Disease

Categories unique to Molecular Systems Biology ➔ Bioinformatics ➔ Metabolic and Regulatory Networks ➔ Proteomics ➔ Synthetic Biology ➔ Functional Genomics ➔ Computational Methods ➔ Structural Genomics ➔ Simulation and Data Analysis

➔ 31 EMBO national science reviews

Since 1994, EMBO has offered its services as a review body to the EMBC Member States, carrying out several assessments of national research programmes. Each review is execut- ed by an expert panel of EMBO Members, who analyse the strengths and weaknesses of the respective life science programme. A comprehensive report and detailed recommenda- tions are delivered to the relevant research councils or ministries.

EMBO’s most recent review evaluated various ogy Centre (CNB) in Madrid, one of the largest units in the Spanish National Research Coun- units of the CSIC, was followed by a broader cil’s (CSIC) life science programme. A 2005 as- more strategic look at 19 of the CSIC’s life sessment of the Spanish National Biotechnol- science institutes.

EMBO Reviews (1995 – 2005) 1995 Austrian Biochemistry & Biotechnology Programmes 1997 Finland Biotechnology Programme 1999 Hungarian Academy of Sciences (life science centers) 2003 French Genopole System 2005 Spanish National Biotechnology Centre (CNB) 2005 Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)

➔ 32 www.embo.org/about_embo/reviews.html | [email protected] women in science

EMBO assesses and acts upon imbalances in the scientiﬁ c career path, with a focus on Gerlind Wallon female scientists and researchers with young children. Monitoring of EMBO programmes Manager ensures that the needs of all scientists are addressed, regardless of personal circumstances. EMBO aims to support researchers returning to science after a career break and to ensure family-friendly working conditions for all scientists.

■ Analysis of gender balance in EMBO activities ■ Extended eligibility period for female sci- and the life sciences generally entists with children applying to the Young Investigator Programme (see page 22) ■ Strategic measures to address imbalances and promote family-friendly conditions in 2007 HIGHLIGHTS research ➔ SET-Routes International Conference, Women in Science: The Way Forward ■ Annual studies and statistics on the par- 9 –11 May 2007 | Heidelberg, Germany ticipation of female scientists in EMBO pro- 5000 copies of proceedings distributed grammes ➔ FEBS/EMBO Women in Science Session, ■ Collaboration with other scientiﬁ c organisa- Strategies and programmes to tions such as the FEBS Women in Science facilitate careers for women working group and the SET-Routes initiative 32nd FEBS Congress with EMBL and CERN 9 July 2007 | Vienna, Austria

■ Targeted events such as the SET-Routes ➔ Research paper published Women in Science Conference A persistent problem: Traditional gender roles hold back female scientists ■ Special conditions for EMBO Fellows with EMBO rep 8: 982 – 987 (2007) children including paid parental leave, part- time working hours, possibility of child-care Departure support and a waiver of the requirement to ➔ For statistics on the participation of women Anna Ledin move country for restart candidates in EMBO activities, see pages 126 –130 Administrator

www.embo.org/gender | [email protected] ➔ 33 EMBO gold medal

The EMBO Gold Medal is awarded annually to a young life scientist for exceptional research carried out in Europe. Widely regarded as the most prestigious award of its kind, the prize highlights the standards being reached in molecular biology research in Europe and brings some of the very best young scientists to the attention of a global audience.

The 2007 winner was Jan Löwe, head of the Jan Löwe received his award and presented Molecular Machines group at the Medical Re- a lecture on his research at a special award search Council’s Laboratory of Molecular Biol- ceremony on 27 October 2007 at the EMBO ogy. Löwe was honoured for his landmark work Members Workshop in Barcelona, Spain. elucidating the structure and function of proteins involved in bacterial cell division.

Winners of the EMBO Gold Medal 1986 John Tooze (Heidelberg, DE) 1998 Adriano Aguzzi (Zurich, CH) 1987 Barbara Pearse (Cambridge, UK) 1999 Konrad Basler (Zurich, CH) 1988 Antonio Lanzavecchia (Basel, CH) 2000 Christof Niehrs (Heidelberg, DE) & 1989 Hugh Pelham (Cambridge, UK) Daniel St. Johnston (Cambridge, UK) 1990 Erwin Wagner (Vienna, AT) 2001 Matthew Freeman (Cambridge, UK) 1991 Patrick Stragier (Paris, FR) 2002 Amanda Fisher (London, UK) 1992 Carl-Hendrik Heldin (Uppsala, SE) 2003 Anthony Hyman (Dresden, DE) 1993 Jim Smith (London, UK) 2004 María Blasco (Madrid, ES) 1994 Paolo Sassone-Corsi (Strasbourg, FR) 2005 Dario Alessi (Dundee, UK) 1995 Richard Treisman (London, UK) 2006 Frank Uhlmann (London, UK) 1996 Enrico Coen (Norwich, UK) 2007 Jan Löwe (Cambridge, UK) 1997 Dirk Görlich (Heidelberg, DE)

➔ 34 www.embo.org/communities/embo_medal.html | [email protected] award for communication in the life sciences

The EMBO Award for Communication in the Life Sciences is presented annually to life scientists in Europe for outstanding contributions to the public communication of science. The prize rewards these scientists for their exceptional efforts to combine science communication with a full-time research career. Joint winners in 2007 were French cell biologists Ali Saib, Professor at University of Paris 7, and Christian Sardet, Head of the BioMarCell group in Villefranche-sur-Mer at the Marine Center of the University of Paris 6 (UPMC) and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientiﬁ que (CNRS).

Ali Saib received the award in recognition of educational animations called BioClips evolved his steadfast interest in communicating scien- into the annual International Festival Cinema of tiﬁ c material to the broad public and students the Cell, held during ELSO meetings in Nice and of all ages. He initiated a project to educate Dresden, and accompanied by the BioClips.com young people in the inner city of Marseille on website. infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and STD. Ali Saib and Christian Sardet received their Following its success, he established an inno- awards and presented their communication vative project named Les Apprentis-Chercheurs work on 3 November 2007 at the EMBO/EMBL – novice researchers – an action of L’arbre des Science & Society Conference in Heidelberg, connaissances – the tree of knowledge – an as- Germany. sociation he founded. This project collaborates with high schools, universities, the INSERM and CNRS Research Institutes allowing undergradu- Winners of the EMBO Award for ate students to visit research labs and work Communication in the Life Sciences directly with scientists on research projects, 2002 Ronald Plasterk (Utrecht, NL) bridging the gap between science and society. 2003 Peter Csermely (Budapest, HU) The award to Christian Sardet recognised 2004 Fran Balkwill (London, UK) his highly original use of interactive multimedia 2005 Edoardo Boncinelli (Milan, IT) technology to communicate scientiﬁ c inform- 2006 Armand Marie Leroi (London, UK) ation including detailed molecular events. His 2007 Ali Saib (Paris, FR) & establishment of a creative team to produce Christian Sardet (Villefranche-sur-Mer, FR)

www.embo.org/awards/communications.html | [email protected] ➔ 35 EMBO plenary lectures

Maria Barbosa Every year EMBO sponsors plenary lectures by EMBO Members at major international Programme Manager scientifi c meetings. The aim is two-fold – to support EMBO Members in their collaboration with scientists from associated fi elds and to raise the profi le of European science world- Anne Seller wide. Sponsorship of plenary lectures raises awareness of EMBO activities within a wide Administrator scientifi c audience. In 2007, EMBO sponsored 26 plenary lectures, 18 of these within EMBC Member States. Lynne Turnbull Administrator EMBO Plenary Lectures 2007: Geographical distribution Online HelpDesk Europe (16 lectures) Outside Europe (8 lectures) Austria (3) Hungary (1) Argentina (1) New Zealand (1) Croatia (1) Italy (2) Australia (2) United States of America (1) Denmark (1) Norway (1) China (1) Uruguay (1) France (2) Slovenia (2) Mexico (1) Germany (3) United Kingdom (1) Greece (1)

➔ For full details of 2007 plenary lectures, see pages 124 –125

➔ 36 www.embo.org/about_embo/lectures.php | [email protected] communications

EMBO Communications is an information resource for scientists, decision-makers, the Suzanne Beveridge media and the general public. A number of targeted activities support an active commu- Chief Communications nication channel between EMBO and its networks of members, young investigators and Offi cer fellows. Patricia Codyre ■ Up-to-date information on EMBO activities, ■ Communication with the media, providing Communications Offi cer the EMBO community and the life sciences a trusted source of information on EMBO (Web) through the EMBO website (see page 25) activities and the life sciences Uta Mackensen ■ EMBOencounters newsletter, featuring the Graphic Designer latest news from EMBO and its scientifi c net- 2007 HIGHLIGHTS works ➔ EMBOencounters Two issues Anne Seller ■ Information and publicity material on EMBO Administrator activities e.g. brochures, fl yers, posters ➔ Print & online advertising Nature, Nature Medicine, Science, New England ■ Print and online advertising in major scien- Journal of Medicine & EMBO publications tifi c publications e.g. Nature, Science ➔ Press coverage ■ Regular contact with the EMBO Community, Nature, Science Careers, Lab Times, keeping scientists informed of developments BioSpektrum & other key publications at EMBO Departure ➔ Exhibition presence Lindsay Johnson ■ Interaction with the scientifi c community at 32nd FEBS Congress Chief Communications major European scientifi c meetings July 2007 | Vienna, Austria Offi cer

www.embo.org/about_embo/news.html | [email protected] ➔ 37 ELSF European Life Sciences Forum

Luc Van Dyck The European Life Sciences Forum (ELSF) is a platform of organisations representing the life Executive Co-ordinator sciences in Europe. Founded by EMBO, the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS), EMBL and the European Life Scientist Organization (ELSO), ELSF aims to increase the impact of the research community in public and policy-making arenas. ELSF is also a founding member of the Initiative for Science in Europe (ISE) and co-ordinator of its activities.

■ Analyses current issues in European science ■ Co-ordinates the input of the wider scientiﬁ c policy, co-ordinating campaigns on key topics community on crucial issues of European sci- such as research infrastructures and career ence policy via ISE development ■ Develops and maintains strong relationships ■ Monitors the activities of the European Re- with the European Commission and Parlia- search Council (ERC), structuring input from ment the scientiﬁ c community

➔ 38 www.elsf.org | www.initiative-science-europe.org | [email protected] ➔ 39 EMBO title

APPENDIX 2007

➔ 40 www.embo.org | [email protected] appendix

EMBC delegates and advisers pages 42 – 48

EMBC scale of contributions page 49

EMBO council & committees 2007 pages 50 – 51

EMBO council & committees 2008 pages 52 – 53 new members 2007 pages 54 – 63 advisory editorial boards & senior editors 2007 pages 64 – 65 long-term fellowship awards 2007 pages 66 – 81 long-term fellowships: statistics and geographical distribution pages 82 – 85 short-term fellowship awards 2007 pages 86 – 102 short-term fellowships: statistics and geographical distribution pages 104 –107 young investigators 2007 page 108 installation grant recipients 2007 page 109 young investigators 2000 – 2006 pages 110 –111 young investigator statistics pages 112 –113 young investigator lectures 2007 pages 114 –117 courses, workshops, lectures, conferences, symposia 2007 pages 118 –122 plenary lectures 2007 pages 124 –125 participation of women in EMBO activities: statistics pages 126 –130

EMBO staff pages 132 –133

➔ 41 EMBC delegates and advisers (as of January 2008)

➔ AUSTRIA Prof. Annemarie Frischauf Dept. of Molecular Biology Hellbrunnerstrasse 34 tel +43 662 8044 5779 [email protected] University of Salzburg 5020 Salzburg fax +43 1 662 8044 144 Mag. Elisabeth Tischelmayer Federal Ministry for Education, Rosengasse 2-6 tel +43 1 53120 7120 [email protected] Science and Culture (BM:BWK) 1014 Vienna fax +43 1 53120 81 7120 Referat VI/1a

➔ BELGIUM Dr Véronique Feys Belgian Federal Science 8, rue de la Science tel +32 2 238 3486 [email protected] Policy Ofﬁ ce 1000 Brussels fax +32 2 230 5912 Prof. Marc van Montagu Plant Biotechnology Institute K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35 tel +32 9 264 87 27 [email protected] for Developing Countries (IPBO) 9000 Gent fax +32 9 264 87 95 Gent University

➔ CROATIA Prof. Krešimir Pavelić Ruđer Bošković Institute Bijenicka c. 54 tel +385 1 468 0094 [email protected] Division of Molecular Medicine POB 180 fax +385 1 456 1010 10002 Zagreb

➔ CZECH REPUBLIC Ms Jana Bystrická Ministry of Education, Karmelitska 7 tel +420 257 139 24 [email protected] Youth and Sports 118 12 Prague fax +420 257 193 79 Dept. of International Cooperation Prof. Zdena Palková Dept. of Vinicná 5 tel +420 2 2195 1721 [email protected] Genetics and Microbiology 12844 Prague 2 fax +420 2 2195 1729 Charles University

➔ DENMARK Ms Edel Bregnbaek Danish Agency for Science, Bredgade 40 tel +45 35 44 62 32 bregn@ﬁ .dk Technology & Innovation 1260 Copenhagen K fax +45 33 32 35 01 Prof. Finn Cilius Nielsen Dept. of Clinical Biochemistry Blegdamsvej 9 tel +45 35 45 30 16 ﬁ [email protected] Centre of Diagnostic Investigation 2100 Copenhagen Ø fax +45 35 44 62 01 Copenhagen University Hospital

➔ 42 EMBC delegates and advisers (as of January 2008)

➔ ESTONIA Prof. Toivo Maimets Dept. of Cell Biology Riia 23b-135 tel +372 737 5028 [email protected] Institute of Molecular and 80019 Tartu fax +372 742 0286 Cell Biology University of Tartu Mr Toivo Raim Counsellor for Scientiﬁ c Affairs Rue Guimard 11/13 tel +32 2 227 39 10 [email protected] Permanent Representation of 1040 Brussels fax +32 2 227 43 38 Estonia to the EU

➔ FINLAND Prof. Kalervo Hiltunen Dept. of Biochemistry 90014 University of tel +358 8 553 1150 kalervo.hiltunen@oulu.fi University of Oulu Oulu fax +358 8 553 1141 Dr Riitta Mustonen Academy of Finland P.O. Box 99 tel +358 9 7748 8836 Riitta.Mustonen@aka.fi Vilhonvuorenkatu 6 fax +358-9-7748 8379 anja.raatikainen@aka.fi 00501 Helsinki Prof. Eero Vuorio Chancellor Kanslerinvirasto tel +358 2 333 6100 eero.vuorio@utu.fi University of Turku 20014 fax +358 2 333 5011 University of Turku

➔ FRANCE Dr Julien Galabru Ministry of Foreign Affairs 244, bd. Saint-Germain tel +33 1 43 17 82 85 [email protected] Directorate General for 75303 Paris 07 SP fax +33 1 43 17 89 37 Scientiﬁ c Cooperation and Research DGCID/DCSU/ROP

Dr Jean-Claude Pernollet Ministry of Higher Education 1, rue Descartes tel +33 155 558 435 [email protected] and Research 75231 Paris Cedex 05 fax +33 155 559 767

➔ GERMANY Mr Eckhart Curtius Federal Ministry of Heinemannstr. 2 tel +49 1888 57 3254 [email protected] Education and Research (BMBF) 53175 Bonn fax +49 1888 57 8 3254 Referat 613 Ms Paula Heppner Federal Ministry of Heinemannstr. 2 tel +49 1888 57 3681 [email protected] Education and Research (BMBF) 53175 Bonn fax +49 1888 57 83681 Referat 613 Prof. Reinhard Lührmann MPI for Biophysical Chemistry Am Faßberg 11 tel +49 551 201 1405 [email protected] Dept. of Cellular Biochemistry 37070 Göttingen fax +49 551 201 1197

www.embo.org/embc | [email protected] ➔ 43 EMBC delegates and advisers (as of January 2008)

➔ GREECE Prof. Theodore Fotsis Director, Laboratory of 45110 Ioannina tel +30 265 10 97560 [email protected] Biological Chemistry fax +30 265 10 97868 Faculty of Medicine University of Ioannina Prof. Charalambos Savakis Faculty of Medicine Vassilika Vouton tel +30 2810 391114/391088 [email protected] University of Crete and P.O. Box 1385 fax +30 2810 391950 Institute of Molecular 71110 Heraklion Biology & Biotechnology Crete (IMBB-FORTH)

➔ HUNGARY Ms Klara Papp Hungarian Academy of Nádor u. 7 tel +36 1 327 3000/2538 kpapp@offi ce.mta.hu Sciences (MTA) 1051 Budapest fax +36 1 327 3000/2539 Offi ce for International Cooperation Prof. László Patthy Institute of Enzymology Karolina út 29 tel +36 1 209 3537 [email protected] Biological Research Centre 1113 Budapest fax +36 1 466 5465 Dr János Pusztai Hungarian Academy of Nádor u. 7 tel +36 1 327 3000/2536 jpusztai@offi ce.mta.hu Sciences (MTA) 1051 Budapest fax +36 1 411 6370 Offi ce for International Cooperation

➔ ICELAND Prof. Eiríkur Steingrímsson Biochemistry and Vatnsmýrarvegur 16 tel +354 525 4270 [email protected] Molecular Biology 101 Reykjavík fax +354 525 4886 Faculty of Medicine University of Iceland

➔ IRELAND Mr Paul Brennan Ofﬁ ce of Science and 23 Kildare Street tel +353 1 631 29 09 [email protected] Technology Dublin 2 fax +353 1 631 28 12 Dept. of Enterprise, Trade and Employment Dr Maurice Treacy Director, BioSciences Wilton Park House tel +353 1 607 3212 mtreacy@sﬁ .ie & BioEngineering Wilton Place fax +353 1 607 3163 Science Foundation Ireland Dublin 2

➔ 44 EMBC delegates and advisers (as of January 2008)

➔ ISRAEL Prof. Marvin Edelman Dept. of Plant Sciences 76100 Rehovot tel +972 8 934 3301/39 [email protected] Weizmann Institute of Science fax +972 8 946 9124 Dr Mahmoud Taya Ministry of Science and Haqirya Hamizrahit tel +972 2 541 1126 [email protected] Technology Bldg 3 fax +972 2 532 2124 Life Science Division P.O. Box 49100 91490 Jerusalem

➔ ITALY Dr Antonino Cianca Ministry of Treasury Via XX Settembre no 97 tel +39 06 476 13512 [email protected] The State General 00187 Roma fax +39 06 481 4724 Accounting Department I.G.A.E. Ofﬁ ce X Prof. Glauco Tocchini-Valentini Institute of Cell Biology (CNR-IBC) Via E. Ramarini 32 tel +39 06 906 0317 [email protected] Campus A. Buzzati-Traverso 00016 fax +39 06 900 91261 Monterotondo Scalo (RM)

➔ LUXEMBOURG

Ms Josiane Entringer Ministère de la Culture, 20, Montée de la Petrusse tel +352 247 85217 [email protected] de l’Enseignement Superieur 2912 Luxembourg fax +352 460 927 et de la Recherche Dept. Recherche et Innovation

➔ NETHERLANDS Dr Jeannette Ridder-Numan Ministry of Education, PC 4100 tel +31 70 412 3405 [email protected] Culture and Science Rijnstraat 50 fax +31 70 412 2525 2515 XP Den Haag Prof. Peter J. Weisbeek University of Utrecht Padualaan 8 tel +31 30 253 3580 [email protected] (EMBC President) Dept. of Molecular Genetics 3584 CH Utrecht fax +31 30 251 3655

➔ NORWAY Prof. Aurora Martínez Dept. of Biomedicine Jonas Lies vei 91 tel +47 55 58 6427 [email protected] University of Bergen 5009 Bergen fax +47 55 58 6300 Dr Kjersti Sletholt Research Council of Norway Stensberggata 26 tel +47 22 03 7170 [email protected] 0131 Oslo fax +47 22 03 7250

www.embo.org/embc | [email protected] ➔ 45 EMBC delegates and advisers (as of January 2008)

➔ POLAND Prof. Andrzej Jerzmanowski Laboratory of Pawinskiego 5a tel +48 22 659 6072 [email protected] Plant Molecular Biology 02-106 Warsaw (ext. 5704) Warsaw University fax +48 22 658 4636 Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences (IBB-PAS) Ms Maria Klimkiewicz Ministry for Wspólna 1/3 tel +48 22 628 32 89 [email protected] Scientiﬁ c Research and 00-529 Warsaw fax +48 22 628 35 34 Information Technology Dept. of International Cooperation

➔ PORTUGAL Ms Maria José Almeida Ofﬁ ce for International v. 5 de Outubro, 85-5° tel +351 21 782 83 44 [email protected] Relations in Science and 1050-050 Lisbon fax +351 21 797 16 87 Higher Education (GRICES) Prof. Maria do Carmo Fonseca Faculty of Medicine Av. Professor Egas Moniz tel +351 21 794 01 57 [email protected] University of Lisbon 1649-028 Lisbon fax +351 21 795 17 80 Institute of Molecular Medicine Prof. Cláudio Sunkel Institute for Rua do Campo Alegre 823 tel +351 22 607 49 00 [email protected] Molecular and Cell Biology 4150-180 Porto fax +351 22 609 91 57 University of Porto

➔ SLOVAK REPUBLIC Ms Pavlína Emrichová Ministry of Education Stromová 1 tel +4212 69252237 [email protected] Division of Science and 813 30 Bratislava fax +4212 69252203 Technology Dept of International Cooperation Dr Silvia Pastoreková Institute of Virology Dubravska cesta 9 tel +4212 59302404 [email protected] Slovak Academy of Sciences 845 05 Bratislava fax +4212 54774284

➔ 46 EMBC delegates and advisers (as of January 2008)

➔ SLOVENIA Prof. Franc Gubenšek Dept. of Biochemistry Jamova 39 tel +386 1 477 32 50 [email protected] J. Stefan Institute 1000 Ljubljana fax +386 1 257 35 94 Ms Radojka Verčko Ministry of Higher Education, Trg OF 13 tel +386 1 478 46 83 [email protected] Science and Technology 1000 Ljubljana fax +386 1 478 4719 Dept. of International Cooperation and European Affairs

➔ SPAIN Ms Cristina Espa Felip Deputy Head José Abascal 4.2 tel +34 91 594 86 18 [email protected] International Programmes & 28003 Madrid fax +34 91 594 86 43 Organisms Ministry of Education and Science Prof. Juan Modolell Centre of Molecular Biology Cantoblanco tel +34 91 497 50 73 [email protected] CSIC-UAM 28049 Madrid fax +34 91 497 47 99 Ms Ángeles Rodríguez Peña Deputy Director General for C/ José Abascal 4, tel +34 91 594 86 06 [email protected] International Programmes 2a Planta fax +34 91 594 86 43 & Organisms 28003 Madrid Ministry of Education and Science

➔ SWEDEN Dr Brita Beije The Swedish Research Council Regeringsgatan 56 tel +46 8 546 44 249 [email protected] Natural and Engineering Sciences 103 78 Stockholm fax +46 8 546 44 144

Prof. Marianne Sommarin Dept. of Biochemistry Getingevägen 60 tel +46 46 222 77 92 [email protected] Lund University 222 41 Lund fax +46 46 222 41 16 Chemical Center

➔ SWITZERLAND Dr Isabella Beretta State Secretariat for Hallwylstrasse 4 tel +41 31 322 84 17 [email protected] (EMBC Secretary General) Education and Research 3003 Bern fax +41 31 322 78 54 Multilateral Research Cooperation Prof. Rolf Zeller Developmental Genetics Mattenstrasse 28 tel +41 61 267 27 25 [email protected] DKBW Centre for Biomedicine 4058 Basel fax +41 61 267 39 59 University of Basel Medical School

www.embo.org/embc | [email protected] ➔ 47 EMBC delegates and advisers (as of January 2008)

➔ TURKEY Prof. Ahmet Ademoğlu Biomedical Engineering Institute Bebek tel +90 212 259 64 18 [email protected] Boğaziçi University 34342 Istanbul fax +90 212 257 50 30

➔ UNITED KINGDOM Dr Mike Davies Medical Research Council (MRC) 20 Park Crescent tel +44 20 7637 6021 mike.davies@headofﬁ ce.mrc.ac.uk London W1B 1AL fax +44 20 7636 6289 Dr Alf Game Biotechnology and North Star Avenue tel +44 1793 414651 [email protected] Biological Sciences Polaris House fax +44 1793 413203 Research Council Swindon SN2 1UH Mr Nigel Watts Medical Research Council (MRC) 20 Park Crescent tel +44 20 7670 6292 nigel.watts@headofﬁ ce.mrc.ac.uk London W1B 1AL fax +44 20 7580 6198

➔ 48 scale of contributions

Contributions from EMBC Member States Member State 2004 – 2006 2007– 2009 % % Austria 2.0900 2.0697 Belgium 2.5944 2.5121 Croatia 0.2032 0.2604 Czech Republic 0.6139 0.6742 Denmark 1.5800 1.5666 Estonia* 0.0479 Finland 1.2362 1.2364 France 14.8830 14.9765 Germany 20.7922 19.7377 Greece 1.3928 1.5218 Hungary 0.5573 0.6953 Iceland 0.0903 0.0836 Ireland 0.9230 1.0787 Israel 1.0958 1.0005 Italy 12.1778 12.0193 Netherlands 4.0805 4.3041 Norway 1.6928 1.8111 Poland 2.1200 1.8467 Portugal 1.1368 1.1105 Slovenia 0.2332 0.2176 Spain 6.4358 7.1822 Sweden 2.4625 2.4942 Switzerland 3.1173 2.8899 Turkey 2.3194 2.3655 * Estonia joined the EMBC in 2006 United Kingdom 16.1718 16.2975 (Luxembourg and the Slovak Republic Total 100 100 joined the EMBC in 2007)

www.embo.org/embc | [email protected] ➔ 49 EMBO council members 2007

EMBO council members 2007

elected term(s) of offi ce name country 2005 – 2007 Anton Berns (Vice-Chair) NL – Amsterdam 2003 – 2005, 2006 – 2008 Margaret Buckingham FR – Paris 2005 – 2007 Roberto di Lauro IT – Naples 2002 – 2004, 2005 – 2008 Ingrid Grummt DE – Heidelberg 2007 – 2009 Ari Helenius CH – Zürich 2004 – 2006, 2007 – 2009 Tim Hunt (Chair) UK – London 2005 – 2007 Daniel Louvard FR – Paris 2002 – 2004, 2005 – 2007 Carlos Martínez-A. ES – Madrid 2006 – 2008 Marjori Matzke AT – Vienna 2007 – 2009 Daniela Rhodes UK – Cambridge 2006 – 2008 Benny Shilo IL – Rehovot 2006 – 2008 David Shore CH – Geneva 2004 – 2006, 2007 – 2009 Kai Simons DE – Dresden 2004 – 2006, 2007 – 2009 Gunnar von Heijne SE – Stockholm 2003 – 2005, 2006 – 2008 Maciej Żylicz PL – Warsaw EMBO Council members are elected for a three-year term of offi ce and may be re-elected for one additional term of offi ce.

ex ofﬁ cio / observers Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard EMBO Secretary General Isabella Beretta EMBC Secretary General Marja Makarow EMBC President Frank Gannon EMBO Executive Director Hermann Bujard EMBO Deputy Executive Director Iain Mattaj EMBL Director General Paul Nurse Chair, EMBL SAC Pico Caroni Chair, EMBO Course Committee Anthony Pugsley Chair, EMBO Fellowship Committee Maria Leptin Chair, EMBO Membership Committee Eric Westhof Chair, EMBO Publications & Electronic Information Committee Roberto Sitia Chair, EMBO Science & Society Committee Regine Kahmann Chair, EMBO Young Investigator Committee

➔ 50 committee members & auditors 2007

EMBO committee members & auditors 2007 (year elected)

course committee membership committee science & society committee auditors (EMBO Members) 2006 Yehudit Bergman 2005 Ueli Aebi 2005 Andrea Barta Diter von Wettstein 2003 Pico Caroni (Chair) 2006 Brigitte Gicquel 2005 Wendy Bickmore David J. McConnell 2004 Miquel Coll 2005 Carl-Henrik Heldin 2004 Dénes Dudits 2007 Isabel Guerrero 2007 Kristian Helin 2007 Helena Edlund internal auditors (EMBL) 2005 Dirk Inzé 2006 George Kollias 2007 Eric Karsenti Brian Hamel 2004 Howy Jacobs 2004 Andrzej Legocki 2002 Roberto Sitia (Chair) Monika Niehoff 2005 Anne Ridley 2002 Maria Leptin (Chair) 2005 Cláudio Sunkel 2005 Philippe Sansonetti 2005 Antonio Malgaroli 2006 Đurđica Ugarković external auditor 2005 Detlef Weigel 2007 Juan Valcárcel (Ofﬁ ce of the Auditor General of 2005 Veronica van Heyningen Norway, Oslo, Norway) Per Anders Engeseth publications & electronic fellowship committee information committee young investigator committee 2005 Robin Allshire 2007 Ruedi Aebersold 2005 Michael Bevan 2006 Bernd Bukau 2004 Thierry Boon 2005 Thomas Boehm 2004 Bauke Dijkstra 2005 Gianni Cesareni 2007 Manuel Espinosa 2006 Marco Foiani 2005 Angela Nieto 2007 Edith Heard 2004 Nicolas Glaichenhaus 2005 Erich Nigg 2005 Elisa Izaurralde 2004 Leszek Kaczmarek 2006 Stephen Oliver 2002 Regine Kahmann (Chair) 2007 Roland Kanaar 2005 Václav Pačes 2004 Hans Krokan 2005 Jürgen Knoblich 2005 Leena Peltonen 2004 Doron Lancet 2004 Wilhelm Krek 2007 Helen Saibil 2007 Mehmet Öztürk 2004 Montserrat Pages 2003 Eric Westhof (Chair) 2007 Titia Sixma 2004 Anthony Pugsley (Chair) 2004 Angela Santoni 2006 Yosef Shiloh 2006 Irma Thesleff

www.embo.org/about_embo/council_committees.html | [email protected] ➔ 51 EMBO council members 2008

EMBO council members 2008

elected term(s) of offi ce name country 2005 – 2007, 2008 – 2010 Anton Berns (Vice-Chair) NL – Amsterdam 2008 – 2010 Maria Blasco ES – Madrid 2003 – 2005, 2006 – 2008 Margaret Buckingham FR – Paris 2005 – 2007, 2008 – 2010 Roberto di Lauro IT – Naples 2008 – 2010 Carl-Henrik Heldin SE – Uppsala 2007 – 2009 Ari Helenius CH – Zürich 2004 – 2006, 2007 – 2009 Tim Hunt (Chair) UK – London 2005 – 2007, 2008 – 2010 Daniel Louvard FR – Paris 2006 – 2008 Marjori Matzke AT – Vienna 2008 – 2010 Ferenc Nagy HU – Szeged 2007 – 2009 Daniela Rhodes UK – Cambridge 2006 – 2008 Benny Shilo IL – Rehovot 2006 – 2008 David Shore CH – Geneva 2004 – 2006, 2007 – 2009 Kai Simons DE – Dresden 2004 – 2006, 2007 – 2009 Gunnar von Heijne SE – Stockholm EMBO Council members are elected for a three-year term of offi ce and may be re-elected for one additional term of offi ce.

ex ofﬁ cio/observers Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard EMBO Secretary General Isabella Beretta EMBC Secretary General Peter J. Weisbeek EMBC President Hermann Bujard EMBO Executive Director Iain Mattaj EMBL Director General Paul Nurse Chair, EMBL SAC Pico Caroni Chair, EMBO Course Committee Anthony Pugsley Chair, EMBO Fellowship Committee Carl-Henrik Heldin Interim Chair, EMBO Membership Committee Eric Westhof Chair, EMBO Publications & Electronic Information Committee Wendy Bickmore Chair, EMBO Science & Society Committee Michael W. Bevan Chair, EMBO Young Investigator Committee

➔ 52 committee members & auditors 2008

EMBO committee members & auditors 2008

course committee fellowship committee (cont.) science & society committee auditors (EMBO Members) 2006 Yehudit Bergman 2008 Anna Tramontano 2005 Andrea Barta Diter von Wettstein 2003 Pico Caroni (Chair) 2008 Alfonso Valencia 2005 Wendy Bickmore (Chair) David J. McConnell 2007 Isabel Guerrero 2008 Dale Wigley 2007 Helena Edlund 2005 Dirk Inzé 2008 David Wilkinson 2008 Amanda Fisher internal auditor (EMBL) 2004 Howy Jacobs 2007 Eric Karsenti Brian Hamel 2005 Anne Ridley membership committee 2008 Valerio Orlando 2005 Philippe Sansonetti 2005 Ueli Aebi 2006 Đurđica Ugarković external auditor 2005 Detlef Weigel 2008 József Burgyán (Ofﬁ ce of the Auditor General of 2008 Karen Avraham 2006 Brigitte Gicquel young investigator committee Norway, Oslo, Norway) 2008 William Earnshaw 2005 Carl-Henrik Heldin 2005 Michael Bevan (Chair) Per Anders Engeseth 2008 Christoph Müller (Interim Chair) 2005 Thomas Boehm 2006 George Kollias 2007 Manuel Espinosa 2005 Antonio Malgaroli 2007 Edith Heard fellowship committee 2007 Juan Valcárcel 2005 Elisa Izaurralde 2005 Robin Allshire 2005 Veronica van Heyningen 2007 Mehmet Öztürk 2008 József Burgyán 2008 Harald Stenmark 2007 Titia Sixma 2008 Manuel Espinosa 2008 Joel Sussman 2006 Marco Foiani publications & electronic 2008 Noel Lowndes 2008 Caroline Hill information committee 2008 Angel Nebreda 2007 Roland Kanaar 2007 Ruedi Aebersold 2008 Dimitris Kioussis 2005 Gianni Cesareni 2005 Jürgen Knoblich 2005 Angela Nieto 2008 Sergio Moreno 2005 Erich Nigg 2008 Staffan Normark 2006 Stephen Oliver 2004 Montserrat Pages 2005 Václav Pačes 2004 Anthony Pugsley (Chair) 2005 Leena Peltonen 2008 Claude-Agnès Reynaud 2007 Helen Saibil 2006 Yosef Shiloh 2003 Eric Westhof (Chair) 2006 Irma Thesleff 2008 Hans Clevers

www.embo.org/about_embo/council_committees.html | [email protected] ➔ 53 EMBO members elected in 2007

Reuven Agami Division of Tumor Biology ➞ microRNA ➞ RNA interference ➞ cancer Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) ➞ tumour suppressor ➞ checkpoint control Amsterdam, Netherlands

Uri Alon Dept. of Molecular Cell Biology ➞ systems biology ➞ transcription networks Weizmann Institute of Science ➞ signal transduction ➞ biological physics Rehovot, Israel ➞ Escherichia coli

Naama Barkai Dept. of Molecular Genetics ➞ systems biology ➞ development ➞ bioinformatics Weizmann Institute of Science ➞ yeast ➞ Drosophila Rehovot, Israel

Claudio Bordignon DIBIT, San Raffaele Scientiﬁ c Institute ➞ gene therapy ➞ cancer ➞ leukaemias Milano, Italy ➞ cell therapy ➞ tumour vascular targeting

Nils Brose Dept. of Molecular Neurobiology ➞ nervous system development ➞ synaptogenesis Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine ➞ neurotransmitter release ➞ synaptic plasticity Göttingen, Germany ➞ mouse genetics

➔ 54 members elected in 2007

Antony Carr MRC Genome Damage and Stability Centre ➞ checkpoints ➞ replication ➞ recombination University of Sussex ➞ genetics ➞ S. pombe East Sussex, United Kingdom

Mario de Bono MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology ➞ behaviour ➞ C. elegans ➞ neural circuits Cambridge, United Kingdom ➞ natural variation ➞ neuropeptide signalling

Maria Dominguez Alicante Institute of Neuroscience ➞ Notch signalling ➞ development ➞ organ growth CSIC-UMH ➞ cancer ➞ Drosophila Alicante, Spain

Måns Ehrenberg Dept. of Cell and Molecular Biology ➞ protein synthesis ➞ kinetics ➞ mechanisms Uppsala University ➞ regulation Biomedical Centre Uppsala, Sweden

Peter Fraser Laboratory of Chromatin and Gene Expression ➞ nuclear organisation and dynamics ➞ epigenetics The Babraham Institute ➞ chromatin ➞ transcription ➞ mammals Cambridge, United Kingdom

www.embo.org/communities/members.html ➔ 55 EMBO members elected in 2007

Steven Gamblin Division of Molecular Structure ➞ structural biology ➞ chromatin ➞ energy regulation National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) ➞ GTPases ➞ viral surface proteins London, United Kingdom

Cayetano Gonzalez Cell and Developmental Biology Programme ➞ centrosome ➞ spindle ➞ neuroblast ➞ mitosis Institute for Research in Biomedicine ➞ Drosophila (IRB Barcelona) Barcelona, Spain

Guido Grandi Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Unit ➞ proteomics ➞ genomics ➞ infectious diseases Novartis Vaccine and Diagnostics ➞ vaccines ➞ surface antigens Siena, Italy

Ueli Grossniklaus Institute of Plant Biology ➞ development ➞ epigenetics ➞ plant reproduction University of Zürich ➞ genomic impriting ➞ Arabidopsis Zürich, Switzerland

Nouria Hernandez Center for Integrative Genomics (CIG) ➞ RNA polymerase II and III transcription mechanisms University of Lausanne ➞ small nuclear RNA genes ➞ chromatin Lausanne, Switzerland ➞ transcription activation ➞ transcription repression

➔ 56 members elected in 2007

Douglas R. Higgs MRC Molecular Haematology Unit ➞ transcription ➞ epigenetics Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine ➞ chromatin and remodelling factors John Radcliffe Hospital ➞ globin genes ➞ thalassaemia Oxford, United Kingdom

Frank C.P. Holstege Dept. of Physiological Chemistry ➞ transcription ➞ eukaryotes ➞ microarray University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht ➞ ChIP on chip ➞ genomics Utrecht, Netherlands

Marja Helena Jäättelä Dept. of Apoptosis ➞ cancer ➞ cell death ➞ autophagy ➞ lysosomes Institute of Cancer Biology ➞ heat shock proteins Danish Cancer Society Copenhagen, Denmark

E. Yvonne Jones Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics ➞ cell surface receptors ➞ X-ray crystallography The Henry Wellcome Building ➞ structural immunology ➞ signalling complexes for Genomic Medicine ➞ cell guidance cues Oxford, United Kingdom

Juha Kere Dept. of Biosciences and Nutrition ➞ complex disorders ➞ susceptibility genes Karolinska Institute Science Park ➞ molecular pathogenesis Huddinge, Sweden ➞ immune-mediated diseases ➞ neurodevelopmental disorders

www.embo.org/communities/members.html ➔ 57 EMBO members elected in 2007

Jane Langdale Dept. of Plant Sciences ➞ leaves ➞ meristems ➞ chloroplasts University of Oxford ➞ non-seed plants ➞ C4 photosynthesis Oxford, United Kingdom

Thomas Langer Institute for Genetics ➞ mitochondria ➞ proteases ➞ protein quality control University of Cologne ➞ mitochondrial dynamics ➞ neurodegeneration Cologne , Germany

Bruno Lemaître Global Health Institute ➞ Drosophila ➞ innate immunity ➞ genetics Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne ➞ pathogenesis ➞ microbial infection (EPFL) Lausanne, Switzerland

Ottoline Leyser Dept. of Biology ➞ shoot branching ➞ hormone signalling University of York ➞ meristem activity ➞ Arabidopsis genetics York, United Kingdom ➞ developmental plasticity

Alfonso Martinez Arias Dept. of Genetics ➞ cell signalling ➞ development ➞ Wnt & Notch University of Cambridge ➞ signal integration ➞ noise Cambridge, United Kingdom

➔ 58 members elected in 2007

René Medema Dept. of Medical Oncology ➞ DNA damage ➞ checkpoints ➞ mitosis University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht ➞ spindle ➞ chromosomes Utrecht, Netherlands

Frauke Melchior Dept. Biochemistry I ➞ SUMO ➞ ubiquitin ➞ E3 ligase ➞ Ran GTPase cycle Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology ➞ posttranslational modiﬁ cation University of Göttingen Göttingen, Germany

László Nagy Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ➞ nuclear receptors ➞ immunity ➞ macrophage Research Center for Molecular Medicine ➞ dendritic cell ➞ PPAR Medical and Health Science Center University of Debrecen Debrecen, Hungary

Bernd Nilius Laboratory of Ion Channel Research ➞ ion channels ➞ molecular biophysics Dept. of Cellular Biology ➞ calcium ➞ signal transduction Division Physiology ➞ molecular medicine & channelopathies Catholic University (KU) Leuven Leuven, Belgium

Tom Owen-Hughes Division of Gene Regulation & Expression ➞ chromatin remodelling ➞ histone modiﬁ cations College of Life Sciences ➞ epigenetics ➞ nucleosome structure University of Dundee ➞ Snf2 proteins Dundee, United Kingdom

www.embo.org/communities/members.html ➔ 59 EMBO members elected in 2007

Vassilis Pachnis Division of Molecular Neurobiology ➞ mouse ➞ enteric nervous system National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) ➞ forebrain cholinergic neurons London, United Kingdom ➞ cortical interneurons ➞ transcription factors

Stefano Piccolo Dept. of Histology, Microbiology and ➞ growth factors ➞ animal models Medical Biotechnology ➞ germ layer patterning University of Padova ➞ oncogenes and tumour suppressors Padova, Italy ➞ proliferation control

Sheena E. Radford Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology ➞ protein folding ➞ biophysics ➞ amyloidosis Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology ➞ single molecules ➞ misfolding disorders University of Leeds Leeds, United Kingdom

Benedita Rocha Necker Institute ➞ T cell commitment ➞ T cell differentiation U591 INSERM ➞ gene expression ➞ single-cell quantitative analysis Paris, France ➞ D type cyclins

Ben J.G. Scheres Dept. of Biology ➞ stem cells ➞ chromatin ➞ transcriptional networks Faculty of Sciences ➞ cell polarity ➞ cell cycle Utrecht University Utrecht, Netherlands

➔ 60 members elected in 2007

A. Francis Stewart Genomics ➞ epigenetics ➞ histone modiﬁ cations ➞ chromatin Biotechnology Centre (BIOTEC) ➞ genetic engineering ➞ mouse models Dresden University of Technology Dresden, Germany

Boris Turk Dept. of Biochemistry and ➞ protease signalling ➞ cysteine cathepsins Molecular and Structural Biology ➞ cell death ➞ protein processing & degradation Josef Stefan Institute ➞ regulation & physiology Ljubljana, Slovenia

Victor Tybulewicz Division of Immune Cell Biology ➞ signal transduction ➞ lymphocytes National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) ➞ mouse genetics ➞ Down Syndrome London, United Kingdom

C. Peter Verrijzer Dept. of Biochemistry ➞ gene regulation ➞ chromatin ➞ transcription Erasmus University Medical Centre ➞ ubiquitin ➞ Drosophila Rotterdam, Netherlands

Olivier Voinnet Institute of Plant Molecular Biology (IBMP) ➞ RNA silencing ➞ viruses ➞ microRNAs CNRS ➞ siRNAs ➞ disease Strasbourg, France

www.embo.org/communities/members.html ➔ 61 EMBO members elected in 2007

Gabriel Waksman Institute of Structural Molecular Biology ➞ bacterial pathogenesis ➞ secretion systems Birkbeck College ➞ SH2 domains ➞ Klentaq1 DNA polymerase London, United Kingdom

Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz Wellcome Trust / Cancer Research UK ➞ cell fate ➞ pluripotency ➞ polarity Gurdon Institute ➞ mouse embryo ➞ epigenetics University of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom

Jerry M. Adams The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute ➞ cancer ➞ chromosome translocation (associate member) of Medical Research ➞ transgenic tumour models ➞ apoptosis ➞ Bcl-2 Parkville, Australia

Suzanne Cory The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute ➞ apoptosis ➞ mouse models ➞ bcl-2 ➞ myc (associate member) of Medical Research ➞ cancer Parkville, Australia

Charles A. Dinarello University of Colorado ➞ cytokines ➞ inﬂ ammation ➞ immune response (associate member) Health Sciences Center ➞ macrophages ➞ fever Denver, United States

➔ 62 members elected in 2007

Michael Karin Dept. of Pharmacology ➞ inﬂ ammation ➞ innate immunity (associate member) University of California, San Diego ➞ signal transduction ➞ cancer ➞ stress La Jolla, United States

John S. Mattick Institute for Molecular Bioscience ➞ RNA regulatory networks ➞ evolution (associate member) University of Queensland ➞ development ➞ genomics ➞ bioinformatics St. Lucia, Australia

Pier Paolo Pandolﬁ Dept. of Pathology ➞ cancer genetics ➞ cancer biology ➞ oncogenes (associate member) Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center ➞ tumour suppressor genes ➞ mouse models Harvard Medical School Boston, United States

K. VijayRaghavan National Centre for Biological Sciences ➞ myogenesis ➞ neurogenesis ➞ behaviour (associate member) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research ➞ remodelling ➞ regeneration Bangalore, India

Carl Wu Laboratory of Biochemistry and ➞ chromatin ➞ transcription ➞ histone variants (associate member) Molecular Biology ➞ centromere ➞ kinetochore NIH, NCI Center for Cancer Research Bethesda, United States

www.embo.org/communities/members.html ➔ 63 EMBO advisory editorial boards & senior editors 2007

The EMBO Journal and EMBO reports

A Adriano Aguzzi D Pietro V. De Camilli J Richard J. Jackson Julie Ahringer Elisabetta Dejana Stephen P. Jackson Kari Alitalo Bauke W. Dijkstra Reinhard Jahn Geneviève Almouzni Ivan Đikić Stefan Jentsch Frances M. Ashcroft Giulio F. Draetta Thomas J. Jentsch B Mariano Barbacid E Jean-Marc Egly Josef Jiřičný Yves-Alain Barde Klaus Eichmann K Regine Kahmann David Barford Anne Ephrussi Roland Kanaar Jiří Bartek F Alain Fischer Eric Karsenti David C. Baulcombe Richard A. Flavell Rolf Kemler Peter Becker G Henrik Garoff Wilhelm Krek Jean D. Beggs Susan M. Gasser Robb Krumlauf Anton J. Berns Ingrid Grummt Werner Kühlbrandt Michael J. Berridge H Christian Haass L Michel Lazdunski Heinrich Betz Alan Hall M Bernard Malissen Wendy A. Bickmore Stephen C. Harrison Christopher J. Marshall Joël Bockaert F. Ulrich Hartl Carlos Martínez-A. August Böck Ari H. Helenius Joan Massagué Johannes L. Bos Kristian Helin Iain W. Mattaj Chris Bowler Michael O. Hengartner Marjori A. Matzke Erik Boye Regine Hengge Jacopo Meldolesi Bernd Bukau Matthias W. Hentze Edwin Milgrom Meinrad Busslinger Nobutaka Hirokawa Dino Moras B Iain D. Campbell Tim Hunt Jorge Moscat Gennaro Ciliberto Tony Hunter Sean Munro Christine E. Clayton Nancy E. Hynes N Michael S. Neuberger Hans Clevers I Philip W. Ingham Walter Neupert Pascale Cossart Dirk Inzé Paul Nurse Elisa Izaurralde O Moshe Oren

➔ 64 www.embojournal.org | www.emboreports.org advisory editorial boards & senior editors 2007

The EMBO Journal and EMBO reports (cont.) Molecular Systems Biology

P Peter J. Parker Y Ada E. Yonath A Julie Ahringer senior editors Tony Pawson Charles Auffray Molecular Systems Biology Hugh R.B. Pelham Z Marino Zerial B Ewan Birney Ruedi Aebersold Nikolaus Pfanner Maciej Żylicz Thomas L. Blundell Peer Bork Jonathon Pines D Thomas Deisboeck George Church Olaf Pongs senior advisors E Jan Ellenberg Leroy Hood R Jean-David Rochaix The EMBO Journal Michael Elowitz Edison Liu S Helen R. Saibil David C. Baulcombe F Alan R. Fersht Philippe J. Sansonetti Ari Helenius Stan Fields Bertrand Séraphin Tim Hunt G Mark Gerstein David J. Sherratt Tony Hunter H Frank Holstege Ben-Zion Shilo Sung Hou Kim Roberto Sitia executive editor K Hiroaki Kitano Daniel St. Johnston The EMBO Journal L Doron Lancet T David Tollervey Pernille Rørth Andrew J. Link László Tora N Jeremy Nicholson Anna Tramontano senior editor O Stephen G. Oliver Richard Treisman EMBO reports P Bernhard Palsson Bryan M. Turner Frank Gannon R Rama Ranganathan V Gerrit van Meer S Luis Serrano Joël Vandekerckhove Lucy Shapiro W Detlef Weigel Pam Silver Stephen C. West Michael Snyder Eric Westhof T Janet Thornton Dale B. Wigley Masaru Tomita Alfred Wittinghofer V Marc Vidal Dieter H. Wolf W Hans V. Westerhof Hans Wolf-Watz Lothar Willmitzer Richard D. Wood Y John Yates

www.embojournal.org | www.emboreports.org www.molecularsystemsbiology.com ➔ 65 EMBO long-term fellowship awards 2007

name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest Austria Farhan, Austrian Biozentrum, Medical University of Regulation of the early secretory pathway Hesso University of Basel, Vienna, by kinases Switzerland Austria Lackner, Austrian The Salk Institute for Wellcome Trust Regulation of chromosome end protection Daniel Biological Studies, Sanger Institute, La Jolla, USA Cambridge, UK Puhar, Austrian Pasteur Institute, University of Padua, The role of Shigella T3S-dependent Andrea Paris, France Italy modulation of extracellular ATP release and calcium signalling in neutrophil migration Rembold, Austrian Institute for Genetics, Institute for Genetics, Adhesion remodelling during gastrulation Martina Cologne, Germany Cologne, Germany in Drosophila Schoeftner, Austrian CNIO, CNIO, The role of global and telomeric chromatin Stefan Madrid, Spain Madrid, Spain status during tumourigenesis and stem cell biology Stubbs, Austrian Institute for Research in Institute for Research in Analysis of the human antibody response Janine Biomedicine, Biomedicine, to infection with the malaria parasite Bellinzona, Switzerland Bellinzona, Switzerland Plasmodium falciparum Zebisch, Austrian The Beatson Institute for Division of Haematology, Functional analysis of signal transduction Armin Cancer Research, Graz, Austria pathways conferring the effects of oncogenic Glasgow, UK and non-oncogenic RAF mutations

Belgium Capoen, Belgian John Innes Centre, John Innes Centre, Identiﬁ cation of secondary messengers Ward Norwich, UK Norwich, UK involved in Nod factor induced calcium signalling Laurent, Belgian Laboratory of Free University of Genetics and cell biology of neuropeptide Patrick Molecular Biology, Brussels, release Cambridge, UK Belgium Vanneste, Belgian Institute of Plant Science, VIB, Exploring the molecular mechanisms Steffen University of Goettingen, Ghent, Belgium underlying PIN polar targeting and Germany plant cell polarity

Croatia Boban, Croatian Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Ludwig Institute for The role of nucleoplasmic lamin Mirta Vienna, Austria Cancer Research, A/C-LAP2alpha complexes in maintenance of Stockholm, Sweden genomic stability and cell-cycle control Halic, Croatian Harvard Medical School, University of Munich, Structural insights into the mechanisms of Mario Boston, USA Germany heterochromatin-associated RNAi

Czech Hlavackova, Czech Institute of Pharmacology Institute of Determination of agonist-dependent Republic Veronika and Toxicology, Molecular Genetics, conformational changes and kinetics of University of Wuerzburg, Czech Academy of Science, dimeric receptor activation Germany Prague, Czech Republic

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name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest Denmark Lund, Danish Academy of Sciences of Lund University, Ion speciﬁ c effects in biological systems Mikael the Czech Republic, Sweden Prague, Czech Republic Finland Johansson, Finnish MRC, National Public Health Regulation of cell polarity, adhesion and Marie London, UK Institute, motility by Dkk1 and its targets Helsinki, Finland Karpanen, Finnish Hubrecht Laboratory, University of Helsinki, Origin and genetic regulation of Terhi Utrecht, Netherlands Finland lymphatic endothelium

France Bernard, French University of Cambridge, University of Cambridge, Specifi c cell-response to Notch pathway Frederic UK UK activation Berro, French Yale University, CEA, Theoretical and experimental approaches to Julien New Haven, USA Grenoble, France study the onset of contractile ring assembly Boyault, French Harvard Medical School, Harvard Medical School, Comprehensive proteomics analysis of Cyril Boston, USA Boston, USA the mammalian circadian clock Burguiere, French McGovern Institute, College de France – LPPA, Behavioral and electrophysiological analysis Eric Cambridge, USA Paris, France of a murine model of Parkinson’s disease Clery, French Institute of Molecular Institute for Molecular Structure determination by NMR Antoine Biology and Biophysics, Biology and Biophysics, spectroscopy of ASF/SF2 in complex with Zurich, Switzerland Zurich, Switzerland specifi c RNA targets and with the inhibitory factor p32 Clouaire, French Wellcome Trust Centre for Wellcome Trust Centre for Characterisation of DNA binding specifi city Thomas Cell Biology, Cell Biology, and in vivo targeting of the methyl-CpG Edinburgh, UK Edinburgh, UK binding protein MBD1 Coudreuse, French The Rockefeller University, CEA Saclay, Regulation and function of the nucleo- Damien New York, USA Gif-sur-Yvette, France cytoplasmic ratio in the fi ssion yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe Delaval, French MRC, MRC, The role of epigenetic mechanisms Katia London, UK London, UK in regulating L1 LINE elements in the mammalian genome Deleris, French University of California, CNRS, Control of de novo DNA methylation by Angelique Los Angeles, USA Strasbourg, France DRM2 and DRM3 Dumont, French Ludwig Institute for Ludwig Institute for Mechanism of meiotic chromosome Julien Cancer Research, Cancer Research, segregation in the holocentric nematode La Jolla, USA La Jolla, USA C. elegans Feillet, French University of Fribourg, Institute of integrated Unravelling the food entrainable clock by Celine Switzerland cellular neurosciences, restoration of function in Per2 mutant mice Strasbourg, France Guevorkian, French Curie Institute, Curie Institute, Nanotubes from cells grafted on patterned Karine Paris, France Paris, France surfaces

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name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest France Jaillais, French The Salk Institute for Laboratory of Plant Modulation of brassinosteroid signalling by (cont.) Yvon Biological Studies, Reproduction and other plant hormones La Jolla, USA Development, Lyon, France Levy, French University of Montreal, MRC, Directed evolution of protein–protein Emmanuel Canada Cambridge, UK interactions in vivo Lo Bianco, French Wallenberg Wallenberg Understanding and modelling risk factors for Christophe Neuroscience Center, Neuroscience Center, sporadic Parkinson’s disease Lund, Sweden Lund, Sweden Morgane, French National Institute of NIMR, The role of Wnt signalling in endodermal Poulain Medical Research, London, UK organogenesis in zebraﬁ sh London, UK Oury, French Columbia University, IGBMC, Mediation of leptin regulation of bone mass Franck New York, USA Illkirch, France by serotonin Pauleau, French DKFZ, DKFZ, Inﬂ uence of oxidants on cell fate Anne-Laure Heidelberg, Germany Heidelberg, Germany determination by use of a GFP-coupled redox sensor Ribes, French NIMR, NIMR, Signal integration: crosstalk between Vanessa London, UK London, UK BMP and Shh signalling pathways and the establishment of cell fate in the vertebrate nervous system Richard, French Columbia University, Columbia University, Transcription termination by Patricia New York, USA New York, USA RNA polymerase II Robert, French IFOM-FIRC, CEA, Mechanisms controlling activation and Thomas Milan, Italy Fontenay-aux-Roses, inactivation of the DNA damage checkpoint France Rolhion, French Center for Molecular Microbiology Laboratory, Analysis of the involvement of the Nathalie Microbiology and Infection, Clermont-Ferrand, France deubiquitinating activity of SseL in the London, UK virulence of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium Rougemaille, French University of California, CNRS, Determinants and roles of nucleosome Mathieu USA Gif-sur-Yvette, France positioning in the establishment and inheritance of gene silencing Speder, French Wellcome Trust/Cancer Institute of Signalling, Regulation of neural regeneration and Pauline Research UK Gurdon Developmental Biology & cell fate in the central nervous system of Institute, Cancer, Drosophila Cambridge, UK Nice, France Weill, French CRG, CNRS, Role of Dicer and proteins associated in Laure Barcelona, Spain Gif-sur-Yvette, France gene silencing

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name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest Germany Bange, German Max Planck Institute for Max Planck Institute for Screening for new substrates of E3 ligases Tanja Biochemistry, Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany Munich, Germany Baumann, German CeMM - Center for Center for Molecular Dissecting pathogen recognition Christoph Molecular Medicine, Medicine, complexes of Toll-like receptors: Vienna, Austria Vienna, Austria hunting for new co-receptors and ligands Beckmann, German Max Planck Institute of Max Planck Institute of The regulation of fi bronectin extracellular Karsten Biochemistry, Biochemistry, matrix and its role in atherogenic signalling Martinsried, Germany Martinsried, Germany Betz, German Curie Institute, Curie Institute, Actin-membrane interactions in biomimetic Timo Paris, France Paris, France and living cellular systems studied by a novel, high precision optical method Dettmer, German University of Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Dissection of hormonal and genetic Jan Finland Finland regulation of Arabidopsis root vascular development Dormann (Schmid), German Adolf Butenandt Institute, The Rockefeller University, Cellular mechanisms of protection Dorothee Munich, Germany New York, USA from mitochondrial dysfunction and neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s disease Filipp, German University of California, EMBL, Structure and drug interactions of Vpu from Fabian Volker La Jolla, USA Heidelberg, Germany HIV-1 in membrane environments Friedrich, German Cancer Research UK Max Delbrueck Centre, Substrate recognition by Beate London Research Institute, Berlin, Germany ubiquitin conjugating enzymes: UK the Ubc5-RNAPII interaction Guettler, German Samuel Lunenfeld Cancer Research UK Structural and functional analysis of the Sebastian Research Institute, London Research Institute, Hpo-Mats-Wts tumour suppressor network Toronto, Canada Lincoln’s Inn Fields in humans and fl ies Laboratories, London, UK Hanisch, German Cancer Research UK Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of notch signalling and Anja London Research Institute, Biochemistry, the somite segmentation clock UK Munich, Germany Hartlieb, German Unit for Virus Host-Cell Robert Koch Institute, Structural and functional characterisation Bettina Interactions (UVHCI), Berlin, Germany of novel CC2D1 complexes regulating Grenoble, France endosomal budding processes Heeger, German Cancer Research UK Cancer Research UK Cell cycle-regulated chromosome Sebastian London Research Institute, London Research Institute, condensation in the budding yeast UK UK S. cerevisiae Hein, German University of California, University of Wuerzburg, Functional genomic analysis of G protein- Peter San Francisco, USA Germany coupled receptor traffi cking Hoeller, German Medical University, Institute for Biochemistry II, Cell-cycle dependent and independent Daniela Innsbruck, Austria Frankfurt/Main, Germany dynamics of p27 modifi cations

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name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest Germany Hofer, German University College London, Max Planck Institute of Channelrhodopsin-2 assisted manipulation (cont.) Sonja UK Neurobiology, Martinsried, of cortical circuit development Germany Hothorn, German The Salk Institute for EMBL, Molecular mechanism of dual function Michael Biological Studies, Heidelberg, Germany protein connecting plant hormone signalling La Jolla, USA and chloroplast development Kepp, German INSERM, Max Planck Institute for The molecular mechanism of preapoptotic Oliver Paris, France Infection Biology, calreticulin exposure Berlin, Germany Kirsten, German University of California, University of Dresden, Reconstitution and visualisation of transport Bacia Berkeley, USA Germany vesicle budding Koelsch, German University of California, University of California, Analysing the role of the Ras effector TJ1 in Verena La Jolla, USA San Diego, La Jolla, USA controlling chemotaxis in Dictyostelium Lange, German ETH, ETH, Structure and dynamics of amyloid fi brils Adam Zurich, Switzerland Zurich, Switzerland from the prion protein HET-s: a combined solid-state NMR and molecular dynamics simulations study Lempe, German University of Washington, Max Planck Institute for Robustness and evolvability of complex traits Janne Seattle, USA Developmental Biology, in plants Tuebingen, Germany Maier, German CRG, CRG, The dynamics of protein complexes in Tobias Barcelona, Spain Barcelona, Spain Saccharomyces cerevisiae: monitoring and modelling changes in protein complex composition over the cell cycle Maile, German Cancer Research UK Cancer Research UK Investigation of the role of Yki/YAP in Tobias London Research Institute, London Research Institute, regulation of apoptosis and cell proliferation UK UK control Mansfeld, German The Wellcome Trust/Cancer ETH, How does the APC/C recognise specifi c Joerg Research UK Gurdon Zurich, Switzerland substrates at specifi c times in mitosis? Institute, Cambridge, UK Medenbach, German EMBL, EMBL, Dual-layer translational control: Jan Heidelberg, Germany Heidelberg, Germany understanding the msl-2 paradigm Meissner, German Dana-Farber Dana-Farber Signal processing by the pathogen- Torsten Cancer Institute, Cancer Institute, recognition receptor NOD2 Boston, USA Boston, USA Mikeladze-Dvali, German ISREC, New York University, Mechanisms of centrosomal inheritance in Tamara Epalinges, Switzerland USA the C. elegans germline Mittag, German Karolinska Institute, Max Planck Institute Analysis of the endocrine metabolic Jens Stockholm, Sweden for Experimental Endo- regulation in mice with a dominant negative crinology, mutation of the thyroid hormone receptor a1 Hannover, Germany

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name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest Germany Muller, German Harvard University, Harvard University, Cellular and molecular mechanisms of (cont.) Patrick Cambridge, USA Cambridge, USA self-regulation in zebrafi sh Petry, German University of California, MRC, Functional and structural analysis of Sabine San Francisco, USA Cambridge, UK microtubule nucleation within the mitotic spindle Rehwinkel, German Cancer Research UK EMBL, Innate recognition of viral RNA by the Jan London Research Institute, Heidelberg, Germany DExD/H-box helicase RIG-I and antagonism UK by the infl uenza A virus NS1 protein Riedel, German Harvard University, Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Molecular mechanisms of longevity control Christian Boston, USA Vienna, Austria Sachse, German MRC, Fritz Lipmann Institute, Electron cryo-microscopy of endosomal Carsten Cambridge, UK Jena, Germany sorting complexes Sandmann, German Temasek EMBL, A reverse genetics approach to identify Thomas Life Sciences Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany and characterise functionally important Singapore non-coding RNAs in the fruit fl y Drosophila melanogaster Sapetschnig, German Wellcome Trust/Cancer Institute of Identifi cation of microRNA regulatory Alexandra Research UK Molecular Biology and transcriptional networks Gurdon Institute, Tumor Research, Cambridge, UK Marburg, Germany Sauer, German CNIO, ZMBP, Genetic regulation of protein traffi cking Michael Madrid, Spain Tuebingen, Germany pathways: the transport of storage proteins in Arabidopsis Schuberth, German EMBL, EMBL, Identifi cation and characterization of Christian Heidelberg, Germany Heidelberg, Germany the transport machinery mediating COPI-independent Golgi-to-ER recycling Sebastian, German Imperial College London, Imperial College London, The role of calcium-dependent protein Sarah UK UK kinases (CDPK1 and CDPK5) in Plasmodium life cycle control and their validation as antimalarial drug targets Wahle, German Laboratory of Laboratory of Neuronal protein traffi cking during ageing Tina Neuronal Differentiation, Molecular Cellbiology, and in neurodegenerative diseases Leuven, Belgium Bonn, Germany Walther, German Max Planck Institute of Max Planck Institute of 3D Fluorescence lifetime imaging of Kirstin Molecular Physiology, Molecular Physiology, MMP activity in the breast tissue Dortmund, Germany Dortmund, Germany microenvironment Weyand, German Imperial College London, EMBL, Structural and biochemical studies of Simone UK Hamburg, Germany NDI-1 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Wildner, German The National Institute for Max Delbrueck Center, Analysis how signalling pathways and Hendrik Medical Research, Berlin, Germany transcriptional mechanisms interface to London, UK regulate differentiation and specifi cation of neural progenitor/stem cells

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name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest Greece Agelopoulos, Greek Columbia University Institute of In vivo chromatin analysis of a Marios Medical Center, Molecular Biology, developmental gene New York, USA Genetics and Biotechnology, Athens, Greece Amoutzias, Greek VIB, University of Ghent, Reconstruction and evolution of the plant Grigoris Ghent, Belgium Belgium cell-cycle network using heterogeneous data sources Papayannopoulos, Greek Max Planck Institute for Max Planck Institute for Identiﬁ cation and characterization of factors Venizelos Infection Biology, Infection Biology, regulating the formation of neutrophil Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany extracellular traps Trompouki, Greek Children’s Hospital, Biomedical Sciences The role of prostaglandins and Wnt signalling Eirini Boston, USA Research Center, on hemopoietic stem cell renewal Var Athens, Greece Typas, Greek University of California, FU Berlin, Deciphering the function and organization of Athanasios San Francisco, USA Germany the E. coli periplasm and outer-membrane through a quantitative genetic interaction map Vrontou, Greek University of Oxford, IMP, Excitatory antennal lobe circuits and Eleftheria UK Vienna, Austria odor perception in the ﬂ y

Hungary Hillier, Hungarian Friedrich Miescher Institute, Peter Pazmany Imaging light evoked activity at different Daniel Basel, Switzerland Catholic University, strata of the mammalian retina Budapest, Hungary Matyas, Hungarian EPFL, Institute of Genetic control of neural circuits and Ferenc Lausanne, Switzerland Experimental Medicine behaviour of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

Ireland Gallagher, Irish University of California, IMBA, Intracellular communication deciphering Ciara San Francisco, USA Vienna, Austria a novel signalling pathway between the endoplasmic reticulum and the nucleus

Israel Cinnamon, Israeli MRC, Hadassah Medical School, Identifying metabolic signals from Einat London, UK The Hebrew University, oenocytes-to-fat body in Drosophila Jerusalem, Israel Diskin, Israeli California Institute of The Hebrew University of Revealing the atomic structure of HIV Ron Technology, Jerusalem, envelope proteins in complex with Pasadena, USA Israel neutralizing antibodies Elkon, Israeli The Netherlands Tel Aviv University, Bioinformatic delineation of microRNA Ran Cancer Institute, Israel regulatory networks Amsterdam, Netherlands

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name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest Israel Fainaru, Israeli Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Elucidating the role of dendritic cells in (cont.) Ofer Boston, USA Boston, USA angiogenesis using an endometriosis mouse model Israelson, Israeli University of California, Ben Gurion University, Mitochondrial dysfunction, apoptosis and Adrian La Jolla, USA Beer Sheva, Israel calcium signalling in ALS Katz, Israeli The Rockefeller University, The Rockefeller University, Roles of C. elegans glia in the control of Menachem New York, USA New York, USA synaptic function Papo, Israeli Stanford University, The Weizmann Dissect the roles of autophagy and the Niv USA Institute of Science, UPS in the selective degradation of protein Rehovot, Israel aggregates Plachta, Israeli California Insitute of California Institute of Deﬁ ning lineage relationships between Nicolas Technology, Technology, pluripotent stem cells and the cells of the Pasadena, USA Pasadena, USA early mammalian embryo Ruthstein, Israeli University of Pittsburgh, The Weizmann Measurement of the functional dynamics of Sharon USA Institute of Science, the glycine receptor by EPR spectroscopy Rehovot, Israel Schneidman, Israeli IBBMC, Tel Aviv University, Characterisation and prediction of protein Dina Paris, France Israel ﬂ exibility with applications to docking Shaul, Israeli Whitehead Institute for The Weizmann Identifying molecular targets that participate Yoav Biomedical Research, Institute of Science, in the DNA damage response machinery Cambridge, USA Rehovot, Israel Volohonsky, Israeli IGBMC, IGBMC, Mechanisms of glial chain cell migration Gloria Illkirch, France Illkirch, France Yizhar, Israeli Stanford University, Tel Aviv University, A circuit-based approach to studying the Ofer USA Israel neural basis of cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia

Italy Bianco, Italian MRC, EMBL, Mechanisms of asymmetric mRNA Ambra Cambridge, UK Heidelberg, Germany localisation in neurons Ciccia, Italian Brigham and Womens Cancer Research UK Identiﬁ cation of substrates of Alberto Hospital, London Research Institute, the BRCA1/BARD1 ubiquitin ligase Boston, USA Potters Bar, UK De Simone, Italian University of Cambridge, University of Padua, Mechanisms of amyloid formation under Alfonso UK Italy native conditions Fiegna, Italian Institute for Structural Max Planck Institute for Molecular mechanism of bacterial gliding Francesca Biology and Microbiology, Developmental Biology, motility Marseille, France Tuebingen, Germany Gorrini, Italian The Campbell Family IFOM-IEO, Regulation of PTEN and DJ-1 upon cancer Chiara Institute for Breast Cancer Milan, Italy metabolic changes Research, Toronto, Canada

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name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest Italy Mauceri, Italian University of Heidelberg, University of Heidelberg, Analysis of the role of transcription factor (cont.) Daniela Germany Germany FOXO in activity- and transcription-dependent neuronal survival Mercanti, Italian Curie Institute, University of Geneva A new assay to dissect the secretory Valentina Paris, France Medical Centre, pathway in higher eukaryotes Switzerland Piazzolla, Italian CNIO, CNIO, Oncogenic potential of the stemness gene Daniela Madrid, Spain Madrid, Spain Nanog in mice and cells Rao, Italian Louis Pasteur University, Louis Pasteur University, Dynamics in enzyme catalysis and Francesco Strasbourg, France Strasbourg, France allosteric control Scrima, Italian Friedrich Miescher Institute, Max Planck Institute of Molecular basis of the defence against Andrea Basel, Switzerland Molecular Physiology, skin cancer: structural studies of UV-DDB Dortmund, Germany complexes Verga Falzacappa, Italian Harvard Medical School, University of Heidelberg, Iron homeostasis in a 3-dimensional model Maria Vittoria Boston, USA Germany of breast cancer Villa, Italian European Institute of European Institute of Structural and functional characterisation Fabrizio Oncology, Oncology, of the chromosome passenger complex Milan, Italy Milan, Italy Villa, Italian Adolf Butenandt Institute, CRG, An unbiased approach to characterise Raffaella Munich, Germany Barcelona, Spain dosage compensated chromatin

The Engel, Dutch University of Leeds, Utrecht University, Oligomer formation of human islet Netherlands Maarten F.M. UK Netherlands amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) studied at the single-molecule level Geertsma, Dutch University of Zurich, University of Groningen, Molecular basis of chloride transport Eric Switzerland Netherlands Huisman, Dutch EMBL, EMBL, In vitro reconstitution of the S. pombe Stephen Heidelberg, Germany Heidelberg, Germany interphase microtubule cytoskeleton Luijsterburg, Dutch Karolinska Institute, University of Amsterdam, Dynamic ubiquitin pools regulate Martijn Stockholm, Sweden Netherlands mammalian gene expression Schepers, Dutch University of Oxford, Lund University, Molecular delineation of novel lineage Hein UK Sweden commitment pathways in haematopoietic development Smits, Dutch Massachusetts Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Hierarchy in the assembly of the Bacillus Wiep Klaas Technology, Technology, subtilis replisome in vivo Cambridge, USA Cambridge, USA Tiecke, Dutch University of Basel, University of Basel, Integration of signal–antagonist interactions: Eva Switzerland Switzerland analysis of the self-regulatory feedback between BMP4, its antagonist Gremlin1 and SMAD4 functions during mouse limb development

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name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest The van Amerongen, Dutch Stanford University, Netherlands Cancer Dissecting the mammalian non-canonical Netherlands Renee USA Institute, Wnt-pathway (cont.) Amsterdam, Netherlands van der Zee, Dutch Institute of Biology Leiden, Institute for Genetics, Tribolium candidate genes for insect wing Maurijn Netherlands Cologne, Germany development and ancestral bilaterian developmental mechanisms van Zon, Dutch Massachusetts Institute of Imperial College London, Molecular noise and variability in the yeast Jeroen Technology, UK high osmolarity signalling pathway Cambridge, USA Wierda, Dutch Max Planck Institute for CNCR, Amsterdam, Analysing heterogeneity in release of Keimpe Biophysical Chemistry, Netherlands synaptic vesicles Goettingen, Germany

Norway Granseth, Norwegian Institute for Stockholm Disassembling the Erik Bioinformatics, Bioinformatics Center, sequence – structure – function relationship Munich, Germany Sweden of membrane proteins

Poland Krol, Polish Friedrich Miescher Institute, Friedrich Miescher Institute, Analysis of miRNA function in mouse Jacek Basel, Switzerland Basel, Switzerland retina development Kudla, Grzegorz Polish University of Edinburgh, Harvard University, Coding sequence determinants of gene UK Cambridge, USA expression Paciorek, Polish Stanford University, Stanford University, Identiﬁ cation of new signalling components Marta USA USA of entry into stomata lineage in Arabidopsis thaliana

Portugal Ferreira, Portuguese Friedrich Miescher Institute, Friedrich Miescher Institute, Regulating nuclear organisation in Helder Basel, Switzerland Basel, Switzerland telomere maintenance and DNA repair: the role of SUMO modiﬁ cation Ferreo Santos, Portuguese Max Planck Institute of Max Planck Institute of Development of local anatomical plasticity Alexandre Neurobiology, Neurobiology, during experience-driven visual cortex Martinsried, Germany Martinsried, Germany maturation Fonseca, Portuguese Gulbenkian Institute of Gulbenkian Institute of Cellular mechanisms of heterosynaptic Rosalina Maria Science, Science, plasticity in the lateral nucleus of the Oeiras, Portugal Oeiras, Portugal amygdala Freitas, Portuguese CABD, CABD, The origin of evolutionary novelties: Renata Seville, Spain Seville, Spain implications of HoxD gene regulation in the origin of tetrapod limbs Jaco, Portuguese The Institute for CNIO, Synthetic lethality approaches to Isabel Cancer Research, Madrid, Spain BRCA-associated cancer London, UK

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name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest Portugal Jeronimo, Portuguese CRG, University of Montreal, Functional characterisation of (cont.) Celia Barcelona, Spain Canada monoubiquitylated H2A interactors and their role in leukaemia Martins, Portuguese The Wellcome Trust/Cancer Wayne State University Chromatin organisation and early cell fate Rui Research UK School of Medicine, decisions in the pre-implantation mouse Gurdon Institute, Detroit, USA embryo Cambridge, UK Rebola, Portuguese CNRS, Center for A new form of synaptic plasticity: Nelson Bordeaux, France Neuroscience and molecular and cellular mechanisms Cell Biology of Coimbra, involved in a selective long-term Portugal potentiation of NMDA receptors Santos, Portuguese Cancer Research UK Cancer Research UK The role of glucose metabolism and lipid Claudio London Research Institute, London Research Institute, biosynthesis in Akt-mediated tumourigenesis UK UK Santos, Portuguese Stanford University, EMBL, Investigating temporal independence of Silvia School of Medicine, Heidelberg, Germany mitotic events in systems known to be USA bistable

Slovenia Erjavec, Slovenian College of Cell polarity and the inheritance of protein Nika Physicians and Surgeons, damage Columbia University, New York, USA

Spain Bernad, Spanish CNIO, CNIO, Molecular mechanisms of chromosome Rafael Madrid, Spain Madrid, Spain segregation: regulation of CENP-A at the centromere Canto, Spanish IGBMC, IGBMC, How does AMP-activated kinase Carlos Lausanne, France Illkirch, France transcriptionally regulate energy expenditure? Carracedo, Spanish Beth Israel Deaconess Beth Israel Deaconess Role of the tumour suppressor PML in the Arkaitz Medical Center, Medical Center, activation of autophagy Boston, USA Boston, USA Dominguez-Cuevas, Spanish Institute for Cell and CSIC, Discovery and characterisation of factors Patricia Molecular Biosciences, Granada, Spain coupling the cytoskeleton to cell wall Newcastle, UK biogenesis in Bacillus subtilis F. Boj, Spanish Hubrecht Laboratory, Hubrecht Institute, Analysis of the function of Tcf4 (Tcf7l2) during Sylvia Utrecht, Netherlands Utrecht, Netherlands mouse pancreatic development and in adult pancreatic cells G. Granja, Spanish Cancer Research UK Centre of Analysis of the molecular mechanism of Aitor London Research Institute, Molecular Biology, antigen presentation to B cells mediated by UK Madrid, Spain macrophages in lymphoid organs

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name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest Spain Ortega Martinez, Spanish Kristineberg Marine Kristineberg Marine Role of the transforming growth factor-beta (cont.) Olga Research Station, Research Station, genes, afuni and BMP2/4 in the regulation of Fiskebaeckskil, Sweden Fiskebaeckskil, Sweden Amphiura fi liformis adult arm regeneration Riol, Spanish Brigham and Womens Spanish National Generation and traffi cking behaviour of Lorena Hospital, Research Council, myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein specifi c Boston, USA Centre of Biological regulatory and TH17 T cells in experimental Research, autoimmune encephalomyelitis Madrid, Spain

Sweden Andersson, Swedish University of California, Karolinska Institute, Examination of attraction, guidance and Olov San Francisco, USA Stockholm, Sweden deployment of pancreatic endocrine cells Evergren, Swedish MRC, Karolinska Institute, Molecular mechanisms of Emma Cambridge, UK Stockholm, Sweden trans-endocytosis Fagman, Swedish Biogem s.c.ar.l., Goteborg University, Molecular regulation of thyroid Henrik Ariano Irpino, Italy Sweden development identiﬁ cation of candidate genes for congenital hypothyroidism with global transcriptome analysis Hessa, Swedish National Institutes of Dept. of Biochemistry and Identiﬁ cation of the degradation machinery Tara Health, Biophysics, of the pQC pathway Bethesda, USA Stockholm, Sweden Hoog, Swedish Oxford University, EMBL, The microtubule cytoskeleton of the African Johanna UK Heidelberg, Germany trypanosome (Trypanosoma brucei) Jakobsson, Swedish Cancer Research UK Uppsala University, Cellular competition and complementation Lars London Research Institute, Sweden in vascular development UK Kugelberg, Swedish Imperial College London, University of California, The role of human complement factor H Elisabeth UK Davis, USA in meningococcal infection Thoron, Swedish Giannina Gaslini Institute, Goteborg University, Innate immunity crosstalk in Fredrik Genova, Italy Sweden immunoregulation Walfridsson, Swedish Biotech Research and Karolinska Institute, The biological function of Julian Innovation Centre (BRIC), Huddinge, Sweden the H3K27me3 demethylase UTX Copenhagen, Denmark

Switzerland Kueng, Swiss Friedrich Miescher Friedrich Miescher An in vitro system to study the Stephanie Institute, Institute, establishment of heterochromatic gene Basel, Switzerland Basel, Switzerland silencing during S phase Mosimann, Swiss Children’s Hospital Boston, Institute of Molecular Identifi cation and characterisation of Christian USA Biology, genetic modifi ers involved in hematopoietic Zurich, Switzerland stem cell competition in zebrafi sh Seeger, Swiss Department of Department of Inhibition and characterisation of multidrug Markus Pharmacology, Pharmacology, ABC transporters expressed in Lactococcus Cambridge, UK Cambridge, UK lactis by designed ankyrin repeat proteins

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name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest Switzerland Spiegel, Swiss Harvard Medical School, The Weizmann Institute of Activity-dependent suppression of excitatory (cont.) Ivo Boston, USA Science, synapse number by ubiquitination Revohot, Israel Stirnimann, Swiss EMBL, University of Zurich, Crystallographic and biochemical studies of Christian Urs Heidelberg, Germany Switzerland the human TBX5-Nkx2-5-DNA complex Zuber, Swiss MRC, University of Lausanne, Application and improvement of Benoit Cambridge, UK Switzerland tomography of vitreous sections

United Baldwin, British University of Toronto, University of Cambridge, Seeing the invisible: NMR studies of Kingdom Andrew Canada UK functional biomolecular dynamics Bond, British Max Planck Institute of Structural Bioinformatics Multi-scale simulation studies of Peter Biophysics, & Computational conformational plasticity in modular Frankfurt, Germany Biochemistry Unit, immunological enzymes Oxford, UK Croft, British University of Geneva, University of Cambridge, Biochemistry and molecular biology of Martin Switzerland UK a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii thiamine pyrophosphate riboswitch Farrow, British Friedrich Miescher Harvard Medical School, Dissecting the role of genetically identiﬁ ed Karl Institute, Boston, USA strata in the inner plexiform layer of the Basel, Switzerland retina Gill, British Institute of Molecular and MRC, Understanding the biogenesis of secretory David Cell Biology, Cambridge, UK granules: identiﬁ cation of key genes using Singapore a high-throughput RNAi screen Hammond, British Hubrecht Laboratory, Royal Veterinary College, Osteogenesis in development and disease Christina Utrecht, Netherlands London, UK Holland, British University of California, University of Manchester, Exploring and exploiting the role of Andrew La Jolla, USA UK aneuploidy as an inhibitor of tumourigenesis Parker, British Columbia University, Columbia University, Understanding allometry: organ intrinsic Joseph New York, USA New York, USA positional information and the nutrient- dependent regulation of growth Wright, British Friedrich Miescher Friedrich Miescher Elucidating the mechanism of translational Jane Institute, Institute, regulation by ATX-2: the C. elegans ortholog Basel, Switzerland Basel, Switzerland of the human ataxin-2 protein implicated in human neurodegenerative disease Yates, British ITQB, ITQB, Recognition of bacterial peptidoglycan by James Oeiras, Portugal Oeiras, Portugal the innate immune system

Turkey Aksoy, Turkish University of London, Institute of Cancer, PI3K in immunity and cancer Ezra UK London, UK

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name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest Turkey Demir, Turkish Cold Spring Harbor Cold Spring Harbor Electrophysiological investigations of (cont.) Ebru Laboratories, Laboratory, asscociative olfactory learning in Drosophila USA USA other Fish, American King’s College London, Max Planck Institute of Modularity in craniofacial development nationalities Jennifer UK Molecular Cell Biology and evolution and Genetics, Dresden, Germany King, American University Hospital Basel, Abramson Family Cancer Defi ning the affi nity requirements for Carolyn Switzerland Research Institute, CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cell development Philadelphia, USA McDonel, American University of Edinburgh, University of California, Understanding the roles of mSin3 HDAC Patrick UK Berkeley, USA co-repressor complexes in ES cells and early mammalian development Mercer, American Swiss Federal Institute ETH, Investigations into the cellular mechanisms Jason of Technology Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland of vaccinia virus entry Switzerland Merrin, American CNRS, Rockefeller University, Robustness of a microscale reconstituted Jack Saint Martin d’Heres, New York, USA circadian network to the relative and overall France number of components Sherer, American King’s College London, King’s College London Mechanism of HIV-1 genome traffi cking to Nathan UK School of Medicine, assembly sites UK Cook, Australian Oxford University, The University of RNAi knockdown of sex determining genes Peter UK Queensland, in Culex quinquefasciatus Brisbane, Australia Dakic, Australian IMP, The Walter and Eliza The role of Ikaros in establishing regulatory Aleksandar Vienna, Austria Hall Institute of Medical networks for lymphocyte development Research, Parkville, Australia Ellisdon, Australian MRC, Monash University, Structural and biophysical mechanism of Andrew Cambridge, UK Clayton, Australia microRNA nuclear export Quinlan, Australian Cambridge Institute The Children’s Hospital at Mechanisms of growth factor signalling in Kate for Medical Research, Westmead, pluripotency and differentiation of human Cambridge, UK Sydney, Australia embryonic stem cells Smith, Australian Max Planck Institute for Max Planck Institute for Analysis of Arabidopsis hybrid Lisa Developmental Biology, Developmental Biology, incompatibilities Tuebingen, Germany Tuebingen, Germany Steel, Australian University of Oxford, The University of Sydney, Single molecule studies on yeast wildtype Bradley UK Australia and mutant F1

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name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest other Roumenina, Bulgarian Cordeliers Biomedical University of Sofi a, The functional signifi cance of factor nationalities Lubka Research Center, Bulgaria H mutations in patients with atypical (cont.) Paris, France haemolytic uraemic syndrome Ho, Canadian INSERM, INSERM, Functional interactions between neural Andrew Tri Van Paris, France Paris, France crest and myogenic progenitor cells Palma, Canadian University of Copenhagen, University of Autophagic cell death conserved across Kristoffer Copenhagen, Denmark British Columbia, eukaryotic kingdoms and its role in cancer Vancouver, Canada Pedrioli, Canadian ETH, ETH, Defi ning functional roles for miRNAs in the Deena Leslie Zurich, Switzerland Zurich, Switzerland lymphatic vascular system Suits, Canadian Structural Biology Queen’s University, Structural enzymology of carbohydrate-active Michael Laboratory, Kingston, Canada enzymes in pathogenesis and disease York, UK Zhang, Chinese University College London, Friedrich Miescher Defi ning the role of specifi c interneurons in Yanping UK Institute, network function using optical activation Basel, Switzerland Mora-Bermudez, Costa Rican Max Planck Institute of EMBL, The role of the distribution of polarised Felipe Molecular Cell Biology Heidelberg, Germany components during cytokinesis in the and Genetics, generation of neurons during mammalian Dresden, Germany neurogenesis Bhaskara, Indian IMP, University of Texas, Identifi cation of the role for Wapl and Venugopal Vienna, Austria Austin, USA Pds5 proteins in cohesin-DNA interactions Bhushan, Indian University of Munich, Stockholm University, Molecular investigations of the role of Shashi Germany Sweden chaperones in co-translational protein folding in eukaryotes Chatterjee, Indian Friedrich Miescher Friedrich Miescher Elucidation of a microRNA turnover Saibal Institute, Institute, machinery in C. elegans Basel, Switzerland Basel, Switzerland Dhonukshe, Indian Utrecht University, Center for Plant Cell Polarity in plants: resolving important Pankaj Netherlands Molecular Biology (ZMBP), links between vesicle traffi cking and cell Tuebingen, Germany fate-determining transcription factors Pobbati, Indian MRC, MRC, Membrane dynamics mediated by ESCRT Ajaybabu Cambridge, UK Cambridge, UK complexes Fujii (Nishiyama), Japanese IMP, Tokyo Institute of Analysis of the roles of Sororin, Esco2, and Tomoko Vienna, Austria Technology, San in the establishment of sister chromatid Yokohama, Japan cohesion in vertebrates Kitagawa, Japanese ISREC, ISREC, SAS-6 and the mechanisms of centrosome Daiju Epalinges, Switzerland Epalinges, Switzerland duplication: from C. elegans embryos to human cells Kodama, Japanese MRC, Nagoya University, How distributed neural circuits integrate Eiji Cambridge, UK Japan information

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name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest other Tanizawa, Japanese MRC, MRC, Dissecting dynamic monoaminergic nationalities Yoshinori Cambridge, UK Cambridge, UK nervous system in C. elegans with (cont.) genetically-encoded neuron activator channel-rhodopsin-2 Rakotondrafara, Malagasy EMBL, Iowa State University, Mechanism of c-myc mRNA translation Aurelie Heidelberg, Germany Ames, USA involving functional IRES/poly(A) tail interactions Cisneros Armas, Mexican Pasteur Institute, University of Dresden, Structure and assembly mechanism of David Paris, France Germany the pseudopilus of gram negative bacteria type II secretion system Kalinina, Russian EMBL, Moscow State University, Predicting and designing protein – ligand Olga Heidelberg, Germany Russian Federation interfaces Moukhametzianov, Russian MRC, MRC, Microcrystallography of stabilised Rouslan Cambridge, UK Cambridge, UK adrenergic receptors Kim, South IMP, University of California, Peptidergic signalling in Drosophila Young-Joon Korean Vienna, Austria Riverside, USA courtship behavior

www.embo.org/fellowships | [email protected] ➔ 81 EMBO long-term fellowships: statistics

applications and awards 2000 – 2007 country from applications % of total awards % of total success rate % Austria 107 1.32 32 2.22 30 Belgium 139 1.71 26 1.81 19 Croatia 39 0.48 11 0.76 28 Czech Republic 78 0.96 14 0.97 18 Denmark 72 0.89 17 1.18 24 Estonia* 1 0.01 0 0.00 0 Finland 98 1.21 16 1.11 16 France 1640 20.21 283 19.67 17 Germany 908 11.19 224 15.57 25 Greece 175 2.16 41 2.85 23 Hungary 106 1.31 20 1.39 19 Iceland 14 0.17 2 0.14 14 Ireland 79 0.97 11 0.76 14 Israel 395 4.87 73 5.07 19 Italy 519 6.40 77 5.35 15 Luxembourg** 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 The Netherlands 285 3.51 72 5.00 25 Norway 15 0.18 2 0.14 13 Poland 117 1.44 15 1.04 13 Portugal 136 1.68 38 2.64 28 Slovak Republic** 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 Slovenia 18 0.22 1 0.07 6 Spain 955 11.77 121 8.41 13 Sweden 355 4.37 48 3.34 14 Switzerland 134 1.65 41 2.85 31 Turkey 54 0.67 5 0.35 9 United Kingdom 420 5.18 54 3.75 13 Eastern Europe 194 2.39 18 1.25 9 * Estonia joined the EMBC in 2006 USA/Canada 334 4.12 68 4.73 20 ** Luxembourg and the Slovak Republic Others 728 8.97 109 7.57 15 joined the EMBC in 2007 Total 8115 100 1439 100 18

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applications and awards 1977– 2007 year applications awards success rate % 2007 1288 212 16 2006 1232 222 18 2005 1236 198 16 2004 1137 163 14 2003 1080 164 15 2002 790 178 22 2001 645 147 23 2000 707 155 22 1999 830 170 20 1998 790 144 18 1997 831 185 22 1996 898 160 18 1995 877 147 17 1994 806 176 22 1993 739 199 27 1992 626 142 23 1991 571 139 24 1990 526 123 23 1989 460 118 26 1988 455 141 31 1987 383 120 31 1986 333 90 27 1985 340 92 27 1984 305 112 37 1983 294 103 35 1982 276 91 33 1981 274 111 41 1980 242 108 45 1979 254 101 40 1978 235 101 43 1977 236 94 40

www.embo.org/fellowships | [email protected] ➔ 83 EMBO long-term fellowships 2007: geographical distribution

applications Austria Belgium Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Slovak Republic Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey UK Eastern Europe USA/Canada Others Total Destination Nationality Austria 1 1 6 1 1 1 10 21 Belgium 1 6 1 2 1 1 3 2 3 3 23 Croatia 1 1 Czech Republic 1 12 Denmark 1 1 2 2 2 4 1 2 1 16 Estonia* 0 Finland 2 2 15 France 1 2 1 12 13 3 4 5 1 3 13 1 2 2 6 12 20 101 Germany 3 5 2 2 1 9 11 4 3 1 3 5 5 1 2 2 8 3 1 5 2 6 19 103 Greece 5 1 1 1 8 Hungary 11 Iceland 0 Ireland 1 4 1 1 7 Israel 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 10 Italy 3 1 5 2 7 3 11 32 Luxembourg** 0 Netherlands 3 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 6 1 8 36 Norway 1 3 1 1 1 7 Poland 22 Portugal 2 1 4 1 4 1 13 Slovak Republic** 0 Slovenia 1 1 Spain 1 1 12 3 3 1 1 10 2 2 6 1 2 3 14 62 Sweden 1 1 1 1 8 7 1 1 2 1 13 4 4 3 6 54 Switzerland 2 1 2 15 9 2 5 4 5 2 2 3 5 1 10 13 81 Turkey 0 UK 3 7 1 2 1 1 35 32 1 3 8 11 11 1 6 12 54 10 6 3 3 4 10 38 263 EMBL 4 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 4 20 Eastern Europe 0 USA/Canada 6 5 2 1 1 2 95 52 8 4 4 56 30 13 7 3 2 38 24 8 4 23 1 1 2 392 Others 1 1 7 4 1 2 1 2 1 6 1 27 Total 19 25 9 8 5 1 11 220 151 26 20 0 8 74 77 0 42 2 29 29 0 2 158 50 20 10 61 22 55 154 1288

*Estonia joined the EMBC in 2006 **Luxembourg and the Slovak Republic joined the EMBC in 2007

➔ 84 long-term fellowships 2007: geographical distribution

awards Austria Belgium Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Slovak Republic Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey UK Eastern Europe USA/Canada Others Total Destination Nationality Austria 1 2 47 Belgium 1 1 2 Croatia 0 Czech Republic 1 1 Denmark 112 Estonia* 0 Finland 1 1 France 1 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 16 Germany 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 18 Greece 0 Hungary 0 Iceland 0 Ireland 0 Israel 0 Italy 1 1 2 4 Luxembourg** 0 Netherlands 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 Norway 0 Poland 0 Portugal 112 Slovak Republic** 0 Slovenia 0 Spain 1 1 2 1 2 1 8 Sweden 1 1 1 1 4 Switzerland 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 2 22 Turkey 0 UK 12 17121 12 2 13 2421 148 55 EMBL 2 1 1 1 1 6 Eastern Europe 0 USA/Canada 1 1 11 11 3 1 9 3 3 1 1 122213 56 Others 1 12 Total 73211022542620113130111490189621031020212

*Estonia joined the EMBC in 2006 **Luxembourg and the Slovak Republic joined the EMBC in 2007 www.embo.org/fellowships | [email protected] ➔ 85 EMBO short-term fellowship awards 2007

name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest Austria Wendler, Austrian University Medical National Institute of Subcellular localisation studies of Wingless Franz Center Utrecht (UMCU), Medical Research, using electronmicroscopy The Netherlands London, UK

Belgium Lesage, Belgian Biomedicine Institute Catholic University of Deciphering the physiological role of Bart Valencia (CSIC), Leuven, the most ancient protein phosphatase-1 Spain Belgium holoenzyme Pertry, Belgian Palacky University, University of Ghent, How Rhodococcus fascians reshapes the Ine Olomouc, Czech Republic Belgium plant: identiﬁ cation of fas molecules

Croatia Benjak, Croatian IBMB-CSIC, University of Analysis of DNA transposons and MITEs in Andrej Barcelona, Spain Natural Resources and grapevine (Vitis vinifera) Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria Terzic, Croatian University of California, University of Split, Role of interleukin-6 in inﬂ ammation Janos San Diego, USA Croatia associated colon cancerogenesis

Czech Jesenska, Czech Emory University, Masaryk University, Improvement the catalytic properties of Republic Andrea Atlanta, USA Brno – Bohunice, haloalkane dehalogenases by homology- Czech Republic independent techniques of directed evolution Snyrychová, Czech Institute of Plant Biology, Palacky University, Comparison of methods used for hydrogen Iva Szeged, Hungary Olomouc, Czech Republic peroxide detection in photosynthetic tissues Solc, Czech EMBL, Institute of Animal CDC25A and CDC25B dynamics during Petr Heidelberg, Germany Physiology and Genetics, meiotic maturation in mouse oocytes Libechov, Czech Republic

Denmark Albrektsen, Danish University of Dundee, Aarhus University, Detailed morphology studies and antibody Anita UK Denmark staining of ineffective root nodules

Estonia Tark, Estonian Leiden Institute of University of Tartu, In vitro characterisation of nucleotide Mariliis Chemistry, Estonia excision repair in Pseudomonas putida The Netherlands

Finland Pulkki, Finnish Leiden University University of Helsinki, Identiﬁ cation of the receptors of human Minna Medical Center, Finland oocyte growth factors The Netherlands

France Bourlat, French Kristineberg Marine University College London, Embryology of the marine worm Sarah Research Station, UK Xenoturbella bocki Fiskebäckskil, Sweden

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name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest France Brison, French Laboratory of National Institute of Crystallography of GBD-CD2, an unique (cont.) Yoann Biophysical Chemistry, Applied Sciences, alpha-1,2 branching enzyme Groningen, The Netherlands Toulouse, France Chambon, French University College London, CNRS/UPMC UMR7009, Shugoshin and Capfera function in Jean-Philippe UK Villefranche-sur-Mer, mouse oocyte France Lacroix, French EMBL, CNRS-CRBM, The inﬂ ucence of microtubule Benjamin Heidelberg, Germany Montpellier, France polyglutamylation on interactions with molecular motors Lassaux, French IBS/LCCP, University of Liege, Selection and characterisation of new Patricia Grenoble, France Belgium inhibitors of the metallo-beta-lactamase family Marandel, French Clemson University, INRA Bordeaux, Building the genetic map of the F1 apricot Grégoire USA Villenave d’Ornon, France progeny ‘Harlayne’ × ‘Marlen’ for resistance to sharka disease Michard, French University of Salzburg, I.G.C., Physiological role of glutamate-receptors Erwan Austria Oeiras, Portugal on the plasma membrane of the growing pollen tube: electrophysiological analysis by patch-clamp Mongin, French EMBL, MCB (McGill Center for Prediction and experimental validation of Emmanuel Heidelberg, Germany Bioinformatics), teleost speciﬁ c regulatory modules Montreal, Canada Palancade, French University of Seville, Curie Institute, CNRS/ The interaction between the nuclear pore Benoît Spain UMR144, Paris, protein Pml39 and the chromatin remodeller France FACT: implication for transcription elongation and mRNA export control Rhinn, French University of Cambridge, IGBMC, Illkirch, Somatotopic organisation of the trigeminal Muriel UK France system: conservation and diversity from mouse to chicken Zanet, French University of Bristol, Center of Biological Role and regulation of fascin in Jennifer UK Development, cell migration in vivo Toulouse, France

Germany Aydin, German University of Toronto, University of Heidelberg, Extracellular interaction partners of Dorothee Canada Germany APP family proteins Blume, German CMU/ Dpt MIMO, Humboldt University Berlin, Functional and physiological assessment Martin Geneva, Switzerland Germany of sugar transporters in transgenic Toxoplasma gondii Busch, German Jean-Pierre Ebel Estación Experimental del Chrystallisation of the sensor kinase TodS Andreas Structural Biology Institute, Zaidín, in presence of agonists and antagonists Grenoble, France Granada, Spain

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name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest Germany Hilbert, German University of Leeds, Biozentrum, Evolving aptamers for recognition of (cont.) Manuel UK University of Basel, a pair of FRET dyes with SELEX Switzerland Huehn, German University of Oxford, University of Zurich, Analysing the role of human RECQ5 Daniela UK Switzerland helicase in cellular response to replication stress Kirchmaier, German University of Innsbruck, University of Würzburg, Myocardial function in zebrafi sh Bettina Carmen Austria Germany popdc2 morphants Kirstein, German The Medical School Free University of Berlin, Cell biological analysis of ClpC and Janine University of Newcastle, Germany identifi cation of novel adaptor proteins UK Loevenich, German Harvard University, ETH Zürich, Improving the Drosophila melanogaster Sandra Cambridge, USA Switzerland genome annotation through the integration of peptide structures with the genome Loose, German EMBL, Dresden University of Microfl uidic approach to study the self- Martin Heidelberg, Germany Technology, organisation of microtubules and motors Germany in three dimensions Mueller, German National Institute for University of The quaternary structure of human PAPS Jonathan Wolf Medical Research, Duisburg-Essen, synthetases during catalysis London, UK Germany Nicolaisen, German CSIC – University of Seville, LMU Munich, Polypeptide transporting beta-barrel Kerstin Spain Germany proteins Pechstein, German Karolinska Institute, Free University Berlin, Role of intersectin and synapsin in Arndt Stockholm, Sweden Germany endocytosis and synaptic vesicle recycling Rebacz, German BioCentrum, DTU, German Cancer Synthesis and analysis of griseofulvin Blanka Copenhagen, Denmark Research Center (DKFZ), analogues with enhanced anti-tumour Heidelberg, Germany activity Schäfer, German Stowers Institute for Developmental Biology, Signal transductional pathways activating Gritt Medical Research, Marburg, Germany the WASP/WIP complex in fusion competent Kansas City, USA myoblasts during Drosophila myoblast fusion Schoener, German Samuel Lunenfeld ETH Zürich, Data integration models for the analysis of Daniel Research Institute, Switzerland yeast synthetic lethality data Toronto, Canada Stecher, German McMaster University ETH Hönggerberg, Infl uence of Salmonella sv. Typhimurium Barbara Medical Centre, Zürich, Switzerland colities on the composition of the intestinal Hamilton, Canada microfl ora in ASF-associated mice Stelter, German University of Leeds, Insitute of Chemistry and Heterologous overexpression of membrane Meike UK Biological Technology, transport proteins from archaea Oeiras, Portugal

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name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest Germany Weyland, German University of Canterbury, DESY – EMBL Hamburg, Analysis of protein complex formation (cont.) Simone Christchurch, New Zealand Germany between DapA and DapB, two proteins of the lysine biosynthetic pathway of Mycobacterium tubercolosis Zeller, German Karolinska Institute, Swiss Institute of Allergy Expression of self-antigens in lesional skin Sabine Stockholm, Sweden and Asthma Research areas of patients with atopic eczema (SIAF), Davos, Switzerland

Greece Farmaki, Greek EMBL, Institute of Structural and functional characterisation Theodora Heidelberg, Germany Agrobiotechonolgy, of the transporting intermedias of a novel Thessaloniki, Greece PI3P-5P2 binding protein from Arabidopsis thaliana Gkouskou, Greek Centro de Investigación HELLAS-Institute of Metal regulated dynamic multi-protein Kalliopi Príncipe Felipe, Molecular Biology transcriptional complexes with novel Valencia, Spain & Biotechnology, cross-talking co-regulators Heraklion, Greece Karamitros, Greek National Institute for University of Patras, Investigating the effects of the conditional Dimitrios Medical Research, Greece inactivation of Geminin on lymphoid blood London, UK cells Kosta, Greek Electronic Microscopy Scientifi c and Technology Role of mitochondria in the programmed cell Artemis Utrecht (EMU), Park Luminy, death of Dyctyostelium discoideum The Netherlands Marseille, France Panoutsopoulos , Greek Imperial College London, B.S.R.C. Derivation of ES cell lines from mice Alexis UK “Alexander Fleming,” harbouring mutations in Arkadia in order to Athens, Greece generate chimeras Varotsis, Greek University of Cyprus, University of Crete, Time-resolved UV-RAMAN of nitric oxide Constantinos Nicosia, Cyprus Heraklion, Greece reductase from Paracoccus denitrifi cans Vidaki, Greek University College London, Institute of Molecular Role of the corticofugal axons in neuronal Marina UK Biology & Biotechnology, migration during the development of Heraklion, Greece forebrain in mice Zerefos, Greek University of Helsinki, Academy of Athens, Urine protein profi ling by the use of an Panagiotis Finland Greece integrated microchip electrophoretic device for the detection of low abundance bladder cancer biomarkers

Hungary Barta, Hungarian King’s College London, Molecular Biology and Structural genetic variation in substance Csaba UK Pathobiochemistry, dependence Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary Czondor, Hungarian University of Stuttgart, Eötvös Lorand University, Investigations on the role of protein kinase D Katalin Germany Budapest, Hungary (PKD) in vesicle transport and spine motility in hippocampal neurons

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name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest Hungary Muha, Hungarian University of Dundee, Institute of Enzymology, Posttranscriptional regulation of UDE and (cont.) Villo UK Budapest, Hungary dUTPase in Drosophila Nemoda, Hungarian MRC Laboratory of Semmelweis University, A potential role for GluR2 RNA-editing in Zsoﬁ a Molecular Biology, Budapest, Hungary homeostatic synaptic plasticity Cambridge, UK Válóczi , Hungarian University of Freiburg, Agricultural Adaptation of Arabidopsis thaliana in situ Anna Róza Germany Biotechnology Center, hybridization technology for miRNA detection Gödöllö, Hungary using LNA modiﬁ ed oligonucleotide probes

Ireland Golden, Irish EMBL, Hinxton, National University of Novel CpG island annotation using hidden Aaron UK Ireland, Markov models Galway, Ireland O’Connor, Irish The Netherlands Cancer University College Dublin, Functional genomic interrogation of Darran Institute, Amsterdam, Ireland anti-oestrogen resistance in breast cancer The Netherlands Ryan, Irish University of Sao Paulo, University College Cork, Protein–protein interactions of RpfG, a key Robert Brazil Ireland regulator of virulence in the phytopathogen Xanthomonas campestris

Israel Avinoam, Israeli Max Planck Institute for Technion-Israel Generating deletions of eff-1 and aff-1 Ori Developmental Biology, Institute of Technology, homologues in Pristionchus pacifi cus Tübingen, Germany Haifa, Israel Butin-Israeli, Israeli Northwestern University, Hebrew University, Modulation of Lamin A/C protein during Veronika Feinberg School of Jerusalem, Israel SV40 early infection Medicine, Chicago, USA Kahana, Israeli University of Toronto, Technion-Israel A high-throughput systematic identifi cation Smadar Canada Institute of Technology, of genes affecting the transcription of Haifa, Israel IME1 – the master regulator of meiosis in the budding yeast Lamm, Israeli Rockefeller University, The Hebrew University, Characterisation of human cells expressing Noa New York, USA Jerusalem, Israel a novel POT1 variant Lieber, Israeli The Max Planck Institute The Ben-Gurion University, Revealing the internal membrane Arnon of Biochemistry, Beer-Sheva, Israel organization of Gemmata obcuriglobus Martinsried, Germany by cryo-electron tomography of vitrifi ed sections Shalgi, Israeli EMBL, The Weizmann Institute The regulation of silencing by miRNAs Reut Heidelberg, Germany of Science, – global identifi cation of silenced targets Rehovot, Israel in human cells Shalom-Feuerstein, Israeli University of Tel Aviv University, Study of the expression profi ling and Ruby Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Israel potential roles of galectin-3 and Ras proteins Nice, France during in vitro skin embryogenesis

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name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest Israel Sorek, Israeli University of Tübingen, Tel Aviv University, Determination of subcellular localisation (cont.) Nadav Germany Israel of ROP/RAC GTPases in Arabidopsis using immunostaining

Italy Alfano, Italian King’s College London, IGB, National Research Identiﬁ cation of Rho GTPases as mediators Daniela UK Council – CNR, of urokinase receptor (uPAR)-dependent Naples, Italy migration and invasion Alverdi, Italian University of Utrecht , University of Udine, Probing the mechanism of aggregation of Vera The Netherlands Italy beta2-microglobulin

Benfenati, Italian The Centre for Molecular University of Bologna, Identifi cation of the brain osmosensor Valentina Biology and Neuroscience, Italy complex: molecular mechanisms Oslo, Norway regulating cell volume in astroglial cells Bersani, Italian Howard Hughes University of Turin, Identifi cation of a possible Met-dependent Francesca Medical Institute, Italy microRNAs signature New York, USA Bisaglia, Italian National Institute of Health, University of Padova, Molecular etiopathogenesis of Parkinson’s Marco Bethesda, USA Italy disease: alpha-synuclein, dopamine metabolism and oxidative stress Bottazzi, Italian Institute of Infections Humanitas Clinical Institute, Identifi cation of a cellular receptor for Barbara Disease and Molecular Rozzano, Italy the long pentraxin PTX3 Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa Brunello, Italian King’s College London, University of Florence, Structural dynamics of force development Elisabetta UK Italy in muscle Campa, Italian Max Planck Institute for Università degli Studi Overexpression of KIBP genes in barley Manuela Plant Breeding Research, dell’ Insubria, Cologne, Germany Varese, Italy Castino, Italian Henry Wellcome Lab for University A. Avogadro, The role of autophagy in neuronal Roberta Integrative Neuroscience Novara, Italy cell death and Endocrinology, Bristol, UK Cenci, Italian Cornell University, University of Salento, Analysis of molecular mechanisms Giovanni Ithaca, USA Lecce, Italy underlying the activation of the spindle checkpoint by uncapped telomeres in Drosophila Di Niro, Italian Los Alamos National University of Trieste, Gene annotation by high throughput Roberto Laboratory, USA Italy identifi cation of binding domains Esposito, Italian University of Cologne, University of Naples Role of foxe1 in zebrafi sh thyroid Ramona Germany “Federico II”, Italy morphogenesis

www.embo.org/fellowships | [email protected] ➔ 91 EMBO short-term fellowship awards 2007

name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest Italy Ferrari, Italian Max Planck Insitute for University of Padova, Analysis of secondary metabolites (cont.) Simone Plant Breeding Research, Legnaro, Italy induced by oligogalacturonide elicitors in Cologne, Germany Arabidopsis thaliana plants Fornasiero, Italian University of Leuven DIBIT-San Raffaele Role of directional endocytosis in axonal Eugenio Medical School, Vita-Salute University, specifi cation and neuronal polarisation Belgium Milan, Italy Giannattasio, Italian Institute of University of Milan, DNA damage response after UV irradiation Michele Human Genetics (IGH), Italy requires Exo1 dependent resection to Montpellier, France generate ssDNA regions in damaged yeast chromosomes Giordano, Italian Curie Institute, TIGEM (Telethon Institute Ocular albinism Type 1 (Oa1) gene function Francesca Paris, France of Genetics and Medicine), in malanosome biogenesis Naples, Italy Guardiola, Italian Center for Transgene Institute of Genetic and Unraveling the role of EGF-CFC Cripto in Ombretta Technology and Biophysic “Adriano muscle regeneration Gene Therapy (CTG), Buzzati-Traverso” CNR, Leuven, Belgium Naples, Italy Lionetti, Italian French National Institute University of Rome Cell wall analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana Vincenzo for Agricultural Research, “La Sapienza”, plants overexpressing pectin methylesterase Versailles, France Italy inhibitors by FTIR microspectroscopy Mazzucotelli, Italian Institute of Plant Genetics CRA – Centre for Genomic Proteomic analysis of SUMOylation during Elisabetta and Crop Plant Research Research, plant response to abiotic stresses (IPK), Fiorenzuola d’Arda (PC), Gatersleben, Germany Italy Migliaccio, Italian Cancer Research UK, European Role of p53/p66Shc pathway in regulation Enrica Glasgow, UK Institute of Oncology, of ROS metabolism, apoptosis and ageing Milan, Italy Olivieri, Italian University of Tartu and University of Pavia, Sequence variation in pigmentation Anna Estonian Biocentre, Italy genes and the origin of modern human Estonia populations Pantaleo, Italian Agricultural Biotechnology CNR – The mechanism of virus induced RNA Vitantonio Center Szent-Gyorgyi, Plant Virology Institute, silencing and its role in the control of Godollo, Hungary Bari, Italy virus specifi c subviral RNAs accumulation Piccin, Italian National Research Center University of Ferrara, Establishing primary cells for therapy Daniela for Environment and Italy response studies of neuroendocrine Health (GSF), tumours Neuherberg, Germany Pittoni, Italian Brigham and DIBIT, H. San Raffaele Defi nition of the molecular mechanisms Paola Women’s Hospital, Scientifi c Institute, underlying the control of iNKT cell Boston, USA Milan, Italy responsiveness by gene expression microarray analysis

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name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest Italy Prischi, Italian MRC – The National University of Siena, Structural studies of protein interaction and (cont.) Filippo Institute for Medical Italy aggregation related to neurodegenerative Research, diseases London, UK Proietti de Santis, Italian Institute of Genetics University of Tuscia, Identifi cation of CSB complexes using Luca and Molecular and Viterbo, Italy tandem affi nity purifi cation technology Cell Biology (IGBMC), Illkirch, France Reisoli, Italian Faculty of Biology , University of Pisa, Identifi cation and functional study of Elisa Barcelona, Spain Italy serotonin receptors 5-HT2B and 5-HT2C homo- and/or heteromers Riccio, Italian University of Cambridge, Second University of Role of imprinted genes in early-onset Andrea UK Naples, obesity Caserta, Italy Robotti, Italian Campus Gasthuisberg, University of Turin, Development of lentiviral vectors for PMGS Andrea Mario Leuven, Belgium Italy expression in neurons Rudini, Italian Leiden University FIRC Institute of Molecular mechanisms of VE-cadherin- Noemi Medical Center, Molecular Oncology, dependent enhancement of TGF-beta The Netherlands Milan, Italy pathway in endothelial cells Sala Frigerio, Italian Brigham and University College Dublin, APLP1 and APLP2 are better substrates for Carlo Women’s Hospital and Ireland gamma-secretase than APP Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA Sguanci, Italian University of Cambridge, CSDC, From theoretical to quantitative modelling of Luca UK Florence, Italy the R5 to X4 switching in HIV infection Tinnirello, Italian Cold Spring Univerity of Torino, Three-dimensional culture of human Agata Harbor Laboratory, Italy breast MCF-10A cells to investigate USA molecular mechanisms downstream HER2/Neu-activation Zanotti, Italian University of DiBit, Trasplantation of multipotential adult Lucia Rochester School of San Raffaele Hospital, oligodendrocyte progenitor cells in Medicine and Dentistry, Milan, Italy a mouse model for multiple sclerosis USA

The Fransen, Dutch University of Dundee, Netherlands Inﬂ uence of the acylation pattern of Netherlands Floris UK Vaccine Institute, Neisseria meningitidis lipopolysaccharide Bilthoven, Netherlands on dendritic cell responses Michielse, Dutch University of Münster, University of Amsterdam, Comparative analysis of pathogenicity genes Caroline Germany Netherlands in the plant pathogenic fungi Botrytis cinerea and Fusarium oxysporum

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name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest The Scheffers, Dutch Stockholm University, Free University of Membrane proteomics of the Netherlands Dirk-Jan Sweden Amsterdam, Escherichia coli divisome (cont.) Netherlands Schoenmakers, Dutch University of Cambridge, Erasmus MC University Epigenetic differentiation of blastomeres in Sam UK Medical Center, the early mouse embryo Rotterdam, The Netherlands Splinter, Dutch University of Erasmus MC In vitro reconstitution of microtubule-based Daniël Missouri-Kansas City, University Medical Center, motility of a triple dynein–dynactin–bicaudal USA Rotterdam, Netherlands D2 complex van Mölken, Dutch The Sainsbury Laboratory, Radboud University, Inﬂ uence of abiotic stressors on RNA Tamara John Innes Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands silencing pathways Norwich, UK Veenendaal, Dutch Osaka University, University of Oxford, Identiﬁ ying the conserved target of small Andreas Japan UK molecule inhibitors of T3SS

Poland Czerski, Polish University of Bonn, Poznan University of A systematic haplotype-based association Piotr Germany Medical Sciences, study of cadherin FAT gene in bipolar Poland affective disorder and schizophrenia Kaminska, Polish Graduate School of International Insitute of Search for DNA endonucleases with novel Katarzyna Frontier Science & Molecular and Cell Biology, structure and function Institute of Medical Science, Warsaw, Poland Tokyo, Japan Kolodziej, Polish University of Michigan, Erasmus MC Characterisation of the orphan nuclear Katarzyna Ann Arbor, USA University Medical Center, receptor TR2/TR4 complexes in erythroid Rotterdam, The Netherlands cells Prokopowicz, Polish Technical University of University College London, Altered immune responses to oxidized Zoﬁ a Munich, UK antigens: analysis of hypochlorous acid Garching, Germany induced protein modiﬁ cations Rolle, Polish Max Planck Institute for Polish Academy The study of the interactions of sRNA Katarzyna Infection Biology, of Sciences, with the target mRNA in Salmonella Berlin, Germany Poznan, Poland Szalewska-Palasz, Polish Department of University of Gdansk, Detecting ppGpp-regulated RNA polymerase Agnieszka Molecular Biology, Poland holoenzyme pools Umeå, Sweden Zawacka-Pankau, Polish Karolinska Institute, Intercollegiate Faculty Molecular mechanism of action of Stockholm, Sweden of Biotechnology, p53-reactivating molecule RITA Gdansk, Poland Ziemlinska, Polish University Hospital Nencki Institute of Production of a recombinant AAV-5 vector Ewelina Göttingen, Germany Experimental Biology, for a BDNF expression in lesioned spinal cord Warsaw, Poland

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name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest Portugal Brito, Portuguese Leibniz Institute for University of Coimbra, Insights on the molecular structure of Rui Molecular Pharmacology Portugal transthyretin amyloid by solid-state NMR (FMP), Berlin, Germany Correia, Portuguese University of London, Instituto Gulbenkian Mechanism of two novel, non-homologous Silvia UK de Ciencia, genes of african swine fever virus that Oeiras, Portugal inhibits the induction of interferon responses Fernandez, Portuguese University of Minnesota, University of Lisbon, Neurodevelopmental disabilities by Adelaide USA Portugal bilirubin: evalaution of growth cone dynamic alterations Slovak Majerník, Slovakian University of York, Slovak Academy The control mechanism of the initiation Republic Alan UK of Sciences, of DNA replication in methanoarchaeon Ivanka pri Dunaji, Slovakia Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus – analysis of potential roles of origin recognition box Simkovic, Slovakian University of Edinburgh, Slovak University of Mechanism(s) involved in proteinase Martin UK Technology, secretion by ﬁ lamentous fungus Bratislava, Slovakia Trichoderma viride Talianova, Slovakian University of Lyon, Institute of Effects of reproductive and breeding Martina France Biophysics AS CR, systems on genome organisation in Brno, Czech Republic the genus Silene

Slovenia Ceru, Slovenian Medical Centre Institute Jozef Stefan, Degradation of cystatin B through proteasom Slavko Nottingham, Ljubljana, Slovenia system and its infl uence on aggregation UK Hafner Bratkovic, Slovenian Technical University National Institute Insight into prion protein conformational Iva Munich, of Chemistry, change by additional disulfi de mutants Germany Ljubljana, Slovenia Pasic, Slovenian University Miguel University of Ljubljana, Mechanisms for phage evasion in Lejla Hernandez Apartado 18, Slovenia prokaryotes: modifi cation of targets by San Juan de Alicante, Spain intragenomic recombination

Spain Asencio, Spanish Erasmus MC, University Pablo de Isolation of suppressor mutations of coq- Claudio Rotterdam, Olavide-CSIC, 8(ok840) mutants in C. elegans The Netherlands Sevilla, Spain Barrera Olivares, Spanish Aalborg University, University Kinetic characterization of the folding Francisco Denmark Miguel Hernandez, mechanism of the potassium channel KcsA Alicante, Spain

www.embo.org/fellowships | [email protected] ➔ 95 EMBO short-term fellowship awards 2007

name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest Spain Castro Castro, Spanish The Netherlands CSIC-University of Characterisation and RNAi screen of proteins (cont.) Antonio Cancer Institute, Salamanca, Spain involved in the shuttling of the Rac1 GTPase Antoni van Leeuwenhoek from the cytosol to the plasma membrane Hospital (NKI-AVL), Amsterdam, The Netherlands Cobreros-Reguera, Spanish Johns Hopkins University, CABD, Pablo de Olavide In vivo analysis of the role of integrins on Laura Baltimore, USA University, border cell migration Seville, Spain Corbacho, Spanish Institute for Microbiology, University of Estremadura, Quantifi cation of glycosylation effi ciency in Isaac Zürich, Switzerland Badajoz, Spain different alg mutant strains using a MS-based quantifi cation assay de Paz, Spanish Biozentrum of University of Cantabria, DNA transfer into human cells mediated by Héctor David the University of Basel, Santander, Spain the type IV secretion systems of Bartonella Switzerland spp. Del Carmen Spanish National Institute of Health, Biological Research Centre, Effect of soluble septosome proteins on Fernández Alonso, Bethesda, USA Madrid, Spain the oligomerisation and assembly of FtsZ, Maria an essential bacterial cell division protein: a multi-signal analytical ultracentrifugation analysis Dominguez Villar, Spanish University Hospital Puerto Real Effect of HCV core protein expression in Margarita Huddinge, University Hospital, NK cell function Stockholm, Sweden Spain Elías, Spanish Max Planck Institute for Pablo de Olavide Identifi cation and characterisation of Alberto Terrestrial Microbiology, University, virulence factors in the corn smut fungus Marburg, Germany Seville, Spain Ustilago maydis Elorza, Spanish University of Leuven, Princess Hospital, Generation of conditional transgenic mice Ainara Belgium Madrid, Spain overexpressing the prolyl hydroxylases PHD-1,-2,-3 oxygen sensors Fernandez Spanish Medical Research Council, University of Salamanca, Phenotypic characterisation of mutants Fernandez, Harwell, UK Spain Guthrie and Panza. Relevance to Huntington’s Seila disease Garcia, Spanish EMBL, Cancer Research Center, Study of Implication of Mug1 and Mug5 in Ana Heidelberg, Germany Salamanca, Spain horsetail movement in S. pombe García-Hoz, Spanish University of Bergen, Centre of Molecular In vivo study of Galfaq/PKCz association by Carlota Norway Biology “Severo Ochoa”, FRET analysis Madrid, Spain Gomez Valero, Spanish University of Uppsala , University of Valencia, Partial analysis of the genome of a Laura Sweden Spain Wolbachia strain from Drosophila simulans González Mamely, Spanish University of Sussex, Hospital Universitario Role of claspin in double-stranded DNA Iván Brighton, UK de Canarias, break repair Tenerife, Spain

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name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest Spain González Pérez, Spanish Ecole Normale Supérieure, Faculty of Medicine, Single-molecule study of TrwC, (cont.) Blanca Paris, France Santander, Spain a DNA-strand transferase Gonzalez Seiz, Spanish Wallenberg Autonomous Electrophysiological characterisation of Neuroscience Center, University of Madrid, human neural stem cell cultures derived Lund, Sweden Spain from ventral mesencephalon Gonzalez, Spanish Institute of Medical Instituto de Suppression of MyD88- and/or TRIF- Francisca Microbiology, Investigaciones Biomédicas dependent signalling pathways of Toll-like Munich, Germany Alberto Sols (IIB), receptors (TLRs) by acanthoic acid-related Madrid, Spain diterpenes González, Spanish Institute of Madrid University, Use of ChIP technology to uncover the Inmaculada Human Genetics, Spain association of agony, a polycomb and Montpellier, France trithorax interacting protein with specifi c DNA sequences Guix Rafols, Spanish Center of Pompeu Fabra University, Amyloid ß-peptide-induced nitrotyrosination Francesc Xavier Human Genetics, Barcelona, Spain of triose phosphate isomerase promotes Leuven, The Netherlands paired helical fi lament formation Herrera, Spanish Imperial College London, Estación Experimental Crystallisation of PhhR M. Carmen UK del Zaidín, Granada, Spain Lacal Romero, Spanish University of California, CSIC, Elucidation of the molecular mechanism Jésus Davis, USA Granada, Spain of TodS/TodT-mediated chemotaxis in Pseudomonas Laguna Tuset, Spanish Salpétrière Hospital, Centre of Analysis of DYRK1A function in te Ariadna Paris, France Genomic Regulation, development of retinotectal networks Barcelona, Spain Lima Silva, Spanish Faculty of Agriculture, University of Málaga, Vitamin C profi ling of a population of Viviana Food and Environmental Spain backcross inbred lines (BILs) generated Quality Sciences, as an interspecifi c cross between Rehovot, Israel S. lycopersicum and S. neorickii Lopez Serra, Spanish Imperial College Spanish National Cancer MBD proteins profi le of stem cell during Lidia School of Medicine, Research Centre (CNIO), differentiation London, UK Madrid, Spain Lozano, Spanish MCDB Yale University, University of Málaga, Analysis of the interaction between Rosa New Haven, USA Spain Geminiviruses and two SCF regulators: CAND1 and the CSN complex Nuñez-Corcuera, Spanish University of Dundee, Biological Research Centre, Analysis of cudA and statA expression in Beatriz UK Madrid, Spain a new Dictyostelium mutant: padA– Pardo, Spanish John Curtin School of University of Zaragoza, Biological relevance of apoptosis induced by Julian Medical Research, Spain perforin/granzymes during ectromelia virus Canberra, Australia infection

www.embo.org/fellowships | [email protected] ➔ 97 EMBO short-term fellowship awards 2007

name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest Spain Pérez Bueno, Spanish Hungarian Academy University of Shefﬁ eld, Thermodynamic dissection of the (cont.) María Luisa of Sciences, UK mechanisms of non photochemical Szeged, Hungary quenching in higher plants Pernaute, Spanish MRC Autonomous MicroRNAs involvement in mouse Barbara Clinical Sciences Centre, University of Madrid, trophoblast development London, UK Spain Pineda, Spanish University of Leuven, Foundation IMIM, Molecular mechanism of tissue plasminogen David Belgium Barcelona, Spain activator (tPA) induction by amyloid beta in neurons: implications for Alzheimer’s disease Porrúa, Spanish Umea University, Pablo de Olavide In vitro transcription of atzR-atzDEF system Odil Sweden University, from Pseudomonas sp. ADP Sevilla, Spain Reyes Valerón, Spanish University of Basel, University of Salamanca, Intracellular sorting of Chs3 María Abigail Switzerland Spain Rodrigo, Spanish Massachusetts Institute Polytechnic University Design and evolution of de novo metabolic Guillermo of Technology, of Valencia, pathways Cambridge, USA Spain Rodrígues-Chacón, Spanish Columbia University Miguel Hernandez Cytoskeleton dynamic in growth cone: Mariola Medical Center, University, actin microinjection New York, USA Alicante, Spain Rodriguez-Romero, Spanish University of Glasgow, University of Sevilla, Expression, puriﬁ cation and characterisation Julio L. UK Spain of blue light photoreceptor from Phycomyces Ruiz de Almodovar, Spanish CNRS UMR 7102, University of Leuven, Characterisation of the role of VEGF during Carmen Paris, France Belgium cerebellum development Sanchis, Spanish UT Southwestern University of Lleida, Role of histone deacetylases in the control Daniel Medical Center at Dallas, Spain of apoptotic gene expression during heart USA development Valiente Cortés, Spanish Burnham Institute for Institute of Neurosciences, Development of siRNA lentiviral vectors Manuel Medical Research, Alicante, Spain against intracellular proteins implicated in La Jolla, USA migration of cortical neurons Vega, Spanish University of Heidelberg, Instituto de Characterisation of factors participating in Lorena Germany Microbiología Bioquímica, maturation of pre-40S subunit in ribosomal Salamanca, Spain biogenesis Yerbes-Cadenas, Spanish Drexel University College Andalusian Molecular Death receptor signalling during lumen Rosario of Medicine, Biology and Regenerative formation Philadelphia, USA Medicine Centre (CABIMER), Seville, Spain

Sweden Andersson, Swedish University of Göteborg University, Production and investigations of zeta, an Maria Massachussetts Sweden unfolded protein in the T-cell receptor Medical School, Worcester, USA

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name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest Sweden Andersson, Swedish ISREC-EPFL, Swiss Federal Karolinska Institute, Potential interaction between Cdx2 and (cont.) Olov Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Nodal signalling – implications for mesoderm Lausanne, Switzerland induction Eriksson, Swedish Macquarie University, University of Cambridge, Development of onychophorans as Joakim New South Wales, Australia UK a model system in evolutionary developmental biology Lüppert, Swedish Stanford University Karolinska Institute, Cancer stem cells in brain tumours Alfred School of Medicine, Stockholm, Sweden USA

Switzerland Bridel, Swiss Virginia Commonwealth University Hospital Zürich, Murine FDCs and in vitro prion replication Claire University, Switzerland Richmond, USA Rauch, Swiss The Scripps Institute of Biochemistry, Autoregressive moving average analysis of Alexander Research Institute, ETH, astral microtubule dynamics in S. cerevisae La Jolla, USA Zürich, Switzerland Stadelmann, Swiss Institute for Hygiene Institute of Parasitology, Laminated layer and excretory/secretory Britta and Microbiology, Bern, Switzerland products of Echinococcus multilocularis Würzburg, Germany metacestodes are important for pathogenesis

Turkey Bener Aksam, Turkish Institute for University of Groningen, The role of peroxisomes in apoptosis in Eda Molecular Biosciences, Netherlands yeast Graz, Austria Cangul, Turkish University of Birmingham, Uludag University Mapping of autosomal recessive disease Hakan UK School of Medicine, genes Bursa, Turkey Evran, Turkish University of Regensburg, Ege University, Interconverting the activities of Germany Izmir, Turkey two TIM barrel enzymes by evolutionary design

United Arden, British Howard Hughes Newcastle University, Protein–protein interactions of the glucose Kingdom Catherine Medical Institute, UK sensor enzyme glucokinase in pancreatic Ann Arbor, USA beta-cells Hagen, British East Carolina University, University of Cambridge, Role of SREBP-1c in the generation of lipid Rachel Greenville, USA UK substrates for oxidation in skeletal muscle during exercise Hasan, British Yale University IARC Internation Agency The localisation and association of TLR9 Uzma School of Medicine, for Research on Cancer, regulation by high risk types of human New Haven, USA Lyon, France papillomavirus and viral persistence Lloret Vilaspasa, British IBL Clusius Laboratorium, University College London, Vertical signalling by Hox genes and Ferran Leiden, The Netherlands UK anterior – posterior patterning of the early embryo

www.embo.org/fellowships | [email protected] ➔ 99 EMBO short-term fellowship awards 2007

name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest United Rawling, British University of Geneva Centro Nacional de Investigation of the proteolytic processing Kingdom Joanna Medical School CMU, Microbiología, Instituto region of the human respiratory syncytial (cont.) Switzerland de Salud Carlos III, virus fusion protein in the context of Madrid, Spain Sendai virus Wright, British Harvard John Radcliffe Hospital, Proteomic detection of autoantibodies in Cynthia Institute of Proteomics, Oxford, UK patients with ankylosing spondylitis Cambridge, USA

other Butler, American University of Nice, National University of Investigating the molecular mechanisms nationalities Ryan France Ireland, mediating synaptic plasticity in the midbrain Galway, Ireland during pain, conditioned fear, and fear-induced analgesia Rohn, American EMBL, MRC Laboratory for Use of live-cell imaging to characterize Jennifer Heidelberg, Germany Molecular Cell Biology, novel regulators of mammalian cell London, UK morphogenesis Marchesisni, Argentinian Scientifi c and Technology Institute of Characterisation of a Brucella TFSS Maria Ines Park Luminy, Biotechnology Research, substrate Marseille, France Buenos Aires, Argentina Nieto Peñalver, Argentinian Imperial College London, National University of Systematics and phylogeny of the Baetidae María Carolina UK Tucuman, (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) based on San Miguel de Tucumán, morphological and molecular characters Argentina Turk, Argentinian Curie Institute, University of Impact of human immunodefi ciency Gabriela Inserm U653, Buenos Aires, virus Type 1 intersubtype variability of Paris, France Argentina NEF activity Villarreal, Argentinian University of Hannover, Biological Research Centre, Proteomic analysis of mitochondrial Fernando Germany Mar del Plata, Argentina gamma-carbonic anhydrases mutants and overxpressing cell cultures Lapkouski, Belarusian EMBL, Hamburg, University of Structure-functional characteristics of Mikalai Germany South Bohemia, the HsdR subunit of the EcoR124l Nove Hrady, endonuclease from E. coli Czech Republic Nóbrega Pitaluga, Brazilian Charles University, DBBM, IOC – FIOCRUZ, Identifi cation of putative new anti-microbial André Prague, Czech Republic Rio de Janeiro, Brazil peptide in sand fl ies from the old world Hadzhiev, Bulgarian Bergen Center for Institute for Toxicology Identifi cation of core promoter sequences Yavor Computational Science, and Genetic Research, responsible for promoter–enhancer Norway Karlsruhe, Germany specifi city in long-range cis-regulatory interactions in vertebrate development Lemay, Canadian The University of University of Sherbrooke, Single-molecule stepwise transcription: Jean-Francois St Andrews, Canada a novel framework to study co-transcriptional UK folding

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name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest other Flores Morales, Colombian University of Oxford, Karolinska Institute, Characterisation of the mechanism of action nationalities Amilcar UK Stockholm, Sweden of SOCS2 (cont.) Rodriguez Alfonso, Cuban Faculty of Pharmacy, CEBIMAR, Obtaining of a new peptide from a sea Armando Leuven, Belgium Habana, Cuba anemone, acting upong potassium channels, with potential pharmacological and biomedical applications Malekkou, Cypriot University of Dundee, University of Cyprus, Functional characterisation of a novel Anna UK Nicosia, Cyprus nuclear ATPase protein, hCINAP Poirazi, Cypriot Institute of Life Sciences, Institute of Computational modelling and physiological Panayiota Los Angeles, USA Molecular Biology and studies of neural form and function in the Biotechnology (IMBB), ageing brain Heraklion, Greece Kanduri, Indian The Babraham Institute, The Rudbeck Laboratory, Functional characterisation of proteins Chandrasekhar Cambridge, UK Uppsala, Sweden that are associated with Kcnq1ot1 and Xist silencing domains Siddiqui, Indian Max Planck Institute for University of British Generation and analysis of conditional Tabrez Jamal Experimental Medicine, Columbia, knock-out mice for novel genes inducing Göttingen, Germany Vancouver, Canada presynaptic differentiation Kartikasari, Indonesian University of Heidelberg, UMC Cellular signalling of the iron hormone April Germany St. Radboud Nijmegen, hepcidin The Netherlands Saade, Lebanese Fred Hutchinson INSERM ERM206, Development and validation of biobodies Murielle Cancer Research Center, Laboratoire Technologies specifi c for spatial isoforms Seattle, USA Avancées pour le Génome et la Clinique (TAGC), Marseille, France Briseno-Roa, Mexican Institute of Genetics and Laboratory of EM of SYD-4 protein and syd-4 mutant Luis Molecular and Cellular Molecular Biology, synapses using high-pressure freezing Biology, Cambridge, UK Strasbourg, France Manori New EMBL-EBI, University of Auckland, Visualisation of biological models Dissanayake, Zealander Hinxton, UK New Zealand Sarala Adewale, Nigerian University of Bonn , Obafemi Awolowo Enzymatic analysis and biochemical Isaac Olusanjo Germany University, regulation of stress-associated aldehyde Ile-Ife, Nigeria dehydrogenases Ayeni, Nigerian Instituto del Frio (CSIC), Okemesi Grammar School, Identifi cation and plasmid profi les of lactic Funmilola Madrid, Spain Okemesi Ekiti, Nigeria acid bactaria isolated from fermented dairy foods and meat products in Nigeria

www.embo.org/fellowships | [email protected] ➔ 101 EMBO short-term fellowship awards 2007

name nationality host laboratory home laboratory research interest other Ojo, Nigerian Barts and the London University College Cork, Rapid phylogenetic analysis of nationalities Olabisi Queen Mary’s School of Ireland Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical (cont.) Medicine and Dentistry, isolates in Southern Ireland London, UK Kovalevskiy, Russian University of York, Russian Academy of Regulation of Bacillus cereus hemolysin II Oleg UK Sciences, expression: structural investigation Pushchino, Russia Laletina Russian Institute for Molecular and Institute of Mapping of the SECIS RNA – protein contacts (Babaylova), Cell Biology, Chemical Biology and on the human ribosome Elena Strasbourg, France Fundamental Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia Pindyurin, Russian Erasmus University Siberian Division of Puriﬁ cation and characterisation of SUUR Aleksey Medical Centre, Russian Academy of (Suppressor of Under-Replication) protein Rotterdam, Sciences, complex of Drosophila The Netherlands Novosibirsk, Russia Salozhin, Russian INMED – Institute of Effect of the overexpression of NKCC1, Sergey The Mediterranean Higher Nervous Activity a sodium-potassium-chloride cotransporter Institute of Neurobiology, and Neurophysiology, on neurons development Marseille, France Moscow, Russia Boryskina, Ukrainian CNRS – Rennes University, Institute of Radiophysics Bridging the gap between pathologies, Olena (Yelena) France and Electronics NAS of rheological properties of collagen, and Ukraine, genetic mutations Kharkov, Ukraine Koval, Ukrainian Pasteur Institute, Paris, Palladin Institute of The role of two nicotinic receptor subtypes Lyudmyla France Biochemistry of the in B lymphocyte activation National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine Pismenetskaya, Ukrainian University of Oxford, Dniepropetrovsk State HPLC analysis of oligosaccharides of Irine UK Medical Academy, glycoconjugates and their free analogues Ukraine in urine

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applications and awards 2000 – 2007 country from applications % of total awards % of total success rate % Austria 19 1 9 1 47 Belgium 49 2 30 2 61 Croatia 19 1 9 1 47 Czech Republic 54 2 32 2 59 Denmark 19 1 10 1 53 Estonia* 3 0 2 0 67 Finland 22 1 15 1 68 France 176 7 107 8 61 Germany 179 7 98 7 55 Greece 106 4 59 4 56 Hungary 61 2 37 3 61 Iceland 12 1 7 1 58 Ireland 27 1 17 1 63 Israel 104 4 69 5 66 Italy 385 15 199 14 52 Luxembourg** 0 0 0 0 0 The Netherlands 65 3 43 3 66 Norway 10 0 5 0 50 Poland 104 4 46 3 44 Portugal 50 2 28 2 56 Slovak Republic** 2 0 2 0 100 Slovenia 31 1 15 1 48 Spain 402 16 224 16 56 Sweden 32 1 22 2 69 Switzerland 33 1 19 1 58 Turkey 59 2 22 2 37 United Kingdom 92 4 61 4 66 * Estonia joined the EMBC in 2006 Eastern Europe 207 8 94 7 45 ** Luxembourg and the Slovak Republic Others 212 8 100 7 47 joined the EMBC in 2007 Total 2534 100 1381 100 55

➔ 104 short-term fellowships: statistics

applications and awards 1977– 2007 year applications awards success rate % 2007 409 211 52 2006 393 194 49 2005 383 201 52 2004 301 167 55 2003 289 138 48 2002 252 170 67 2001 233 124 53 2000 274 176 64 1999 230 138 60 1998 279 143 51 1997 339 188 55 1996 316 180 57 1995 325 187 57 1994 369 203 55 1993 376 209 55 1992 351 213 61 1991 344 194 56 1990 346 211 61 1989 331 199 60 1988 351 211 60 1987 301 212 70 1986 309 215 70 1985 304 221 73 1984 320 226 71 1983 335 223 67 1982 321 213 66 1981 339 235 69 1980 357 242 68 1979 344 243 71 1978 349 244 70 1977 294 213 72

www.embo.org/fellowships | [email protected] ➔ 105 EMBO short-term fellowships 2007: geographical distribution

applications Austria Belgium Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Slovak Republic Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey UK Eastern Europe USA/Canada Others Total Destination Nationality Austria 1 1 1 2 5 Belgium 41113 1112 Croatia 0 Czech Republic 1 1 1 3 Denmark 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 9 Estonia* 11 Finland 1 2 1 1 1 6 France 5 1 1 1 1 1 2 6 2 1 5 12621148 Germany 1 2 1 2 3 5 9 2 4 2 1 8 112238 57 Greece 1113 Hungary 1 1 2 4 Iceland 0 Ireland 0 Israel 1 1 2 Italy 2 1 1 1 1 6 12 Luxembourg** 0 Netherlands 1 2 2 1 1 3 2 5 2222 25 Norway 1 1 1 3 Poland 11 Portugal 0 Slovak Republic** 0 Slovenia 0 Spain 1 1 1112 3 1 1 16 19 Sweden 2 1 2 7 1 1 1 15 Switzerland 1 1 5 1 1 9 Turkey 0 UK 1 5733 2 13 4 322415223 629 88 EMBL 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 10 Eastern Europe 1 1 USA/Canada 1 1 1 7 7 1 1 4 11 2 1 1 16 2 5 4 65 Others 1 1 1 2113111 Total 4826122192412100712580121149277469717221151409

*Estonia joined the EMBC in 2006 **Luxembourg and the Slovak Republic joined the EMBC in 2007

➔ 106 short-term fellowships 2007: geographical distribution

awards Austria Belgium Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Slovak Republic Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey UK Eastern Europe USA/Canada Others Total Destination Nationality Austria 1 1 1 3 Belgium 3 2 1 6 Croatia 0 Czech Republic 1 1 2 Denmark 1 1 2 Estonia* 1 1 Finland 1 1 France 2 1 1 1 4 4 1 4 2 20 Germany 1 2 3 5 2 3 1 1 3 111 12 27 Greece 0 Hungary 1 1 1 3 Iceland 0 Ireland 0 Israel 1 1 Italy 0 Luxembourg** 0 Netherlands 112 1 2 3 21 13 Norway 1 1 1 3 Poland 0 Portugal 0 Slovak Republic** 0 Slovenia 0 Spain 1 1 111 1 1 1 8 Sweden 1 1 2 4 1 1 10 Switzerland 1 5 1 7 Turkey 0 UK 1 3233 2 7 3 2216221 411 46 EMBL 1 111 1 1 1 1 8 Eastern Europe 0 USA/Canada 1 1 321 137 2 1 1025 2 41 Others 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 9 Total 14151111012850683309065234259212938211

*Estonia joined the EMBC in 2006 **Luxembourg and the Slovak Republic joined the EMBC in 2007 www.embo.org/fellowships | [email protected] ➔ 107 EMBO young investigators 2007

EMBO young investigators 2007

name nationality institute research interest Bousso, Philippe French Pasteur Institute, Paris, France T cell dynamics in vivo d’Adda di Fagagna, Fabrizio Italian IFOM, Milan, Italy Senescence and DNA damage checkpoint Etienne-Manneville, Sandrine French Pasteur Institute, Paris, France Astrocyte polarity and migration Gerhardt, Holger German Cancer Research UK, London, UK Endothelial guidance in vascular patterning Harkany, Tibor Hungarian Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden Developmental deﬁ cits in the CNS Hoppe, Thorsten German ZMNH, Hamburg, Germany Protein degradation Hummel, Thomas German University of Münster, Germany Formation of the sensory nervous system Janke, Carsten German CNRS-CRBM, Montpellier, France Tubulin modiﬁ cation and function Ketting, René Dutch Hubrecht Laboratory, Utrecht, The Netherlands Small RNAs in the vertebrate germline Martínez, Javier Argentinian IMBA, Vienna, Austria RNA silencing in mammalian cells Más, Paloma Spanish IBMB-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain Circadian rhythm in Arabidopsis Milán, Marco Spanish Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona, Spain Cellular boundaries during development Schnittger, Arp German University of Cologne, Germany Control of cell size and number Segal, Eran Israeli The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel Modelling of transcriptional regulation Seoane, Joan Spanish Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain Glioma genesis and progression Tapon, Nicolas French Cancer Research UK, London Tissue size control Vendruscolo, Michele Italian University of Cambridge, UK Protein aggregation in theory and experiment Zimmermann, Pascale Belgian Catholic University, Leuven, Belgium The role of PDZ domains in development

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EMBO installation grant recipients 2007

name nationality moving from moving to research interest Bryja, Vítězslav Czech Karolinska Institute, Masaryk University, Wnt pathway activation Stockholm, Sweden Brno, Czech Republic Çelik, Arzu Turkish New York University, Bogazici University, Photoreceptor differentiation USA Istanbul, Turkey Dobrzyń, Agnieszka Polish University of Nencki Institute of Lipid-induced insulin resistance Wisconsin-Madison, Experimental Biology, USA Warsaw, Poland Pál, Csaba Hungarian University of Oxford, Biological Research Center, Evolutionary systems biology UK Szeged, Hungary Reményi, Attila Hungarian University of California, Eötvös Lorand University, Protein-protein interactions San Francisco, USA Budapest, Hungary Vaňáčova, Štěpánka Czech Biozentrum, Masaryk University, Nuclear RNA quality control Basel, Switzerland Brno, Czech Republic Veiga-Fernandes, Henrique Portuguese NIMR, Molecular Medicine Lymphocyte development London, UK Institute (IMM), Lisbon, Portugal Yaman, İbrahim Turkish Case Western Marmara Research Center, Ochratoxin A carcinogenicity Reserve University, Gebze, Turkey Cleveland, USA Žagrović, Bojan Croatian ETH Zurich, Mediterranean Institute for Molecular structure and dynamics Switzerland Life Sciences (MedILS), Split, Croatia

www.embo.org/yip | [email protected] ➔ 109 EMBO EMBO young investigators 2000 – 2006

EMBO young investigators 2000 – 2006

A Adams, Ralf Cavaillé, Jérôme Haucke, Volker Agami, Reuven Chin, Jason Helariutta, Ykä Allain, Frederic Chiti, Fabrizio Helms, Volkhard Alon, Uri Christoforidis, Savvas Hidalgo, Alicia Antonny, Bruno Clausen, Tim Hirst, Judy Arber, Silvia Collinson, Ian Holstege, Frank Arkowitz, Robert Conradt, Barbara Hopfner, Karl-Peter Arribas, Joaquin Cosma, Maria Pia I Ivaska, Johanna Ashe, Hilary Costanzo, Vincenzo J Jansen, Ralf Averof, Michalis Cramer, Patrick Jensen, Torben Heick B Barkai, Naama Currie, Peter K Kaessmann, Henrik Barr, Francis D Davis, Daniel Khakh, Baljit Barral, Yves de Gier, Jan-Willem Klaholz, Bruno Barre, François-Xavier Del Pozo, Miguel Knoblich, Jürgen Batista, Facundo Delledonne, Massimo Köhler, Claudia Baum, Buzz Dessen, Andrea Konieczny, Igor Behrens, Axel Dickson, Barry Kunji, Edmund Beja, Oded Dominguez, Maria L Labib, Karim Bellaïche, Yohanns Donaldson, Anne Längst, Gernot Ben-Yehuda, Sigal Dutzler, Raimund Lappalainen, Pekka Berger, Frederic E Einsle, Oliver Lecuit, Thomas Bertolotti, Anne Elena, Santiago Lemaitre, Bruno Bertrand, Edouard F Fankhauser, Christian Levashina, Elena A. Blazquez, Miguel Fernandez-Chacon, Rafael Leys, David Bochtler, Matthias Friml, Jirí Logan, Malcolm Boulton, Simon Fuks, François Lohmann, Jan Boutros, Michael G Glotzer, Michael Löwe, Jan Briscoe, James Gönczy, Pierre Lygerou, Zoi Bujnicki, Janusz Gonzalez-Reyes, Acaimo M Malnasi Csizmadia, Andras Bumann, Dirk H Hajnal, Alex Mansuy, Isabelle C Casares, Fernando Hassan, Bassem Manzanares, Miguel

➔ 110 www.embo.org/yip | [email protected] EMBO young investigators 2000 – 2006

EMBO young investigators 2000 – 2006 (cont.)

Marin, Oscar Pierre, Philippe T Taipale, Jussi Marine, Jean-Christophe Pilpel, Yitzhak Tamagnone, Luca Martin-Bermudo, Maria Dolores Poirazi, Panayiota Tanaka, Tomoyuki Mattevi, Andrea Posas, Francesc Tavernarakis, Nektarios Mehlen, Patrick R Radtke, Freddy Teichmann, Sarah Meier, Pascal Reich, Ziv Telford, Maximilian Mitchell, Kevin Rescigno, Maria Therond, Pascal Møller, Simon Geir Robinson, Robert Trouche, Didier Mosialos, George Rodriguez, Ivan Trumpp, Andreas Mota, Maria Rouse, John Tsiantis, Miltos Musacchio, Andrea S Salecker, Iris Tuschl, Thomas N Nagy, Laszlo Santos, Manuel U Uhlmann, Frank Nehrbass, Ulf Saudou, Frédéric Ulrich, Helle Neuhauss, Stephan Schärer, Orlando Ungermann, Christian Nichols, Benjamin Schedl, Andreas V van Aalten, Daan Nissen, Poul Schleper, Christa Van den Ackerveken, Guido Noselli, Stephane Schlötterer, Christian van der Goot, Gisou O Oldroyd, Giles Schneitz, Kay van Steensel, Bas Otzen, Daniel Schübeler, Dirk Vinkemeier, Uwe Owen, David Schwappach, Blanche Viola, Antonella Owen-Hughes, Tom Scorrano, Luca Voinnet, Olivier Oxenius, Annette Sourjik, Victor W Wimmer, Ernst P Palková, Zdena Spahn, Christian Wutz, Anton Palmer, Ruth Spang, Anne Z Zeeman, Samuel Pasero, Philippe Stancheva, Irina Zernicka-Goetz, Magdalena Peeper, Daniel Stock, Daniela Pellizzoni, Livio Sträßer, Katja Peracchi, Alessio Strick, Terence Perrakis, Anastassis Stumpf, Michael Peters, Jan-Michael Suomalainen-Wartiovaara, Anu Philpott, Dana Szabò, Ildikò

www.embo.org/yip | [email protected] ➔ 111 EMBO young investigators: statistics

applications and 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 awards 2000 – 2007 country appl. aw. appl. aw. appl. aw. appl. aw. appl. aw. appl. aw. appl. aw. appl. aw. Austria 9 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 3 1 3 0 2 1 Belgium 8 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 3 0 6 2 6 1 Croatia 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Czech Republic 2 0 0 1 6 0 14 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 Denmark 5 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 Estonia* 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Finland 9 2 1 0 4 1 3 0 9 0 2 0 5 2 8 0 France 72 5 17 4 26 4 26 2 17 3 14 2 16 4 8 3 Germany 52 7 22 4 17 4 15 3 30 3 23 4 27 2 19 3 Greece 8 2 1 2 4 1 3 0 4 1 6 0 4 0 4 0 Hungary 2 1 1 0 6 0 7 1 5 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Ireland 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 Israel 13 2 7 1 4 0 5 1 5 0 3 1 5 1 2 1 Italy 22 1 6 3 14 3 11 1 14 0 14 1 11 3 9 1 Netherlands 10 2 6 2 3 0 4 0 3 1 5 1 8 0 5 1 Luxembourg** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Norway 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Poland 13 1 2 0 8 1 6 0 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Portugal 9 1 6 1 2 0 2 1 3 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 Slovak Republic** 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Slovenia 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 Spain 40 4 26 1 18 2 26 2 21 1 17 1 16 0 18 3 Sweden 23 1 3 0 15 0 7 1 8 0 3 1 10 0 14 1 Switzerland 21 6 11 3 12 3 5 1 8 1 8 3 5 2 4 0 * Estonia joined Turkey 8 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 the EMBC in 2006 United Kingdom 75 14 30 1 23 4 21 5 20 7 13 2 22 5 26 3 ** Luxembourg and Others 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 the Slovak Republic Total 415 55 150 23 169 23 163 21 172 20 128 17 153 21 131 18 joined the EMBC Female 94 13 44 4 45 4 47 7 39 4 32 2 32 6 37 3 in 2007 Male 321 42 106 19 124 19 116 14 133 16 96 15 121 15 94 15

➔ 112 young investigators: statistics

average general statistics for all young investigators age 34.8 upon selection 2000 – 2007 post-doctoral years 4.7 total number of publications 21 last-author publications 3.4 ﬁ rst-author publications 9.3

no. % of total pre- and/or post-doctorate spent in USA USA 112 62.2

no. % of total post-doctoral fellowships received EMBO 57 32.0 from international agencies HFSP 40 21.4 EU TMR 21 12.0

www.embo.org/yip | [email protected] ➔ 113 EMBO young investigator lectures 2007

young investigator Strick, Young Japanese Researcher Meeting JP – Tokyo 10 – 11 January lectures 2007 Terence Strick, 43rd Annual Contact Meeting of NO – Lillehammer 1 – 4 February Terence the Norwegian Biochemical Society Allain, Advances in structural biology and IN – Hyderabad 23 – 25 February Frederic structure prediction Tsiantis, Speciation and adaptation – ecological JP – Okazaki and 11 – 16 March Miltos genomics of model organisms and beyond Kakegawa Friml, Plant cell biology US – Coeur d’Alene 23 – 28 March Jiri Møller, Origin and evolution of mitochondria and IT – Maratea 24 – 29 March Simon Geir chloroplasts Bertolotti, Protein misfolding and aggregation in FR – Roscoff 11 – 15 April Anne ageing and disease Batista, Fibronectin, integrins and IT – Ciocco 22 – 27 April Facundo related molecules Ivaska, Fibronectin, integrins and IT – Ciocco 22 – 27 April Johanna related molecules Hassan, Visual processing in insects: US – Ashburn 29 April – 2 May Bassem from anatomy to behavior Voinnet, EMBO Conference Series on DE – Heidelberg 3 – 6 May Olivier Chromatin and Epigenetics Viola, Immunology 2007 – US – Miami Beach, 18 – 22 May Antonella 94th Annual Meeting of the AAI Florida Agami, Microsymposium on small RNAs AT – Vienna 21 – 23 May Reuven Batista, EMBO Conference Series on IT – Siena 24 – 28 May Facundo Signalling in the Immune System Batista, 37th Annual Meeting of FI – Turku 6 – 9 June Facundo the Scandinavian Society of Immunology Agami, Keystone Symposia on US – Keystone 8 – 12 June Reuven microRNA and Cancer

➔ 114 EMBO young investigator lectures 2007

young investigator Chiti, EMBO Conference Series on PT – Tomar 9 – 14 June lectures 2007 (cont.) Fabrizio Protein Folding and Chaperones in Biology Lecuit, Gordon Research Conference on US – Andover 24 – 29 June Thomas Developmental Biology Poirazi, Workshop on quantitative neuron modelling: CH – Lausanne 25 – 26 June Panayiota predicting every spike? Einsle, Gordon Research Conference on US – New London 1 – 6 July Oliver Molybdenum and Tungsten Enzymes Voinnet, 32nd FEBS Congress: AT – Vienna 7 – 12 July Olivier Molecular Machines Behrens, 32nd FEBS Congress: AT – Vienna 7 – 12 July Axel Molecular Machines Dutzler, 32nd FEBS Congress: AT – Vienna 7 – 12 July Raimund Molecular Machines Agami, 32nd FEBS Congress: AT – Vienna 7 – 12 July Reuven Molecular Machines Chiti, 32nd FEBS Congress: AT – Vienna 7 – 12 July Fabrizio Molecular Machines Spahn, 32nd FEBS Congress: AT – Vienna 7 – 12 July Christian Molecular Machines Rescigno, The 13th International Congress of JP – Tokyo 9 – 12 July Maria Mucosal Immunology (ICMI) Einsle, 13th International Conference on AT – Vienna 15 – 20 July Oliver Biological Inorganic Chemistry Tsiantis, 19th International Plant Growth MX – Puerto Vallarta 21 – 25 July Miltos Substances Association Meeting Boutros, Microbial adhesion & US – Newport 22 – 27 July Michael signal transduction Teichmann, Structural, functional and UK – Hinxton 29 July – 3 August Sarah evolutionary genomics

www.embo.org/yip | [email protected] ➔ 115 EMBO young investigator lectures 2007

young investigator Beja, Structural, functional and UK – Hinxton 29 July – 3 August lectures 2007 (cont.) Oded evolutionary genomics Taipale, Structural, functional and UK – Hinxton 29 July – 3 August Jussi evolutionary genomics Voinnet, Gordon Research Conference on US – Holderness 5 – 10 August Olivier Epigenetics 2007 Scorrano, Assembly of the Mitochondrial US – Tucson 5 – 10 August Luca Respiratory Chain Ben-Yehuda, Gordon Research Conference on US – Biddeford 12 – 17 August Sigal Chromosome Dynamics Schübeler, 16th International NL – Amsterdam 25 – 29 August Dirk Chromosome Conference Taipale, ELSO 2007 DE – Dresden 1 – 4 September Jussi Del Pozo, ELSO 2007 DE – Dresden 1 – 4 September Miguel A. Ivaska, ELSO 2007 DE – Dresden 1 – 4 September Johanna Baum, ELSO 2007 DE – Dresden 1 – 4 September Buzz Boutros, 20th European Drosophila Research AT – Vienna 12 – 14 September Michael Conference (EDRC) 2007 Lecuit, 20th European Drosophila Research AT – Vienna 12 – 14 September Thomas Conference (EDRC) 2007 Peeper, 21st World Congress of Dermatology AR – Buenos Aires 30 September – Daniel 5 October Batista, 5th International Antigen Processing and AU – Dunk Island 7 – 11 October Facundo Presentation Workshop 2007

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young investigator Martínez, Combined Meetings: AR – Rio Negro 26 – 30 November lectures 2007 (cont.) Javier Gene Expression and RNA Processing and Cell Biology, Signalling and Alternative Splicing Batista, 37th Annual Scientiﬁ c Meeting of AU – Sydney 2 – 6 December Facundo the Australasian Society for Immunology (ASI2007)

www.embo.org/yip | [email protected] ➔ 117 EMBO courses | workshops | conference series | symposia 2007

practical courses 2007 Mass spectrometry and proteomics O. Nørregaard Jensen DK – Odense 15 – 20 April Europe (EMBC) High-throughput microscopy for J. Ellenberg DE – Heidelberg 30 April – 5 May systems biology RNAi J. Taipale DE – Heidelberg 6 – 13 June Tissue microarray construction and W. Gallagher IE – Dublin 11 – 15 June image analysis Light microscopy in living cells N. Moreno PT – Oeiras 14 – 22 June Microinjection and detection of R. Pepperkok DE – Heidelberg 17 – 23 June probes in cells Exploiting anomalous scattering in C. Müller-Dieckmann FR – Grenoble 18 – 22 June macromolecular structure determination High-throughput protein production and R. Owens UK – Oxford 20 – 28 June crystallization Quantiﬁ cation of target sequences V. Benes DE – Heidelberg 23 – 28 June by qPCR Structure determination of biological S. Grzesiek CH – Basel 7 – 13 July macromolecules by solution NMR Animal models for development, V. Cunliffe UK – Shefﬁ eld 16 – 28 July physiology and disease Shotgun proteomics J. Thomas UK – York 23 – 26 July Methods in cell biology: F. Nedelec DE – Heidelberg 22 – 31 August exploring the dynamics of cellularorganisation SNP genotyping and genome-wide L. Peltonen FI – Helsinki 27 August – 1 September association Chromatin immunoprecipitation and F. Gannon DE – Heidelberg 2 – 7 September related techniques Image processing for E. Orlova UK – London 10 – 20 September cryo-electron microscopy

➔ 118 courses | workshops | conference series | symposia 2007

practical courses 2007 Studying cytoskeletal dynamics: M-F. Carlier FR – Gif – sur – Yvette 24 September – 4 October Europe (EMBC) cont. from biology to physics Advanced analysis and informatics of A. Brazma UK – Cambridge 15 – 19 October microarray data

practical courses 2007 Molecular immunology of J. Raats AR – Buenos Aires 17 – 28 March outside Europe protozoan infections Bioinformatics and comparative F. Tekaia TN – Tunis 18 March – 7 April genome analysis Comparative genomics A. Dávila BR – Rio de Janeiro 8 – 14 April Imaging in 3-D and the F-techniques S. Ahmed SG – Singapore 17 – 29 June Electron microscopy and G. Grifﬁ ths SG – Singapore 20 – 30 June stereology in cell biology DNA microarray P. Vincent IN – Tamilnadu 11 – 16 August Computational biology: P. Bork MX – Cancun 20 – 26 August from genomes to cells and ecosystems Calcium and the cytoskeleton J. Sotelo UY – Montevideo 29 October – 9 November

lecture courses 2007 Cellular and molecular biology of A. Pugsley FR – Cargese 18 – 29 June Europe (EMBC) membranes (EMBO-FEBS) Molecular mechanisms in J. Bos GR – Spetses 15 – 24 August signal transduction and cancer

workshops 2007 Membrane trafﬁ c in S. Tooze AT – Goldegg am See 9 – 14 January Europe (EMBC) the secretory pathway Pathogens and diseases meet P. Pierre FR – Marseille 10 – 13 January the immune system Viral RNA: M. Sattler DE – Heidelberg 5 – 7 March structure, function and targeting

www.embo.org/courses_workshops | [email protected] ➔ 119 EMBO courses | workshops | conference series | symposia 2007

workshops 2007 The role and control of GATA factors in R. Patient IT – Capri 14 – 17 April Europe (EMBC) cont. tissue development and disease The molecular biology and biochemistry Y. Barral CH – Monte Verità 6 – 10 May of septins and septin function Molecular biodiversity and C. Saccone IT – Rome 17 – 19 May DNA barcode Intrinsically unfolded proteins: P. Tompa HU – Budapest 20 – 24 May biophysical characterisation and biological signiﬁ cance Plant DNA repair and recombination A. Levy FR – Presqu’ile de Giens 31 May – 3 June DNA supercoiling and topoisomerases N. Dekker FR – Frejus 17 – 22 June The chemistry and biochemistry of R. Wierenga DE – Hamburg 20 – 22 June catalysis by biological systems Intracellular RNA localization and A. Ephrussi IT – Il Ciocco 1 – 7 July localized translation Model systems for infectious disease and H. Spaink NL – Leiden 16 – 18 July cancer in zebraﬁ sh EMBO Molecular Medicine Workshop: G. Superti-Furga AT – Vienna 23 – 26 August drug action and chemical biology in the post-genomic era New methods in membrane protein G. von Heijne SE – Stockholm 24 – 26 August research RNA viruses: K. Dijnovic AT – Vienna 27 – 30 August replication, evolution and drug design Current challenges and V. Moulton UK – Cambridge 3 – 7 September problems in phylogenetics EMT in development and disease K. Verschueren PL – Krakow 10 – 12 September Endocytic systems: H. Riezman CH – Les Diableretes 18 – 23 September mechanism and function Common regulatory mechanisms in D. Kioussis DE – Heidelberg 3 – 5 October haemopoiesis and neurogenesis

➔ 120 courses | workshops | conference series | symposia 2007

workshops 2007 Molecular mechanisms of C. Sekeris GR – Spetses 5 – 8 October Europe (EMBC) cont. cell cycle control in normal and malignant cells Escherichia coli – J. Hacker DE – Bad Staffelstein 9 – 12 October facets of a versatile pathogen EMBO Members Workshop: H. Bujard ES – Barcelona 26 – 29 October Frontiers of molecular biology Mechanisms of nucleocytoplasmic E. Hurt IT – Sicily 27 – 31 October transport Glycoscience and development T. Merry FR – Lille 9 – 13 December workshops 2007 8th European meiosis meeting M. Yamamoto JP – Kanagawa 13 – 18 September outside Europe conference series 2007 Pre mRNA processing and disease F. Baralle IT – Cortina d’Ampezzo 14 – 17 January Europe (EMBC) From basic genomics to D. Inzé BE – Ghent 2 – 4 May systems biology Nuclear receptors: structure and T. Perlmann IT – Gardone 2 – 5 May function in health and disease Chromatin and epigenetics A. Akhtar DE – Heidelberg 3 – 7 May Molecular and cellular mechanisms of P. Ricciardi-Castagnoli IT – Sardinia 7 – 12 May immune regulation Lymphocyte antigen receptor and C. Baldari IT – Siena 24 – 28 May coreceptor signalling Protein folding and chaperones in U. Hartl PT – Tomar 9 – 14 June biology Protein phosphatases in health and E. da Cruz e Silva PT – Aveiro 24 – 28 July disease Nuclear structure and dynamics G. Cavalli FR – Montpellier 1 – 5 September

www.embo.org/courses_workshops | [email protected] ➔ 121 EMBO courses | workshops | conference series | symposia 2007

conference series 2007 Protein synthesis and M. Hentze DE – Heidelberg 12 – 16 September Europe (EMBC) cont. translational control Ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like T. Sommer IT – Riva del Garda 22 – 26 September modiﬁ ers The assembly and function of P. Caroni CH – Ascona 23 – 28 September neuronal circuits Advances in stem cell research U. Lendahl SE – Stockholm 12 – 14 October Genetics and mechanisms of M. Yaniv FR – Paris 21 – 24 November susceptibility to infectious diseases

joint EMBO-ESF symposia Biological surfaces and interfaces M. Textor ES – Sant Feliu de Guixols 1 – 6 July 2007 Biomagnetism and magnetic biosystems J. Bland ES – Sant Feliu de Guixols 22 – 27 September based on molecular recognition processes Three dimensional sensory and J. Smeets ES – Sant Feliu de Guixols 6 – 11 October motor space Comparative genomics of eukaryotic E. Louis ES – Sant Feliu de Guixols 20 – 25 October microorganisms Probing interactions between nanoparticles/ K. Dawson ES – Sant Feliu de Guixols 3 – 8 November biomaterials and biological systems - alternative approaches to biotoxicity

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plenary Simons, Contact Meeting of NO – Lillehammer 31 January – lectures 2007 Kai the Norwegian Biochemical Society 4 February Europe (EMBC) zur Hausen, 4th International Workshop on IT – Pontignano 11 – 16 May Harald the Structural Biology of Small DNA Viruses Grosveld, 2007 Gordon Research Conference on FR – Aussois 20 – 25 May Frank Red Cells Schibler, 15th International Course on SI – Bled 17 – 21 June Ueli Cytochromes P450 de Lange, 32rd FEBS Congress 2007: AT – Vienna 7 – 12 July Titia Molecular Machines Tsien, Life Sciences 2007 UK – Glasgow 8 – 12 July Roger Ellis, 2nd World Conference of Stress HU – Budapest 23 – 26 August John Pääbo, 5th ISABS Conference in HR – Split 3 – 7 September Svante Forensic Genetics and Molecular Anthropology Gray, 10th International Colloquium on AT – Gmunden 10 – 13 September John Endocytobiology and Symbiosis Partridge, EDRC 2007: European AT – Vienna 12 – 14 September Linda Drosophila Research Conference Nusse, Wnt Signalling in DE – Berlin 12 – 15 September Roel Development and Disease Axel, From Molecules to Cognition: FR – Paris 17 – 19 September Richard A Tribute to Jean-Pierre Changeux Pavelić, 7th Meeting of SI – Maribor 26 – 29 September Krešimir the Slovenian Biochemical Society Reik, FISV, IX Annual Congress 2007 IT – Riva del Garda 26 – 29 September Wolf Proudfoot, RNA Polymerase I Transcription DE – Regensburg 4 – 7 October Nick Ciechanover, IPS 2007: 5th General Meeting of GR – Patras 20 – 24 October Aaron the International Proteolysis Society

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plenary Hynes, Molecular biology of cancer: DK – Fyn 22 – 24 October lectures 2007 Nancy transition of basic research to Europe (EMBC) cont. medical care Harrison, 9th EMBL PhD Symposium: DE-Heidelberg 25 – 27 October Stephen Patterns in biology plenary Watt, The Hunter Cellular Biology Meeting AU – Hunter Valley 20 – 23 March lectures 2007 Fiona outside Europe Soreq, The IXth International Meeting on CN – Suzhou 6 – 10 May Hermona Cholinesterases Robertson, Gordon Conference on US – Andover 24 – 29 June Elizabeth Development Biology Ferguson, XIX International Symposium on AU – Cairns 15 – 20 July Mike Glycoconjugates Paz-Ares, 19th International Plant Growth MX – Puerto Vallarta 21 – 25 July Javier Substances Association Meeting Wüthrich, 6th International Conference of UY – Montevideo 23 – 30 August Kurt Biological Physics Walker, 16th Queenstown NZ – Queenstown 29 August – John Molecular Biology Meeting 1 September Errington, XLIII Annual Meeting of the AR – Buenos Aires 17 – 20 November Jeff Argentine Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

www.embo.org/about_embo/lectures.html | [email protected] ➔ 125 EMBO participation of women in EMBO activities: statistics

participation of women in EMBO activities

EMBO membership EMBO members % women 2001 1092 12.9 2002 1126 13.1 2003 1162 13.3 2004 1191 13.7 2005 1223 13.8 2006 1261 13.9 2007 1305 14.3

EMBO courses & workshops % female participants % female speakers 2001 practical courses 44 23 workshops 40 26 lecture courses 63 20 2002 practical courses 51 23 workshops 39 25 lecture courses 58 19 2003 practical courses 49 22 workshops 41 24 lecture courses 48 13 2004 practical courses 56 27 workshops 40 25 conferences 40 21 lecture courses 50 29 2005 practical courses 53 27 workshops 41 22 conferences 40 26 lecture courses 60 25 2006 practical courses 45 22 workshops 45 24 conferences 45 43 lecture courses 52 20 2007 practical courses 52 28 workshops 39 25 conferences 40 22 lecture courses 65 18

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participation of women in EMBO activities (cont.)

EMBO long-term fellowships applications awards % success rate 1996 – 2001 female applicants 1914 (40.8 %) 347 (35.0 %) 18.1 male applicants 2772 (59.2 %) 644 (65.0 %) 23.2 total 4686 991 21.1

2002 female applicants 347 (43.4 %) 68 (40.5 %) 19.5 male applicants 453 (56.6 %) 100 (59.5 %) 22.1 total 800 168 21.0

2003 female applicants 469 (43.4 %) 64 (36.4 %) 13.6 male applicants 611 (56.6 %) 112 (63.6 %) 18.3 total 1080 176 16.3

2004 female applicants 533 (46.9 %) 65 (39.9 %) 12.2 male applicants 604 (53.1 %) 98 (60.1 %) 16.2 total 1137 163 14.3

2005 female applicants 589 (47.7 %) 89 (44.9 %) 15.1 male applicants 647 (52.3 %) 109 (55.1 %) 16.8 total 1236 198 16.0

2006 female applicants 593 (48.1 %) 87 (39.2 %) 14.7 male applicants 639 (51.9 %) 135 (60.8 %) 21.1 total 1232 222 18.0

2007 female applicants 582 (45.2 %) 82 (38.7 %) 14.1 male applicants 706 (54.8 %) 130 (61.3 %) 18.4 total 1288 212 16.5

1996 – 2007 female applicants 5027 (43.8 %) 802 (37.6 %) 15.9 male applicants 6437 (56.2 %) 1326 (62.4 %) 20.6 total 11464 2128 18.6

www.embo.org/gender | [email protected] ➔ 127 EMBO participation of women in EMBO activities: statistics

participation of women in EMBO activities (cont.)

EMBO short-term fellowships applications awards % success rate 2001 female applicants 130 (55.8 %) 70 (56.5 %) 53.8 male applicants 103 (44.2 %) 54 (43.5 %) 52.4 total 233 124 53.2

2002 female applicants 148 (53.4 %) 81 (53.3 %) 54.7 male applicants 129 (46.6 %) 71 (46.7 %) 55.0 total 277 152 54.9

2003 female applicants 139 (53.7 %) 72 (52.2 %) 51.8 male applicants 120 (46.3 %) 66 (47.8 %) 55.0 total 259 138 53.3

2004 female applicants 161 (53.7 %) 84 (52.2 %) 52.2 male applicants 140 (46.3 %) 83 (47.8 %) 59.3 total 301 167 55.5

2005 female applicants 190 (49.6 %) 88 (44.0 %) 46.3 male applicants 193 (50.4 %) 112 (56.0 %) 58.0 total 383 200 52.2

2006 female applicants 203 (51.7 %) 99 (51.0 %) 48.7 male applicants 190 (48.3 %) 95 (49.0 %) 50.0 total 393 194 49.3

2007 female applicants 212 (51.8 %) 117 (55.5 %) 55.2 male applicants 197 (48.2 %) 94 (44.5 %) 47.7 total 409 211 47.2

2001 – 2007 female applicants 1184 (52.7 %) 612 (50.6 %) 51.7 male applicants 1070 (47.3 %) 583 (49.4 %) 54.5 total 2254 1195 53.0

➔ 128 participation of women in EMBO activities: statistics

participation of women in EMBO activities (cont.)

EMBO young investigators applications awards % success rate 2000 – 2001 female applicants 138 (24.4 %) 17 (21.8 %) 12.3 male applicants 427 (75.6 %) 61 (78.2 %) 14.3 total 565 78 13.8

2002 female applicants 45 (26.8 %) 4 (17.4 %) 8.9 male applicants 123 (73.2 %) 19 (82.6 %) 15.4 total 168 23 13.8

2003 female applicants 47 (28.8 %) 7 (33.3 %) 14.8 male applicants 116 (71.2 %) 14 (66.7 %) 12.1 total 163 21 12.8

2004 female applicants 38 (22.1 %) 4 (20.0 %) 10.5 male applicants 134 (77.9 %) 16 (80.0 %) 11.9 total 172 20 11.6

2005 female applicants 32 (25.0 %) 2 (11.8 %) 6.3 male applicants 96 (75.0 %) 15 (88.2 %) 15.6 total 128 17 13.3

2006 female applicants 32 (20.9 %) 6 (28.6 %) 18.7 male applicants 121 (79.1 %) 15 (71.4 %) 12.4 total 153 21 13.7

2007 female applicants 37 (28.0 %) 3 (16.7 %) 8.1 male applicants 95 (72.0 %) 15 (83.3 %) 15.8 total 132 18 13.6

2000 – 2007 female applicants 369 (24.9 %) 43 (21.7 %) 11.6 male applicants 1111 (75.1 %) 155 (78.3 %) 14.0 total 1480 198 13.4

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participation of women in EMBO activities (cont.)

EMBO installation grantees applications awards % success rate 2006 female applicants 28 (37.8 %) 1 (10.0 %) 3.6 male applicants 46 (62.2 %) 9 (90.0 %) 19.6 total 74 10 13.5

2007 female applicants 17 (37.8 %) 3 (33.3 %) 17.6 male applicants 41 (62.2 %) 6 (66.7 %) 14.6 total 58 9 15.5

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The EMBO Journal Pernille Rørth Executive Editor [email protected] ([email protected]) Frank Gannon Associate Editor [email protected] Isabel Arnold Editor [email protected] Karin Dumstrei Editor [email protected] Stan Gorski * Editor [email protected] Thomas Lemberger Editor (also Molecular Systems Biology) [email protected] Thomas Schwarz-Romond Editor [email protected] Hartmut Vodermaier Editor [email protected] Jana Christopher Editorial Assistant [email protected] Fiona Panayi Editorial Assistant [email protected] Meryl Schneider * Editorial Assistant [email protected] Gerlinde Schuster * Editorial Assistant [email protected] EMBO reports Frank Gannon Senior Editor [email protected] ([email protected]) Les Grivell Associate Editor [email protected] Holger Breithaupt Science & Society Editor [email protected] Sandra Caldeira Scientiﬁ c Reports Editor [email protected] Samuel Caddick (Co-ordinator)* Assistant Editor [email protected] Nonia Pariente * Reviews Editor [email protected] Uta Mackensen Graphics Editor [email protected] Susanne Hofner-Harris Editorial Assistant [email protected] Valeria Kaplan Editorial Assistant [email protected] Caroline Hadley ‡ Assistant Editor Susan Owens ‡ Reviews Editor Molecular Systems Biology Thomas Lemberger Editor [email protected] ([email protected]) Les Grivell Associate Editor [email protected] Frank Gannon Associate Editor [email protected] Jana Christopher Editorial Assistant [email protected]

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EVENTS 2008

➔ 134 www.embo.org | [email protected] EMBO | EMBC events in 2008

practical courses 2008 Europe/EMBC pages 136 –137

practical courses 2008 outside Europe page 137

lecture courses 2008 outside Europe page 137

workshops 2008 Europe/EMBC pages 137 –138

workshops 2008 outside Europe page 138

conference series 2008 pages 138 –139

conference series 2008 2nd in a series pages 139

EMBO-ESF symposia 2008 page 139

other EMBO events 2008 pages 140 –141

➔ 135 EMBO courses | workshops | conference series | symposia 2008

practical courses 2008 Combination of electron microscopy and J. Navaza FR – Gif-sur-Yvette 17– 24 February Europe (EMBC) x-ray crystallography High-throughput microRNA proﬁ ling V. Benes DE – Heidelberg 6 –11 April Computational RNA biology K. Nieselt FR – Corsica 14 – 20 April Structural characterisation of C. Petosa FR – Grenoble 2 –7 June macromolecular complexes Tissue and protein microarrays: W. Gallagher IE – Dublin 9 –14 June from construction to image analysis High-throughput RNAi M. Boutros DE – Heidelberg 13 –18 June 3-D developmental imaging G. Martins PT – Oeiras 23 June –1 July Molecular approaches to evolution and D. Arendt SE – Fiskebaeckskil 30 June –12 July development in co-operation with ZOONET (Marie Curie Research Training Network) Biomolecular simulation M. Nilges FR – Paris 1– 8 July Advanced cytometry and cell sorting A. Thiel DE – Berlin 6 –11 July Multi-dimensional NMR in C. Griesinger IT – Il Ciocco 3 – 8 August structural biology Cell biology of host–pathogens J. Pizarro-Cerda FR – Paris 18 – 29 August interactions Electron microscopy and stereology in J. Nebesarova CZ – Ceske Budejovice 20 – 29 August cell biology Cryo-electron microscopy and B. Böttcher DE – Heidelberg 24 – 31 August 3-D image analysis Protein expression, puriﬁ cation and J. Müller-Dieckmann DE – Hamburg 1– 9 September crystallisation (PEPC-6) Anatomy and embryology of A. Marusic HR – Zagreb 6 –14 September the mouse Transient kinetics methods applied to M. Geeves UK – Canterbury 7–13 September biological macromolecules Ubiquitin and SUMO F. Melchior HR – Split 12 – 19 September

➔ 136 courses | workshops | conference series | symposia 2008

practical courses 2008 X-ray crystal structure determination of R. Meijers FR – Saint Aubin 14 – 20 September Europe (EMBC) cont. macromolecules Computational aspects of the protein K. Henrick UK – Hinxton 22 – 26 September target selection, protein production management and structure analysis pipeline Differential proteomics: from 2-D gel T. Franz DE – Heidelberg 6 –10 October electrophoresis to mass spectrometry Docking predictions of protein–protein J. Janin ES – Barcelona 14 –17 October interactions Solution scattering from biological D. Svergun DE – Hamburg 19 – 26 October macromolecules practical courses 2008 Advanced methods in reconstructing M. Embley BR – Rio de Janeiro 3 – 9 March outside Europe molecular phylogenetic relationships Advanced course on bioinformatics and F. Tekaia BR – Florianopolis 30 June –12 July comparative genome analysis Computational biology: P. Bork SG – Singapore 10 –17 August from genomes to cells and systems Structure determination of biological M. Sattler CN – Beijing 8 –15 September macromolecules by solution NMR Genetics of laboratory rodents M. Crispo UY – Montevideo 24 November – 6 December lecture courses 2008 Molecular and cellular basis of I. Parker ZA – Cape Town 1– 9 March outside Europe infection Recent developments in M. Weiss IN – Pune 9 –14 November macromolecular crystallography workshops 2008 Semaphorin function and A. Chedotal FR – Cernay-La-Ville 8 –11 May Europe (EMBC) mechanisms of action Cell and molecular biology of M.Goldschmidt-Clermont FR – Hyeres-les-Palmiers 27 May –1 June Chlamydomonas

www.embo.org/about_embo/calendar.php | [email protected] ➔ 137 EMBO courses | workshops | conference series | symposia 2008

workshops 2008 Microbial diversity and metagenomics: C. Ouzounis GR – Chalkidiki 21 – 24 June Europe (EMBC) cont. science, technology, applications and regulatory affairs Gene transcription in yeast M. Collart ES – Sant Feliu de Guixols 21 – 26 June The nucleolus and disease J. Hiscox UK – Derby 23 – 25 June MHC Class I molecules at the interface F. Arosa PT – Porto 4 – 6 July between biology and medicine EMBO Members Workshop: H. Jacobs FI – Tampere 5 – 8 September Frontiers of Molecular Biology Cytotoxicity, cell death and A. Anel ES – Zaragoza 17 – 20 September the immune system Polo-like kinases: C. Sunkel PT – Porto 24 – 27 September from the ﬂ y to the clinic 20 years onwards Chromosome segregation: R. Allshire FR – Arcachon 27 September – 2 October centromeres and kinetochores Evolutionary and environmental L. Steinmetz DE – Heidelberg 1 – 5 October genomics of yeasts Can epigenetics inﬂ uence reprogramming U. Rapp DE – Bad Staffelstein 6 – 9 October and metastatic progression? The NF-kappaB network in development MV. Ursini IT – Capri 18 – 21 October and disease

workshops 2008 Parental genomic imprinting F. Berger SG – Singapore 21 – 24 September outside Europe

conference series 2008 Genomes 2008: C. Buchrieser FR – Paris 8 – 11 April Europe (EMBC) Functional genomics of microorganisms Cellular signalling and I. Đikić HR – Dubrovnik 29 May – 4 June molecular medicine Replication and segregation of E. Boye NO – Geilo 16 – 20 June chromosomes

➔ 138 courses | workshops | conference series | symposia 2008

conference series 2008 Centrosomes and spindle pole bodies M. Knop DE – Heidelberg 12 – 16 September Europe (EMBC) cont. Telomeres and the DNA damage J. Cooper CH – Villars – sur – Ollon 15 – 19 September response The molecular and cellular mechanisms P. Munoz-Canoves ES – Sant Feliu de Guixols 24 – 29 September regulating skeletal muscle development and regeneration From functional genomics to E. Furlong DE – Heidelberg 15 – 18 November systems biology conference series 2008 Recombination mechanisms M. Foiani IT – Il Ciocco 19 – 23 May (2nd in a series) RNA and disease: RNA metabolism and C. Bagni IT – Rome 31 May – 5 June Europe (EMBC) associated pathologies The molecular and developmental T. Kaufman GR – Crete 22 – 29 June biology of Drosophila At the joint edge of cellular microbiology G. van der Goot CH – Villars – sur – Ollon 20 – 25 September and cell biology Molecular and cellular basis of E. Amaya ES – Mallorca 5 – 10 October regeneration and tissue repair joint Molecular bioenergetics of cyanobacteria: EM. Aro ES – Sant Feliu de Guixols 29 March – 3 April EMBO-ESF symposia towards systems biology level of 2008 understanding Antiviral applications of J. Kurreck ES – Sant Feliu de Guixols 5 – 10 April RNA interference B cells 2008: J. Gordon ES – Sant Feliu de Guixols 16 – 21 May complexity, integration & translation Bacterial Networks (BACNET08) M. Buttner ES – Sant Feliu de Guixols 13 – 18 September Protein design and evolution for J. Damborsky ES – Sant Feliu de Guixols 25 – 30 October biocatalysis

www.embo.org/about_embo/calendar.php | [email protected] ➔ 139 EMBO other EMBO events 2008

membership EMBO Members Workshop: H. Jacobs FI – Tampere 5 – 8 September Frontiers of Molecular Biology

fellowship Fellows Meeting J. Taplick DE – Heidelberg (EMBL) 12 –15 June programme A. Visser-de Matteïs US Fellows Meeting J. Taplick US – Boston 7– 9 November L. Maidment

science & society EMBO Media Workshop A. Moore DE – Heidelberg (EMBL) 13 June programme A. Bendiscioli Media Communication session at ESOF: A. Moore ES – Barcelona 18 – 22 July Get proactive! – An interactive session A. Bendiscioli on taking the initiative in public communication Media Communication session at ELSO: A. Moore FR – Nice 2 September Who should sell science to the public? A. Bendiscioli 9th EMBL/EMBO joint conference on H. Stefánsson DE – Heidelberg (EMBL) 7– 8 November Science and Society: A. Moore Systems and Synthetic Biology: A. Bendiscioli Scientiﬁ c and Social Implications

young investigator Coaching – G. Wallon DE – Heidelberg 21– 23 January programme EMBO Advanced leadership skills training K. Krynauw EMBO Laboratory Management Course G. Wallon DE – Heidelberg 10 –12 March (for EMBO Fellows) K. Krynauw EMBO Laboratory Management Course G. Wallon DE – Heidelberg 1– 4 April (open to all independent scientists) K. Krynauw EMBO Laboratory Management Course G. Wallon DE – Heidelberg 26 – 28 May (for EMBO Fellows) K. Krynauw Conﬂ ict – G. Wallon DE – Heidelberg 9 –11 June EMBO Advanced leadership skills training K. Krynauw

➔ 140 other EMBO events 2008

young investigator EMBO Laboratory Management Course G. Wallon DE – Heidelberg 9 –12 June programme (cont.) (open to all independent scientists) K. Krynauw Young Investigator Meeting G. Wallon DE – Heidelberg 18 – 20 June K. Krynauw Time and self-management – G. Wallon DE – Heidelberg 16 –18 July EMBO Advanced leadership skills training K. Krynauw EMBO Laboratory Management Course G. Wallon DE – Heidelberg 16 –19 September (open to all independent scientists) K. Krynauw Young Investigator PhD Course G. Wallon DE – Heidelberg 21 – 28 September K. Krynauw EMBO Laboratory Management Course G. Wallon DE – Heidelberg 7– 9 October (for EMBO Fellows) K. Krynauw

www.embo.org/about_embo/calendar.php ➔ 141 organisations and ACRONYMS

The following organisations are represented by their acronyms throughout this report:

ABI Adolf Butenandt Institute (Adolf-Butenandt-Institut), CBM-UAM Centre of Molecular Biology, Munich, Germany Autonomous University of Madrid AMC-DEI Amsterdam Medical Center (Centro de Biología Molecular Department of Experimental Immunology Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) University of Amsterdam Spain (Academisch Medisch Centrum CEBIMAR Center of Marine Bioactive Substances Universiteit van Amsterdam) Havana, Cuba The Netherlands CEA Atomic Energy Commission AMOLF Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics (Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique) (Instituut voor Atoom- en Molecuulfysica) Grenoble, France Amsterdam, The Netherlands CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Geneva, Switzerland Swindon, UK CIHR-IRCM Canadian Institutes of Health Research BIOTEC Biotechnological Centre of the Dresden University of Technology (l’Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal) (Biotechnologisches Zentrum der Technischen Universität Canada Dresden), Germany CIML Marseille Luminy Immunology Centre BM:BWK Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture (Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille Luminy) (Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur) France Vienna, Austria CMU University of Geneva Medical Centre BMBF Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Centre Médical Universitaire, Université de Genève) (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung) Switzerland Bonn, Germany CNB Spanish National Biotechnology Centre BTI Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research (Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia) Ithaca, USA Madrid, Spain BUTE Budapest University of Technology and Economics CNCR Center for Neurogenomics & Cognitive Research Budapest, Hungary Amsterdam, The Netherlands CABD Developmental Biology Institute CNIO Spanish National Cancer Centre Seville, Spain (Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas) CABIMER Andalusian Molecular Biology and Madrid, Spain Regenerative Medicine Centre CNR-IBC Italian National Research Centre (Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Institute of Cell Biology Medicina Regenerativa) (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Seville, Spain Istituto di Biologia Cellulare) CBM Center for Molecular Biology Severo Ochoa Rome, Italy Madrid, Spain CNRS French National Center for Scientiﬁ c Research (Centre national de la recherche scientiﬁ que) France

➔ 142 organisations and ACRONYMS

CNRS-CGM Centre of Molecular Genetics DKFZ German Cancer Research Center (Centre de Génétique Moléculaire) Heidleberg, Germany Gif-sur-Yvette, France EEBMB Hellenic Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology CNRS-CRBM Macromolecular Biochemistry Research Center Patras, Greece (Centre de Recherche de Biochimie Macromoléculaire) EED European Society for Evolutionary Developmental Biology Montpellier, France Leiden, The Netherlands CNRS-IGH Institute of Human Genetics ELSF European Life Sciences Forum (Institut de Génétique Humaine) Heidelberg, Germany Montpellier, France ELSO European Life Scientist Organization CRA Center for Genomic Research Sandhausen, Germany Firenzuola d’Arca, Italy EMBL European Molecular Biology Laboratory CRG Center for Genomic Regulation (Europe-wide) (Centre de Regulacio Genomica) ERC European Research Council Barcelona, Spain Brussels, Belgium CRU-CHL Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute: ESF European Science Foundation Clare Hall Laboratories Strasburg, France South Mimms, UK ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich CRU-LIFL Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute: (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich) Lincoln’s Inn Fields Laboratories Switzerland London, UK ETH-IBC Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich CRU-TBL Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute: Institute of Biochemistry Telomeres Biology Laboratory (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich) London, UK Switzerland CSDC Center for the Study of Complex Dynamics EU TMR European Union’s Research Training Networks – Florence. Italy Training and Mobility of Researchers CSHL Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (Europe-wide) Cold Spring Harbor, USA FASEB Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology CSIC Spanish National Research Council Bethesda, USA (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientíﬁ cas) FCT-DREBM Foundation for Science & Technology Spain Lisbon, Portugal DBBM IOC- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology FEBS Federation of European Biochemical Societies FIOCRUZ Oswaldo Cruz Institute (Europe-wide) Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil FESPB Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology DiBiT Department of Biological & Technological Research, Heraklion, Greece San Raffaele Science Institute FIRC Italian Cancer Research Foundation Milan, Italy (Fondazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro) DKBW Dept. of Clinical Biological Research Milan, Italy University of Basel FIUBA Faculty of Engineering, University of Buenos Aires (Dept. Klinisch-Biologische Wissenschaften (Facultad de Ingenieria de la Universidad de Buenos Aires) Universität Basel) Argentina Switzerland

➔ 143 organisations and ACRONYMS

FMI Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research IBPC Institute of Biology and Physical Chemistry Basel, Switzerland (Institut de Biologie Physico-Chimique) FU Free University, Paris, France Berlin, Germany ICGEB International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology GRC Gordon Research Conferences Trieste, Italy West Kingston, USA ICL-DMB Imperial College of London, Division of Molecular Biosciences GRICES Ofﬁ ce for International Relations in Science and London, UK Higher Education ICT Institute of Chemical Technology Prague (Gabinete de Relações Internacionais da Ciência e do (Vysoká Škola Chemicko-Technologická v Praze) Ensino Superior) Prague, Czech Republic Lisbon, Portugal IEO European Institute of Oncology (Istituto Europeo di Oncologia), GSF National Research Center for Environment and Health Milan, Italy (Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit) IFOM FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology Neuherberg, Germany (Istituto FIRC di oncologia molecolare) HFSP Human Frontier Science Program Milan, Italy Strasburg, France IGB Instiute of Genetics Research, CNR HHMI Howard Hughes Medical Institute Naples, Italy USA IGBMC Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology HINARI Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire) World Health Organization Illkirch, France Geneva, Switzerland IGUC-DCG Institute for Genetics of the University of Cologne IAPTC&B International Association for Department of Cell Genetics Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology Cologne, Germany Beijing, China IHEM- Institute of Histology and Embryology IBB-PAS Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics CONICET Argentinian Centre of Science and Technology Polish Academy of Sciences (Instituto de Histología y Embriología Warsaw, Poland El Centro Regional de Investigaciones Cientíﬁ cas y Tecnológicas) IBCMIP Cellular and Molecular Immunobiology of Infectious Parasites Mendoza, Argentina Pierre and Marie Curie University IJM Jacques Monod Institute (Immuno-Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire des (L’Institut Jacques-Monod) Infections Parasitaires, Université Pierre et Marie Curie) Paris, France Paris, France IMBA Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of IBDM Developmental Biology Institute of Marseille the Austrian Academy of Sciences (Institut de Biologie du développement de Marseille) (Institut für molekulare Biotechnologie France der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften) IBMC Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology Vienna, Austria (Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire) IMBB-FORTH Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology Strasburg, France Heraklion, Greece IBMP Institute of Plant Molecular Biology IMCB Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (Institut de Biologie Moléculaire des Plantes) The University of Tokyo Strasburg, France Japan

➔ 144 organisations and ACRONYMS

IMCR Institute of Molecular Cancer Research ISIS-ULP Institute of Supermolecular Science and Engineering University of Zurich Louis Pasteur University Switzerland (Institut de Science et d’Ingénierie Supramoléculaires, IMG Institute of Microbiology and Genetics Université Louis Pasteur) Technical University of Darmstadt Strasburg, France (Institut für Mikrobiologie und Genetik ISME International Society for Microbial Ecology Technische Universität Darmstadt) Vienna, Austria Germany ISPMB International Society for Plant Molecular Biology IMG Institute of Molecular Genetics Athens, USA (Ústav molekulární genetiky AV CR) ISREC Swiss Institute for Experiemental Cancer Research Prague, Czech Republic Epalinges, Switzerland IMM Molecular Medicine Institute ISV Plant Science Institute (Instituto de Medicina Molecular) (Institut des Sciences du Végétal – UPR 2355) Lisbon, Portugal Gif-sur-Yvette, France IMP Research Institute of Molecular Pathology IWR Interdisciplinary Center for Scientiﬁ c Computing of (Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pathologie) the Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg Vienna, Austria (Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Wissenschaftliches Rechnen IMT Institute for Molecular Biology and Tumour Research der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg) Philipps University (Institut für Molekularbiologie und Germany Tumorforschung, Philipps-Universität Marburg) KTH Royal Institute of Technology Germany (Kungliga Tekniska högskolan) InCoB International Conference in Bioinformatics Stockholm, Sweden Department of Biotechnology, Government of India LBI-CR Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Cancer Research New Delhi, India (Ludwig Boltzmann Institut für Krebsforschung) INSERM French National Institute for Health and Medical Research Vienna, Austria (Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale) LBMMS Laboratory for Biological and Medical Mass Spectrometry France Uppsala, Sweden IPBO Plant Biotechnology Institute for Developing Countries LCGTI The Lautenberg Center for General and Tumour Immunology Gent University The Hebrew University (Instituut voor Plantenbiotechnologie voor Ontwikkelingslanden) Hadassah Medical School Gent, Belgium Jerusalem, Israel IRCC Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment LICR Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Torino, Italy (international) IRIBHM Institute of Interdisciplinary Research in LMU Ludwig Maximilian University Human and Molecular Biology (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität) Brussels, Belgium Munich, Germany ISE Initiative for Science in Europe LNCIB National Laboratory, Interuniversity of Biotechnology Heidelberg, Germany (Laboratorio Nazionale, Consorzio Interuniversitario Biotecnologie) Trieste, Italy

➔ 145 organisations and ACRONYMS

LPCMP Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Plant Physiology NIMR National Institute for Medical Research (Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et London, United Kingdom Moléculaire des Plantes) NIOB Netherlands Institute for Developmental Biology – Ivry-sur-Seine, France The Hubrecht Laboratory LRI Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute (Nederlands Insituut voor Ontwikkeling Biologie – London, UK Het Hubrecht Laboratorium) LSRC-SCBCT Lund Strategic Research Center for Utrecht, The Netherlands Stem Cell Biology and Cell Therapy NKI-AVL The Netherlands Cancer Institute – Lund, Sweden Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital LU-DCMP Division for Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology (Het Nederlands Kanker Instituut – Department of Experimental Medical Science Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Ziekenhuis) Lund University Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Cellulär och molekylär farmakologi NLGB National Laboratory of Genomics for Biodiversity Lunds Universitet) Center for Research and Advanced Studies of Lund, Sweden the National Polytechnic Institute LVMS Laboratory of molecular and structural virology Irapuato, Mexico (Laboratoire de virologie moleculaire et structurale) NPG Nature Publishing Group Gif-sur-Yvette, France London, UK MEC Ministry of Education and Science NPHI National Public Health Institute (Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia) Helsinki, Finland Madrid, Spain PICR Paterson Institute for Cancer Research MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology Manchester, UK Cambridge, USA SBC Stockholm Bioinformatics Center MPI Max Planck Institute (Max-Planck-Institut) Stockholm University Germany Stockholm, Sweden MPI-CBG Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics SIBS-HHMI Salk Institute for Biological Studies, (Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Zellbiologie und Genetik) Howard Hughes Medical Institute Dresden, Germany La Jolla, USA MRC Medical Research Council SNF Swiss National Science Foundation United Kingdom (Schweizerische Nationalfonds) MRC-LMB Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology Bern, Switzerland Cambridge, UK TIGEM Telethon Institute of Genetics & Medicine MSSM Mount Sinai School of Medicine Naples, Italy New York, USA UAB-DBMB Autonomous University of Barcelona MTA Hungarian Academy of Sciences Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia) (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) Budapest, Hungary Bellaterra, Spain NCMLS Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences UCB University of California Nijmegen, The Netherlands Berkeley, USA

➔ 146 organisations and ACRONYMS

UCLA University of California Los Angeles VIB Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology USA (Vlaams Interuniversitair Instituut voor Biotechnologie) UCSF University of California Ghent, Belgium San Francisco, USA WEHI The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research UG-FM University of Geneva, Faculty of Medicine Melbourne, Australia Geneva, Switzerland WHO World Health Organization UHIB University of Helsinki, Institute of Biotechnology Geneva, Switzerland (Helsingin Yliopisto, Biotekniikan instituutti) WIMM The Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine Helsinki, Finland University of Oxford UMC University Medical Center Utrecht John Radcliffe Hospital The Netherlands Oxford, UK UMC Radboud University Medical Centre WMCCU Weill Medical College of Cornell University St Radboud (UMC St Radboud) Ithaca, USA Nijmegen, The Netherlands WTCCB Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology UMC-DEO University Medical Center Utrecht University of Edinburgh, UK Division of Experimental Oncology WWU Westphalian Wilhelm University Institute for Developmental Biology and Oncology Institute for Zoology Utrecht, The Netherlands (Westfalischen-Wilhelms Universität UNIL University of Lausanne Institut für Zoologie) (Université de Lausanne) Muenster, Germany Switzerland ZMBH Centre for Molecular Biology UNIL-CIG University of Lausanne University of Heidelberg Center for Integrative Genomics (Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg) (Université de Lausanne Germany Faculté de biologie et de médicine) ZMBP Center for Plant Molecular Biology Lausanne, Switzerland University of Tuebingen UO-UL University of Lausanne (Zentrum für Molekularbiologie der Pﬂ anzen (Unité d’Oculogénétique Universität Tübingen) Université de Lausanne) Germany Switzerland UoD- University of Dundee DBCMM Division of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Microbiology Dundee, UK UPMC Pierre and Marie Curie University (Université Pierre et Marie Curie) Paris, France USD-DBMB University of Southern Denmark Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Syddansk Universitet) Odense, Denmark

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