EMBO Facts & Figures 2010

promoting excellence in the molecular life sciences promoting excellence in the molecular life sciences

EMBO Long-Term Fellowships Second co-funding grant proposal accepted by the European Commission

New EMBO Members EMBO elects 63 new members (pages 22–27), EMBO Fellowships & Young Investigators selects 21 Young Investigators (page 76) and JJan Taplick EMBO Scientific Publications 0 Programme Manager Bernd Pulverer 1 7 Installation Grantees (page 82). 0 MMaria Leptin Deputy Director Head 2 in EMBO Gold Medal Synthetic biologist Jason W. Chin awarded the EEMBO Director ++49 6221 8891 122 +49 6221 8891 501 J h ason W. C 2010 Gold Medal (page 95). EMBO Courses & Workshops Inaugural EMBO|EMBL Symposia EMBO Young Investigators EMBO Installation Grants EMBO Global Exchange Lecture Series by Satyajit Mayor in Taiwan and Germany/ EilishE Craddock EMBO Scientific Publications EMBO Women in Science the Netherlands; Lecture Courses in India and Tunisia; PPersonal Assistant to Thomas Lemberger GGerlind Wallon and a Life Science Research in India meeting. tthe EMBO Director Deputy Head Programme Manager ++49 6221 8891 102 +49 6221 8891 404 FEBS|EMBO Geneticist Ingrid Grummt wins FEBS|EMBO Women in Deputy Director Women in Science Award Science Award. ++49 6221 8891 112 BARCELONA Joint EMBL|EMBO Record number of participants at 11th annual conference on 4–7 September 2010 Science & Society Conference The Difference between the Sexes – From Biology to Behaviour. EMBO Courses & Workshops The EMBO Meeting 2010 Second EMBO life science conference in Barcelona attracts EMBO PLenary Lectures EMBO Public Relations 1300 attendees, providing an annual European forum for AAdministration & Finance EMBO Global Exchange & Communications scientific exchange (page 7). BBernhard Huber AAnne-Marie Glynn Suzanne Beveridge HHead Programme Manager Head EMBO | EMBL The EMBO Journal Focus issue Spatial organization of signalling. ++49 6221 8891 113 ++49 6221 8891 104 +49 6221 8891 108 Symposia EMBO reports Science & Society series on Food and Science.

Molecular Systems Biology Workshop on deep sequencing at The EMBO Meeting; three web focuses on signalling, metabolic networks and evolution. EEMBC Information Support EEMBO Council & Committees EMBO Science Policy & Resources EMBO Molecular Medicine Recognized as best new journal in Science, Technology GittaG Bourke MMichele Garﬁnkel VVolker Wiersdorff EMBO and Medicine by the American Publishers Awards; AdministratorA Programme Manager Head Molecular Medicine Stefanie Dimmeler appointed as academic chief editor. +49+ 6221 8891 117 ++49 6221 8891 552 +49 6221 8891 118

Complete list of EMBO staff in Heidelberg on pages 98–99. EMBO facts & ﬁ gures 2010

The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) promotes excellence in molecular life sciences in Europe by recognizing and fostering talented scientists.

Since 1964, leading scientists are elected annually to become EMBO Members based on proven excellence in research. Members number almost 1500 today. Fifty-ﬁ ve scientists from the EMBO membership have received the Nobel Prize.

EMBO funding, training and networking activities attract thousands of scientists every year, promoting collaboration in all areas of molecular biology.

Four peer-reviewed journals span a broad spectrum of topics of molecular biology and reﬂ ect how science is shaping the world.

The European Molecular Biology Conference (EMBC), founded in 1969, is the inter-governmental funding body for EMBO comprising 27 member states including most of the European Union and some of the neighbouring countries.

Both EMBO and EMBC are driven by a common commitment to quality research at the European level. Their joint activities are characterized by quality and encouragement of co-operation within the scientiﬁ c community.

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Preface 4–5 EMBO Young Investigators 76–81 Young Investigators 2010 76 EMBO actions in 2010 6–7 Young Investigators 2000–2009 77 EMBC actions in 2010 8–9 Applications and awards 2001–2010 78 General statistics 2000–2010 79 Lectures 2010 80–81 facts & ﬁ gures 2010 EMBO Installation Grants 82 EMBC Member States 12–17 Installation Grantees 2010 82 Delegates and Advisers 12–16 EMBO Courses & Workshops 83–88 Financial contributions 17 Courses 2010 83–85, 87 EMBO Council & Committees 18–21 Workshops 2010 86 EMBO Council 2010 18 Conference Series 2010 86–87 EMBO Council 2011 19 Symposia 2010 88 EMBO Committees 2010 20 Laboratory Management Courses 2010 88 EMBO Committees 2011 21 EMBO Global Exchange 89 EMBO Membership 22–27 Lecture Courses & Lecture Series 89 EMBO Members 2010 22–25 EMBO Women in Science 90–94 EMBO Associate Members 2010 26–27 Participation of women in EMBO activities: Statistics

EMBO Scientiﬁ c Publications 28–31 EMBO Gold Medal 95 Advisory Editorial Boards & Senior Editors of Gold Medalists 1986–2010 95 The EMBO Journal 28 EMBO Plenary Lectures 96–97 EMBO reports 29 Plenary Lectures 2010 96 Molecular Systems Biology 30 EMBO Molecular Medicine 31 EMBO Staff in Heidelberg 98–99

EMBO Fellowships 32–75 EMBO Events 2011 102–111 EMBO Long-Term Fellowships 32–55 Courses 2011 102–103,105 Statistics 32–33 Workshops 2011 103–104 Awards 2010 34–53 Conference Series 2011 104–105 Geographical distribution 2010 54–55 Symposia 2011 105–106 EMBO Short-Term Fellowships 56–75 Laboratory Management Courses 2011 106 Statistics 56 Global Exchange Lecture Courses & Series 2011 107 Awards 2010 57–73 Plenary Lectures 2011 108–109 Geographical distribution 2010 74–75 Other EMBO events 2011 111

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At the end of my fi rst year at policy-makers and politicians to recognize and make use of EMBO I am pleased to report EMBO membership as a resource for their own initiatives – as on the continued high demand is already happening in the recruitment of the evaluation pan- for the numerous EMBO activi- els of the ERC. As we begin to shift the former focus of creat- ties that train young researchers ing dialogue between science and society to one of playing a and further scientifi c exchange. bigger role at a policy level through the EMBO Science Policy Outstanding researchers joined Programme, members will be invited to contribute on key the EMBO community; new ini- issues within the programme’s scope of analyzing and infl u- tiatives began to strengthen sci- encing European research policy for the benefi t of science. entifi c ties outside Europe; and The younger sectors of our community have also grown. Maria Leptin the organization took the fi rst Twenty-nine new EMBO Young Investigators and Installation EMBO Director steps to take a more proactive Grantees were selected last year, joining the strong network of role in the science policy arena. young scientists that is beginning to feed into the EMBO mem- 2010 began a new Indicative Scheme and a tighter budget bership, largely due to the excellent science of these research- than we would have liked, but careful and responsible fi nan- ers but also to the mentoring and increased visibility the net- cial management allowed us to add value to individual pro- work affords them. Fifty-three Young Investigators have been grammes. While contributions from the EMBC Member States elected as full EMBO Members to date, a number that will make up the majority of our total annual budget and fund surely rise in future years. the EMBC General Programme executed by EMBO, additional EMBO Long-Term Fellowships received a record number of publications-derived income supplements the programme 1668 applications in 2010 from postdoctoral researchers plan- budgets and allows EMBO to pilot activities to benefi t the sci- ning to move country. In total, 275 fellowships were awarded – entifi c community. a seven per cent increase from 2009 due to co-funding from In my preface I can only detail some of the achievements the European Commission to complement the majority EMBC in 2010. The tables that follow outline the facts and fi gures of fi nancing. A second application for co-funding was approved, each programme and activity. EMBO Members are, of course, enabling further the dissemination of knowledge and talent the organization’s greatest asset. Sixty-three scientists from through researcher mobility. Another highlight of 2010 was 14 countries elected in 2010 bring total membership to 1465 the sign up of more than 60 per cent of the 2010 awardees worldwide. The objective and unbiased guidance we receive to the newly introduced pension scheme for EMBO Fellows. from members to execute the EMBC General Programme and EMBO is the fi rst European organization to introduce a pen- all our activities differentiates EMBO from many other or- sion scheme following the call in the European Charter for ganizations. We must encourage not only scientists but also Researchers (2005).

4 Preface | Maria Leptin EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org The EMBO Courses and Workshops Programme – the main- are interested in strong interactions globally. To this end, the stay of the organization’s efforts to further scientifi c training EMBC approved the renewal and extension of a cooperation and exchange – funded 82 events during 2010. The option for agreement with South Africa and the initiation of a similar Conference Series, whereby an organizer may apply for multi- agreement with Singapore. ple rounds of support over a series of years has been taken up The EMBO Global Exchange Programme will establish avidly. With a defi ned programme budget and applications for high-level scientifi c interactions with scientists in countries in practical courses and workshops continuing at equal quality which life sciences research is evolving towards global com- and quantity, it becomes diffi cult to choose between funding petitiveness. Short-term help to selected partner countries will the second and third renewal of a highly successful confer- have a large long-term payback, not only in the partner coun- ence and the excellent and original new conference proposals – tries but also in Europe. Some may consider that Europe will a wealth of offers that highlights a genuine community need. not reap benefi ts from such activities. I disagree: not only will With more than 1300 participants at our second conference, awareness of EMBO and our philosophy spread, it will also es- The EMBO Meeting 2010 in Barcelona, this annual life science tablish European laboratories as preferred partners for future event is becoming a forum that equally presents the latest scientifi c collaborations and exchange of researchers. cutting-edge science to Europeans and the best of European In the fi rst year of operation, EMBO Global Exchange cours- science to the world. Additional funding from EMBC for the es and lecture series were organized in Taiwan, Tunisia and early years of this annual event is most appreciated. Most of India. A satellite workshop at The EMBO Meeting in Barcelona the EMBC Member States were represented in the participant and a lecture tour of EMBO Members of Indian research insti- list while, signifi cantly, one quarter came from outside Europe, tutions laid the foundations for intensive interactions with the meaning that the conference is ideal for promotion of the ex- Indian science ministry. cellent research opportunities here. I invite you to peruse the facts and fi gures of 2010 for each The fi rst year of EMBO|EMBL Symposia saw three events of the EMBO programmes, activities and publications. The held in the EMBL Advanced Training Centre in Heidelberg, EMBO calendar for 2011 is already brimming with opportuni- with attendance growing beyond 400 participants for the third ties for scientifi c training and exchange and for the promotion symposium. Each symposium highlights future directions in of European life science research. I look forward to reporting the life sciences and delivers the latest research in the fi eld outcomes over the course of the year and again at year-end. covered. To remain strong, EMBO must adapt to and evolve within the international life sciences environment. Connections beyond European confi nes can be nurtured by the expertise and experience of our scientists – and their institutes – who

EMBO facts & ﬁ gures 2010 | www.embo.org Preface | Maria Leptin 5 EMBO actions 2010

➔ EMBO OFFICERS & COUNCIL 2010 The EMBO Council met in April and EMBO actions not described elsewhere Anton Berns in October 2010. Major decisions are in this report. EMBO SECRETARY GENERAL listed below along with other important Carl-Henrik Heldin CHAIR Council and membership elections Financial matters ❚ Daniela Rhodes was elected as Chair ❚ The EMBO Council unanimously ap- Andrea Ballabio of the EMBO Council for 2011, David proved the accounts for 2009 and the Maria Blasco Shore was re-elected as Vice-Chair of budget for EMBO activities for 2011. Patrick Charnay EMBO Council for 2011. Anton Berns This funding comes from income Pascale Cossart was re-elected as Secretary General generated by EMBO publications Carl-Henrik Heldin of EMBO for 2011. and supplements the EMBC ﬁ nancing of the EMBO Fellowship, Young In- Ari Helenius ❚ Veronica van Heyningen and Ferenc vestigator, Courses & Workshops and Daniel Louvard Nagy were re-elected to Council Science & Society Programmes. It is Ferenc Nagy by the membership for the period also used to pilot EMBO activities 2011–2013. Geneviève Almouzni, Mart Richard Treisman that are not part of the EMBC Gen- Saarma and Dimitris Thanos were Daniela Rhodes eral Programme. newly elected for the same period. Benny Shilo ❚ Since 2009 the EMBO and EMBC ❚ Forty-nine EMBO Members and 14 David Shore accounts have been audited by KPMG VICE-CHAIR EMBO Associate Members were (Switzerland). This is in addition to elected in the 2010 membership Veronica van Heyningen the standard auditing as done by a election. More information is listed Detlef Weigel national audit court from one of the on pages 22 – 27. EMBC Member States. ➔ See page 19 for a complete list of the 2011 EMBO Council EMBO programmes ❚ Council approved a change in focus of the former Science & Society Programme and renamed it EMBO Science Policy Programme.

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Cooperation ❚ EMBO and EMBL held three joint ➔ EMBO COMMITTEE CHAIRS 2010 ❚ The EMBO Council suggested three EMBO|EMBL Symposia in the new David Sherratt candidates and one reserve for each EMBL Advanced Training Centre (ATC) EMBO Membership Committee of four scientiﬁ c areas to represent in 2010. Another three joint symposia Jürgen Knoblich EMBO on the EMBL Scientiﬁ c Advi- are planned for 2011. EMBO Fellowship Committee sory Committee (SAC). Naama Barkai, ❚ The EMBO Council agreed to negoti- Bill Earnshaw Denis Duboule, Andrea Musacchio and ate a cooperation agreement with EMBO Course Committee Michael Snyder were selected. Singapore. Michael Bevan EMBO Young Investigator Committee

Other EMBO activities Wendy Bickmore EMBO Science & Society Committee Awards ❚ The EMBO Director and EMBO man- Maria Leptin ❚ Jason W. Chin from the MRC, LMB in agers were engaged in a variety of The EMBO Meeting Committee Cambridge (UK) won the 2010 EMBO other meetings and collaborations Gold Medal in recognition of his pio- – in particular with the Federation Benny Shilo EMBO Global Exchange Committee neering work on reprogramming the of European Biochemical Societies genetic code (see page 96). (FEBS), the European Science Foun- Reinhard Jahn dation (ESF) and the various pro- EMBO Publications Advisory Board Meetings grammes of the European Commis- ❚ The EMBO Meeting 2010 was held sion (EC). ➔ See page 21 for a complete list of in Barcelona from 4 to 7 September, the 2011 Committee members. ❚ EMBO continues to participate in the continuing the tradition of an annual activities and meetings of the Euro- life sciences conference in Europe pean Life Sciences Forum (ELSF) and started by the former European Life the Initiative for Science in Europe Scientist Organisation (ELSO). (ISE). ❚ New EMBO Members in 2009 were ➔ EMBO Council Administrator welcomed to the organization during Gitta Bourke the EMBO Members’ Workshop held [email protected] from 27 to 29 October in Heidelberg. T +49 6221 8891 117 F +49 6221 8891 202

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➔ EMBC OFFICERS 2010 EMBC Delegates met in two formal ses- Party also met in June; the decisions and Toivo Maimets ESTONIA sions in 2010 (June and November) in actions resulting from these meetings PRESIDENT Heidelberg. The EMBC Finance Com- are listed below.

Leszek Kaczmarek POLAND mittee and the EMBC Strategic Working Claudio Sunkel PORTUGAL VICE-PRESIDENTS Financial matters Krešimir Pavelic´ CROATIA ❚ EMBC accepted the accounts for 2009 and noted the reports of the exter- SECRETARY GENERAL nal and internal auditors.

Jeannette Ridder-Numan NETHERLANDS ❚ The budget for 2011 was approved. Finance Committee CHAIR

Frédéric Dardel FRANCE EMBC decisions and actions Finance Committee VICE-CHAIR ❚ At the November meeting, EMBC heard a detailed report from EMBO on the delivery of the EMBC General Programme.

➔ STRATEGIC WORKING PARTY 2010 ❚ The EMBC Special Project supporting Strategic Development Installation Ahmet Ademog˘lu TURKEY Grants (known as EMBO Installation Grants) received 34 applications. Six Frédéric Dardel FRANCE scientists were selected to receive funding from the participating member Josiane Entringer LUXEMBOURG states as of 2011. Jan Grapentin GERMANY ❚ Bulgaria’s application for EMBC membership was rejected. Kalervo Hiltunen FINLAND ❚ EMBC agreed to renew its cooperation agreement with the Republic of Leszek Kaczmarek POLAND South Africa and to negotiate a cooperation agreement with Singapore. Toivo Maimets ESTONIA CHAIR M. Angela Nieto SPAIN Election of Ofﬁ cers for 2011 Mark Palmer UNITED KINGDOM ❚ Toivo Maimets (Estonia) was re-elected President of EMBC for 2011. Krešimir Pavelic´ CROATIA Leszek Kaczmarek (Poland) was re-elected Vice-President and M. Angela Nieto (Spain) was elected Vice-President for a ﬁ rst term. Jeannette Ridder-Numan NETHERLANDS Glauco Tocchini-Valentini ITALY ❚ Krešimir Pavelic´ (Croatia) was re-appointed EMBC Secretary General for 2011. ➔ See pages 12 – 16 for a list of all EMBC Delegates

8 EMBC actions 2010 EMBO facts & ﬁ gures 2010 | http://embc.embo.org ➔ EMBC MEMBER STATES ➔ FINANCE COMMITTEE The following countries are member states of the European Molecular Biology PERMANENT MEMBERS Conference (EMBC): France ❚ Austria ❚ France ❚ Italy ❚ Slovenia Germany ❚ Belgium ❚ Germany ❚ Luxembourg ❚ Spain Italy ❚ Croatia ❚ Greece ❚ Netherlands ❚ Sweden Spain ❚ Czech Republic ❚ Hungary ❚ Norway ❚ Switzerland United Kingdom ❚ ❚ ❚ ❚ Denmark Iceland Poland Turkey ELECTED MEMBERS ❚ Estonia ❚ Ireland ❚ Portugal ❚ United Kingdom Finland ❚ Finland ❚ Israel ❚ Slovak Republic Greece Special provisions also exist for Cyprus. A cooperation agreement provides for Ireland South African scientists to beneﬁ t from EMBO programmes and activities. Netherlands Poland Portugal Sweden

➔ For the scale of contributions by the individual EMBC Member States, see page 17

➔ EMBC Administrator Gitta Bourke [email protected] T +49 6221 8891 117 F +49 6221 8891 202

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EMBC Member States 12–17

EMBO Council & Committees 18–21

EMBO Membership 22–27

EMBO Scientiﬁ c Publications 28–31

EMBO Fellowships 32–75

EMBO Young Investigators 76–81

EMBO Installation Grants 82

EMBO Courses & Workshops 83–88

EMBO Global Exchange 89

EMBO Women in Science 90–94

EMBO Gold Medal 95

EMBO Plenary Lectures 96–97

EMBO Staff in Heidelberg 98–99

EMBO events 2011 102–111

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http://embc.embo.org [email protected]

A President, two Vice Presidents and a Secretary General lead the EMBC, the intergovernmental funding Prof. Toivo Maimets body of EMBO. The governments of the member states nominate EMBC Delegates. Typically each member EMBC President state appoints one delegate from a relevant ministry and one scientiﬁ c adviser. EMBC Delegates meet Prof. Krešimir Pavelic´ every six months in an ordinary session and each member state has one vote. EMBC Secretary General Gitta Bourke EMBC Administrator

AUSTRIA BELGIUM CROATIA

Prof. Annemarie Frischauf Prof. Marc van Montagu Prof. Krešimir Pavelic´ Dept. of Molecular Biology IPBO Ghent University University of Rijeka University of Salzburg K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35 Dept. of Biotechnology Hellbrunnerstrasse 34 BE – 9000 Ghent Trg Brace Mazuranica 10 AT – 5020 Salzburg T +32 9 264 87 27 HR – 51000 Rijeka T +43 662 8044 5779 F +32 9 264 87 95 T +385 99 730 5690 F +43 662 8044 144 [email protected] F +385 98 247 164 [email protected] [email protected] Dr. Véronique Feys Dr. Hemma Bauer Belgian Federal Science Policy Ofﬁ ce Dr. Lovorka Barac´ Lauc Bundesministerium für Avenue Louise 231 The National Foundation for Science, Wissenschaft und Forschung BE – 1050 Brussels Higher Education and Technological Referat VI/1a T +32 2 238 34 86 Development of the Republic of Croatia Rosengasse 2 – 6 F +32 2 230 59 12 Ilica 24 AT – 1014 Vienna [email protected] HR – 10000 Zagreb T +43 1 53120 7120 T +385 51 228 692 F +43 1 53120 81 7120 Mr Vincent Meunier F +385 51 271 085 [email protected] Belgian Federal Science Policy Ofﬁ ce [email protected] Avenue Louise 231 BE – 1050 Brussels T +32 2 238 34 63 [email protected]

12 EMBC Delegates EMBO facts & ﬁ gures 2010 | www.embo.org CZECH REPUBLIC ESTONIA FRANCE

Dr. Zdena Palkova Prof. Toivo Maimets Ms Fatima Ouali Dept. of Genetics and Microbiology Dept. of Cell Biology Ministry of Foreign & European Affairs Charles University Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology DGM/ATT/ENT Vinicná 5 University of Tartu 27 rue de la Convention CZ – 12844 Prague 2 Riia 23b – 135 CS 91533 T +420 2 2195 1721 EE – 51010 Tartu FR – 75732 Paris Cedex 15 F +420 2 2195 1729 T +372 737 5028 T +33 1 43 17 82 85 [email protected] F +372 742 0286 F +33 1 43 17 89 37 [email protected] [email protected] Ms Jana Bystrˇická Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports Dr. Toivo Räim Prof. Frédéric Dardel Dept. of International Cooperation Ministry of Education and Research Faculty of Pharmacy Karmelitska 7 Tallinn Ofﬁ ce University Paris Descartes CZ – 118 12 Prague Tõnismägi 11 4 avenue de l’Observatoire T +420 257 139 24 EE – 15192 Tallinn FR – 75006 Paris F +420 257 193 790 T +372 735 0125 T +33 1 53 73 15 76 [email protected] F +372 628 1390 F +33 1 53 73 99 25 [email protected] [email protected]

DENMARK FINLAND GERMANY

Ms Edel Bregnbaek Prof. Eero Vuorio Prof. Reinhard Lührmann Danish Agency for Science, Technology Biocenter Finland MPI für biophysikalische Chemie & Innovation University of Helsinki Abteilung Zelluläre Biochemie Bredgade 40 Viikinkaari 4 Am Faßberg 11 DK – 1260 Copenhagen K FI – 00014 Helsinki DE – 37070 Göttingen T +45 35 44 62 32 T +358 50 415 6595 T +49 551 201 1405 F +45 33 32 35 01 eero.vuorio@helsinki.fi F +49 551 201 1197 bregn@fi .dk [email protected] Prof. Kalervo Hiltunen Prof. Jørgen Kjems Dept. of Biochemistry Dr. Volker Wiesenthal University of Aarhus University of Oulu Bundesministerium für Dept. of Molecular Biology Linnanmaa, Door H4 Bildung und Forschung iNANO FI – 90570 Oulu Referat 613 C.F. Mollers Alle T +358 8 553 1151 Hannoversche Straße 19 DK – 8000 Aarhus C F +358 8 553 1141 DE – 10115 Berlin T +45 89 42 26 16 kalervo.hiltunen@oulu.fi T +49 3018 57 5098 [email protected] F +49 3018 57 85098 Dr. Riitta Mustonen [email protected] Academy of Finland Vilhonvuorenkatu 6 Dr. Jan Grapentin FI – 00501 Helsinki Bundesministerium für T +358 9 7748 8220 Bildung und Forschung F +358 9 7748 8379 Leiter des Referats 613 Riitta.Mustonen@aka.fi Hannoversche Straße 19 anja.raatikainen@aka.fi DE – 10115 Berlin T +49 30 18 57 5439 F +49 30 18 57 85439 [email protected]

EMBO facts & ﬁ gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBC Delegates 13 GREECE ICELAND ISRAEL

Prof. Theodore Fotsis Dr. Eiríkur Steingrímsson Dr. Mahmoud Taya Director, Laboratory of Biological Chemistry Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Director, Biotechnology Research Medical School Faculty of Medicine Ministry of Science and Technology University of Ioannina University of Iceland Haqirya Hamizrahit, Bldg 3 GR – 45110 Ioannina Vatnsmyrarvegur 16 P.O. Box 49100 T +30 2651 0 97560 IS – 101 Reykjavik IL – 91490 Jerusalem F +30 2651 0 97868 T +354 525 4270 T +972 2 5411126 [email protected] F +354 525 4886 F +972 2 5322124 [email protected] [email protected] Prof. Charalambos Savakis Institute of Cell & Develop. Biology Prof. Joel Sussman BSRC “Alexander Fleming” Dept. of Structural Biology 34 Alexander Fleming Street The Israel Structural Proteomics Center GR – 16672 Vari Weizmann Institute of Science T +30 210 9656 310/173 IL – 76100 Rehovot F +30 210 965 3934 T +972 8 9344531 savakis@ﬂ eming.gr F +972 8 9346312 [email protected]

HUNGARY IRELAND ITALY

Ms Katalin Hajós Mr Fergal Cullen Prof. Glauco Tocchini-Valentini Deputy Head Offi ce of Science, Technology & Innovation Institute of Cell Biology, CNR Hungarian Academy of Sciences Dept. of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation Campus A. Buzzati-Traverso Dept. for International Relations 23 Kildare Street Via E. Ramarini 32 Nádor utca 7 IE – Dublin 2 IT – 00015 Monterotondo Scalo (RM) HU – 1051 Budapest T +353 1 631 2477 T +39 06 906 0317 T +36 1 411 6158 F +353 1 631 28 12 F +39 06 900 91261 F +36 1 411 6160 [email protected] [email protected] khajos@offi ce.mta.hu Dr. Graham Love Mr Augusto Cipollone Prof. Làszlò Patthy Science Foundation Ireland Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze Institute of Enzymology Wilton Park House Ragioneria Generale dello Stato – I.G.A.E. Uff. X Biological Research Centre Wilton Place Via XX Settembre no 97 Karolina ut 29 IE – Dublin 2 IT – 00187 Roma HU – 1113 Budapest T +353 1 607 3284 T +39 06 476 16933 T +36 1 209 3537 F +353 1 607 3163 [email protected] F +36 1 466 5465 graham.love@sfi .ie [email protected] Mr Antonio Bartolini Dr. Stephen Simpson Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze Science Foundation Ireland Ragioneria Generale dello Stato – I.G.A.E. Uff. X Wilton Park House Via XX Settembre no 97 Wilton Place IT – 00187 Roma IE – Dublin 2 T +39 06 476 16261 T +353 1 607 3212 F +39 06 476 16933 F +353 1 607 3163 [email protected] stephen.simpson@sfi .ie

14 EMBC Delegates EMBO facts & ﬁ gures 2010 | www.embo.org LUXEMBOURG POLAND SLOVAK REPUBLIC

Ms Josiane Entringer Ms Maria Klimkiewicz Ms Pavlína Emrichová Ministère de la Culture, de l’Enseignement Ministry of Science and Higher Education Ministry of Education Superieur et de la Recherche Dept. of International Cooperation Division of Science and Technology Departement Recherche et Innovation ul. Wspolna 1/3 Dept of International Cooperation 20, Montée de la Petrusse PL – 00-529 Warsaw 53 Stromová 1 LU – 2912 Luxembourg T +48 22 628 32 89 SK – 813 30 Bratislava T +352 247 85217 F +48 22 628 35 34 T +421 2 69 25 22 37 F +352 460 927 [email protected] F +421 2 69 25 22 03 [email protected] [email protected] Prof. Leszek Kaczmarek NETHERLANDS Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology Dr. Silvia Pastoreková Nencki Institute Institute of Virology Dr. Jeannette Ridder-Numan Pasteura 3 Slovak Academy of Sciences Ministry of Education, Culture and Science PL – 02-093 Warsaw Dubravska cesta 9 IPC 4100 T +48 22 6503001 SK – 845 05 Bratislava Rijnstraat 50 F +48 22 8225342 T +421 2 59 30 24 04 NL – 2515 XP Den Haag [email protected] F +421 2 54 77 42 84 T +31 70 412 4920 [email protected] F +31 70 412 2525 [email protected] Prof. Ján Turnˇa Slovak Centre of Scientiﬁ c and Technical Prof. Peter J. Weisbeek Information University of Utrecht Lamacska cesta 8/A Dept. of Molecular Genetics SK – 811 04 Bratislava Padualaan 8 T +421 2 69 25 31 02 NL – 3584 CH Utrecht [email protected] T +31 30 253 3580 F +31 30 251 3655 [email protected] PORTUGAL SLOVENIA Ms Maria José Almeida Dr. Boris Turk NORWAY Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) Dept. of Biochemistry and Av. D. Carlos I, 126-7° Molecular and Structural Biology Prof. Anders Sundan PT – 1249-074 Lisbon J. Stefan Institute Dept. of Cancer Research & Mol. Medicine T +351 21 391 15 29 Jamova 39 Faculty of Medicine F +351 21 395 72 84 SI – 1000 Ljubljana Norwegian University of Science & Technology [email protected] T +386 1 477 37 72 Olav Kyrres gt. 9 F +386 1 477 39 84 NO – 7030 Trondheim Prof. Cláudio Sunkel [email protected] T +47 73 598 667 Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMC) F +47 73 598 801 University of Porto Dr. Marija Škerlj [email protected] Rua do Campo Alegre 823 Ministry of Higher Education, PT – 4150-180 Porto Science and Technology Mr Jacob E. Wang T +351 22 607 49 00 International Cooperation Ofﬁ ce Research Council of Norway F +351 22 609 91 57 Kotnikova 38 Stensberggata 26 [email protected] SI – 1000 Ljubljana NO – 0131 Oslo T +386 1 478 46 96 T +47 22 03 73 25 F +386 1 478 47 19 F +47 22 03 72 50 [email protected] [email protected]

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Prof. M. Angela Nieto Dr. Isabella Beretta Dr. Mark Palmer Head of Developmental Neurobiology State Secretariat for Education and Research Head of International Strategy Institute of Neurosciences CSIC – UMH Multilateral Research Cooperation Medical Research Council Avda. Ramon y Cajal s/n Hallwylstrasse 4 One Kemble Street ES – 03550 San Juan de Alicante CH – 3003 Bern GB – London WC2B 4AN T +34 965 919243 T +41 31 322 84 17 T +44 20 7395 2209 F +34 965 919561 F +41 31 322 78 54 mark.palmer@headofﬁ ce.mrc.ac.uk [email protected] [email protected] Mr Tim Willis Dr. Benjamín Sanchez Gimeno Prof. Rolf Zeller Biotechnology and Assistant to Deputy General Developmental Genetics Biological Sciences Research Council International Programmes & Organisms DKBW Centre for Biomedicine North Star Avenue Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación University of Basel, Medical School Polaris House C/ Albacete, 5, 5a Planta Mattenstrasse 28 GB – Swindon SN2 1UH ES – 28027 Madrid CH – 4058 Basel T +44 1793 414651 T +34 91 603 70 44 T +41 61 267 27 25/ F +44 1793 413203 F +34 91 603 70 99 +41 61 695 30 33 [email protected] [email protected] F +41 61 267 39 59/ +41 61 695 30 32 Mr Luis E. Ruiz López de la Torre Ayllón [email protected] Head of Area DG International Large Facilities & Organizations Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación C/ Albacete, 5, 7a planta ES – 28027 Madrid T +34 91 603 83 41 F +34 91 603 70 86 [email protected]

SWEDEN TURKEY

Prof. Dick Heinegård Prof. Ahmet Ademog˘lu Connective Tissue Biology Biomedical Engineering Institute Lund University Bogazici University BMC, C12 Bebek SE – 221 84 Lund TR – 34342 Istanbul T +46 46 222 8571 T +90 212 259 64 18 F +46 46 211 3417 F +90 212 257 50 30 [email protected] [email protected]

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EMBC Member State 2010 2011 % of total % of total contributions contributions Austria 2.00 1.99 Belgium 2.49 2.48 Croatia 0.25 0.25 Czech Republic 0.74 0.74 Denmark 1.61 1.60 Estonia 0.10 0.10 Finland 1.28 1.27 France 14.76 14.72 Germany 19.12 19.09 Greece 1.69 1.69 Hungary 0.62 0.62 Iceland 0.09 0.09 Ireland 1.15 1.15 Israel 0.90 0.90 Italy 11.68 11.66 Luxembourg 0.16 0.24 Netherlands 4.33 4.32 Norway 2.02 2.02 Poland 1.93 1.93 Portugal 1.11 1.11 Slovak Republic 0.19 0.29 Slovenia 0.22 0.22 Spain 7.31 7.30 Sweden 2.49 2.49 Switzerland 2.81 2.81 Turkey 2.83 2.82 United Kingdom 16.12 16.09 Total 100.00 100.00

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The EMBO Council is the governing body of EMBO, responsible for ensuring the development of the 2010 organization. It consists of 15 members, who serve for a period of three years and who may be re-elected for one additional term of ofﬁ ce.

EMBO Council members Elected term(s) of ofﬁ ce Name Country – Town 2009 – 2011 Andrea Ballabio IT – Naples 2008 – 2010 Maria Blasco ES – Madrid 2009 – 2011 Patrick Charnay FR – Paris 2010 – 2012 Pascale Cossart FR – Paris 2008 – 2010 Carl-Henrik Heldin CHAIR SE – Uppsala 2007 – 2009, 2010 – 2012 Ari Helenius CH – Zurich 2010 – 2012 Leszek Kaczmarek PL – Warsaw 2005 – 2007, 2008 – 2010 Daniel Louvard FR – Paris 2008 – 2010 Ferenc Nagy HU – Szeged 2007 – 2009, 2010 – 2012 Daniela Rhodes UK – Cambridge 2006 – 2008, 2009 – 2011 Benny Shilo IL – Rehovot 2006 – 2008, 2009 – 2011 David Shore VICE-CHAIR CH – Geneva 2010 – 2011 Richard Treisman UK – London 2010 – 2012 Detlef Weigel DE – Tübingen 2010 Veronica van Heyningen UK – Edinburgh

Ex ofﬁ cio Council members Maria Leptin EMBO Director Anton Berns EMBO Secretary General

Observers Toivo Maimets EMBC President Krešimir Pavelic´ EMBC Secretary General Iain Mattaj EMBL Director General David Sherratt CHAIR EMBO Membership Committee Michael W. Bevan CHAIR EMBO Young Investigator Committee Wendy Bickmore CHAIR EMBO Science & Society Committee Bill Earnshaw CHAIR EMBO Course Committee Jürgen Knoblich CHAIR EMBO Fellowship Committee Benny Shilo CHAIR EMBO Global Exchange Committee Roberto Di Lauro CHAIR EMBL SAC

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EMBO Council members Elected term(s) of ofﬁ ce Name Country – Town 2011 – 2013 Geneviève Almouzni FR – Paris 2009 – 2011 Andrea Ballabio IT – Naples 2009 – 2011 Patrick Charnay FR – Paris 2010 – 2012 Pascale Cossart FR – Paris 2007 – 2009, 2010 – 2012 Ari Helenius CH – Zürich 2010 – 2012 Leszek Kaczmarek PL – Warsaw 2008 – 2010, 2011 – 2013 Ferenc Nagy HU – Szeged 2007 – 2009, 2010 – 2012 Daniela Rhodes CHAIR UK – Cambridge 2011 – 2013 Mart Saarma FI – Helsinki 2006 – 2008, 2009 – 2011 Benny Shilo IL – Rehovot 2006 – 2008, 2009 – 2011 David Shore VICE-CHAIR CH – Geneva 2011 – 2013 Dimitris Thanos GR – Athens 2010 – 2011 Richard Treisman UK – London 2010 – 2012 Detlef Weigel DE – Tübingen 2010, 2011 – 2013 Veronica van Heyningen UK – Edinburgh

Ex ofﬁ cio Council members Maria Leptin Director of EMBO Anton Berns EMBO Secretary General

Observers Toivo Maimets EMBC President Krešimir Pavelic´ EMBC Secretary General Iain Mattaj EMBL Director General David Sherratt CHAIR EMBO Membership Committee Noel Lowndes CHAIR EMBO Young Investigator Committee William Earnshaw CHAIR EMBO Course Committee Jürgen Knoblich CHAIR EMBO Fellowship Committee Benny Shilo CHAIR EMBO Global Exchange Committee Roberto Di Lauro CHAIR EMBL SAC

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Members serve on committees to guide core EMBO programmes, activities and publications. The EMBO 2010 Council appoints members to serve on committees for a four-year term; committee chairs are appointed for three years and may serve on the committee beyond the usual four years.

Course Committee Fellowship Committee Membership Committee Science & Society Committee 2008 William Earnshaw CHAIR 2005 Jürgen Knoblich CHAIR 2005 Ueli Aebi CHAIR 2005 Wendy Bickmore CHAIR 2010 Siv Andersson 2010 Cecilia Maria Arraiano 2009 Geneviève Almouzni 2007 Eric Karsenti 2010 Silvia Arber 2010 Yinon Ben-Neriah 2009 Peer Bork 2008 Valerio Orlando 2008 Karen Avraham 2008 József Burgyán 2008 József Burgyán 2010 Jean Beggs 2008 Manuel Espinosa 2009 Gerhard Christofori Publications Advisory Board* 2010 Ana Cumano 2006 Marco Foiani 2009 Anne Ephrussi (as of April 2010) 2009 Maria Antonietta De Matteis 2008 Caroline Hill 2009 Michel Goedert 2010 Reinhard Jahn CHAIR 2008 Gerd Jürgens 2007 Roland Kanaar 2009 Cayetano Gonzalez 2009 Ivan Dikic 2007 Isabel Guerrero 2008 Dimitris Kioussis 2009 Jules A. Hoffmann 2010 Ernst Hafen 2008 Christoph Müller 2009 Rüdiger Klein 2009 Reinhard Jahn 2010 Richard Losick** 2009 Frank Uhlmann 2008 Sergio Moreno 2010 Hans Dieter Klenk 2010 Iain Mattaj 2008 Claude-Agnès Reynaud 2009 Jane Langdale 2010 Linda Miller** Global Exchange Committee 2009 Ben Scheres 2010 Poul Nissen 2005 M. Angela Nieto 2010 Benny Shilo CHAIR 2009 Kirsten Skarstad 2010 Rino Rappuoli 2007 Helen Saibil 2010 Margaret Buckingham 2006 Irma Thesleff 2009 David Sherrat 2010 Alan Schafer** 2010 Hermann Bujard 2008 Anna Tramontano 2009 Austin Smith 2010 Tadatsugu Taniguchi** 2010 Stewart Cole 2008 Alfonso Valencia 2008 Harald Stenmark 2010 Bertrand Jordan 2008 Dale Wigley 2007 Juan Valcárcel Internal Auditor (EMBL) 2010 Daniel Louvard 2008 David Wilkinson 2009 Michael Way Berthold Koch 2010 Fulvio Mavilio 2009 Rolf Zinkernagel 2010 Félix Rey Young Investigator Committee External Auditor Ofﬁ ce of the Auditor General 2010 Inder Verma 2005 Michael Bevan CHAIR of Norway 2010 Lothar Willmitzer 2009 Andrea Brand FEBS|EMBO Women in Science Committee* Per Anders Engeseth 2009 Michael Brunner (responsible) The EMBO Meeting Committee 2009 Maria De Sousa 2007 Margarida Amaral** 2010 Maria Leptin CHAIR 2007 Manuel Espinosa 2008 Andrea Barta EMBO audit 2008 Daniela Corda 2008 Adriano Aguzzi 2007 Edith Heard KPMG 2010 William Earnshaw 2008 Noel Lowndes 2007 Christopher Dobson 2008 Ueli Grossniklaus 2008 Angel Nebreda 2010 Matthew Freeman 2008 Martin Raff 2007 Mehmet Öztürk 2009 Ruth Hracky Paulssen** *Committee includes 2008 Anne Ridley 2008 Joel Sussman 2008 Claudio Sunkel EMBO Members and 2008 Svante Pääbo 2010 Alfred Wittinghofer external advisers**

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Course Committee Fellowship Committee Membership Committee Publications Advisory Board* 2008 William Earnshaw CHAIR 2005 Jürgen Knoblich CHAIR 2009 David Sherratt CHAIR 2010 Reinhard Jahn CHAIR 2010 Siv Andersson 2010 Cecilia Maria Arraiano 2009 Geneviève Almouzni 2010 Peer Bork 2010 Silvia Arber 2010 Yinon Ben-Neriah 2009 Peer Bork 2010 Hermann Bujard 2008 Karen Avraham 2008 Manuel Espinosa 2011 Irene Buzzoni 2009 Ivan Dikic 2010 Jean Beggs 2007 Roland Kanaar 2009 Gerhard Christofori 2010 Ernst Hafen 2010 Ana Cumano 2009 Rüdiger Klein 2011 Andreas Engel 2010 Richard Losick** 2007 Isabel Guerrero 2011 Eva Kondorosi 2009 Anne Ephrussi 2011 Robert Kiley** 2008 Gerd Jürgens 2008 Sergio Moreno 2009 Michel Goedert 2010 Linda Miller** 2009 Maria Antonietta De Matteis 2008 Claude-Agnes Reynaud 2009 Cayetano Gonzalez 2010 Iain Mattaj 2008 Christoph Müller 2009 Ben Scheres 2011 Gillian M. Grifﬁ th 2005 M. Angela Nieto 2009 Frank Uhlmann 2009 Kirsten Skarstad 2009 Jules A. Hoffmann 2007 Helen Saibil 2011 Isabelle Vernos 2008 Anna Tramontano 2009 Reinhard Jahn 2010 Tadatsugu Taniguchi** 2008 Alfonso Valencia 2010 Hans Dieter Klenk Global Exchange Committee 2008 Dale Wigley 2009 Jane Langdale FEBS|EMBO Women in Science Committee* 2010 Benny Shilo CHAIR 2008 David Wilkinson 2010 Poul Nissen 2008 Andrea Barta 2010 Margaret Buckingham 2011 Francesc Posas 2011 Erik Boye 2010 Hermann Bujard Young Investigator Committee 2011 Catherine Rabouille 2008 Daniela Corda 2010 Stewart Cole 2008 Noel Lowndes CHAIR 2010 Rino Rappuoli 2010 Matthew Freeman 2010 Bertrand Jordan 2011 Bruno Amati 2009 Austin Smith 2009 Ruth Hracky Paulssen** 2010 Daniel Louvard 2009 Andrea Brand 2009 Michael Way 2011 Lea Sistonen** 2010 Fulvio Mavilio 2009 Michael Brunner 2008 Claudio Sunkel 2010 Félix Rey 2011 Anne Ferguson-Smith EMBO|EMBL Symposia Committee* 2010 Alfred Wittinghofer 2010 Inder Verma 2011 Yrjö Helariutta 2010 Maria Leptin CHAIR 2010 Lothar Willmitzer 2008 Angel Nebreda 2008 Iain Mattaj CHAIR Internal Auditor (EMBL) 2009 Maria de Sousa 2008 Ewan Birney** Berthold Koch The EMBO Meeting Committee 2008 Joel Sussman 2008 Ivan Dikic 2010 Maria Leptin CHAIR 2011 Gisou van der Goot 2008 Anne Ephrussi External Auditor 2009 Adriano Aguzzi 2008 Darren Gilmour** Ofﬁ ce of the Auditor General 2009 Ueli Grossniklaus 2011 Michael Hengartner of Norway 2011 Jane Langdale 2008 Matthias Hentze Per Anders Engeseth (responsible) 2009 Svante Pääbo *Committee includes 2011 Frauke Melchior 2009 Martin Raff EMBO Members and 2008 Christoph Müller EMBO audit 2009 Anne Ridley external advisers** 2008 Andrew Wilkie KPMG

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www.embo.org/embo-members [email protected]

1360 of Europe’s leading life scientists add the life-long honour of EMBO membership to their credentials. The membership actively guides the execution of the many EMBO initiatives offered to scientists by serving on the EMBO Council, Committees and Advisory Editorial Boards.

EMBO Members elected in 2010 Name Institute Research interest Anna Akhmanova Erasmus Medical Center Microtubule cytoskeleton and vesicular trafﬁ c Rotterdam, Netherlands

Judith Patricia Armitage University of Oxford Sensory networks regulating bacterial United Kingdom behaviour

Jürg Bähler University College London Genome regulation in ﬁ ssion yeast United Kingdom

Yves Barral Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich Mechanisms of asymmetric cell division in yeast Switzerland

Michael Bate University of Cambridge Development of neuromuscular networks United Kingdom

Roland Beckmann Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Structural analysis of protein biosynthesis Germany

Michel Bornens Institut Curie Cell division cycle and cell polarity Paris, France

Nick Brown The Gurdon Institute & University of Cambridge Molecular mechanisms of morphogenesis United Kingdom

Keith Caldecott University of Sussex Molecular mechanisms of DNA strand break United Kingdom repair

Jason W. Chin MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Reprogramming the genetic code Cambridge, United Kingdom

Tim Clausen Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) Molecular mechanisms of protein quality Vienna, Austria control

22 EMBO Members elected in 2010 EMBO facts & ﬁ gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Members elected in 2010 Name Institute Research interest Vincent Colot Ecole Normale Supérieure Arabidopsis epigenetics and epigenomics Paris, France

Maria Pia Cosma Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG) Reprogramming and regeneration in vertebrates Barcelona, Spain

Gideon J. Davies University of York Structural enzymology of carbohydrate-active United Kingdom enzymes

Ilan Davis University of Oxford mRNA localisation in oocytes and neurons United Kingdom

Stefanie Dimmeler Goethe University Vascular biology and disease Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Patrik Ernfors Karolinska Institute Stem cell self-renewal and sensory lineage Stockholm, Sweden diversiﬁ cation

Marie-Anne Felix CNRS & Ecole Normale Supérieure Evolution of C. elegans development and ecology Paris, France

Dominique Ferrandon IBMC Host – pathogen interactions in Drosophila Strasbourg, France

Jirˇí Friml VIB/Gent University Cell polarity and trafﬁ cking in plant Belgium development

Rudolf Glockshuber Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich Protein folding and assembly Switzerland

Keith Gull University of Oxford Microtubule cytoskeleton and ﬂ agella of United Kingdom trypanosomes

Douglas Hanahan The Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research Mechanisms and therapeutic targeting of (ISREC), Lausanne, Switzerland cancer

Michael Häusser University College London Computation in single neurons and neural United Kingdom circuits

Karl-Peter Hopfner Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Mechanisms of DNA repair and innate immunity Germany

Laurent Keller University of Lausanne Evolution of social behaviour in ants Switzerland

EMBO facts & ﬁ gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Members elected in 2010 23 EMBO Members elected in 2010 Name Institute Research interest Ulrike Kutay Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich Nuclear envelope dynamics and ribosome Switzerland biogenesis

Karim Labib Paterson Institute for Cancer Research Chromosome replication and cytokinesis in Manchester, United Kingdom yeast

Ernest Laue University of Cambridge NMR analysis in structural biology United Kingdom

Thomas Laux University of Freiburg Cell fate regulation in plant development Germany

Elena A. Levashina IBMC, Strasbourg Immune responses in malaria mosquitos France

Carlos López-Otín University of Oviedo Functional analysis of proteases in life and Spain disease

Zachary F. Mainen Gulbenkian Science Institute Systems neuroscience Oeira, Portugal

Andreas Radbruch German Rheumatism Research Center Berlin Immunological memory in immunity and Germany immunopathology

Freddy Radtke The Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research Molecular mechanisms of stem cells and cancer (ISREC), Lausanne, Switzerland

Nikolaus Rajewsky Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine Systems biology of gene regulatory elements Berlin, Germany

Erez Raz Center for Molecular Biology of Inﬂ ammation – ZMBE Germ-cell development and migration in Münster, Germany zebraﬁ sh

Carol Robinson University of Oxford Mass spectrometry of dynamic protein United Kingdom complexes

Giampietro Schiavo Cancer Research UK London Research Institute Axonal transport of neurotrophins and United Kingdom pathogens

Ton N.M. Schumacher Netherlands Cancer Institute Dissection and manipulation of T cell immunity Amsterdam, Netherlands

Irmgard Sinning University of Heidelberg Protein targeting and membrane protein Germany biogenesis

24 EMBO Members elected in 2010 EMBO facts & ﬁ gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Members elected in 2010 Name Institute Research interest Holger Stark Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry 3D structure determination by cryo-EM Göttingen, Germany

Michel O. Steinmetz Paul Scherrer Institute Proteins regulating the microtubule Villigen, Switzerland cytoskeleton

Sharon Tooze Cancer Research UK London Research Institute Molecular insights into mammalian autophagy United Kingdom

Miltos Tsiantis University of Oxford Comparative plant development United Kingdom

Malcolm White University of St Andrews The molecular biology of archaea United Kingdom

Kenneth H. Wolfe Trinity College Dublin Genome evolution in yeast species Ireland

John Wood University College London Genetic approaches to pain mechanisms United Kingdom

Arturo Zychlinsky Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology Initiation and resolution of infectious diseases Berlin, Germany

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Scientists who have made outstanding contributions to the molecular life sciences, and reside in countries other than the member states, are nominated and elected annually by the membership. EMBO Associate Members total 105.

EMBO Associate Members elected in 2010 Name Institute Research interest Shizuo Akira Osaka University Pathogen recognition and signalling pathways Japan in innate immunity

Elizabeth H. Blackburn University of California, San Francisco Telomeres and telomerase United States

Roger J. Davis HHMI, University of Massachusetts Medical School Role of inﬂ ammation in cancer and diabetes Worcester, United States

Andrew Z. Fire Stanford University School of Medicine Cellular response to genetic change United States

Jeffrey Friedman HHMI, Rockefeller University Molecular studies of food intake and body New York, United States weight

Elaine Fuchs HHMI, Rockefeller University Skin stem cells in morphogenesis and cancer New York, United States

Michael R. Green HHMI, University of Massachusetts Medical School Eukaryotic gene regulation and cancer biology Worcester, United States

Thomas M. Jessell HHMI, Columbia University Neurons and networks of spinal motor control New York, United States

Robert Martienssen Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Epigenetic mechanisms in gene regulation and United States development

Thomas D. Pollard Yale University Mechanisms of cellular motility and cytokinesis New Haven, United States

Clifford Tabin Harvard Medical School The development and evolution of morphology Boston, United States

26 EMBO Associate Members elected in 2010 EMBO facts & ﬁ gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Associate Members elected in 2010 Name Institute Research interest Robert A. Weinberg Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research Epithelial – mesenchymal transition and the MIT Department of Biology stem-cell state Cambridge, United States

Chi-Huey Wong Academia Sinica Chemical biology and carbohydrate-based drug Taipei Taiwan, Province of China discovery

Shinya Yamanaka CiRA, Kyoto University Understanding of cellular reprogramming Japan

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The EMBO Journal has enjoyed an international reputation for quality and originality for almost 30 years. Research papers provide novel insights into a diverse range of biological problems, with an emphasis on mechanistic understanding. The EMBO Journal is published on behalf of EMBO by Nature Publishing Group.

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Reuven Agami Daniela Corda F Ulrich Hartl Joachim Lingner Nikolaus Pfanner Gabriel Waksman Andrés Aguilera Patrick Cramer Ari H Helenius Bernard Malissen Jonathon Pines Michael Way Dario Alessi Pietro V De Camilli Kristian Helin Javier Martinez Olaf Pongs Detlef Weigel Geneviève Almouzni Elisabetta Dejana Regine Hengge Joan Massagué Anthony Pugsley Stephen C West Frances Mary Ashcroft Gianni Del Sal Nobutaka Hirokawa Iain W Mattaj Peter J Ratcliffe Eric Westhof Johan Auwerx Bauke W Dijkstra Tim Hunt Marjori Matzke Caetano Reis e Sousa Dale Wigley Mariano Barbacid Ivan Dikic Tony Hunter Jacopo Meldolesi Anne Ridley Alfred Wittinghofer David Barford Giulio F Draetta Ed Hurt Ira Mellman Marina Rodnina Dieter H Wolf Denise P Barlow Jean-Marc Egly Nancy E Hynes Marco Milán Helen R Saibil Richard Wood Jiri Bartek Martin Eilers Elisa Izaurralde Edwin Milgrom Philippe J Sansonetti Ada Yonath Facundo Batista Jeff Errington Stephen P Jackson Dino Moras Dirk Schübeler David Baulcombe Reinhard Fässler Reinhard Jahn Jorge Moscat Luca Scorrano Chief Editor Peter B Becker Henrik Garoff Stefan Jentsch Sean Munro Bertrand Séraphin Bernd Pulverer Anton J Berns Susan M Gasser Thomas Jentsch Andrea Musacchio David J Sherratt Joel Bockaert Holger Gerhardt Josef Jiricny Kiyoshi Nagai Benny Shilo See page 99 for a Johannes L Bos Pierre Gönczy Regine Kahmann M Angela Nieto Roberto Sitia complete list of Chris Bowler Cayetano Gonzalez Roland Kanaar Bernd Nilius Harald Stenmark The EMBO Journal Erik Boye Magdalena Götz Rolf Kemler Poul Nissen Laszlo Tora editors Bernd Bukau Ingrid Grummt Guido Kroemer Paul Nurse Alfonso Valencia Javier Caceres Crisanto Gutierrez Robb Krumlauf Moshe Oren Daan van Aalten Pico Caroni Christian Haass Werner Kühlbrandt Tom Owen-Hughes Gerrit van Meer Christine E Clayton Alan Hall Karim Labib Anthony Pawson Isabelle Vernos Hans Clevers Stephen C Harrison Achim Leutz Matthias Peter Olivier Voinnet

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EMBO reports

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Reuven Agami Alan Colman Leonard Guarente Ira Mellman Helen R Saibil David Wallach Andrés Aguilera Barbara Conradt Crisanto Gutierrez Elliot Meyerowitz Philippe J Sansonetti Michael Way Dario Alessi Daniela Corda Ilkka Hanski Marco Milán Gerald Schatten Detlef Weigel Siv Andersson Elizabeth Craig Stephen C Harrison Jorge Moscat Claus Scheidereit Peter Weingart Detlev Arendt Patrick Cramer Kristian Helin Andrea Musacchio Ueli Schibler Robin Weiss Johan Auwerx Mario de Bono Regine Hengge Kiyoshi Nagai Dirk Schübeler Beverley Wendland Mariano Barbacid Gianni Del Sal Tim Hunt László Nagy Paul Sharp Stephen C West Denise P Barlow Claude Desplan Tony Hunter M Angela Nieto Benny Shilo Hans Wigzell Jiri Bartek Bauke W Dijkstra Carlos Ibáñez Bernd Nilius Patricia Simpson Lothar Willmitzer Facundo Batista Ivan Dikic Elisa Izaurralde Poul Nissen Titia Sixma Ernst-Ludwig David C Baulcombe Giulio F Draetta Rudolf Jaenisch Thomas Nyström Bruce Spiegelman Winnacker Peter B Becker Martin Eilers Batsheva Kerem Steve Oliver Harald Stenmark Jerry Workman Anton J Berns Jeff Errington Daniel Klionsky Moshe Oren Andy Stirling Seppo Ylä-Herttuala Nick Boddy Robert Fisher Guido Kroemer Tikki Pang Mark Stoneking Ada Yonath Lutz Bornmann Evelyn Fox Keller Karim Labib Matthias Peter David Tollervey Thomas Bourgeron Jonathan Frampton Thomas Langer Massimo Pigliucci Laszlo Tora Chief Editor Michel Bouvier Mike Gale Ottoline Leyser Olaf Pongs Jonathan Tucker Howy Jacobs Chris Bowler Holger Gerhardt Joachim Lingner Anthony Pugsley Alfonso Valencia Steve Brown Pierre Gönczy James Lupski Peter J Ratcliffe Gerrit van Meer See page 99 for a Javier Caceres Cayetano Gonzalez Bernard Malissen Felix Rey David Vaux complete list of Art Caplan Lawrence Gostin USA Javier Martinez Hans-Jörg Rheinberger Isabelle Vernos EMBO reports editors Pico Caroni Magdalena Götz René Medema Anne Ridley Olivier Voinnet James J Collins Jean Gruenberg Pascal Meier Marina Rodnina Gabriel Waksman

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Molecular Systems Biology

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Julie Ahringer Sung Hou Kim Luis Serrano Senior Editors Charles Auffray Boris Kholodenko Lucy Shapiro Ruedi Aebersold Ewan Birney Hiroaki Kitano Benny Shilo Peer Bork Tom Blundell Doron Lancet Pamela Silver George Church Thomas S. Deisboeck Andrew J. Link Christina Smolke Leroy Hood Jan Ellenberg Vamsi Mootha Michael Snyder Edison Liu Michael Elowitz Jeremy Nicholson Peter Sorger James Ferrell Garry Nolan Janet Thornton Chief Editor Alan Fersht Béla Novák Masaru Tomita Thomas Lemberger Stan Fields Stephen Oliver Marc Vidal Eileen Furlong Bernhard Palsson Albertha (Marian) Walhout See page 98 for a complete list Ronald Germain Norbert Perrimon Hans V. Westerhoff of Molecular Systems Biology Mark Gerstein Rama Ranganathan Lothar Willmitzer editors Frank Holstege Uwe Sauer John Yates Laurence D. Hurst Eric Schadt Marino Zerial

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Adriano Aguzzi Christian Haass Christine Petit Senior Editors Kari Alitalo Carl-Henrik Heldin Rino Rappuoli, Dario Alessi Russ Altman Doug Hilton Peter J. Ratcliffe Giulio Cossu Stylianos Antonarakis Gokhan Hotamisligil Gideon Rechavi Uta Francke Karen B. Avraham Nancy E. Hynes Paola Ricciardi-Castagnoli Fred Gage Andrea Ballabio Alain Israel Nadia Rosenthal Matthias Hentze Anton J. Berns Barbara Kahn Richard Schilsky Edison T. Liu Vivian Cheung Cynthia Kenyon Nicholas Schork Philippe Sansonetti Clara Bloomﬁ eld Jean-Pierre Kinet Yosef Shiloh Bart de Strooper Pico Caroni Jonathan K. C. Knowles Gerald Shulman Kenneth R. Chien Andreas E. Kulozik Austin G. Smith See page 99 for a complete list Hans Clevers Christopher J. Marshall Bruce Spiegelman of EMBO Molecular Medicine Elisabetta Dejana Joan Massagué Deepak Srivastava editors Martin Eilers Anthony P. Monaco Giulio Superti-Furga Mark Feldmann Salvador Moncada Axel Ullrich Alain Fischer Bernd Nilius Veronica van Heyningen Philippe Froguel Stephen O’Rahilly Inder M. Verma Gerardo Gamba Eric N. Olson Simon Wain-Hobson Frank G. Grosveld Albert Osterhaus Fiona Watt

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EMBO Long-Term Fellowships: Statistics Applications and awards 1977– 2010 Year Applications Awards Success rate % Year Applications Awards Success rate % 2010 1668 275 16 1987 383 120 31 2009 1332 258 19 1986 333 90 27 2008 1218 215 18 1985 340 92 27 2007 1288 212 16 1984 305 112 37 2006 1232 222 18 1983 294 103 35 2005 1236 198 16 1982 276 91 33 2004 1137 163 14 1981 274 111 41 2003 1080 164 15 1980 242 108 45 2002 790 178 22 1979 254 101 40 2001 645 147 23 1978 235 101 43 2000 707 155 22 1977 236 94 40 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

32 EMBO Long-Term Fellowships EMBO facts & ﬁ gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Long-Term Fellowships: Statistics Applications and awards 2000 – 2010 Country from Applications % of total Awards % of total Success rate % Austria 168 1.36 52 2.38 31 Belgium 190 1.54 35 1.60 18 Croatia 64 0.52 14 0.64 22 Czech Republic 109 0.88 18 0.82 17 Denmark 86 0.70 18 0.82 21 Estonia 6 0.05 0 0.00 0 Finland 130 1.05 25 1.14 19 France 2304 18.68 379 17.33 16 Germany 1353 10.97 357 16.32 26 Greece 262 2.12 56 2.56 21 Hungary 155 1.26 25 1.14 16 Iceland 16 0.13 2 0.09 13 Ireland 119 0.96 15 0.69 13 Israel 660 5.35 131 5.99 20 Italy 841 6.82 121 5.53 14 Luxembourg 1 0.01 1 0.05 100 The Netherlands 426 3.45 107 4.89 25 Norway 22 0.18 3 0.14 14 Poland 197 1.60 31 1.42 16 Portugal 245 1.99 61 2.79 25 Slovak Republic 15 0.12 3 0.14 20 Slovenia 37 0.30 2 0.09 5 Spain 1524 12.36 178 8.14 12 Sweden 460 3.73 65 2.97 14 Switzerland 197 1.60 57 2.61 29 Turkey 91 0.74 12 0.55 13 United Kingdom 564 4.57 84 3.84 15 Eastern Europe 289 2.34 29 1.33 10 USA/Canada 508 4.12 107 4.89 21 Others 1294 10.49 199 9.10 15 Total 12333 100 2187 100 18

EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Long-Term Fellowships 33 EMBO Long-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 | EMBC Member States’ nationals Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Baubec, Austrian Friedrich Miescher Schübeler, Gregor Mendel Institute, Comprehensive and functional analysis of Tuncay Institute, Basel, Dirk Vienna, Austria methyl-CpG-binding domain (MBD) protein Switzerland localisation in vivo Labi, Austrian Harvard Medical School, Rajewsky, Innsbruck Medical Dissecting the interaction of miR-17~92 Verena Boston, United States Klaus University, Austria with oncogenic signalling networks in B lymphomagenesis Meissl, Austrian The Netherlands Cancer Peeper, University of Vienna, Identifi cation and functional Katrin Institute, Amsterdam, Daniel Austria characterisation of tumour suppressor The Netherlands genes in vitro and in vivo Huysmans, Belgian Pasteur Institute, Paris, Pugsley, University of Leeds, Folding and assembly of the outer Gerard France Anthony United Kingdom membrane component PulD of the type II secretion pathway of Klebsiella oxytoca Murchison, British Wellcome Trust Sanger Stratton, Cold Spring Harbor Evolution of clonally transmissible cancers in Elizabeth Institute, Cambridge, Michael Laboratory, United States dogs and Tasmanian devils United Kingdom Wilson, British Imperial College London, Barraclough, Cornell University, Pathogenesis and the evolution of sex: Christopher Ascot, United Kingdom Timothy Ithaca, United States The genetics of immunity in an anciently asexual invertebrate Briggs, British Harvard Medical School, Church, Max Planck Institute Understanding and accelerating mammalian Adrian Boston, United States George for Evolutionary genome modifi cation with single stranded Anthropology, Leipzig, oligonucleotides Germany Routh, British The Scripps Research Johnson, MRC Laboratory of Structural characterisation of early- Andrew Institute, La Jolla, United John Molecular Biology, intermediates in the cellular entry of States Cambridge, United non-enveloped viruses Kingdom Gold, British Max Planck Institute of Kühlbrandt, School of Biochemistry, Determination of the supramolecular Vicki Biophysics, Frankfurt am Werner Bristol, United Kingdom organisation of mitochondrial import sites Main, Germany in situ Stevens, British Sloan-Kettering Institute, Zallen, University of Oxford, Elucidating the function of RhoL GTPase in Naomi New York, United States Jennifer United Kingdom the establishment of epithelial cell polarity Mallam, British University of Texas at Lambowitz, St John’s College, RNA-duplex strand separation by RNA Anna Austin, United States Alan Cambridge, United chaperones at near-atomic resolution Kingdom Leaver, British Max Planck Institute for Hyman, The Sir William Dunn Adaptation to temperature changes in the Mark Cell Biology and Genetics, Anthony School of Pathology, nematodes Caenorhabditis elegans and Dresden, Germany United Kingdom Caenorhabditis briggsae Zeqiraj, British Samuel Lunenfeld Sicheri, University of Dundee, A structural and biochemical approach to Elton Research Institute, Mount Frank United Kingdom understand the molecular mechanism of Sinai Hospital, Toronto, glycogen synthesis Canada

34 EMBO Long-Term Fellowships EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Long-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 | EMBC Member States’ nationals Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Henstridge, British Hungarian Academy Katona, University of Dundee, Unraveling the neurophysiological Christopher of Sciences, Budapest, Istvan United Kingdom signifi cance of the orphan receptor GPR35 Hungary Vadas, British MRC Laboratory of Williams, University of Geneva, Structural and functional characterisation Oscar Molecular Biology, Roger Switzerland of class I phosphoinositide 3-kinase beta Cambridge, United regulation Kingdom Branch, British Harvard University, Berg, University of Oxford, Investigating allosteric cooperativity in the Richard Cambridge, United States Howard United Kingdom bacterial switch complex Yalcin, British Cochin Institute, Paris, Chelly, Wellcome Trust Centre for Genetic basis of cognitive disorders Binnaz France Jamel Human Genetics, Oxford, United Kingdom Zafi rova, Croatian Pasteur Institute, Paris, Albert, University of Rijeka, Role of plasmacytoid dendritic cells in the Biljana France Matthew Croatia orchestration of in vivo immune responses Amulic, Croatian Max Planck Institute for Zychlinsky, Weill Cornell University, Neutrophil extracellular traps in Borko Infection Biology, Berlin, Arturo New York, United States pathogenesis of severe malaria Germany Tonnesen, Danish University of Bordeaux, Nagerl, Wallenberg Neuroscience Nanoscale photoactivation and imaging of Jan France Valentin Center, Lund, Sweden synaptic spine dynamics Bunnik, Dutch University of California, Le Roch, Academic Medical Role of DNA methylation in regulation of Evelien Riverside, United States Karine Center, Amsterdam, gene transcription in Plasmodium falciparum The Netherlands Paridaen, Dutch Max Planck Institute for Huttner, Hubrecht Institute, The role of the primary cilium in neural Judith Cell Biology and Genetics, Wieland B. Utrecht, The Netherlands progenitors during development of the Dresden, Germany mammalian neocortex Verweij, Dutch Orgeon Health and Frueh, Leiden University Medical Unmasking the masters of evasion: Marieke Science University, Klaus Center, The Netherlands Immune escape by varicello viruses Portland, United States Peperzak, Dutch Walter and Eliza Hall Tarlinton, Netherlands Cancer The role of Mcl-1 in plasma cell maintenance Victor Institute, Parkville David Institute, Amsterdam, The Victoria, Australia Netherlands Van Der Wijst, Dutch University of Dundee, Alessi, Radboud University, Regulation and function of the TRPM6 Mg2+ Jenny College of Life Sciences, Dario Nijmegen, The channel-protein kinase United Kingdom Netherlands Bemer, Dutch Institute of Plant Biology, Grossniklaus, Radboud University, Function of the FIS-PRC2 complex in Marian University of Zurich, Ueli Nijmegen, The Arabidopsis embryo development Switzerland Netherlands Le Sage, Dutch Gurdon Institute, Jackson, The Netherlands Cancer Deubiquitylase activity profi les and changes Carlos Cambridge, United Steve Institute, Amsterdam, The infl uencing the cell cycle and the DNA Kingdom Netherlands damage response

EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Long-Term Fellowships 35 EMBO Long-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 | EMBC Member States’ nationals Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Van Heijst, Dutch Memorial Sloan-Kettering Pamer, The Netherlands Cancer Elucidating the interplay of monocytes Jeroen Cancer Center, New York, Eric Institute, Amsterdam, The and CD4 T cells in the defence against United States Netherlands Mycobacterium tuberculosis Kedde, Dutch NYU School of Medicine, Schneider, The Netherlands Cancer Regulation of the ionizing radiation-induced Martijn New York, United States Robert J. Institute, Amsterdam, The infl ammatory response by AUF1 and Netherlands associated proteins Jongerius, Dutch Imperial College London, Tang, University Medical Center Complement mediated interaction of Ilse United Kingdom Christoph M Utrecht, The Netherlands Neisseria meningitidis with epithelial cells Mommersteeg, Dutch University College London, Parnavelas, University of Amsterdam, Unraveling the role of Robo-Slit signaling in Mathilda United Kingdom John The Netherlands the development of the cardiac conduction system and its appropriate nervous innervation Van Zanten, Dutch Max Planck Institute for Soppe, Utrecht University, The role of epigenetic modifi cations in the Martijn Plant Breeding Research, Wim J. The Netherlands control of embryo and seed development, Cologne, Germany seed maturation and germination in Arabidopsis thaliana De Vries, Dutch Technical University Zacharias, Utrecht University, A multidisciplinary approach for the Sjoerd Munich, Germany Martin The Netherlands computational assembly of large molecular machines from electron density maps Kornet, Dutch University of Freiburg, Laux, Utrecht University, Transcriptional profi ling of the columella Noortje Germany Thomas The Netherlands stem cell system and cellular differentiation dynamics in the Arabidopsis root Miettinen, Finnish University of Potsdam, Ignatova, Aalto University, School of Initial stages of polyglutamine aggregation: Markus Germany Zoya Science and Technology, combining experimental and simulational Helsinki, Finland techniques to unravel molecular structures in unprecedented detail Nieminen, Finnish University of Lausanne, Hardtke, University of Helsinki, Hormonal and genetic regulation of xylem Kaisa Switzerland Christian Finland expansion in Arabidopsis Kilpinen, Finnish University of Geneva, Dermitzakis, Wellcome Trust Sanger Impact of histone modifi cations on genome- Helena Switzerland Emmanouil Institute, Cambridge, wide gene expression phenotypes United Kingdom Eymery, French Friedrich Miescher Peters, Albert Bonniot Institute, Dissecting the role of H3K9 histone Angeline Institute, Basel, Antoine Grenoble, France methyltransferase in pre-implantation Switzerland embryogenesis Genevet, French University of Geneva, González-Gaitán, Cancer Research UK, Biophysical study of the coupling between Alice Switzerland Marcos London, United Kingdom cell proliferation and morphogen gradients Britton, French Cancer Research UK, Jackson, CNRS-University, Roles for molecular chaperones in the Sebastien Cambridge, United Stephen P. Toulouse, France detection, signalling and repair of DNA Kingdom double-strand breaks Jaglin, French NYU School of Medicine, Fishell, Cochin Institute, Paris, Roles of the transcriptional activators ets1 Xavier New York, United States Gordon France and ets2 in the specifi cation of cortical interneuron subtypes downstream of FGF signaling

36 EMBO Long-Term Fellowships EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Long-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 | EMBC Member States’ nationals Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Khoueiry, French European Molecular Furlong, Develpmental Biology Defi ning functionality and essentiality in Pierre Biology Laboratory, Eileen Institute of Marseille, the Drosophila mesoderm network using an Heidelberg, Germany France experimental based comparative approach Gendrel, French Columbia University, New Hobert, Ecole Normale Superieure, Development and function of a Marie York, United States Oliver Paris, France Caenorhabditis elegans GABAergic interneuron Alliouachene, French University of London, Vanhaesebroeck, Faculty of Medicine Characterization of signalling and Samira United Kingdom Bart Necker, Paris, France physiologic roles of the class II PI 3-kinases Prouteau, French University of Geneva, Gotta, Institute of Genetics and The role of MEX-5 and MEX-6 CCCH-proteins Manoël Switzerland Monica Molecular and Cellular in regulation of mRNA stability during Biology, Strasbourg, asymmetric cell division France Vinet, French University of Basel, Pieters, INRS-Institut Armand- Analysis of actin-independent coronin Adrien F. Switzerland Jean Frappier, Laval, Canada functions in eukaryotic organisms Stefanovic, French Sir William Dunn School Robertson, INSERM, Paris, France Understanding unique and possibly shared Sonia of Pathology, Oxford, Elizabeth roles played by FLRT2 and FLRT3 cell surface United Kingdom proteins during heart development Stefanovic, French University of Amsterdam, Christoffels, INSERM, Paris, France Identifi cation of molecular and epigenetic Sonia The Netherlands Vincent mechanisms of Gata transcription factor-mediated gene regulation in the atrioventricular canal (AVC) of the heart Sorre, French Rockefeller University, Brivanlou, Curie Institute, Paris, Quantitative study of signal transduction by Benoit New York, United States Ali France TGF pathway during development Godin, French University of Liege, Nguyen, Curie Institute, Paris, Defi ning the functions of elongator in adult Juliette Belgium Laurent France brain neurogenesis Kamel, French University of Oregon, Barkan, Institute of Molecular and Exploring the potential of pentatricopeptide Hammani Eugene, United States Alice Plant Biology, Strasbourg, repeat proteins for the site-directed France modulation of RNA metabolism Mathieu, French Institute of Molecular Pelkmans, Institute of Genetics and System design of population context- Frechin Systems Biology, Zurich, Lucas Molecular and Cellular dependent regulation of membrane lipid Switzerland Biology, Strasbourg, composition and downstream activities in France mammalian cells Jasnin, French Max Planck Institute for Baumeister, Institute Laue-Langevin, Cytoskeleton architecture in host cells Marion Biochemistry, Martinsried, Wolfgang P. Grenoble, France during Listeria infection using cryo-electron Germany tomography Nury, French Swiss Institute for Cancer Vogel, Pasteur Institute, Paris, Fusion proteins between pentameric Hugues Research, Lausanne, Horst France ligand-gated ion channels and engineered Switzerland pentameric bacterial toxins that allow selection of unique, specifi c, hetero- pentameric ion channels Caillat, French The Netherlands Cancer Perrakis, Laboratory of The Geminin protein as a regulator of cell Christophe Institute, Amsterdam, The Anastassis Structural Enzymology fate Netherlands and Biochemistry, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Long-Term Fellowships 37 EMBO Long-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 | EMBC Member States’ nationals Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Panis, French University of Geneva, Viollier, National Center for Mechanism of coordination of lytic cycle of Gaël Switzerland Patrick Scientifi c Research, CbK and Cb13 phages with the Caulobacter Marseille, France crescentus cell cycle Souphron, French Curie Institute, Paris, Janke, Saint-Jude Children’s Enzymatic mechanisms and regulatory role Judith France Carsten Research Hospital, of microtubule polyglutamylation Memphis, United States Gambino, French University of Geneva, Holtmaat, Strasbourg University, Structural correlates of hebbian plasticity in Frederic Switzerland Anthony France the barrel cortex in vivo Medyouf, French German Cancer Research Trumpp, Terry Fox laboratory, Control of hematopoietic stem cell function Hind Center, Heidelberg, Andreas Vancouver, Canada by IGF signaling Germany Peyrache, French Rutgers University, Buzsaki, UNIC, Gif-sur-Yvette, Selective inhibition by optogenetic in the Adrien Newark, United States György France hippocampo-entorhinal pathway to unravel the integration process of spatial-related activity Dehorter, French Institute of Neuro Science, Marín, University Luminy, Analysis of the transcription factor Er81 Nathalie Alicante, Spain Oscar Marseille, France function in the development of cortical GABAergic interneurons Emre, French University of Geneva, Imhof, University Descartes, Role of CYR61 in leukocyte traffi cking and Yalin Switzerland Beat Paris, France infl ammation Benazet, French Harvard University, McMahon, University of Basel, Elucidating the gene regulatory network Jean-Denis Cambridge, United States Andrew P. Switzerland controlling branching morphogenesis of mammalian organ systems Villeneuve, French Center for Genomic Malhotra, University of Bordeaux, Unconventional protein secretion: Julien Regulation, Barcelona, Vivek France Identifi cation of the mechanisms underlying Spain this secretory process Loquet, French Max Planck Institute for Lange, University of Lyon, France High-resolution structure determination of Antoine Biophysical Chemistry, Adam the Salmonella typhimurium type III secretion Göttingen, Germany system needle using solid-state NMR spectroscopy Laage, French Columbia University, New McDermott, University of Lyon, Structural and functional investigation of the Ségolène York, United States Ann Villeurbanne, France c subunit of ATP synthase in a membrane- mimetic environment by solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy Peret, French Institute for Nussaume, University of Nottingham, Dissecting the regulation of lateral root Benjamin Biotechnology and Laurent Loughborough, United formation by phosphate Environmental Biology, St Kingdom Paul lez Durance, France Benjdia, French Max Planck Institute Schlichting, University of Paris, Sud Structure – function studies of the spore Alhosna for Medical Research, Ilme Orsay, France photoproduct lyase, a new DNA repair Heidelberg, Germany enzyme

38 EMBO Long-Term Fellowships EMBO facts & ﬁ gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Long-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 | EMBC Member States’ nationals Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Keller, French European Institute of Musacchio, University of Paris, Sud The role of Zwint-1, a link between the Jenny Oncology, Milano, Italy Andrea Orsay, France KMN network and the spindle assembly checkpoint Le Bourhis, French Curie Institute, Paris, Lantz, University of Toronto, Mucosal associated invariant T (MAIT) cells Lionel France Olivier Canada in intestinal immune homeostasis Laue, German Columbia University, New Karsenty, Cologne University, Bone-derived osteocalcin, a positive Kathrin Julia York, United States Gerard Germany regulator of male reproduction Dultz, German University of California, Weis, European Molecular A systematic approach to determine the Elisa Berkeley, United States Karsten Biology Laboratory, mechanism of nuclear envelope gene Heidelberg, Germany targeting Veron, German Friedrich Miescher Peters, Free University Berlin, Elucidating the role of paternal histone Nathalie Institute, Basel, Antoine Germany methylation in transgenerational Switzerland inheritance and epigenetic memory Pfeiffer, German Swiss Institute for Cancer Lingner, Free University Berlin, Function of telomeric repeat-containing RNA Verena Research, Lausanne, Joachim Germany (TERRA) in yeast Switzerland Corsini, German Institute for Molecular Knoblich, German Cancer Research Spindle orientation and asymmetric stem Nina Biotechnology, Vienna, Jürgen Center, Heidelberg, cell division in adult neurogenesis Austria Germany Ischebeck, German University of Vienna, Weckwerth, Göttingen University, The next step in lipid signaling: Till Austria Wolfram Germany Identifying targets of PI(4,5)P2 regulation in plants and fungi Bruns, German Massachusetts Instutute Bawendi, Heinrich-Pette-Institute, Development of an in vivo sensor for Oliver of Technology, Cambridge, Moungi Hamburg, Germany lipoprotein lipase activity based on United States nanocrystals Schulz, German Curie Institute, Paris, Heard, Humboldt University, The interplay of cis-regulatory elements Edda France Edith Berlin, Germany and trans-acting factors during initiation of random X-chromosome inactivation – a systems biology approach Guschanski, German University of Lausanne, Kaessmann, Imperial College London, Origins and evolution of new mammalian Katerina Switzerland Henrik Ascot, United Kingdom genes Brueckner, German Paul Scherrer Institute, Schertler, Imperial College London, Crystallization and structure determination Florian Villigen, Switzerland Gebhard Didcot, United Kingdom of adrenergic G protein-coupled receptor subtypes Leibfried, German European Molecular Ephrussi, Curie Institute, Paris, A dual screen for X-chromosomal genes Andrea Biology Laboratory, Anne France required for RNA transport and polarization Heidelberg, Germany of the microtubule cytoskeleton in the Drosophila oocyte Petrovic, German Vesalius Research Center, Schmucker, Institute for Cell recognition molecules controlling Milan Leuven, Belgium Dietmar Neurobiologie, Münster, synaptic speciﬁ city in the CNS of Drosophila Germany

EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Long-Term Fellowships 39 EMBO Long-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 | EMBC Member States’ nationals Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Hilgers, German University of California, Levine, Institute of Molecular and PcG-mediated regulation of RNA Pol II Valerie Berkeley, United States Michael Cell Biology, Singapore, transcriptional state in suppression of Singapore developmental plasticity Haesemeyer, German Harvard Medical School, Engert, Institute of Molecular Sensor-motor control and associative Martin Boston, United States Florian Pathology, Vienna, Austria memory in zebrafi sh Spitzweck, German Center for Molecular Kramer, Institute of Molecular Functional specifi cation of the two Bettina Neurobiology, Hamburg, Edgar Pathology, Vienna, Austria GDNF receptors RET and N-CAM in the Germany dopaminergic system Müller-McNicoll, German Max Planck Institute for Neugebauer, Laval University, Quebec, In vivo analysis of SR protein functions in Michaela Molecular Cell Biology Karla Canada gene expression after splicing and Genetics, Dresden, Germany Mortusewicz, German Stockholm University, Helleday, LMU Biocenter, Role of the RNA Polymerase II cofactor PC4 at Oliver Sweden Thomas Martinsried, Germany the crossroads of transcription and repair Kornfeld, German University of Cologne, Brüning, Ludwig Boltzmann Molecular brakes of cytokine signaling in Jan-Wilhelm Germany Jens C. Institute for Cancer metabolic diseases Research, Vienna, Austria Heuck, German Institute of Molecular Clausen, Ludwig-Maximilians Characterization of the beta-barrel Alexander Pathology, Vienna, Austria Tim University, Munich, assembly machinery Germany Ohnmacht, German Pasteur Institute, Paris, Eberl, Ludwig-Maximilians Identifi cation of innate lymphoid cells Caspar France Gerard University, Munich, through characterization and fate mapping Germany of Id2-expressing cells. Weininger, German Lund University, Sweden Akke, Martin-Luther-University, Dynamics of enzymatic catalysis and Ulrich Mikael Halle-Wittenberg, allosteric ligand binding Germany Boldajipour, German University of California, Krummel, Max Planck Institute for Role of chemokine function in the subversion Bijan San Francisco, United Matthew Biophysical Chemistry, of T cell responses by the immune-evading States Göttingen, Germany tumour microenvironment Schneider, German Gurdon Institute, Kouzarides, Max Planck Institute for Characterization of spliceosome-chromatin Marc Cambridge, United Tony Biophysical Chemistry, interactions Kingdom Göttingen, Germany Schneider, German Institute of Structural Blackledge, Max Planck Institute for Protein interactions mediated by intrinsically Robert Biology, Grenoble, France Martin Biophysical Chemistry, disordered sequences: The mechanisms of Göttingen, Germany transcription and replication in Sendai and measles paramyxoviruses Walter, German Free University, Verhage, Max Planck Institute for Vital ties: the role of two endosomal SNAREs Alexander Amsterdam, The Matthijs Biophysical Chemistry, in cellular traffi cking and dense core vesicle Netherlands Göttingen, Germany biogenesis Molawi, German Center of Immunologie, Sieweke, Max Planck Institute for Analysis of subtype specifi c macrophage Kaaweh Marseille, France Michael Infection Biology, Berlin, function in regeneration and development of Germany monocyte based cellular therapy including linage reprogramming

40 EMBO Long-Term Fellowships EMBO facts & ﬁ gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Long-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 | EMBC Member States’ nationals Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Werbeck, German Institute of Structural Hansen, Max Planck Institute Investigation of the structural dynamics and Nicolas and Molecular Biology, D. Flemming for Medical Research, regulation of histone deacetylases University College London, Heidelberg, Germany United Kingdom Polier, German Institute of Cancer Pearl, Max Planck Institute of Structural analysis of Hsp90/Cdc37/kinase Sigrun Research, London, United Laurence H. Biochemistry, Martinsried, complexes Kingdom Germany Von Moeller, German Free University of Berlin, Wahl, Max Planck Institute of Structural, biophysical and biochemical Holger Germany Markus Biochemistry, Martinsried, analysis of histone mRNA 3’-processing Germany factors Herrgen, German University of Oxford, Akerman, Max Planck Institute of Controlling the onset of neurogenesis via Leah United Kingdom Colin Molecular Cell Biology intercellular signalling mechanisms and Genetics,Dresden, Germany Gerlach, German University of Oxford, Bayley, Max Planck Institute of Light-induced protein expression within Holger United Kingdom Hagan Molecular Physiology, droplet interface bilayers Dortmund, Germany Wartosch, German University of Cambridge, Luzio, Max Delbrück Center The fusion of autophagosomes with Lena United Kingdom Paul for Molecular Medicine, lysosomes Berlin, Germany Hubner, German University Medical Center Kops, Max-Planck Institute of Moving in the right direction: Nina Utrecht, The Netherlands Geert Biochemistry, Martinsried, Post-translational control of the Germany metaphase-to-anaphase transition Lange, German Vesalius Research Center, Carmeliet, Max Planck Institute for A role for a hypoxic niche and cellular oxygen Christian Leuven, Belgium Peter Molecular Cell Biology sensors in the proliferation of adult neural and Genetics, Dresden, precursors Germany Gasper- German MRC Laboratory of Löwe, Max Planck Institute for Functional and structural studies of Schönenbrücher, Molecular Biology, Jan Molecular Physiology, bacterial cell division and elongation: Raphael Cambridge, United Dortmund, Germany The SEDS protein family Kingdom Kalocsay, German Harvard Medical School, Moazed, Max Planck Institute of Molecular switches regulating RNAi-directed Marian Boston, United States Danesh Biochemistry, Martinsried, heterochromatin formation Germany Scholzen, German Radboud University Sauerwein, Monash University, The cellular basis of impaired humoral Anja Nijmegen Medical Centre, Robert Melbourne, Australia immune memory in Plasmodium falciparum The Netherlands malaria Güttler, German Harvard Medical School, Rapoport, Max Planck Institute for Structural and functional analysis of an Thomas Boston, United States Tom A. Biophysical Chemistry, active protein-conducting channel Göttingen, Germany Wittkopp, German Hubrecht Laboratory, Ketting, Max Planck Institute for miRNA identiﬁ cation during the onset of Nadine Utrecht, The Netherlands René Developmental Biology, bone formation Tuebingen, Germany

EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Long-Term Fellowships 41 EMBO Long-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 | EMBC Member States’ nationals Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Arenz, German Max-Planck-Institute Borst, National Institute for The neuronal basis of multi-modal sensory Alexander for Neurobiology, Alexander Medical Research, London, processing during fl ight control in Drosophila Martinsried, Germany United Kingdom melanogaster Hermkes, German Umeå University, Sweden Grebe, Ruhr University, Bochum, Unravelling mechanisms underlying polar Rebecca Markus Germany lateral nuclear movement in the Arabidopsis root Uhlenhaut, German Max Delbrück Center Huebner, Salk Institute, La Jolla, Identifi cation of infl ammatory cistromes in Nina Henriette for Molecular Medicine, Norbert United States macrophages Berlin, Germany Duerr, German Orgeon Health and Gouaux, Technical University of Studying the atomic structure of AMPA Katharina Science University, Eric Berlin, Germany receptor/TARP complexes by X-ray diffraction Portland, United States methods Hagn, German Harvard Medical School, Wagner, Technical University NMR structural investigations of VADC Franz Boston, United States Gerhard Munich, Germany ion channels and their complexes using phospholipid nanodiscs as a novel membrane mimic Hehemann, German University of Victoria, Boraston, The Biological Station, Structural and biochemical characterization Jan-Hendrik Canada Alisdair Roscoff, France of seaweed degrading carbohydrate active enzymes of marine bacterial origin in japanese human gut bacteria Yazdan Panah, German Swiss Institute for Cancer Trono, University Hospital, KRAB/KAP1 epigenetic regulation in Benyamin Research, Lausanne, Didier Cologne, Germany hematopoietic stem cells homeostasis and Switzerland lineage commitment Warnecke, German Center for Genomic Kondrashov, University of Bath, United The impact of pleiotropic confl ict on protein Tobias Regulation, Barcelona, Fyodor Kingdom evolvability Spain Esk, German Institute for Molecular Knoblich, University of California, Identifi cation and characterization of novel Christopher Biotechnology, Vienna, Jürgen San Francisco, United mammalian neural differentiation factors Austria States Lautenschlaeger, German Curie Institute, Paris, Piel, University of Cambridge, Cell polarity in cell migration under Franziska France Matthieu United Kingdom confi nement Jonas, German Max Planck Institute for Izaurralde, University of Cambridge, Functional and structural analysis of the Stefanie Developmental Biology, Elisa United Kingdom human nonsense-mediated mRNA decay Tübingen, Germany pathway Pechmann, German Stanford University, Frydman, University of Cambridge, Computational and experimental Sebastian United States Judith United Kingdom reconstruction of the yeast chaperone network Bartels, German University of Basel, Boller, University of Freiburg, DAMP signalling: Complementing innate Sebastian Switzerland Thomas Germany immunity in plants Kastenhuber, German University of Zurich, Neuhauss, University of Freiburg, Characterization of glutamate signaling in Edda Switzerland Stephan Germany distinct pathways of zebrafi sh visual streams

42 EMBO Long-Term Fellowships EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Long-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 | EMBC Member States’ nationals Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Frank, German Friedrich Miescher Friedrich, University of Göttingen, Circuit dynamics and information Thomas Institute, Basel, Rainer Germany processing in the olfactory forebrain – role of Switzerland interneurons and cholinergic modulation Bechtluft, German Centrum for Molecular Bukau, University of Groningen, The mechanism of protein disaggregation by Philipp Biology, Heidelberg, Bernd The Netherlands chaperones at a single molecule level Germany Huemmer, German University of Basel, Spang, University of Konstanz, In search of conserved mRNA localization Stefan Switzerland Anne Germany and anchoring mechanisms Rückerl, German Curie Institute, Paris, Sykes, University of Leipzig, Forces and dynamics of formin mediated Florian France Cécile Germany artifi cial fi lopodia Wolf, German University of Oxford, Schofi eld, University of Oxford, To repair or not to repair? The endogenous Alexander United Kingdom Christopher United Kingdom role of human AlkB homologs and their association to obesity and cancer Uetrecht, German Uppsala University, Hajdu, Utrecht University, The Three-dimensional snapshots of viruses in Charlotte Sweden Janos Netherlands defi ned states Essmann, German University College London, Nurrish, Goethe University, A new branch of the neuroligin family? Clara Luise United Kingdom Stephen Frankfurt, Germany Characterisation of the role of the neuroligin related carboxylesterases T02b5.1 and T02b5.3 in C. elegans synapse function Papathanos, Greek California Institute of Hay, Imperial College London, Development of the MEDEA synthetic gene Philippos Aris Technology, Pasadena, Bruce London, United Kingdom drive system for insect vectors of human United States disease Karras, Greek Whitehead Institute for Lindquist, Max Planck Institute of Roles of Hsp90 in genome maintenance and Georgios Biomedical Research, Susan Biochemistry, Munich, evolution Cambridge, United States Germany Poulopoulos, Greek Harvard Medical School, MacKlis, Max Planck Institute of Proteomic, in vivo knockdown and Alexandros Boston, United States Jeffrey Experimental Medicine, transplantation approaches to study Göttingen, Germany targeting mechanisms of axonal projections in the cerebral cortex Keramisanou, Greek Goethe University, Frangakis, The State University of 3D structure of 30 nm chromatin fi bre by Dimitra Frankfurt, Germany Achilleas New Jersey, USA cryo-electron tomography Nikoletopoulou, Greek Institute of Molecular Tavernarakis, University of Basel, Investigating the role of the MAGE protein Vassiliki Biology and Nektarios Switzerland Necdin in neurons using C. elegans and Biotechnology, Heraklion, mouse embryonic stem cell based models Greece Dimas, Greek Institute of Molecular Ragoussis, University of Geneva, The contribution of adipose tissue gene Antigone Biology and Genetics, Ioannis Switzerland regulation to obesity-related pathogenesis Athens, Greece Zovoilis, Greek Canada’s Michael Smith Jones, University of Göttingen, Mapping the non-coding RNA regulatory Athanasios Genome Sciences Centre, Steven Germany circuitry and its interplay with the Vancouver, Canada epigenome in human cancer tissues

EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Long-Term Fellowships 43 EMBO Long-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 | EMBC Member States’ nationals Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Kovács, Hungarian King’s College London, Collier, Hungarian Academy Functional genomics of transcription factor Sándor Dénes United Kingdom David of Sciences, Budapest, 4 (e2-2) Hungary Gazdag, Hungarian Nijmegen Centre for Veenstra, Institute of Genetics and Functional requirements for productive Emese Molecular Life Sciences, Gert Jan Molecular and Cellular gene expression initiation during Xenopus The Netherlands Biology, Strasbourg, embryogenesis France Olah, Hungarian Swiss Institute for Cancer Petersen, University of Szeged, Contribution of neurogliaform cells to signal Szabolcs Research, Lausanne, Carl Hungary fl ow in the barrel cortex during whisking Switzerland behaviour Bates, Irish Max Planck Institute for Hell, Harvard University, High resolution light microscopic studies of Mark Biophysical Chemistry, Stefan Cambridge, United States cell division in prokaryotes Göttingen, Germany Cronin, Irish Childrens Hospital Boston, Woolf, Institute for Molecular Annotated compound screen to identify Shane United States Clifford Biotechnology, Vienna, novel analgesics and regulatory mechanisms Austria for neuropathic and infl ammatory pain O’Gorman, Irish University of Nottingham, Dyer, Ruhr University, Bochum, Exploitation of sexual reproduction in the Céline United Kingdom Paul Germany opportunistic fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus for improved disease control Elad, Israeli Center for Human De Strooper, Ben Gurion University of Structure and function of gamma-secretase Nadav Genetics, KU Leuven, Bart the Negev, Beer-Sheva, studied by single particle cryo-electron Belgium Israel microscopy Rog, Israeli University of California, Dernburg, Cancer Research UK, Dynamics of chromosome synapsis during Ofer Berkeley, United States Abby F. London, United Kingdom meiosis Rosenzweig, Israeli University of Toronto, Kay, Technion - Israel Institute Combining NMR structural analysis Rina Canada Lewis of Technology, Haifa, Israel with biochemical research to unveil the mechanism through which ClpB/Hsp104 molecular chaperones mediate protein disaggregation Preger-Ben Noon, Israeli Princeton University, Stern, Technion - Israel Institute Cis-regulatory region occupancy as the basis Ella United States David of Technology, Haifa, Israel for morphological evolution Sharon, Israeli University of California, Banfi eld, Technion - Israel Institute Population genomic analysis of virus-host Itai Berkeley, United States Jillian of Technology, Haifa, Israel relationships during microbial colonization of the premature infant gut Yogev, Israeli University College London, Boshoff, Hebrew University, The role of KSHV-encoded and cellular Ohad United Kingdom Chris Jerusalem, Israel miRNAs in tumourigenesis and in the relationship between viruses and the immune system Medalsy, Israeli Swiss Federal Institute Müller, Hebrew University, Probing the three-dimensional ligand- Izhar of Technology, Zurich, Daniel J. Jerusalem, Israel receptor energy landscape Switzerland Carmi-Levy, Israeli Curie Institute, Paris, Soumelis, Hebrew University, The role of TSLP in intercellular Irit France Vassili Jerusalem, Israel communication in the skin

44 EMBO Long-Term Fellowships EMBO facts & ﬁ gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Long-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 | EMBC Member States’ nationals Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Frechter, Israeli MRC Laboratory of Jefferis, Hebrew University, Analyzing neuroanatomy and olfactory Shahar Molecular Biology, Gregory Jerusalem, Israel processing in the lateral horn of Drosophila Cambridge, United Kingdom Shvets, Israeli MRC Laboratory of Nichols, The Weizmann Institute The role of cavin proteins in caveolar Elena Molecular Biology, Benjamin of Science, Rehovot, Israel structure and function Cambridge, United Kingdom Wexler-Cohen, Israeli University of California, Johnson, The Weizmann Institute Identiﬁ cation of a Trichomonas Yael Los Angeles, United States Patricia of Science, Rehovot, Israel hydrogenosomal membrane translocon Gelbard-Sagiv, Israeli California Institute of Koch, The Weizmann Institute Seeking a neuronal signature of conscious Hagar Technology, Pasadena, Christof of Science, Rehovot, Israel perception in the human frontal lobe United States Ron-Harel, Israeli Harvard Medical School, Haigis, The Weizmann Institute Immune regulation of metabolic Noga Boston, United States Marcia C. of Science, Rehovot, Israel homeostasis: A role for sirtuins? Feinberg, Israeli Hospital for Sick Children, Freda, The Weizmann Institute The p75 neurotrophin receptor and axonal Konstantin Toronto, Canada Miller of Science, Rehovot, Israel degeneration Efroni, Israeli New York University, Birnbaum, The Weizmann Institute Translating the combinatorial auxin code to Idan United States Kenneth of Science, Rehovot, Israel cell fate decisions Mitchell, Israeli Stanford University, Endy, The Weizmann Institute Design principles of adaptation-impaired Amir United States Drew of Science, Rehovot, Israel biological systems: Understanding evolvability by engineering fragility Shulman, Israeli Rockefeller University, Nussenzweig, The Weizmann Institute Real time analysis of immune cell Ziv New York, United States Michel of Science, Rehovot, Israel interactions and communication in formation of germinal centers in living lymph nodes Yovel, Israeli University of Chicago, Biron, The Weizmann Institute Understanding lethargus – the sleep-like Yossi United States David of science, Rehovot, Israel state of the nematode C. elegans Khersonsky, Israeli University of Washington, Baker, The Weizmann Institute Combination of computational protein Olga Seattle, United States David of Science, Rehovot, Israel design and synthetic biology for construction

of E. coli that converts CO2 to liquid fuels Cohen, Israeli Harvard Medical School, Daley, The Weizmann Institute Mapping protein dynamics of embryonic and Ariel Boston, United States George of Science, Rehovot, Israel reprogrammed stem cells prior to, during and following the differentiation switch Mozzetta, Italian University Diderot, Paris, Ait-si-Ali, Dulbecco Telethon Epigenetic regulation of muscle stem Chiara France Slimane Institute, Rome, Italy cells proliferation and differentiation: Cooperation between Polycomb/H3K27 methylation and H3K9 methylation pathways Bonfanti, Italian Free University Brussels, Heimberg, Swiss Institute for Cancer Activation, isolation and characterization of Paola Belgium Harry Research, Lausanne, endogenous stem/progenitor cells from the Switzerland adult pancreas to generate new beta cells

EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Long-Term Fellowships 45 EMBO Long-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 | EMBC Member States’ nationals Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Maiolica, Italian Swiss Federal Institute Aebersold, European Institute of Characterization of phosphorylation Alessio of Technology Zurich, Ruedi Oncology, Milan, Italy networks in mitosis Switzerland Fachinetti, Italian University of California, La Cleveland, European Institute of Exploring different aspects of the histone H3 Daniele Jolla, United States Don Oncology, Milan, Italy variant CENP-A Cassani, Italian Harvard Medical School, Mora, Humanitas Clinical Reassessing the physiological role of the gut- Barbara Boston, United States J. Rodrigo Institute, Milan, Italy specifi c lymphocyte homing: Implications for tolerence and autoimmunity Rauzi, Italian Cologne University, Leptin, IBDML, Marseille, France Mapping tissue forces controlling ventral Matteo Institute of Genetics, Maria furrow formation during Drosophila embryo Germany morphogenesis Casazza, Italian Flanders Institute for Mazzone, Institute for Cancer Role of neuropilin 1 in bone marrow-derived Andrea Biotechnology, Leuven, Massimiliano Research and Treatment, mononuclear cells in physiological and Belgium Torino, Italy pathological angiogenesis Filosa, Italian University of California, Baier, Max Planck Institute of Functional characterization of decision- Alessandro San Francisco, United Herwig Neurobiology, Martinsried, making neural circuits in zebrafi sh States Germany Amendola, Italian The Netherlands Cancer van Steensel, San Raffaele Telethon Gene regulation by chromatin associated Mario Institute, Amsterdam, The Bas Institute for Gene Therapy, long non coding RNAs Netherlands Milan, Italy Mantiero, Italian Gurdon Institute, Zegerman, University of Cambridge, The execution and function of the temporal Davide Cambridge, United Philip United Kingdom program of DNA replication initiation in Kingdom Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ferraro, Italian Swiss Institute for Cancer Naef, University of Naples Temporal derivatives and growth control in Teresa Research, Lausanne, Felix Federico II, Italy the Drosophila wing disk Switzerland Martino, Italian King’s College London, Conte, University of Naples Elucidation of RNA recognition mechanisms Luigi United Kingdom Maria Federico II, Italy for the La autoantigen and LARP7 Ziviani, Italian Dulbecco-Telethon Scorrano, University of Sheffi eld, Regulation of mitochondria-endoplasmic Elena Institute, Padova, Italy Luca United Kingdom reticulum tethering by Parkin: Implication for Parkinson’s disease Pigino, Italian Swiss Federal Institute Ishikawa, University of Siena, Italy Understanding cilia assembly and regulation Gaia of Technology Zurich, Takashi of bending motion by 3D cryo-microscopy Switzerland von Grotthuss, Polish Brigham and Women’s Lee, Bioinfobank Institute, Determining if mutations occurred in linear Marcin Hospital, Harvard Medical Charles Poland manner or in non-linear-manner in human Y School, Boston, United chromosome during dozens of generations States Garstka, Polish The Netherlands Cancer Neefjes, Jacobs University Bremen, Formation of ER-late endosomal contact Malgorzata Institute, Amsterdam, The Jacques Germany sites and signaling dynamics Netherlands

46 EMBO Long-Term Fellowships EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Long-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 | EMBC Member States’ nationals Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Andrecka, Polish European Molecular Panne, Ludwig-Maximilians Specifi city in cytokine signaling through Joanna Biology Laboratory, Daniel University, Munich, conformational control Grenoble, France Germany Strzelecka, Polish University of California, Heald, Max Planck Institute for Investigating the role of RNA in mitotic Magdalena Berkeley, United States Rebecca Molecular Cell Biology spindle assembly and Genetics, Dresden, Germany Krzyzaniak, Polish Swiss Federal Institute Helenius, University of Alabama Cell entry mechanisms used by human Magdalena of Technology, Zurich, Ari H. at Birmingham, United cytomegalovirus (HCMV) Switzerland States Sroczynska, Polish University of Copenhagen, Helin, University of Manchester, In vitro and in vivo screens for novel Patrycja Denmark Kristian United Kingdom regulators in leukaemia (NOREL) Morais De Sá, Portuguese University of Porto, Sunkel, Gurdon institute, Understanding the coordination between Eurico Portugal Claudio E. Cambridge, United mitosis and cell polarity in Drosophila Kingdom Melo, Portuguese Harvard Medical School, Kalluri, Spanish National Cancer To determine the role of DICER1 and Sónia Boston, United States Raghu Center, Madrid, Spain microRNAs in stroma-cancer cell interactions Khmelinskii, Portuguese European Molecular Knop, University of Heidelberg, Quantitative systematic analysis of Anton Biology Laboratory, Michael Germany proteome homeostasis and cellular ageing Heidelberg, Germany Bernardes, Portuguese Swiss Federal Institute Neri, University of Oxford, Exploiting matrix-metalloproteinases for Gonçalo of Technology Zurich, Dario United Kingdom antibody-directed enzyme prodrug delivery Switzerland Amaral Gomes Portuguese Institute of Molecular Espada De Sousa, Wageningen University, Application of massive parallel sequencing to Barbosa Fonseca, Medicine, Lisbon, Portugal Ana The Netherlands microRNA profi ling of cellular and molecular Andreia De Jesus response of HIV-1 and HIV-2 infection to modulation of integration Abreu Ribeiro, Portuguese University of California, Vale, Wellcome Trust Centre for Measurement and function of microtubule Susana San Francisco, United Ronald D. Cell Biology, Edinburgh, dynamics in neuronal axon processes States United Kingdom Polakova, Slovak University of Vienna, Gregan, Lund University, Sweden Molecular mechanisms of chromosome Silvia Austria Juraj segregation during meiosis, a genome-wide approach Buzon, Spanish Ragon Institute of MGH, Yu, AIDS Research Institute Identifi cation and characterization of Maria Jose Charlestown, United Xu Irsi, Badalona, Spain cellular and tissue sources contributing States to ongoing low level HIV-1 viremia in individuals with immunological or pharmacological suppression of HIV-1 replication Güell, Spanish Harvard Medical School, Church, Center for Genomic A drug design platform based on directed Marc Boston, United States George Regulation, Barcelona, evolution Spain

EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Long-Term Fellowships 47 EMBO Long-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 | EMBC Member States’ nationals Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Rodríguez-Villalón, Spanish University of Lausanne, Hardtke, Center of Research on Identifi cation of primary BRX target genes Antía Switzerland Christian Agricultural Genomics, and their relevance in plant growth Barcelona, Spain Pascual, Spanish The Salk Institute, Hetzer, Research Center Príncipe Defi ning the roles of nuclear pore complexes Pau La Jolla, United States Martin Felipe, Valencia, Spain in gene expression activity De Lucas, Spanish University of California, Brady, National Center for Cell type specifi c transcriptional regulation Miguel Davis, United States Siobhan cardiovascular Research, by polycomb-group proteins in Arabidopsis Madrid, Spain Pernaute, Spanish Imperial College London, Rodriguez, CNIC, Madrid, Spain MicroRNA regulation of apoptosis and Barbara United Kingdom Tristan differentiation during early mammalian development Matamales, Spanish University of Sydney, Gotz, INSERM, Paris, France Selective vulnerability in Alzheimer’s disease Miriam Australia Jurgen and related disorders: Mechanism of tau pathology Ordóñez, Spanish Swiss Institute for Cancer Huelsken, Alberto Sols Institute, Identifying key components of the regulatory Paloma Research, Lausanne, Joerg Madrid, Spain network which control intestinal stem cells Switzerland and tumours Rincon, Spanish Curie Institute, Paris, Paoletti, University of Salamanca, Spatio-temporal control of cell division in Sergio France Anne Spain fi ssion yeast Sanglas Crespi, Spanish University of Aarhus, Enghild, University of Barcelona, Molecular and functional characterization of Laura Denmark Jan Spain an isoform of TAFI Fernández- Spanish University Cologne, Pasparakis, University of Barcelona, Function of NF-kB pathway in lung Majada, Germany Manolis Spain epithelium homeostasis and tumourigenesis Vanesa Del Toro, Spanish Max Planck Institute Klein, University of Barcelona, Genetic analysis of a novel family of Daniel for Neurobiology, Rüdiger Spain repulsive guidance cues acting through Unc5 Martinsried, Germany receptors Roman, Spanish University of Geneva, Schibler, University of Identifi cation of signalling pathways Angel Carlos Switzerland Ueli Extremadura, Badajoz, involved in the synchronization of peripheral Spain circadian oscillators Blanchart, Spanish Karolinska Institute, Ernfors, University of Madrid, Identifi cation of a new mechanism of stem Albert Stockholm, Sweden Patrik Spain cell self-renewal; direct implications on self- repair and tumour initiating cells in the brain Lopez-Gallego, Spanish University of Groningen, Quax, University of Minnesota, Protein engineering of human-P450 Fernando The Netherlands Wim St Paul, United States monooxygenases applied to terpene oxidation Pelechano García, Spanish European Molecular Steinmetz, University of Valencia, In depth analysis of the S. cerevisiae Vicente José Biology Laboratory, Lars Spain transcriptome architecture using parallel Heidelberg, Germany sequencing of individual transcripts Genander, Swedish Rockefeller University, Fuchs, Karolinska Institute, Deciphering the mechanisms governing Bmp Maria New York, United States Elaine Stockholm, Sweden regulated stem cell maintainance in hair follicles

48 EMBO Long-Term Fellowships EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Long-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 | EMBC Member States’ nationals Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Hennig, Swedish Helmholtz Zentrum Sattler, Linköping University, Structural basis for the cooperative assembly Janosch Munich, Neuherberg, Michael Sweden of the UNR-SXL-msl-2-mRNA complex in Germany Drosophila dosage compensation Andersson Swedish Statens Serum Institute, Skytt Andersen, Lund University, Sweden Importance of copy number variation of Nordahl, Copenhagen, Denmark Paal defensin genes during infections Emma Carlson, Swedish National Institutes of Hurley, Max Planck Institute In vitro reconstitution of HIV-1 assembly Lars-Anders Health, Bethesda, United James H for Neurobiology, and release States Martinsried, Germany Iglesias, Swiss Harvard Medical School, Moazed, Swiss Institute for Cancer Understanding the relationship between the Nahid Boston, United States Danesh Research, Lausanne, RNAi machinery and the histone H3 lysine 9 Switzerland methyltransferase complex in fi ssion yeast Luke-Glaser, Swiss University of Heidelberg, Luke, Swiss Federal Institute Molecular study of Fanconi anaemia Sarah Germany Brian of Technology, Zurich, homologs in budding yeast Switzerland El Boustani, Swiss Picower Institute for Sur, Center for Neurosciences, Optogenetic decomposition of inhibitory Sami Learning and Memory, Mriganka Gif-sur-Yvette, France micro-circuits responsible for the emergence Cambridge, United States of simple cell functional selectivity in the mouse primary visual cortex Von Castelmur, Swiss The Netherlands Cancer Perrakis, University of Basel, Exploring the molecular mechanisms Eleonore Institute, Amsterdam, The Anastassis Switzerland regulating FoxM1 transcriptional activity Netherlands Gfeller, Swiss University of Lausanne, Michielin, University of Toronto, Peptide-based design of kinase inhibitors David Switzerland Olivier Canada Lehmann, Swiss Nijmegen Center for Friedl, University of Zurich, Intravital multiphoton microscopy of the Steffi Molecular Life Sciences, Peter Switzerland tumor microenvironment: Impact on growth, The Netherlands local invasion and metastatic dissemination Aygun, Turkish National Cancer Institute, Grewal, Cancer Research UK, Molecular analysis of the relationship Ozan Bethesda, United States Shiv South Mimms, United between stress signaling and Kingdom heterochromatin dynamics Kaya Copur, Turkish Max-Planck Institute for Schnorrer, European Molecular Mechanisms of myofi bril and sarcomere Aynur Biochemistry, Martinsried, Frank Biology Laboratory, formation in Drosophila adult muscles Germany Heidelberg, Germany Somel, Turkish University of California, Nielsen, Institute for Assessing natural selection on human Mehmet Berkeley, United States Rasmus Computational Biology, transcriptomic and regulatory variation Shanghai, China

EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Long-Term Fellowships 49 EMBO Long-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 | Non-EMBC Member States’ nationals Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Liko, Albanian Beatson Institute for White, University of Wisconsin, Regulation of RNA polymerase III Dritan Cancer Research, Glasgow, Robert Madison, United States transcription by Id proteins and E47 United Kingdom Birtwistle, American Systems Biology Ireland, Kolch, Beatson Institute The effects of protein expression noise on Marc Conway Institute, Dublin, Walter for Cancer Research, signal transduction and cell fate decisions Ireland Bearsden, United Kingdom Nolen, American MRC Human Genetics Bickmore, Childrens Hospital of Nuclear organization and interactions in Leisha Unit, Western General Wendy Boston, United States Cornelia De Lange syndrome and progeria Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom Svendsen, American Cancer Research UK, Boulton, Harvard Medical School, Identifi cation of factors involved in the Jennifer London Research Institute, Simon Boston, United States crossover/noncrossover decision during United Kingdom eukaryotic meiosis Katsir, American University of Freiburg, Laux, Michigan State University, Role of chromatin states in the Arabidopsis Leron Germany Thomas East Lansing, United root stem cell system States Williams, American Pasteur Institute, Paris, Boneca, St. Jude Children’s Structural and mechanistic studies of the Allison France Ivo Gomperts Research Hospital, interplay between peptidoglycan hydrolases, Memphis, United States peptidoglycan fragments and Nod proteins detection Kvikstad, American UMR CNRS, Villeurbanne, Duret, The Pennsylvania State Genome-wide impact of biased gene Erika France Laurent University, State College, conversion on human-specifi c insertions and United States deletions Yamawaki, American Institute of Molecular Dickson, University of California, Identifi cation and characterization of sleep Tracy Pathology, Vienna, Austria Barry J. San Francisco, United circuitry regulated by the Drosophila sex States peptide O’Hare (nee American University of Cambridge, Holt, University of California, The role of localized protein degradation in Massaro), United Kingdom Christine San Francisco, United retinal axon targeting Catherine States Bedford, American University of Edinburgh, Rambaut, University of Michigan, Phylogenetic prediction of the evolutionary Trevor United Kingdom Andrew Ann Arbor, United States trajectory of the infl uenza virus Kim, American Max Planck Institute for Hartl, University of Southern Role of misfolded huntingtin interactions Yujin Biochemistry, Martinsried, F. Ulrich California, Los Angeles, during neuronal degeneration Germany United States Alam, American Institute of Molecular Locher, University of Texas, Understanding mechanisms of substrate Amer Biology and Biophysics, Kaspar Houston, United States polyspecifi city in P-glycoprotein Zurich, Switzerland Webb, American Max Planck Institute for Oates, Washington University, Single cell analysis of the segmentation clock Alexis Cell Biology and Genetics, Andrew Saint Louis, United States Dresden, Germany

50 EMBO Long-Term Fellowships EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Long-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 | Non-EMBC Member States’ nationals Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Soler Bistué, Argentinian Pasteur Institute, Paris, Mazel, Institute Leloir / IIBBA- Genome architecture as an epigenetic Alfonso Jc France Didier CONICET, Buenos Aires, mechanism for gene regulation Argentina Lisa, Argentinian Pasteur Institute, Paris, Alzari, University of Rosario, Molecular characterization of PknG- María Natalia France Pedro Argentina GarA mediated signaling pathways in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Nikel, Argentinian National Center for de Lorenzo, University of San Martín, Re-factoring the Pseudomonas putida Pablo I Biotechnology, Madrid, Victor Argentina genome for lego-lizing metabolic properties Spain Maslowski, Australian University of Lausanne, Tschopp, The Garvan Institute The function of neuronal apoptosis inhibitory Kendle Switzerland Jurg of Medical Research, proteins (NAIP) in innate immunity Darlinghurst, Australia Rompani, Brazilian Friedrich Miescher Roska, Harvard Medical School, Determining the patterns of activity in the Santiago Institute, Basel, Botond Boston, United States visual cortex evoked by the stimulation of Switzerland genetically identifi ed retinal circuits Trabuco, Brazilian University of Heidelberg, Russell, University of Illinois, Design of specifi c inhibitors targeting protein Leonardo Germany Rob Urbana, United States interaction networks Nedialkova, Bulgarian Max Planck Institute for Leidel, Leiden University Medical The role of tRNA wobble uridine Danny Molecular Biomedicine, Sebastian Center, The Netherlands modifi cations in translation: Münster, Germany A systems approach Perron, Canadian Uppsala University, Andersson, Imperial College London, Diversity and interactions in mammalian Gabriel Sweden Dan Ascot, United Kingdom antimicrobial peptides modulates resistance in bacteria Abella, Canadian Cancer Research UK, Way, McGill University, Identifi cation of new regulators of Jasmine London, United Kingdom Michael Montreal, Canada invadopodia and tumour cell invasion Soulière, Canadian University of Innsbruck, Micura, University of Sherbrooke, Folding of the preQ1 class II riboswitch Marie Austria Ronald Canada Scott, Canadian University of Edinburgh, Becker, University of British Determining the molecular mechanisms of Angela United Kingdom Catherina Columbia, Vancouver, trauma-induced adult neurogenesis in the Canada vertebrate spinal cord Nunes, Canadian University of Geneva, Milinkovitch, University of Rennes, The genetic basis of convergent characters: Flavia Switzerland Michel France Syndactyly in Australian marsupials Wang, Canadian University of Oxford, Robinson, University of Toronto, Mass spectrometry of membrane proteins Sheila United Kingdom Carol Canada Matus Picero, Chilean Center for Research in Riechmann, Catholic University of Functional characterization of transcription José Tomás Agricultural Genomics, Jose Luis Chile, Santiago, Chile factors identifi ed as APETALA1 target genes Barcelona, Spain by genome-wide network analysis of early fl ower development Jin, Chinese Center for Research in Riechmann, Chinese Academy of Genomic analyses of the regulatory Jian Agricultural Genomics, Jose Luis Sciences, Shanghai, China network controlling fl ower development in Barcelona, Spain Arabidopsis

EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Long-Term Fellowships 51 EMBO Long-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 | Non-EMBC Member States’ nationals Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Xu, Chinese Friedrich Miescher Luthi, Chinese Academy of Dissecting the neuronal circuitry of Chun Institute, Basel, Andreas Sciences, Shanghai, China conditioned fear using viral transsynaptic Switzerland tracing Shen, Chinese Max Planck Institute Antebi, University of Texas, Analysis of microRNA functions in C. elegans Yidong for Biology for Ageing, Adam Houston, United States ageing Cologne, Germany Fu, Chinese University of Cambridge, Glover, Peking University, Beijing, Plk4, Asterless, Sas-4 interactions in centriole Jingyan United Kingdom David M. China formation and function Chan, Hong Kong Max Planck Institute for Tautz, Stanford University, Selecting for giants – dissecting the adaptive Yingguang Frank Chinese Evolutionary Biology, Diethard United States bodyweight complex in laboratory and wild Ploen, Germany mice Guha Roy, Indian Institute for Biophysical Robert, Bose Institute, Calcutta, Investigation of large-scale dynamic Mainak Chemistry, Paris, France Charles India behaviour in protein – protein interactions: Relating interface architectures to function and identifi cation of binding hotspots Akhter, Indian European Molecular Wilmanns, Center for DNA- Structural and molecular dissection of the Yusuf Biology Laboratory, Matthias fi ngerprinting & mycobacterial prokaryotic ubiquitin-like Hamburg, Germany Diagnostics, Hyderabad, protein (Pup) conjugation pathway India Joshi, Indian Cambridge Institute for Gottgens, Ghent University, Belgium TransRegHaem – reconstructing post- Anagha Medical Research, United Bertie genomic network models for blood stem cells Kingdom Prabu, Indian Max Planck Institute for Conti, Indian Institute of Science, Structural and functional characterization of Jesuraj Rajan Biochemistry, Martinsried, Elena Bangalore, India THO complex Germany Dhir, Indian University of Oxford, Proudfoot, International Centre for The infl uence of RNA pol II elongation and Ashish United Kingdom Nicholas J. Genetic Engineering and coupled splicing on the process of pri-miRNA Biotechnology, Trieste, processing and exon tethering Italy Chatterjee, Indian European Molecular Koehn, Technical University Chemical genetics of protein phosphatase-1 Jayanta Biology Laboratory, Maja Munich, Germany Heidelberg, Germany Abraham, Indian University Medical Center, Carleton, University of Heidelberg, Mechanisms regulating adult born neurons Nixon Geneva, Switzerland Alan Germany migration Subramanian, Indian University of Edinburgh, Allshire, University of Illinois at Mechanisms of CENP-A assembly and Lakxmi United Kingdom Robin C. Chicago, United States propagation at fi ssion yeast centromeres Rashid, Indian European Molecular Mueller, Goethe University, Structural and Functional analysis of RNA Umar Jan Biology Laboratory, Christoph Frankfurt, Germany Polymerase III from S. cerevisiae Heidelberg, Germany Akiyoshi, Japanese Sir William Dunn School Gull, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Elucidate the segregation mechanism Bungo of Pathology, Oxford, Keith Research Center, Seattle, of large and small chromosomes in United Kingdom United States Trypanosoma brucei

52 EMBO Long-Term Fellowships EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Long-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 | Non-EMBC Member States’ nationals Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Maeda, Japanese Paul Scherrer Institute, Schertler, University of Hyogo, Structure determination of active rhodopsin/ Shoji Villigen, Switzerland Gebhard Kohto, Japan G-protein nano-signaling complex Toda, Japanese Institute of Molecular Dickson, University of Tsukuba, Divergence and convergence of pheromone Hirofumi Pathology, Vienna, Austria Barry J. Ibaraki, Japan signals in the fl y brain Krupovic, Lithuanian Pasteur Institute, Paris, Forterre, University of Helsinki, Sampling the unexplored diversity of novel Mart France Patrick Finland DNA replication proteins from mobile elements Loh, Malaysian Imperial College London, Tang, Umeå University, Sweden To identify and elucidate the role of novel Edmund United Kingdom Christoph M regulatory RNAs in the human pathogen Neisseria meningitidis virulence Chung, New University of Cambridge, Baulcombe, University College Cork, High resolution genome-wide analysis Betty Ying-Wen Zealander United Kingdom David Ireland of RNA-silencing mediated translational regulation Kang, New Imperial College London, Iwata, University of Auckland, High-resolution structure determination of Hae Joo Zealander United Kingdom So New Zealand the GLUT family of membrane transporters Cisse, Nigerien Ecole Normale Superieure, Darzacq, University of Illinois, Single-molecule studies of RNA polymerase II Ibrahim Paris, France Xavier Urbana, United States dynamics in the nucleus of living mammalian cells Popadin, Russian University of Geneva, Antonarakis, Russian Academy of Towards understanding of mitochondrial Konstantin Switzerland Stylianos Sciences, Moscow, Russian dysfunctions in Down syndrome patients – Federation in-depth analysis of mitochondrial genome heteroplasmy Popov-Celeketic, Serbian University of Groningen, Poolman, University of Munich, Identifi cation of the signals responsible Dusan The Netherlands Bert Germany for targeting of proteins to the vacuolar membrane Tan, Singaporean University of Heidelberg, Kuner, The University of Tumour-induced changes in sensory Linette Germany Rohini Melbourne, Parkville, transmission in early- and late-stage bone Australia cancer Lee, South Korean University of Lausanne, Geldner, Pohang University of Localized cell wall deposition and vesicle Yuree Switzerland Niko Science and Technology, traffi cking in endodermal polarity and South Korea differentiation Park, South Korean Cambridge Institute for Green, University of Illinois, An epigenetic mode of JAK/STAT signaling in Hyun Jung Medical Research, United Anthony R Chicago, United States haematological malignancies Kingdom Chou, Taiwanese Institute of Molecular Sauer, Harvard University, Role of redox homeostasis in robustness and Hsin-Hung Systems Biology, Zurich, Uwe Cambridge, United States evolvability of metabolic systems Switzerland Bui, Vietnamese European Molecular Beck, Swiss Federal Institute Nuclear pore complex: Determination of Khanh Huy Biology Laboratory, Martin of Technology, Zurich, subcomplex positioning by cryo-electron Heidelberg, Germany Switzerland tomography and gene silencing approaches

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Applications Eastern European nationalities US-American/ Canadian Other nationalities Destination Nationality Austrian Belgian Croatian Czech Danish Estonian Finnish French German Greek Hungarian Icelandic Irish Israeli Italian Luxembourgian Dutch Norwegian Polish Portuguese Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Swiss Turkish British Total Austria 2 6 1111 1112623 Belgium 2 8 5 1 1 6 2411738 Croatia 1 1 Czech Republic 1 1 Denmark 1 6 1 1 1 1 5 4 211226 Estonia 0 Finland 2 1 1 1 3 8 France 2 2 1 3 12 11 1 3 1 1 13 1 1 1 28 6 4 11 33 135 Germany 2311 1141431 3 11 8 23 16221451540152 Greece 8 1 9 Hungary 1 1 Iceland 0 Ireland 2 1 2 1 4 2 1 13 Israel 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 14 Italy 1 5 2 1 1 10 2 3 1 2 8 36 Luxembourg 0 Netherlands 1 1 9 12 1 1 3 1 1 1 8 2 3 1 5 50 Norway 1 1 2 4 Poland 112 Portugal 2 2 12 4 1 21 Slovak Republic 0 Slovenia 0 Spain 1 1 1 13 4 1 2 14 1 13121811 2 32292 Sweden 1 5 5 1 1 1 1122 4 521647 Switzerland 32131917231410432 911216920123 Turkey 2 2 UK 1211112412414 2152412 54 58241361657288 EMBL 3 7 2 1 1 3 17 Eastern Europe 0 USA/Canada 84231111056118214724225 7101 70159632124507 Others 2 4 12 8 1 2 3 4 5 5 5 3 2 2 58 Total 17 20 885312254184371612010214406332741432423022125834692291668

54 EMBO Long-Term Fellowships EMBO facts & ﬁ gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Long-Term Fellowships 2010: Geographical distribution

Awards Eastern European nationalities US-American/ Canadian Other nationalities Destination Nationality Austrian Belgian Croatian Czech Danish Estonian Finnish French German Greek Hungarian Icelandic Irish Israeli Italian Luxembourgian Dutch Norwegian Polish Portuguese Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Swiss Turkish British Total Austria 4 1 2 1 8 Belgium 1 2 1 2 6 Croatia Czech Republic Denmark 111 3 Estonia Finland France 1 1 1 3 6 1 1 1 112423 Germany 1 1471 1 1 4 1 3111213942 Greece 2 2 Hungary 1 1 Iceland Ireland 1 1 Israel Italy 1 1 2 Luxembourg Netherlands 1 2 4 11112114 Norway Poland Portugal 2 2 Slovak Republic Slovenia Spain 2 1 3 6 Sweden 4 1 1 6 Switzerland 1 2 9 9 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 7 43 Turkey UK 3 10 1 1 3 2 4 1 3 7 10 45 EMBL 1 1 1 3 Eastern Europe USA/Canada 1 7 12 4 1 14 3 4 2 2 42226 66 Others 11 2 Total 312010333607303201401406610164631341834275

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EMBO Short-Term Fellowships: Statistics Applications and awards 1977– 2010 Applications and awards 2000 – 2010 Year Applications Awards Success rate % Country from Applications % of total Awards % of total Success rate % 2010 421 219 52 Austria 34 1 17 1 50 2009 495 255 52 Belgium 66 2 46 2 70 2008 395 213 54 Croatia 33 1 17 1 52 2007 409 211 52 Czech Republic 76 2 44 2 58 2006 393 194 49 Denmark 24 1 13 1 54 2005 383 201 52 Estonia 5 0 4 0 80 2004 301 167 55 Finland 35 1 21 1 60 2003 289 138 48 France 232 6 143 7 62 2002 252 170 67 Germany 268 7 153 7 57 2001 233 124 53 Greece 143 4 81 4 57 2000 274 176 64 Hungary 90 2 53 3 59 1999 230 138 60 Iceland 13 0 8 0 62 1998 279 143 51 Ireland 38 1 22 1 58 1997 339 188 55 Israel 148 4 100 5 68 1996 316 180 57 Italy 601 16 303 15 50 1995 325 187 57 Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 1994 369 203 55 The Netherlands 107 3 67 3 63 1993 376 209 55 Norway 14 0 6 0 43 1992 351 213 61 Poland 145 4 67 3 46 1991 344 194 56 Portugal 85 2 46 2 54 1990 346 211 61 Slovak Republic 9 0 7 0 78 1989 331 199 60 Slovenia 44 1 20 1 45 1988 351 211 60 Spain 624 16 328 16 53 1987 301 212 70 Sweden 42 1 27 1 64 1986 309 215 70 Switzerland 54 1 34 2 63 1985 304 221 73 Turkey 79 2 32 2 41 1984 320 226 71 United Kingdom 149 4 95 5 64 1983 335 223 67 Eastern Europe 257 7 116 6 45 1982 321 213 66 Others 430 11 198 10 46 1981 339 235 69 Total 3845 100 2068 100 54 1980 357 242 68 1979 344 243 71 1978 349 244 70 1977 294 213 72

56 EMBO Short-Term Fellowships EMBO facts & ﬁ gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Short-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Sadou, Algerian European Institute of Scita, Curie Institute, Paris, Biochemical analysis of the interaction Amel Oncology, Milan, Italy Giorgio France between WAVE and exocyst, two protein complexes involved in cell motility Bubeck, American Spanish National Llorca, Wellcome Trust Centre Assembly and regulation of the membrane Doryen Research Council, Madrid, Oscar for Human Genetics / attack complex in plasma Spain University of Oxford, UK Burton, American Yale University, New Wen, University of Cambridge, Investigating the role of TLR2 on T cells in Oliver Haven, USA Li UK Foxp3 induction by Schistosoma mansoni egg antigens in non obese diabetic mice Watanabe, American CNRS UMR 5091 PCS, Choquet, University of Utah, Salt Nanoscale localization of AMPA glutamate Shigeki Bordeaux, France Daniel Lake City, USA receptors within the synaptic spine by correlative ﬂ uorescence nanoscopy and electron microscopy Astiz, Argentinian Severo Ochoa’ Molecular Wandosell, National University of La Primary culture of mice cortical neurons Mariana Biology Centre, Madrid, Francisco Plata, Argentina as a model to study neurodegeneration Spain mechanisms induced by environmental toxins Binaghi, Argentinian University of Victor Mongrand, Institute for Genetic Role and regulation of remorin and viral Maria Segalen, Bordeaux, France Sebastien Engineering and TGBp1 proteins in plant – virus interactions Molecular Biology , Buenos Aires, Argentina Robles Luna, Argentinian Institute of Plant Heinlein, Institute of Biotechnology Study of the subcellular distribution and Gabriel Molecular Biology, Manfred and Molecular Biology, La interaction among ophiovirus proteins in Strasbourg, France Plata, Argentina Nicotiana benthamiana Schor, Argentinian Wellcome Trust Centre Lleres, University of Buenos Aires, New connections between chromatin Ignacio for Gene Regulation & David Argentina structure and pre-mRNA splicing process Expression/University of Dundee, UK Vilchez Larrea, Argentinian Abo Akademi University, Lehtiö, Institute for Research Structural analysis and inhibition of Salomé Turku, Finland Lari on Molecular Biology Trypanosoma cruzi poly(ADP-ribose) and Genetic Engineering polymerase (INGEBI), Buenos Aires, Argentina Zanetti, Argentinian Spanish National Rodriguez- Institute of Biotechnology, Expression of structural IBDV-protein in Flavia Adriana Biotechnology Centre, Aguirre, Buenos Aires, Argentina recombinant poxviruses-infected cells Madrid, Spain Jose Francisco – subviral particles analysis by electron microscopy Boddey, Australian Institute of Molecular Mota, The Walter and Eliza Protein export by malaria parasites during Justin Medicine, Lisbon, Portugal Maria Hall Institute for Medical liver cell infection Research, Melbourne, Australia Kargl, Austrian University of California, Whistler, Medical University of Anxiolytic/anxiogenic effect of Rimonabant Julia San Francisco, USA Jennifer Graz, Austria in GASP-1 knock-out mice

EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Short-Term Fellowships 57 EMBO Short-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Zaborsky, Austrian Laboratory of Molecular Teichmann, University of Salzburg, Unravelling the IRS1/2-responsive Nadja Biology, Cambridge, UK Sarah Austria transcriptionalregulatory network controlling TH2 differentiation: Insights from the granzyme B response to IL-4 Helsens, Belgian Aarhus University, Bendixen, Ghent University, Belgium Design and development of an across-omics Kenny Denmark Emoke knowledge system for high-throughput data Silva, Brazilian Nencki Institute of Kaczmarek, Fluminense Federal Impact of metalloproteinases activity in the Priscilla Experimental Biology, Leszek University, Rio de Janeiro, visual system of rats during development Warsaw, Poland Brazil and plasticity Kirkham, British Pierre and Marie Curie Falciatore, University of East Anglia, RNA interference in the diatom Amy University, Paris, France Angela Norwich, UK Thalassiosira pseudonana Ricketts, British International Centre for Baralle, University College London, Functional characterisation of TDP-43 point Thomas Genetic Engineering and Francisco E. UK mutations to guide future mouse phenotypic Biotechnology, Trieste, efforts Italy Short, British Radboud University Hermans, University of Melbourne, The role of the infl uenza hemagglutinin in Kirsty Nijmegen Medical Centre, Peter Australia pneumococcal otitis media The Netherlands White, British Harvard University, Weitz, University of Cambridge, Protein aggregation and disease in Duncan Cambridge, USA David UK microfl uidic devices Saez, Chilean Curie Institute, Paris, Lennon, The Pontifi cal Catholic Interferon-gamma and interleukin-6 Pablo France Ana-Maria University of Chile, regulate dendritic cell migration: Role Santiago, Chile of myosin II, li, connexin and pannexin hemichannels Gómez Posada, Columbian University of Cambridge, Murrell-Lagnado, University of the Basque Analysis of the assembly and subunit Juan Camilo UK Ruth Country, Bilbao, Spain arrangement of voltage-gated KCNQ2/ KCNQ3 ion channels Grcevic, Croatian School of Dental Kalajzic, University of Zagreb/ Effects of lipopolysaccharide on osteoclast Danka Medicine/University Ivo School of Medicine, precursor cells of Connecticut Health Croatia Center, Farmington, USA Kalebic, Croatian Columbia University, New Chalfi e, European Molecular Defi ning the function of a novel family Nereo York, USA Martin Biology Laboratory, of acetyl-transferases in C. elegans Monterotondo (RM), Italy mechanosensation Matokanovic, Croatian McGill University, Maysinger, University of Zagreb, RNA intereference nanotechnology Mirela Montreal, Canada Dusica Croatia utilization in scaling heat shock protein 70 involvement in tumour cell apoptosis Arbesu Valdivia, Cuban Stockholm University, Barth, Center of Molecular Structural characterization of recombinant Alejandro Sweden Andreas Immunology, Havana, proteins of therapeutic relevance in cancer Cuba Campos, Cuban University of Cantabria, de la Cruz, National Center for High-throughput screening of inhibitors of Javier Santander, Spain Fernando Scientifi c Investigation, bacterial conjugation Havana, Cuba

58 EMBO Short-Term Fellowships EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Short-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Valiente Flores, Cuban Max Plank Institute for Groenhof, Centre for Protein Identifi cation of novel conformational states Pedro Alberto Biophysical Chemistry, Gerrit Research/University of in Plasmepsin II by molecular dynamic Göttingen, Germany Havana, Cuba simulations: Implications for designing more potent and selective antimalarial drugs Jindrichova, Czech University of Cambridge, Murrell-Lagnado, Institute of Physiology The regulation of traffi cking of the P2X4 Marie UK Ruth ASCR, Prague, Czech purinergic receptor from lysosomes to the Republic cell surface and investigation of its role in lysosome function Krylov, Czech National Institute for Zimmerman, Charles University, Prague, A binary transgenic enhancer trap screen in Vladimir Medical Research, London, Lyle Czech Republic Xenopus tropicalis UK Vopalensky, Czech European Molecular Arendt, Institute of Molecular Molecular dissection of Platynereis r-opsin Pavel Biology Laboratory, Detlev Genetics, Prague, Czech promoter Heidelberg, Germany Republic Peng, Danish Sir William Dunn School Bell, Archaea Center/ Virus – host interactions in the model Xu of Pathology/University of Stephen D. Copenhagen University, archaeon Sulfolobus Oxford, UK Denmark Abeln, Dutch The University Chemical Dobson, VU University, Amsterdam, Structural and dynamical properties Sanne Laboratory, Cambridge, UK Chris The Netherlands of neurodegenerative disease causing oligomers: A computational multi-scale approach intertwined with experimental input Borst,* Dutch Royal Cancer Hospital, Harrington, The Netherlands Cancer In vitro and in vivo radiosensitization by Gerben London, UK Kevin Institute “Antoni van inhibiting Chk1 Leeuwenhoek” Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Meuleman, Dutch Broad Institute of MIT and Kellis, The Netherlands Identifi cation of functional elements Wouter Harvard, Cambridge, USA Manolis Cancer Institute (NKI), mediating genome – nuclear lamina Amsterdam, The interactions Netherlands Oudhoff, Dutch Whitehead Institute for Ploegh, Academic Centre for Isolation and identifi cation of the cellular Menno Biomedical Research, Hidde Dentistry Amsterdam, The receptor for histatin Cambridge, USA Netherlands Riem Vis, Dutch Heart Science Centre/ Chester, University Medical Center Determination of pathways that regulate Paul Harefi eld Hospital, UK Adrian H. Utrecht, The Netherlands Runx2 expression and are involved in heart valve calcifi cation van Dijk, Dutch Weizmann Institute of Segal, University of Amsterdam, Stochastic simulation of nucleosome David Science, Rehovot, Israel Eran The Netherlands positioning and transcriptional regulation van Duivenvoorde, Dutch UT Soutwestern Medical Taurog, Amsterdam Medical Self-antigens can trigger chronic Leonie Center, Dallas, USA Joel David Center, The Netherlands autoimmune infl ammation through activation of innate rather than acquired immune pathways

*recipient of the 2010 EMBO Molecular Medicine Sabbatical

EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Short-Term Fellowships 59 EMBO Short-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project van Vugt, Dutch Whitehead Institute for Brummelkamp, University Medical Haploid genetics screens to identify genes Marcel Biomedical Research, Thijn Center Groningen, The that modulate homologous recombination- Cambridge, USA Netherlands defi ciency Zaal, Dutch Merck Research Oft, University Medical Center Prognostic value of micrometastasis in Afra Laboratories, Palo Alto, Martin Utrecht, The Netherlands cervical cancer in relation to serum proteins USA Hussein Ibrahim, Egyptian University of Trento, Italy Denti, Suez Canal University, Application of antisense RNA mediated gene Gehan Michela A. Ismailia, Egypt therapy as a new therapeutic strategy for retinal dystrophies and dysfunctions Lorents, Estonian University of Coimbra, Pedroso de Lima, Institute of Molecular and Cell-penetrating peptide and membrane Annely Portugal Maria C. Cell Biology, Tartu, Estonia interactions: A biophysical approach Beaslas, French Amsterdam Center for Van Eck, Minerva Foundation Involvement of oxysterol binding-protein Olivier Drug Research, Leiden, Miranda Institute for Medical related protein 8 in atherosclerotic lesions The Netherlands Research, Helsinki, development Finland Bordes, French Stockholm University, de Gier, CNRS - LMGM, Toulouse, Membrane-localized DnaK(Hsp70) Patricia Sweden Jan-Willem France chaperone in E. coli: Implications for biogenesis of the inner membrane proteome Chateau, French Tufts University School of Sonenshein, Pasteur Institute, Paris, Direct identifi cation of CodY binding sites in Alice Medicine, Boston, USA Abraham L. France the total Bacillus anthracis genome Chauveau, French Cochin Institute, Paris, Trautmann, Imperial College London, Characterisation of membrane nanotubes Anne France Alain UK in vivo Crozat, French Howard Hughes Medical Greene, University of Oxford, UK Real time DNA translocation by FtsK Estelle Institute/Columbia Eric University, New York, USA Hiblot, French Weizmann Institute of Tawfi k, University of the Development of a new weapon against Julien Science, Rehovot, Israel Dan Mediterranean Aix- Pseudomonas aeruginosa by rational directed Marseille II, France evolution Poque, French Spanish National Garcia, INRA - Research Centre of Identifi cation of the viral protein(s) Sylvain Biotechnology Centre, Juan Antonio Bordeaux, France interacting with newly-identifi ed plum pox Madrid, Spain virus susceptibility host factor(s) Vingadassalom, French University of Cambridge, Koronakis, University of N-WASP independent actin assembly Didier UK Vassilis Massachusetts Medical mediated by the enterohemorrhagic School, Worcester, USA E. coli protein EspF(U) Alwes, German Institute of Molecular Averof, Harvard University, Germline regeneration in the crustacean Frederike Biology and Biotechnology Michalis Cambridge, USA Parhyale hawaiensis (IMBB), Heraklion, Greece Bartfeld, German Hubrecht Institute, Clevers, Max Planck Institute for Establishment of a new model for Sina Utrecht, The Netherlands Hans Infection Biology, Berlin, Helicobacter pylori infection using Germany stem cell-derived organoids

60 EMBO Short-Term Fellowships EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Short-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Becker, German University of California, Weissman, Center for Molecular Quantitative analysis of trigger factor and Annemarie San Francisco, USA Jonathan Biology/University of DnaK substrates using in vivo chemical Heidelberg, Germany cross-linking and deep sequencing Berndt, German Friedrich Miescher Oertner, Humboldt University Performance of new channelrhodopsin-2 Andre Institute, Basel, Thomas Berlin, Germany variants for the optical control of neural Switzerland activity Buchert, German The University of Kansas, Richter, Justus-Liebig-University Reassembly of recombinant chloroplast ATP Felix Lawrence, USA Mark Giessen, Germany synthase F1 portion and its susceptibility to singlet oxygen Fischer, German European Molecular Weissenhorn, Institute of Virology/ Investigation of the binding characteristics Daniela Biology Laboratory, Winfried University Hospital Ulm, of the human cytomegalovirus tegument Grenoble, France Germany protein pUL71 with the ESCRT protein Vps4 Keinath, German University of California, Raikhel, University of Heidelberg, Proteomic analysis of early endosomal cargo Nana Riverside, USA Natasha Germany accumulating after V-ATPase inhibition and bacterial elicitor treatment Kohlhepp, German Glasgow University, UK Mottram, Heidelberg University Unfurling ferlin-family members in the Florian Jeremy School of Medicine, apicomplexan parasite Toxoplasma Germany Kolb, German University of Cambridge, Guck, German Cancer Research The contribution of nuclear lamins for Thorsten UK Jochen Center, Heidelberg, cellular mechanics Germany Parzefall,* German Sackler School of Avraham, Medical University of Identifi cation of microRNAs involved in hair Thomas Medicine, Tel Aviv, Israel Karen B. Vienna, Austria cell regeneration in vertebrate inner-ear sensory epithelia Paulick, German Oxford Centre for Armitage, Max Planck Institute for A novel functional hybrid motor in Anja Integrative Systems Judith Terrestrial Microbiology, Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 Biology/University of Marburg, Germany Oxford, UK Schlieder, German Hiesinger Neurogenetics Hiesinger, University of Leuven Analysis of pruning events of synaptic axonal Marlen Laboratory, Dallas, USA Robin School of Medicine, branches by high-resolution 4D live imaging Belgium Schmohl, German Albanova University, Schwenk, University of Tübingen, Multiplexed bead based immunoassays to Michael Stockholm, Sweden Jochen Germany analyze hundreds of parameters using a direct labelling approach Schroter, German Institute of Deplancke, Max Planck Institute of The bHLH interactome of the zebrafi sh Christian Bioengineering, Lausanne, Bart Molecular Cell Biology segmentation clock Switzerland and Genetics, Dresden, Germany Siegmund, German University of Calgary, Kubes, University of Basel, Role for coronin-1A in leukocyte migration – Kerstin Canada Paul Switzerland in vivo analysis using intravital microscopy Tamer, German University College London, Sivilotti, Institute of Zoology/ NR1/NR3A excitatory glycine receptors: Ceyhun UK Lucia Technical University of analysis of channel properties and Darmstadt, Germany desensitisation kinetics

*recipient of the 2010 EMBO Molecular Medicine Sabbatical

EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Short-Term Fellowships 61 EMBO Short-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Tillich, German University of Exeter, UK Grant, Humboldt University Chloroplast gene expression and functions in Michael Murray Berlin, Germany plant immunity Tsytlonok, German Duke University, Durham, Marszalek, Hutchison/MRC Research Single molecule atomic force microscopy of Maksym USA Piotr E. Centre, Cambridge, UK HEAT repeat protein PR65/A Wagner, German MRC Human Genetics Hastie, INSERM U907, Nice, WT1 function in cancer growth via tumour Nicole Unit/Western General Nick France vascularisation Hospital, Edinburgh, UK Wintermann, German University of Chicago, Kent, University of Osnabrück, Total chemical synthesis of subunit gamma Frank USA Stephen B. H. Germany of E. coli F-ATPase Dimarogona, Greek University of Copenhagen, Lo Leggio, National Technical Structural studies of a family 61 glycoside Maria Denmark Leila University of Athens, hydrolase from Sporotrichum thermophile Greece Dimitrakis, Greek University of Toronto, von Harsdorf, University of Bern, Role of autophagy in Doxo-induced Polychronis Canada Ruediger Switzerland cardiotoxicity Drineas, Greek Democritus University of Paschou, Rensselaer Polytechnic Leveraging linear discriminant analysis for Petros Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Peristera Institute, Troy, USA simultaneous testing of SNPs in genome- Greece wide association studies Evnouchidou, Greek University of Stern, NCSR Demokritos,IRRP, Investigation of the biochemical mechanism Irini Massachusetts Medical Lawrence J. Agia Paraskevi Attikis, behind the link of ER aminopeptidase 1 School, Worcester, USA Greece single nucleotide polymorphisms and autoimmune disease predisposition Ikonomou, Greek Rudbeck Laboratory, Landegren, Biomedical Sciences Investigation of the role of H-ras in colorectal Georgia Uppsala, Sweden Ulf Research Center carcinogenesis “Alexander Fleming”, Vari, Greece Mylonis, Greek Cambridge Institute for Siniossoglou, University of Thessaly, The role of hypoxia inducible factor-1 in the Ilias Medical Research, UK Symeon Larissa, Greece regulation of lipins Papadopoulou, Greek University of Copenhagen, Silahtaroglu, University Hospital Detailed mapping of miR-29 expression in Aikaterini Copenhagen, Denmark Asli Gasthuisberg, Leuven, the mouse brain Belgium Pefani, Greek Wellcome Trust Centre Blow, University of Patras, Study of Idas, a novel Geminin related Dafni for Gene Regulation & Julian Greece protein, and its role in licensing using the Expression/University of Xenopus replication licensing system Dundee, UK Pertesi, Greek International Agency Lesueur, Institute of Radioisotopes Classifi cation of unclassifi ed variants in the Maroulio for Research on Cancer Fabienne & Radiodiagnostic BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes (IARC), Lyon, France Products, NCSR ‘Demokritos’, Athens, Greece Zacharioudaki, Greek Development and Bray, Institute of Molecular Identifi cation of Notch target genes during Evanthia Neuroscience/University Sarah Biology and larval neurogenesis in D. melanogaster of Cambridge, UK Biotechnology, Heraklion, Greece

62 EMBO Short-Term Fellowships EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Short-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Álmos,* Hungarian Medical University of Klepetko, National Institute of The role of erythropoietin in human Péter Vienna, Austria Walter Oncology, Budapest, non-small cell lung cancer Hungary Enyedi, Hungarian Geneva Medical Center, Maechler, Semmelweis University, Measurement and manipulation of hydrogen Balázs Switzerland Pierre Budapest, Hungary peroxide levels in pancreatic beta-cells Kovács, Hungarian University of Bath, UK Hurst, Institute of Biochemistry/ Dissecting the spatial distribution of yeast Károly Laurence Biological Research genes Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary Lukács, Hungarian Institute of Cancer Zvelebil, Vita-Salute San Raffaele Analysis of gene expression in regeneration Anna Research, London, UK Marketa University, Milan, Italy and upon oncogene induction in CSN5/JAB1 knockout livers Rényi-Vámos,* Hungarian European Molecular Gross, University of Szeged, Investigation of neural circuits that control Ferenc Biology Laboratory, Cornelius Hungary impulsivity and repetitive behaviour in Monterotondo, Italy transgenic models Petursdottir, Icelandic University Medical Harmsen, Landspitali University The role of T-cells and omega-3 Dagbjört Center Groningen, The Martin C. Hospital, Reykjavik, polyunsaturated fatty acids in early Netherlands Iceland endothelial progenitor cell differentiation Bashir, Indian Institute of Plant Biology, Grossniklaus, Indian Institute of Induction of somatic mutations in Tufail Zurich, Switzerland Ueli Technology Madras, Arabidopsis hybrids, an analysis of mutation Chennai, India types and frequencies Johnston, Indian National Institute for Hasebe, Leibniz Institute of Evolution of egg cell fate in plants Amal Basic Biology, Okazaki, Mitsuyasu Plant Genetics (IPK), Japan Gatersleben, Germany Sankaran, Indian Institution of Ciavatta, National Institute of The use of marine microbes as potential Prabha Devi Biomolecular Chemistry, Letizia Oceanography, Goa, India sources of economically important Naples, Italy compounds Singh, Indian Albert-Ludwigs-University, Einsle, All India Institute of Structural analysis of peptide inhibitor Abhay Kumar Freiburg, Germany Oliver Medical Sciences, New complexes of COX-2 and LOX by Delhi, India co-crystallization Srivastava, Indian Institute of Plant Biology Kudla, Bhabha Atomic Research Use of thiourea to investigate the Ashish Kumar and Biotechnology, Jörg Centre, Mumbai, India involvement of redox state in regulating Münster, Germany the calcium signalling: Identifi cation of the redox-sensitive components of salinity stress perception in Arabidopsis thaliana Mulhern, Irish University of Fitzgerald, School of Biochemistry Characterising the innate immune response Orla Massachusetts Medical Kate and Immunology/Trinity in DDX3-defi cient mice School, Worcester, USA College, Dublin, Ireland Ryan, Irish University of Heidelberg, Muckenthaler, Centre for Liver Disease/ The role of bone morphogenic protein-6 John Germany Martina Mater Misericordiae (BMP-6) in the hepcidin defi ciency of HFE University Hospital, hereditary haemochromatosis Dublin, Ireland

*recipient of the 2010 EMBO Molecular Medicine Sabbatical

EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Short-Term Fellowships 63 EMBO Short-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Bar-On, Israeli Julius-Maximilians- Sauer, Tel-Aviv University, Israel dSTORM imaging of SNARE proteins Dana University Würzburg, Markus anatomy at the inner leafl et of the plasma Germany membrane Frumkin, Israeli University of Tübingen, Rapaport, The Weizmann Institute Uncovering the role of SPF1 in mitochondrial Idan Germany Doron of Science, Rehovot, Israel tail-anchored protein insertion Kuslansky, Israeli Max Planck Institute for Vogel, Hadassah Medical School/ Target identifi cation of island-encoded small Yael Infection Biology, Berlin, Jürg The Hebrew University, RNAs of Salmonella Germany Jerusalem, Israel Lavi Levenstein, Israeli Albert-Ludwigs-University, Egert, Tel-Aviv University, Israel From neuron to network: The role of DOC2B Ayal Freiburg, Germany Ulrich in neuronal network plasticity Moyal Ben Zvi, Israeli John Innes Centre, Martin, The Hebrew University of Characterization of a novel regulator of fl oral Michal Norwich, UK Cathie Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel scent production in Petunia hybrida Orevi, Israeli Center for Structural Royer, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Loop closure by non local hydrophobic Tomer Biochemistry, Montpellier, Catherine A. Gan, Israel interactions as essential step in initiation of France folding transition of adenylate kinase Philosof, Israeli CNRS-INSU-UPMC, UMR Garczarek, Technion Israel Institute of Metagenomics of viral ‘photosynthesis’ Alon 7144, Roscoff, France Laurence Technology, Haifa, Israel Sade, Israeli Biochemistry and Plant Maurel, The Hebrew University of Characterizing osmotic and hydraulic root Nir Molecular Physiology, Christophe Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel and leaf conductivity of Arabidopsis thaliana Montpellier, France plants silenced in the whole AtPIP AQP gene family Bartolini, Italian Harvard University, Arlotta, Miguel Hernández Cellular and molecular mechanisms involved Giorgia Boston, USA Paola University of Elche, in interneurons layering Alicante, Spain Beltrami, Italian Structural Genomics Bullock, Free University of Berlin, Crosstalk between BMP type II receptor tail Alessandra Consortium/University of Alex N. Germany domain, cGMP dependent kinase I (cGKI) and Oxford, UK LIM kinase 1 (LIMK1) Biselli, Italian School of Biological Edwards, CRA-Genomic Research Characterisation of novel introgressions Chiara Sciences/University of Keith J. Centre, Fiorenzuola d’Arda in allohexaploid wheat using targeted Bristol, UK (PC), Italy resequencing Caldarola, Italian University of Proud, University of Rome “Tor Relathionship between mTORC1 pathway Sara Southampton, UK Christopher Vergata”, Rome, Italy and ribosomal stress Campello, Italian University of Rome Tor Cecconi, University of Geneva, Analysis of mitocondrial dynamics and Silvia Vergata, Rome, Italy Francesco Switzerland autophagy on activation-induced cell death Colonna, Italian The Wellcome Trust Tyler-Smith, Institute of Genetics Modeling human demographic history using Vincenza Sanger Institute, Chris and Biophysics ‘Adriano 1000 genomes project pilot data Hinxton, UK Buzzati-Traverso’, Naples, Italy Conte, Italian University of Barcelona, Rodriguez, King’s College London, UK Modelling the viscoelastic behaviour of Vito Spain Ester human lung epithelial cells Corallino, Italian Institute of Cancer Huang, University of Rome “Tor Interaction network mediated by protein Salvatore Research, London, UK Paul Vergata”, Rome, Italy tyrosine phosphatases

64 EMBO Short-Term Fellowships EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Short-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Corsiero, Italian Max-Planck Institute for Wardemann, William Harvey Research Generation of monoclonal antibodies from Elisa Infection Biology, Berlin, Hedda Institute, London, UK single human B cells by single RT-PCR Germany Croia, Italian Superior Health Institute, Aloisi, William Harvey Research Role of EBV infection and reactivation in Cristina Rome, Italy Francesca Institute, London, UK autoimmune B cell dysregulation within tertiary lymphoid structures in rheumatoid arthritis De Domenico, Italian French National Center Gruber, Institute of Sciences of Oxylipin signalling in abiotic stress responses Stefania for Scientifi c Research, Véronique Food Production C.N.R., of legume roots Paris, France Lecce, Italy De Filippis, Italian University of Oxford, UK Bannerman, Superior Health Institute, The role of individual group II metabotropic Bianca David M. Rome, Italy glutamate receptors in arousal and cognition De Rubeis, Italian New York University, USA Klann, Catholic University of Identifi cation of the regulatory pathways Silvia Eric Leuven, Belgium affecting the FMRP-CYFIP1 complex at synapses Dell’Acqua, Italian Albert-Ludwigs-University, Einsle, New University of Lisbon, Anaerobic purifi cation and crystallization of Simone Freiburg, Germany Oliver Caparica, Portugal nitrous oxide reductase from Pseudomonas nautica in different redox states Drago, Italian Max Planck Florida Young, University of Padova, Italy Production and testing of a neuron-specifi c Ilaria Institute, Jupiter, USA Samuel M. adenovirus coding for a FRET-based mitochondrial Ca2+ sensor Errico, Italian University of Surrey, Morgan, Superior Health Institute, HOXB7/PBX dependent regulation of Maria Cristina Guildford, UK Richard Rome, Italy microRNA-221/-222 Esposito, Italian Dana Farber Cancer Draetta, Insittute of Experimental Functional characterization of glioma- Carla Lucia Institute, Boston, USA Giulio Endocrinology and specifi c aptamers on human neural stem Oncology “G. Salvatore”, cells-derived cell lines Naples, Italy Falace, Italian Mediterrean Insitute of Cardoso, University of Genova, Italy Exploring the role of TBC1D24, a new gene Antonio Neurobiology (INMED), Carlos involved in human epilepsy, in cortical Marseille, France development Ferrari, Italian National University of Santocanale, University of Milan, Italy Identifi cation of Polo-like kinase interactors Matteo Ireland, Galway, Ireland Corrado in response to DNA damage Ferraro, Italian Harvard Medical School, Benoist, San Raffaele Diabetes Gene expression profi ling of T1D regulatory Alessandra Boston, USA Christophe Research Institute, Milan, T cells Italy Iaconis, Italian Inserm U845, Paris Pende, TIGEM - Telethon Institute Investigation of the role of OFD1 protein in Daniela Descartes University, Mario of Genetics and Medicine, mTOR pathway and in the machinery of RNA France Naples, Italy translation Lindner, Italian University of Zurich, Grossniklaus, University of Milan, Italy The role of TAF13 within PcG complexes Matias Switzerland Ueli

EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Short-Term Fellowships 65 EMBO Short-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Manfredi, Italian Yale University, New Picciotto, CNR-Institute of In vivo silencing of the alpha6 nicotinic Irene Haven, USA Marina R. Neuroscience, Milan, Italy receptor subunit and its relevance to the effects of nicotine exposure relevant to addiction Marchi, Italian INSERM, Villejuif, France Kroemer, University of Ferrara, Italy Regulation of autophagy by mitochondrion- Saverio Guido targeted Akt Mariggio, Italian University of Wisconsin Gumperz, Institute of Protein Regulation of CD1d-dependent lipid antigen Stefania School of Medicine and Jenny Biochemistry/Italian presentation and T-cell activation by Public Health, Madison, National Research phosphoinositide derivatives USA Council, Naples, Italy Matrone, Italian Albert Einstein College of Luciano, Institute of Neurobiology Role of NGF in APP phosphorylation and Carmela Medicine, New York, USA D’Adamio and Molecular Medicine, processing Rome, Italy Nastasi, Italian University College London, Mayor, University Polyclinic of Role of versican in neural crest cells Giancarlo UK Roberto Messina, Italy migration Pendin, Italian Rice University, Houston, McNew, University of Padova, Italy In vitro analysis of human atlastins activity Diana USA James Porreca, Italian Cologne University/ Hammerschmidt, University of Naples Uncovering the role of Bone Morphogenetic Immacolata Institute of Matthias “Federico II”, Italy Protein (BMP) signalling on thyroid Developmental Biology, development Germany Puca, Italian Tel-Aviv University, Israel Rechavi, National Cancer Institute Evaluation of gene expression pathways Rosa Gideon “Regina Elena”, Rome, Italy related to reversible HIPK2 activation/ inactivation in tumour cells during hypoxia and zinc supplementation Ramazzotti, Italian University of Cambridge, Lio’, University Florence, Italy Statistical approaches for studying Matteo UK Pietro microfl ora in pediatric gut diseases with microarray and pyrosequencing Rossi, Italian Johannes Gutenberg Kadereit, University of Bologna, Taxonomy and phylogeny of Gentiana lutea Martina University, Mainz, Joachim W. Italy L. (Sect. Gentiana), inferred from chloroplast Germany and nuclear markers Saccone, Italian Sanford-Burnham Rana, Dulbecco Telethon Functional interactions between myogenic Valentina Medical Research Tariq M. Institute (DTI), Rome, Italy miRNAs and SWI/SNF & the control of Institute, San Diego, USA muscle-derived stem cell decision to adopt the myogenic or adipogenic lineage Sambri, Italian Hospital de la Santa Creu i Martínez- The Cardiovascular Role of the miRNA cluster -17-92 in Irene Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain González, Research Centre, Naples, the regulation of NR4A 2/3 subfamily of Jose Italy nuclear receptors: Implications for vascular remodelling Santoriello, Italian Howard Hughes Medical Zon, IFOM, FIRC foundation Large-scale chemical screen in a zebrafi sh Cristina Institute/Children’s Leonard of Molecular Oncology, melanoma model Hospital, Boston, USA Milan, Italy

66 EMBO Short-Term Fellowships EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Short-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Sapienza, Italian Ohio State University, Croce, University of Bologna, Integrated expression profi ling of blastic Maria Rosaria Columbus, USA Carlo M. Italy plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) Scialò, Italian Max Planck Institute for Hansson, Institute of Genetics and Identifi cation of Aedes albopictus odorant Filippo Chemical Ecology, Jena, Bill S. Biophysics, Naples, Italy receptors as potential targets of new Germany insecticides or chemoattractans Teardo, Italian University of Osnabrück, Wagner, University of Padova, Italy Electrophysiological characterization of a Enrico Germany Richard chloroplast-located glutamate receptor Tonazzini, Italian Erasmus Medical Elgersma, University of Pisa, Italy Study of UBE3A-knockout neurons: Research Ilaria Center, Rotterdam, The Ype on neuronal plasticity in patho-physiological Netherlands conditions Ishikawa, Japanese University of Cambridge, Vidal-Puig, Chiba University, Chiba, A CXCL12-CXCR4 pathway promotes brown Ko UK Antonio Japan adipose tissue growth and activation Shimura, Japanese Institute of Plant Virology, Burgyán, Hokkaido University, Characterization of the yellow mosaics Hanako CNR, Turin, Italy József Sapporo, Japan induced by cucumber mosaic virus Y-satellite RNA to understand the molecular mechanism for the symptom induction Githae, Kenyan University of Rome, Italy Tramontano, Kenya Medical Research Protein modelling approach of PfTR as an Dedan Anna Institute, Kisumu, Kenya antimalarial drug target Ndungu, Kenyan Karolinska Institute, Farnert, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust, Immunological memory to malaria in Francis Stockholm, Sweden Anna Kilifi , Kenya Swedish travelers El-Showk, Lebanese John Innes Centre, Grieneisen, Institute of Biotechnology, Multi-level modelling of vascular Sedeer Norwich, UK Veronica Helsinki, Finland morphogenesis in the Arabidopsis root Zamudio Orozco, Mexican University of Lisbon, Carmo Fonseca, University of Bern, Nonsense mediated mRNA decay trapped Rodolfo Portugal Maria Switzerland inside the nucleus: Investigating the subcellular localization of NMD Ghislat, Moroccan University of Padua, Italy Rizzuto, Research Centre Principe Involvment of calcium in the regulation Ghita Rosario Felipe, Valencia, Spain of proteolysis, and analysis of the possible participation of the proteins annexin I, annexin V and copine I in the process Poudel, Nepalese European Molecular Rosenthal, Imperial College London, Cell-based gene therapy to heal the infarcted Bhawana Biology Laboratory, Nadia UK heart Monterotondo, Italy Sengupta, Nepalese Ludwig-Maximilians Herz, University of Cambridge, Theoretical basis of neuronal energy Biswa University, Munich, Andreas UK effi ciency Germany Adaramoye, Nigerian Charite University Gollasch, Univeristy of Ibadan, High throughput screening of herbs of Oluwatosin Medicine, Berlin, Germany Maik Nigeria Nigerian-origin as soluble epoxide hydrolase and 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid synthesis inhibitors: A novel therapeutic target in hypertension

EMBO facts & ﬁ gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Short-Term Fellowships 67 EMBO Short-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Feroz, Pakistani University of Groningen, Fraaije, Technical University of Kinetic analysis of thermostable Saima The Netherlands Marco W. Vienna, Austria Baeyer-Villiger monooxygenases Hussain, Pakistani University of Basel, Hohn, Institute for Biotechnology Suppressors of RNA silencing encoded by Khadim Switzerland Thomas and Genetic Engineering, cotton leaf curl Burewala virus, a resistance Faisalabad, Pakistan breaking species Boniecka, Polish The Sainsbury Laboratory, Zipfel, Max F. Perutz Laboratories Control of signalling events downstream of Justyna Norwich, UK Cyril (MFPL), Vienna, Austria PAMP perception Grzyb, Polish Max Planck Institute for Reijerse, Polish Academy of De novo designed coiled-coil alpha helical Joanna Bioinorganic Chemistry, Edward J. Sciences, Warsaw, Poland iron-sulfur proteins – improved stability and Muelheim, Germany redox properties Hasiow- Polish Spanish National Elena, Institute of Plant Molecular evolution of viral multifunctional Jaroszewska, Research Council, Santiago F. Protection/National proteins – the case of potyvirus HC-PRO Beata Valencia, Spain Research Institute, Poznan, Poland Link-Lenczowski, Polish University of Oxford, UK Butters, Jagiellonian University, Analysis of changes in glycosylation patterns Pawel Terry D. Krakow, Poland during malignant melanoma progression Lipinska, Polish Pasteur Institute, Paris, Glaser, Ghent University, Belgium Genome comparison of rabbit and human Urszula France Philippe Staphylococcus aureus strains belonging to clonal complex 121 Miekus, Polish The Bellvitge Institute Fabregat, Jagiellonian University, Study of the crosstalk and interactions Katarzyna for Biomedical Research, Isabel Krakow, Poland between Met and CXCR4 receptors Barcelona, Spain Roszczenko, Polish Catholic University of Collet, University of Warsaw, Biochemical characterization of H. pylori Dsb Paula Leuven, Belgium Jean-Francois Poland proteins (HP0377 and HP0231) Suska, Polish Washington State Dong, European Neuroscience Cocaine-inducible circuitry reorganization as Anna University, Pullman, USA Yan Institute, Göttingen, a basis for addiction-related memory traces Germany Szaumkessel, Polish Institute of Human Siebert, Institute of Human Epigenetic alterations study of Fanconi Marcin Genetics/Christian- Reiner Genetics, Poznan, Poland anaemia/BRCA pathway genes in laryngeal Albrechts University, Kiel, squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) Germany Szczepaniak, Polish Sir William Dunn School Murphy, University of Warsaw, Contribution of the RNA polymerase Sylwia of Pathology/University of Shona Poland II C-terminal domain and cap-binding Oxford, UK complex to the coordination of transcription termination of S. cerevisiae sn/snoRNA genes Ferreira, Portuguese VU University Medical Carvalho, Institute of Molecular Systematic analysis of novel and previously Daniel Center, Amsterdam, The Beatriz Pathology and characterized E-cadherin expression Netherlands Immunology of the repressors/modulators in gastric cancer University of Porto, Portugal Henriques, Portuguese Sir William Dunn School Proudfoot, Institute of Molecular Poised RNA polymerase II as a roadblock Telmo of Pathology/University of Nicholas and Cell Biology, Porto, to promote transcription termination on Oxford, UK Portugal tandem-closely spaced genes

68 EMBO Short-Term Fellowships EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Short-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Koch, Portuguese Dalhousie University, Meinertzagen, University of Leuven Ultrastructural characteristics of the Marta Halifax, Canada Ian School of Medicine, regenerating axonal sprouts in a Drosophila Belgium melanogaster model of brain injury/ regeneration Pereira, Portuguese European Molecular Schneider, Technical University of Reliability score for refi ned multiple Nelson Biology Laboratory, Reinhard Lisbon, Portugal sequence alignment for new homology Heidelberg, EMBL database Pinheiro, Portuguese British Columbia Cancer Huntsman, Institute of Molecular Resequencing CDH1 in hereditary diffuse Hugo Agency (BCCA), Vancouver, David Pathology and gastric cancer Canada Immunology of the University of Porto, Portugal Rocha, Portuguese European Molecular Luscombe, University of Minho, Improving genome-scale phenotypic Miguel Biology Laboratory- Nicholas Braga, Portugal predictions and strain optimization methods European Bioinformatics using regulatory constraints Institute, Cambridge, UK Veiga, Portuguese Harvard FAS Center Jun, New University of Lisbon, Study of Staphylococcus aureus cell division Helena for Systems Biology, Suckjoon Oeiras, Portugal using the entrapped cells organized for living Cambridge, USA imaging technique Ventura, Portuguese Institute of Health Carlos Rodriguez The Gulbenkian Institute To defi ne the mechanism and impact of Sonia III, Madrid, Spain Martinez, of Science, Oeiras, two virus genes inhibiting interferon and Javier Maria Portugal chemokine responses Moruz, Romanian Ghent University, The Martens, Stockholm Bioinformatics Accurate retention time prediction for Luminita Netherlands Lennart Center/Stockholm post-translationally modifi ed peptides University, Sweden Ludannyy, Russian Albert-Ludwigs-University, Wlodarski, Institute of Gene Biology Study of ribosomal genes associated with Ruslan Freiburg, Germany Marcin Russian Academy of Diamond Blackfan anaemia Science, Moscow, Russian Federation Ludwig, Russian Mediterrean Insitute of Medina, Institute of Biotechnology, Role of KCC2 in synaptic plasticity and Anastasia Neurobiology (INMED), Igor Helsinki, Finland dendritic spine stabilization Marseille, France Moiseeva, Russian University of Leicester, UK Eperon, Institute of Cytology RAS, The role of proteasomes in regulation of Tatiana Ian Saint-Petersburg, Russian splicing Federation Nenasheva, Russian National Institute for Molloy, Microbiology Laboratory, Single molecule imaging of the mobility, Tatiana Medical Research, London, Justin Satka, Russian Federation clustering and dimerisation status of M2 UK muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in live cardiomyocytes Shchepetilnikov, Russian University of Basel, Pooggin, Institute of Plant A link between TOR signalling and RNA Mikhail Switzerland Mikhail Molecular Biology, silencing in plants Strasbourg, France

EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Short-Term Fellowships 69 EMBO Short-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Cerovic, Serbian University of Victor Bezard, Cardiff University, UK The role of the Ras-ERK signalling pathway Milica Segalen, Bordeaux, France Erwan in the synaptic plasticity of two distinct subpopulations of striatal medium spiny neurons Loncar, Serbian Cologne University, Trifunovic, Belgrade University, Mitochondrial translation defects in ageing Nikola Germany Aleksandra Serbia Vigasova, Slovak Masaryk University, Brno, Krejcí, Cancer Research Institute/ Defying a biological role for Nej1–Srs2 Dana Czech Republic Lumír Slovak Academy of complex Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia Sabotic, Slovenian ETH Zurich/Institute of Künzler, Jozef Stefan Institute, The role of mycocypins in fungal defence Jerica Microbiology, Switzerland Markus Ljubljana, Slovenia against nematodes Agúndez Cortés, Spanish King’s College University Linden, University of Cantabria, Site-specifi c integration of exogenous DNA Leticia of London, UK Michael Santander, Spain in the human genome mediated by the conjugative relaxase TrwC Alonso Curbelo, Spanish The Netherlands Cancer Agami, Spanish National Cancer Genome-wide RNA interference to defi ne Direna Institute, Amsterdam, The Reuven Research Centre (CNIO), and improve the therapeutic effi cacy of Netherlands Madrid, Spain dsRNA-based nanocomplexes in human melanoma Alvarez Ortega, Spanish National Institute for Genin, Valencian Institute for Molecular characterization of Ralstonia Maria Belen Agronomic Research Stephane Agricultural Science solanacearum PC (Phenotype Conversion) (INRA), Toulouse, France Research, Spain mutants isolated from natural habitats Armesto Sulla, Spanish National Institute for Legras, University of Cadiz, Spain Re-evaluation of fl or sherry wine strains Paula Agronomic Research Jean Luc variability under new specifi c molecular (INRA), Colmar, France typing techniques and study of phylogenetic relationships to other yeast populations Beltran, Spanish Max-Planck Institute, Dornmair, Institute of Sanitary Identifi cation of neuroaxonal antigens Eduardo Martinsried, Germany Klaus Investigation, Valencia, recognized by IGM prsent in the CSF of MS Spain patients Bermudez, Spanish University of Essex, Mullineaux, University of Seville, Spain Investigation on the role of S-sulfocysteine in Maria-Angeles Colchester, UK Philip the chloroplast function Buitrago-Perez, Spanish University of Leeds, UK Stonehouse, CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain Use of RNA aptamers as tools for basic Águeda Nicola J. analysis and therapy against pathologies associated with human papillomavirus infection Cuccioli, Spanish Pasteur Institute, Paris, Lledo, Insitute of Neuroscience, Hippocampal migratory stream in Valentina France Pierre Marie Alicante, Spain developmental and postnatal brain Escolá Gil, Spanish Wihuri Research Institute, Lee-Rueckert, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Role of mast cell activation on macrophage- Juan Carlos Helsinki, Finland Miriam Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain specifi c reverse cholesterol transport in vivo Escoté, Spanish Montpellier Cancer Fajas, The Institute of Sanitary Apoptosis in human adipose tissue Xavier Research Institute, France Lluis Investigations Pere Virgili, Tarragona, Spain

70 EMBO Short-Term Fellowships EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Short-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Garcia-Gomez, Spanish King’s College University Antoniou, CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain Generation of lentiviral vectors with Maria of London, UK Michael erythroid specifi c expression for gene therapy of pyruvate kinase defi ciency Garzon Arango, Spanish Nijmegen Centre for Friedl, University Institute of Implication of FAK (Focal Adhesion Kinase) Marta Molecular Life Sciences, Peter Oncology of Asturias, in three-dimensional environments: Role in The Netherlands Oviedo, Spain collective cell migration Gasulla, Spanish Institute of Molecular Bartels, University of Valencia, Insights on phospholipase D signalling in Francisco Physiology and Dorothea Burjassot, Spain response to dehydration stress: Molecular Biotechnology of Plants/ and physiological analysis of Arabidopsis University of Bonn, pld-alpha1/pld-delta /pld-epsilon mutants Germany Gil Rodriguez, Spanish University Medical Center Gillessen- University of Zaragoza, Beyond the Cornelia de Lange syndrome: María Concepción Schleswig-Holstein, Kaesbach, Spain Interaction of NIPBL with other molecules Lübeck, Germany Gabriele Guillaumet Adkins, Spanish Institute of Human Siebert, Institute for Biomedical Quantifying promoter DNA-methylation Amy Lauren Genetics/Christian- Reiner Research, Barcelona, levels of the potential diagnostic/prognostic Albrechts University, Kiel, Spain marker WT1/AWT1 in haematological Germany malignancies Isasa Catalan, Spanish Harvard Medical School, Gygi, Institute for Molecular Characterization of novel levels of Marta Boston, USA Steven P. Biology of Barcelona, CSIC, proteasome regulation Barcelona, Spain Julián, Spanish Max Plank Institute for Rodnina, Center for Cooperative Study of the IF2*GTPase function using Patricia Biophysical Chemistry, Marina Research in Biosciences transient kinetics Göttingen, Germany (CIC bioGUNE), Derio, Spain Llamusi, Spanish Sloan-Kettering Institute, Baylies, University of Valencia, Analysis of miR-7 involvement in muscle Beatriz New York, USA Mary Spain development and myotonic dystrophy pathogenesis Luque Ortega, Spanish Pasteur Institute, Paris, Spaeth, Spanish National Inhibition of Leishmania MAPK signalling Juan Roman France Gerald Research Council, Madrid, pathway by cell-penetrating peptides Spain conjugated to MAPK-activation loop sequences Martin, Spanish Ludwig-Maximilians Wagner, Institute for Research Solid phase synthesis of targeted polymers Irene University, Munich, Ernst in Biomedicine (IRB), for nucleic acid delivery Germany Barcelona, Spain Martin-Ibanez, Spanish Cardiff School of Rosser, University of Barcelona, Study of the derivation and culture of fetal Raquel Biosciences, UK Anne Spain human neural stem cells Martin-Perez, Spanish University of California, Niwa, Andalusian Center for Cross-talk between TRAIL signalling and the Rosa San Diego, USA Maho Molecular Biology and unfolded protein response in tumour cells Regenerative Medicine, Seville, Spain

EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Short-Term Fellowships 71 EMBO Short-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Munoz-Soriano, Spanish Mount Sinai School of Mlodzik, University of Valencia, Interactions and dynamics of the Veronica Medicine, New York, USA Marek Burjassot, Spain immunoglobulins Hbs and Rst during ommatidial rotation Ortega, Spanish Institute of Structural Moores, University of Salamanca, Structure of the plakin domain of plectin Esther and Molecular Biology/ Carolyn Spain University of London, UK Perez-Perez, Spanish Membrane and Molecular Wollman, Scientifi c Research Center The role of autophagy in chloroplast Maria Esther Physiology of the Francis-André “Isla de La Cartuja”, degradation under stress conditions Chloroplast, Paris, France Seville, Spain Queralt Martin, Spanish Eunice Kennedy Shriver Rostovtseva, Jaume I University, A molecular mechanism of interaction of Maria National Institute of Child Tatiana K. Castello de la Plana, VDAC with C-terminal tails of mammalian Health and Development, Spain tubulin Bethesda, USA Regot, Spanish ETH Zurich, Switzerland Peter, Pompeu Fabra University, Microfl uidics and single cell analysis of the Sergi Matthias Barcelona, Spain HOG pathway response Rigau, Spanish Centre de Recherche Domon, Research Insitute of Identifi cation of prostate cancer urinary Marina Public de la Santé Bruno Vall Hebron Hospital, biomarkers by proteomics (CRP-Santé), Luxemburg Barcelona, Spain Rodriguez-Rojas, Spanish Free University of Berlin, Hengge, Spanish National Potential effects of 8-oxo-GTP on Escherichia Alexandro Germany Regine Biotechnology Centre, coli stress physiology, with a particular focus Madrid, Spain on second messenger signaling Roig, Spanish Sloan-Kettering Institute, Keeney, UAB Barcelona, Analysis of meiotic checkpoint in Ignasi New York, USA Scott Cerdanyola del Vallès, mammalian spermatocytes Spain Saucedo Cuevas, Spanish Institute for Cancer Silva, Spanish National Cancer Identifi cation of novel genes involved in Laura Paula Genetics/Columbia Jose M. Research Centre (CNIO), breast cancer pathogenesis & progression: University, New York, USA Madrid, Spain Functional analysis of candidate genes Sole Castellvi, Spanish John Innes Center, Jone, University of Barcelona, Heterologous expression of Ralstonia Montserrat Norwich, UK Jonathan Spain GMI1000 AWR effectors in Pseudomonas syringae and evaluation of contribution to pathogenicity in A. thaliana Suárez, Spanish University of Heidelberg, Krijnse Locker, Severo Ochoa’ Molecular Application of electron tomography to Cristina Germany Jacomine Biology Centre, Madrid, the study of the African swine fever virus Spain morphogenesis Vergarajauregui, Spanish Duke University, Bagnat, Severo Ochoa’ Molecular Analysis of new proteins implicated in lumen Silvia Durham, USA Michel Biology Centre, Madrid, formation using the zebrafi sh gut as an in Spain vivo model Haglund, Swedish Institute for Research in Gonzalez, Centre for Cancer Analysing the role of endocytic regulators in Kaisa Biomedicine, Cayetano Biomedicine/The cytokinesis using Drosophila melanogaster as Barcelona, Spain Norwegian Radium a model system Hospital, Oslo, Norway

72 EMBO Short-Term Fellowships EMBO facts & ﬁ gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Short-Term Fellowships awarded in 2010 Name Nationality Host laboratory Group leader Home laboratory Project Liu, Taiwanese University of Cambridge, Jackson, National Tsing Hua The folding kinetics of the HP0242, a unique Yu-Nan UK Sophie University, Hsinchu, dimeric knot fold Taiwan Cadirci, Turkish Estacion Experimental Krell, Gaziosmanpas¸a Understanding the complexity of the Bilge del Zaidin, CSIC, Granada, Tino University, Tokat, Turkey transcriptional regulation of solvent Spain degradation Mardin, Turkish Institute of Cancer Bayliss, Center for Molecular Biochemical and structural characterization Balca Research, London, UK Richard Biology/University of of Mst1/2 kinases Heidelberg, Germany Telkoparan, Turkish University Medical Center Rehmann, Bilkent University, Ankara, Characterization of the functional role of Pelin Utrecht, The Netherlands Holger Turkey coiled-coil domain containing protein-124 (Ccdc-124) in the control of Rap2 by RasGEF1 Turkseven, Turkish Institute for Research in Zorzano, Ege University, Izmir, Role of DOR protein (diabetes obesity- Saadet Biomedicine, Barcelona, Antonio Turkey regulated) in mitochondrial autophagy Spain Pismenetskaya, Ukrainian Glycobiology Institute of Butters, Dniepropetrovsk State Free oligosaccharides – ‘by-products’ of cell Irine Oxford University, UK Terry D. Medical Academy, quality control – as potential biomarkers of Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine glycosylation alterations in diseases Reyes Martínez, Uruguayan University of Strasbourg, Pfeffer, National University of La Study of the mechanism of down-regulation Carina Andrea France Sebastien Plata, Argentina of miR-27 in cells infected with murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) Le, Vietnamese University of Texas, Brennan, John Innes Centre, The role of the disordered arm of the TetR- Tung Houston, USA Richard G. Norwich, UK like protein SimR in DNA binding

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Applications

To From Austria Belgium Croatia Republic Czech Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Republic Slovak Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey UK Eastern Europe USA/Canada Others Total Austria 1 2 2 5 Belgium 211116 Croatia 0 Czech Republic 1 1 Denmark 3 1 1 1 1 7 Estonia 0 Finland 1 1 2 4 France 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 6 10 4 2 6 40 Germany 1 1 1 4 5 3 2 12 1 4 2 10 46 Greece 21 3 Hungary 0 Iceland 0 Ireland 21 3 Israel 1 1 1 1 1 5 Italy 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 7 16 Luxembourg 1 1 Netherlands 1 1 2 2 1 5 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 22 Norway 11 2 Poland 112 Portugal 1 1 1 3 1 2 9 Slovak Republic 0 Slovenia 1 1 2 Spain 1 1 2 3 1223 22 1727 Sweden 1 1 2 1 3 3 11 Switzerland 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 15 Turkey 0 UK 2 21 11731 418 3 32 121 1 431483 EMBL 1 1 1 1 2 111110 Eastern Europe 1 1 USA/Canada 3322 310 11 217 7 13 1922 8 1 87 Others 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 13 Total 9845115112911413136601331517227255625101263421

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Awards

To From Austria Belgium Croatia Republic Czech Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Republic Slovak Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey UK Eastern Europe USA/Canada Others Total Austria 0 Belgium 1 1 Croatia 0 Czech Republic 1 1 Denmark 2 1 3 Estonia 0 Finland 112 France 1 1 1 3 4 6 3 1 4 24 Germany 1 4 4 2 1 8 2 1 5 28 Greece 2 2 Hungary 0 Iceland 0 Ireland 1 1 Israel 1 1 1 3 Italy 1 1 1 2 4 9 Luxembourg 1 1 Netherlands 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 11 Norway 0 Poland 1 1 Portugal 1 113 Slovak Republic 0 Slovenia 0 Spain 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 3 13 Sweden 1 1 1 2 5 Switzerland 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 9 Turkey 0 UK 2 21 11731 19 2 21 8 11548 EMBL 1 1 2 1 5 Eastern Europe 0 USA/Canada 1 3 2 1 5 1 1 11 5 2 9 2 5 48 Others 1 1 Total 46231137187212833081781137143152429219

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www.embo.org/programmes/yip [email protected]

The EMBO Young Investigator Programme supports outstanding young group leaders in the early years of Gerlind Wallon their independent careers. Launched in 2000, the programme has highlighted 248 scientists in 23 EMBC Programme Manager Member States. The Young Investigators beneﬁ t from training opportunities designed to raise their proﬁ le, widen their networks and support for their research groups.

EMBO Young Investigators 2010 Name Nationality Institute Research interest Country Berezikov, Eugene Russian Hubrecht Institute, Utrecht Small RNAs & regeneration Netherlands Bühler, Marc Swiss Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel Non-coding RNAs & chromatin Switzerland Carroll, Jason Australian Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute Estrogen receptor activity United Kingdom Corona, Davide Italian University of Palermo/Dulbecco Telethon Institute Chromatin remodelling & epigenetics Italy Daumke, Oliver German Max Delbrück Center, Berlin G-proteins in membrane remodelling Germany Fischer, André German European Neuroscience Institute, Göttingen Epigenetic mechanisms of cognitive Germany diseases Grill, Stephan German MPI-PKS & MPI-CBG, Dresden Cellular biophysics Germany Klose, Robert Canadian University of Oxford Epigenetics & chromatin biology United Kingdom Komander, David German MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge Speciﬁ city in the ubiquitin system United Kingdom Kondrashov, Fyodor Russian Center for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona Evolutionary genomics Spain Lehner, Ben British Center for Genomic Regulation and ICREA, Barcelona Genetic systems Spain Mäkinen, Taija Finnish Cancer Research UK London Research Institute Lymphatic development United Kingdom Rico, Beatriz Spanish Institute of Neuroscience, Alicante Neural circuits development Spain Rizzoli, Silvio Romanian European Neuroscience Institute, Göttingen STED microscopy of synaptic function Germany Selbach, Matthias German Max Delbrück Center, Berlin Cell signalling & mass spectrometry Germany Silva-Santos, Bruno Portuguese Institute of Molecular Medicine, Lisbon Molecular immunology Portugal Tanay, Amos Israeli Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot Epigenetics & genome regulation Israel Tarsounas, Madalena Greek University of Oxford Telomeres & genome stability United Kingdom Teleman, Aurelio Italian/ German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg Signal transduction in cancer Germany American & metabolism Verstrepen, Kevin Belgian VIB and KU Leuven Genomics & systems biology Belgium Wilson, Daniel New Gene Center, University of Munich Regulation of the ribosome Germany Zealander/ British

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Adams, Ralf Davis, Daniel Ketting, René Nissen, Poul Seoane, Joan Agami, Reuven de Gier, Jan-Willem Khakh, Baljit S. Noselli, Stéphane Simons, Mikael Allain, Frédéric Del Pozo, Miguel A. Klaholz, Bruno So, Eric Odom, Duncan Alon, Uri Delledonne, Massimo Knoblich, Jürgen Sorek, Rotem Oldroyd, Giles Antonny, Bruno Dessen, Andrea Köhler, Claudia Sourjik, Victor Otzen, Daniel Arber, Silvia Dickson, Barry Konieczny, Igor Spahn, Christian Owen, David Arkowitz, Robert Dominguez, María Kunji, Edmund Spang, Anne Owen-Hughes, Tom Arribas, Joaquin Donaldson, Anne Stancheva, Irina Labib, Karim Oxenius, Annette Ashe, Hilary Dutzler, Raimund Stock, Daniela Längst, Gernot Averof, Michalis Palková, Zdena Sträßer, Katja Einsle, Oliver Lappalainen, Pekka Palmer, Ruth Strick, Terence Barkai, Naama Elena, Santiago Lecuit, Thomas Pasero, Philippe Stumpf, Michael Barr, Francis Etienne-Manneville, Lemaitre, Bruno Peeper, Daniel Suomalainen-Wartiovaara, Barral, Yves Sandrine Levashina, Elena A. Pellizzoni, Livio Anu Barre, François-Xavier Leys, David Fankhauser, Christian Peracchi, Alessio Szabò, Ildikò Batista, Facundo Logan, Malcolm Fernández-Capetillo, Óscar Perrakis, Anastassis Baum, Buzz Lohmann, Jan Taipale, Jussi Fernández-Chacón, Rafael Peters, Antoine Behrens, Axel Löwe, Jan Tamagnone, Luca Friml, Jirí Peters, Jan-Michael Beja, Oded Lygerou, Zoi Tanaka, Tomoyuki Fuks, François Philpott, Dana Bellaïche, Yohanns Tapon, Nicolas M. Madan, Babu Pierre, Philippe Ben-Yehuda, Sigal Gerhardt, Holger Tavernarakis, Nektarios Málnási Csizmadia, András Pilpel, Yitzhak Berger, Frédéric Gerlich, Daniel Teichmann, Sarah Mansuy, Isabelle Poirazi, Panayiota Bertolotti, Anne Gil, Jesús Telford, Maximilian Manzanares, Miguel Polo, Simona Bertrand, Edouard Glotzer, Michael Thérond, Pascal Marín, Oscar Posas, Francesc Bettencourt-Dias, Mónica Gönczy, Pierre Trouche, Didier Marine, Jean-Christophe Blanpain, Cédric González-Reyes, Acaimo Radtke, Freddy Trumpp, Andreas Marston, Adèle Blázquez, Miguel Gotta, Monica Reich, Ziv Tsiantis, Miltos Martin, Sophie Bochtler, Matthias Rescigno, Maria Tuschl, Thomas Hajnal, Alex Martín-Bermudo, María Boulton, Simon Ricci, Romeo Hardingham, Giles Dolores Uhlmann, Frank Bousso, Philippe Robinson, Robert Harkany, Tibor Martín-Serrano, Juan Ulrich, Helle Boutros, Michael Rodriguez, Ivan Hassan, Bassem Martínez, Javier Ungermann, Christian Briscoe, James Roska, Botond Haucke, Volker Más, Paloma Bujnicki, Janusz Rouse, John van Aalten, Daan Helariutta, Ykä Mattevi, Andrea Bumann, Dirk Van den Ackerveken, Guido Helms, Volkhard Mehlen, Patrick Sahai, Erik van der Goot, Gisou Carleton, Alan Hidalgo, Alicia Meier, Pascal Salecker, Iris van Steensel, Bas Casares, Fernando Hirst, Judy Meraldi, Patrick Santos, Manuel Vendruscolo, Michele Cavaillé, Jérôme Holstege, Frank Milán, Marco Saudou, Frédéric Vinkemeier, Uwe Chin, Jason Hoogenraad, Casper Miska, Eric Schärer, Orlando D. Viola, Antonella Chiti, Fabrizio Hopfner, Karl-Peter Mitchell, Kevin Schedl, Andreas Voinnet, Olivier Christoforidis, Savvas Hoppe, Thorsten Morillon, Antonin Schleper, Christa Clausen, Tim Hummel, Thomas Mosialos, George Schlötterer, Christian Walther, Tobias Collinson, Ian Mota, Maria Schneitz, Kay Wimmer, Ernst A. Ivaska, Johanna Conradt, Barbara Møller, Simon Geir Schnittger, Arp Wutz, Anton Cosma, Maria Pia Janke, Carsten Musacchio, Andrea Schratt, Gerhard Zeeman, Samuel Costanzo, Vincenzo Jansen, Ralf Schübeler, Dirk Nagy, László Zernicka-Goetz, Magdalena Cramer, Patrick Jensen, Torben Heick Schulze, Almut Nehrbass, Ulf Zimmermann, Pascale Currie, Peter Jovine, Luca Schwappach, Blanche Neuhauss, Stephan Scorrano, Luca d’Adda di Fagagna, Fabrizio Kaessmann, Henrik Nichols, Benjamin Segal, Eran

EMBO facts & ﬁ gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Young Investigators 77 EMBO Young Investigators: statistics Applications and awards 2001 – 2010 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Country Appl. Aw. Appl. Aw. Appl. Aw. Appl. Aw. Appl. Aw. Appl. Aw. Appl. Aw. Appl. Aw. Appl. Aw. Appl. Aw. Austria 3 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 3 1 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 Belgium 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 3 0 6 2 6 1 2 0 6 1 3 1 Croatia 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Czech Republic 0 1 6 0 14 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Denmark 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 Estonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Finland 1 0 4 1 3 0 9 0 2 0 5 2 8 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 France 17 4 26 4 26 2 17 3 14 2 16 4 8 3 11 1 11 0 12 0 Germany 22 4 17 4 15 3 30 3 23 4 27 2 19 3 21 1 17 2 22 7 Greece 1 2 4 1 3 0 4 1 6 0 4 0 4 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 Hungary 1 0 6 0 7 1 5 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 Iceland 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Ireland 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 Israel 7 1 4 0 5 1 5 0 3 1 5 1 2 1 4 0 6 1 7 1 Italy 6 3 14 3 11 1 14 0 14 1 11 3 9 1 4 0 15 1 12 1 Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 the Netherlands 6 2 3 0 4 0 3 1 5 1 8 0 5 1 7 0 7 1 7 1 Norway 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Poland 2 0 8 1 6 0 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Portugal 6 1 2 0 2 1 3 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 5 1 Slovak Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Spain 26 1 18 2 26 2 21 1 17 1 16 0 18 3 12 1 8 0 14 3 Sweden 3 0 15 0 7 1 8 0 3 1 10 0 14 1 3 0 3 1 4 0 Switzerland 11 3 12 3 5 1 8 1 8 3 5 2 4 0 5 2 11 6 11 1 Turkey 10 20 20 10 00 00 20 30 10 00 United Kingdom 30 1 23 4 21 5 20 7 13 2 22 5 26 3 32 7 24 3 32 5 Others 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 150 23 169 23 163 21 172 20 128 17 153 21 131 18 116 12 123 17 137 21

Female 44 4 45 4 47 7 39 4 32 2 32 6 37 3 32 2 34 4 39 3 Male 106 19 124 19 116 14 133 16 96 15 121 15 94 15 84 10 89 13 98 18

78 EMBO Young Investigators EMBO facts & ﬁ gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Young Investigators: Statistics General statistics for all young investigators (at time of application) 2000–2010 Average Age 35.2 Post-doctoral years 4.6 Total number of publications 22.8 Last-author publications 4 First-author publications 9.8

Pre- and/or post-doctorate spent in USA No. % of total USA 148 59.7

Post-doctoral fellowships received from international agencies No. % of total EMBO 78 31.5 HFSP 67 27.0 EU TMR 25 10.1

EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Young Investigators 79 EMBO Young Investigator Lectures 2010 Young investigator Lecture title Venue Date Segal, Eran Molecular basis for chromatin structure and regulation US – Taos, NM 17 – 22 January Gerhardt, Holger Developmental Vascular Biology Workshop IV US – Pacifi c Grove, CA 10 – 13 February Schnittger, Arp Molecular aspects of plant development AT – Vienna 23 – 26 February Schnittger, Arp 2nd International Meeting on US – Pacifi c Grove, CA 2 – 5 March Plant DNA Repair and Recombination Vendruscolo, Michele Proteolysis and Neurodegeneration Workshop ES – Madrid 4 – 7 May Gerhardt, Holger EMBO Molecular Medicine Workshop: IT – Portofi no Vetta 6 – 9 May Cell guidance signals in cancer Fernandez-Capetillo, Oscar EMBO Conference series on Recombination Mechanisms IT – Lucca 17 – 21 May Recombination and connections to SUMO and ubiquitin modifi cations Pasero, Philippe EMBO Conference series on Recombination Mechanisms IT – Lucca 17 – 21 May Recombination and connections to SUMO and ubiquitin modifi cations Polo, Simona Ubiquitin chains in traffi cking FR – Paris 20 – 21 May Meier, Pascal Multidisciplinary approaches in cell death research TR – Side, Antalya 28 – 31 May Saudou, Frédéric Multidisciplinary approaches in cell death research TR – Side, Antalya 28 – 31 May Tapon, Nicolas Multidisciplinary approaches in cell death research TR – Side, Antalya 28 – 31 May Polo, Simona 2nd Workshop on Vesicular Transport and Cancer FI – Turku 7 – 9 June Simons, Mikael 2nd Workshop on Vesicular Transport and Cancer FI – Turku 7 – 9 June Odom, Duncan Disease, development and stem cell of the pancreas SE – Stockholm 14 – 16 June Ivaska, Johanna The cytoskeleton in development and pathology SE – Djurönäset 19 – 24 June Milán, Marco The molecular and developmental biology of Drosophila GR – Kolymbari 20 – 26 June Tapon, Nicolas The molecular and developmental biology of Drosophila GR – Kolymbari 20 – 26 June Etienne-Manneville, Sandrine Biomembrane dynamics: From Molecules to Cells FR – Corsica 20 – 29 June Fuks, François 35th FEBS Congress – Molecules of Life SE – Gothenburg 26 June – 1 July Ivaska, Johanna 35th FEBS Congress – Molecules of Life SE – Gothenburg 26 June – 1 July Más, Paloma 35th FEBS Congress – Molecules of Life SE – Gothenburg 26 June – 1 July Rescigno, Maria 35th FEBS Congress – Molecules of Life SE – Gothenburg 26 June – 1 July Schnittger, Arp 35th FEBS Congress – Molecules of Life SE – Gothenburg 26 June – 1 July Scorrano, Luca 35th FEBS Congress – Molecules of Life SE – Gothenburg 26 June – 1 July Rescigno, Maria Host – microbes interactions GR – Spetses 1 – 9 September

80 EMBO Young Investigators EMBO facts & ﬁ gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Young Investigator Lectures 2010 Young investigator Lecture title Venue Date Martin, Sophie BSCB Autumn Meeting UK – Oxford 5 – 7 September Cell Organisation through the Cell Cycle Bumann, Dirk ESF Research Conference ES – Sant Feliu de Guixols 5 – 9 September Bacterial Networks 10 Sourjik, Victor ESF Research Conference ES – Sant Feliu de Guixols 5 – 9 September Bacterial Networks 10 Fernandez-Capetillo, Oscar DGDR 2010 DE – Jena 7 – 10 September Replication Meets Repair Gotta, Monica Cell Division: Time and Space FR – Roscoff 11 – 15 September Pasero, Philippe Cell Division: Time and Space FR – Roscoff 11 – 15 September Walther, Tobias Towards a comprehensive understanding of ES – Girona 3 – 8 October endoplasmic reticulum functions Martín-Serrano, Juan Biochemistry and Cell Biology of ESCRTs in US – Snowbird 14 – 17 October Health and Disease ASBMB 2010 Special Symposia Schulze, Almut FEBS Workshop IT – Capri 23 – 26 October Therapeutic Targets in Cancer Cell Metabolism & Death Sorek, Rotem CRISPR – Mechanisms and Applications NL – Wageningen 21 – 22 October So, Eric WNT2010 SE – Stockholm 27 – 30 October Schulze, Almut Barcelona BioMed Conference ES – Barcelona 8 – 10 November Cancer Metabolism

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EMBO Installation Grants, begun in 2006, strengthen science by funding researchers to Gerlind Wallon relocate and establish laboratories in one of the participating member states of Croatia, Czech Programme Manager Republic, Estonia, Poland, Portugal and Turkey. Awardees are closely integrated into the Young Investigator network, helping them to build reputations in the European scientiﬁ c community.

EMBO Installation Grant Recipients 2010 Name Nationality Moving to Moving from Research interest Adams, Michelle American Bilkent University Wake Forest University Caloric restriction and ageing Ankara, Turkey Winston-Salem, United States

Dunn, Cory American Koç University HHMI at Columbia University Mitochondrial DNA damage Istanbul, Turkey New York, United States

Figueiredo, Luísa Portuguese Institute of Molecular Medicine The Rockefeller University Antigenic variation Lisbon, Portugal New York, United States

Krejcˇí, Alena Czech University of South Bohemia University of Cambridge Notch signalling in cellular metabolism Ceske Budejovice, United Kingdom Czech Republic

Seyrantepe, Volkan Turkish Izmir Institute of Technology University of Montreal Biological functions of mammalian Turkey Canada sialidases

S´wiez˙ewski, Szymon Polish Institute of Biochemistry John Innes Centre ncRNA-based gene regulation and Biophysics Norwich, United Kingdom Warsaw, Poland

Wilanowski, Tomasz Polish/ Nencki Institute of The Royal Melbourne Hospital Grainyhead-like transcription factors Australian Experimental Biology Australia Warsaw, Poland

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The EMBO Courses & Workshops Programme has a reputation for funding high-quality meetings Anne-Marie Glynn and providing scientists at all career stages with networking and training opportunities. The Programme Manager selection processes ensure that only the best and most diverse molecular biology meetings are funded.

EMBO Courses | Workshops | Conference Series | Symposia 2010 Title Organizer Venue Dates Practical courses Genomic approaches to evolution and E. Furlong DE – Heidelberg 7 – 11 February EMBC Member States development Phosphoproteomics M. Røssel Larsen DK – Odense 28 March – 2 April Advanced optical microscopy 2010 B. Amos UK – Plymouth 7 – 17 April In silico systems biology: V. Schneider UK – Hinxton 10 – 13 April Network reconstruction, analysis and network based modelling Methods for miRNA discovery and analysis: V. Benes IT – Monterotondo 10 – 16 April From in situ hybridization to new generation Scalo sequencing Computational RNA Biology K. Nieselt FR – Cargese 26 April – 1 May Computational molecular evolution A. Stamatakis GR – Heraklion (Crete) 3 – 12 May Scientiﬁ c programming and data visualization D. Panne DE – Heidelberg 5 – 7 May for structural biology Lipid rafts: Methods for studying membrane K. Simons DE – Dresden 23 – 31 May organization Structural characterization of macromolecular C. Petosa FR – Grenoble 31 May – 5 June complexes The DT40 cell line as a model vertebrate C. Morrison IE – Galway 14 – 19 June genetic system Electron microscopy and stereology in N. Roos NO – Oslo 17 – 27 June cell biology Application of transient kinetic methods to M. Geeves UK – Canterbury 27 June – 3 July biological macromolecules Biomolecular simulation M. Nilges FR – Paris 27 June – 4 July

84 EMBO Courses & Workshops EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Courses | Workshops | Conference Series | Symposia 2010 Title Organizer Venue Dates Practical courses High-throughput RNAi and data analysis M. Boutros DE – Heidelberg 28 June – 2 July EMBC Member States Single-molecule manipulation and analysis of T. Strick FR – Paris 11 – 25 July (cont.) DNA – protein interactions Marine animal models in evolution and D. Arendt SE – Fiskebäckskil 12 – 23 July development Animal models for physiology and disease V. Cunliffe UK – Sheffi eld 19 – 30 July Multi-level modelling of morphogenesis S. Maree UK – Norwich 19 – 30 July Ubiquitin and SUMO H. Ulrich HR – Split 29 July – 4 August Multidimensional NMR in structural biology C. Griesinger IT – Castelvecchio 1 – 6 August Pascoli (Lucca) Post-translational modifi cations of proteins: J. Johansson SE – Uppsala 22 – 24 August From discovery to functional analysis Protein expression, purifi cation and J. Mueller-Dieckmann DE – Hamburg 23 – 31 August crystallization (PEPC-7) Viral vectors in gene therapy: Applications and M. Mezzina FI – Kuopio 26 August – novel production methods 4 September Cryo-electron microscopy and 3-D image J. Briggs DE – Heidelberg 29 August – analysis 5 September Computational aspects of protein structure J. Watson UK – Cambridge 6 – 10 September determination and analysis: From data to structure to function Anatomy and embryology of the mouse A. Marusic HR – Split 11 – 19 September Microscopy, modelling and biophysical L. Hufnagel DE – Heidelberg 20 September – methods 2 October 3D developmental imaging G. Martins PT – Oeiras 1 – 9 October Advanced analysis and informatics of G. Rustici UK – Hinxton 18 – 23 October microarray data Solution scattering from biological D. Svergun DE – Hamburg 25 October – macromolecules 1 November Practical Courses Mass spectrometry in protein analysis and C. Cervenansky UY – Montevideo 16 – 26 March Outside Europe characterization Microscopy: From genome scale to M. Mhlanga ZA – Pretoria 31 May – 12 June the single molecule Lecture Course Virus – host: Partners in pathogenicity C. Ramirez CR – San Jose 23 – 26 February Outside Europe

EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Courses & Workshops 85 EMBO Courses | Workshops | Conference Series | Symposia 2010 Title Organizer Venue Dates Workshops Protein and lipid function in secretion and S. Tooze AT – Goldegg am See 12 – 17 January EMBC Member States endocytosis Visualizing biological data (VizBi) S. O’Donoghue DE – Heidelberg 3 – 5 March Hedgehog signaling: From developmental P. Therond FR – St. Jean Cap Ferrat 27 – 31 March biology to anti-cancer drugs 5th INPROTEOLYS Meeting M. Rodriguez ES – Madrid 4 – 7 May Proteolysis and neurodegeneration Viruses and innate immunity C. O’Farrelly IE – Dublin 5 – 7 May 2010 EMBO Molecular Medicine Workshop L. Tamagnone IT – Portofi no Vetta 6 – 9 May Cell guidance signals in cancer (Camogli) Tumour suppressors M. Sanchez-Cespedes ES – L’Hospitalet de 10 – 11 May Llobregat (Barcelona) RNA quality control M. Kiebler AT – Vienna 10 – 13 May Advanced light microscopy techniques and R. Pepperkok DE – Heidelberg 18 – 21 May their applications Emerging themes in infection biology P. Cossart FR – Nice 1 – 4 June Genomic approaches to interactions between P. Accotto IT – Fenestrelle 12 – 16 June plant viruses, their hosts and their vectors Disease, development and stem cells in M. Lohr SE – Stockholm 14 – 16 June the pancreas Chromosome segregation and aneuploidy W. Earnshaw UK – Edinburgh 19 – 23 June Development of cortical networks and Y. Ben-Ari NL – Amsterdam 30 June – 2 July neurological disorders Systems biology of development E. Hafen CH – Ascona 16 – 19 August Interface between the Ubiquitin family and Y. Shiloh HR – Red Island, Rovinj 1 – 5 September the DNA damage response From fetomaternal tolerance to immuno- O. Parolini IT – Brescia 3 – 6 October modulatory properties of placenta-derived cells in cell therapy RNA control of cell dynamics Y. Arava IL – Kibbutz Ein Gedi 15 – 18 November Conference Series Catalytic mechanisms by biological systems: V. Lamzin DE – Hamburg 5 – 7 May EMBC Member States At the interface between chemistry and biology Recombination and connections to SUMO and M. Foiani IT – Castelvecchio 17 – 21 May ubiquitin modifi cations Pascoli (Lucca) Cellular signaling and molecular medicine E. Van Obberghen- HR – Cavtat (Dubrovnik) 21 – 26 May Schilling

86 EMBO Courses & Workshops EMBO facts & ﬁ gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Courses | Workshops | Conference Series | Symposia 2010 Title Organizer Venue Dates Conference Series Microtubules: Structure, regulation and C. Janke DE – Heidelberg 2 – 5 June EMBC Member States functions (cont.) Replication/repair and segregation of P. Graumann DE – Munzingen 13 – 17 June chromosomes (Freiburg) C. elegans development and gene expression J. Ahringer DE – Heidelberg 17 – 20 June Gene transcription in yeast: from mechanisms P. Cramer ES – Sant Feliu de 19 – 24 June to functional genomics Guixols The molecular and developmental biology of A. Ephrussi GR – Kolymbari (Crete) 20 – 26 June Drosophila Telomeres and the DNA damage response L. Harrington FR – Marseille 14 – 17 September Chemical Biology 2010 C. Schultz DE – Heidelberg 22 – 25 September Molecular and cellular basis of regeneration K. Echeverri PT – Sesimbra 26 – 30 September and tissue repair Experimental approaches to evolution and L. Steinmetz DE – Heidelberg 29 September – ecology using yeast 3 October Towards a comprehensive understanding of M. Schuldiner ES – Gerona 3 – 8 October endoplasmic reticulum functions Cell biology meets microbiology I. Dikic PL – Krakow 9 – 14 October From functional genomics to systems biology E. Furlong DE – Heidelberg 13 – 16 November ESF-EMBO Symposia Antiviral applications of RNA interference B. Berkhout ES – Sant Feliu de 30 May – 4 June Guixols Emergent properties of the cytoskeleton: M. Peckham ES – Sant Feliu de 3 – 8 October Molecules to cells Guixols Functional neurobiology in minibrains: M. Louis ES – Sant Feliu de 17 – 22 October From ﬂ ies to robots and back again Guixols Molecular perspectives on protein – protein J. Piehler ES – Sant Feliu de 14 – 19 November interactions Guixols B cells and protection: Back to basics R. Carsetti ES – Sant Feliu de 18 – 19 April Guixols EMBO/FEBS The cytoskeleton in development and R. Karlsson SE – Djurhamn 19 – 24 June Lecture Courses pathology Host – microbes interactions P. Cossart GR – Spetses 1 – 9 September Molecular and cellular cognition R. Brambilla IT – Venice 14 – 19 October

EMBO facts & ﬁ gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Courses & Workshops 87 EMBO Courses | Workshops | Conference Series | Symposia 2010 Title Organizer Venue Dates EMBO|EMBL Human variation: A. Wilkie DE – Heidelberg 20 – 23 June Symposia Cause and consequence Structure and function of neural circuits B. Dickson DE – Heidelberg 5 – 8 September The non-coding genome E. Izaurralde DE – Heidelberg 13 – 16 October www.embo-embl-symposia.org [email protected]

EMBO Laboratory Management Courses 2010 Event Title Organizers Venue Dates Laboratory EMBO Laboratory Management Course A. Glynn DE – Leimen 16 – 19 March Management Courses (for independent group leaders) A. Seller (near Heidelberg) EMBO Laboratory Management Course A. Glynn UK – Ware 24 – 26 March (for postdocs) A. Seller (Hertfordshire) EMBO Laboratory Management Course A. Glynn DE – Leimen 14 – 16 June (for postdocs) A. Seller (near Heidelberg) EMBO Laboratory Management Course A. Glynn DE – Leimen 21 – 23 June (for postdocs) A. Seller (near Heidelberg) EMBO Laboratory Management Course A. Glynn DE – Leimen 5 – 7 October (for postdocs) A. Seller (near Heidelberg) EMBO Laboratory Management Course A. Glynn DE – Leimen 12 – 15 October (for independent group leaders) A. Seller (near Heidelberg) EMBO Laboratory Management Course A. Glynn UK – Ware 2 – 5 November (for independent group leaders) A. Seller (Hertfordshire) EMBO Laboratory Management Course A. Glynn DE – Leimen 15 – 16 November (for independent group leaders) A.Bendiscioli (near Heidelberg) EMBO Laboratory Management Course A. Glynn DE – Leimen 29 November – (for postdocs) A. Bendiscioli (near Heidelberg) 1 December www.embo.org/programmes/courses – workshops/lab – management – courses [email protected]

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The EMBO Global Exchange Programme establishes interactions with researchers in countries Anne-Marie Glynn outside Europe. Through lecture courses and series, both in the partner countries and in Europe, Programme Manager the programme highlights the quality of European research laboratories as partners for future Gerlind Wallon collaborations and researcher exchange. EMBO Deputy Director

EMBO Global Exchange Lecture Courses 2010 Title Organizer Venue Date Global Exchange Systems neuroscience of the Drosophila larva: K. VijayRaghavan IN – Bangalore 21 – 27 July Lecture Courses Genetic and circuit bases of behavior Molecular and evolutionary genetics of malaria A. Das IN – New Delhi 21 November – 4 December Molecular mechanism of protein transport V. Malhotra IN – Bangalore 30 November – 8 December Bioinformatics and comparative genome F. Tekaia TN – Tunis 13 – 18 December analyses

EMBO Global Exchange Lecture Series 2010 Title Organizer Country Date Global Exchange EMBO Global Exchange A. Glynn Germany, 6 – 11 September Lecture Series European Lecture Series the Netherlands (given by Satyajit Mayor) EMBO Global Exchange A. Glynn Taiwan 15 – 17 November Lecture Series in Taiwan (given by Anne Spang) EMBO Global Exchange A. Glynn Taiwan 22 – 24 November Lecture Series in Taiwan (given by Tariq Enver)

Other EMBO Global Exchange events in 2010 Title Organizer Country Date EMBO Global Exchange and the Wellcome A. Glynn ES – Barcelona 4 September Trust/DBT India Alliance Meeting: G. Wallon Life Science Research in India

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EMBO monitors gender balance in all of the organization’s activities and develops initiatives to Gerlind Wallon counteract imbalances and to raise awareness of issues facing female scientists as their careers Manager advance. An annual award highlights major contributions of female researchers to the life sciences.

Participation of women in EMBO activities: Statistics EMBO Courses & Workshops EMBO Courses & Workshops (cont.) Year % female participants % female speakers Year % female participants % female speakers 2001 Practical Courses 44 23 2009 Practical Courses 52 22 Workshops 40 26 Workshops 51 25 Lecture Courses 63 20 Conference Series 46 28 2002 Practical Courses 51 23 Lecture Courses 58 43 Workshops 39 25 2010 Practical Courses 49 32 Lecture Courses 58 19 Workshops 49 29 2003 Practical Coutrses 49 22 Conference Series 45 28 Workshops 41 24 Lecture Courses 54 51 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 EMBO Membership (including Associate Members) Lecture Courses 60 25 Year Total number of members % Women 2006 Practical Courses 45 22 Workshops 45 24 2001 1092 13 Conferences 45 n.a. 2002 1126 13 Lecture Courses 52 20 2003 1162 13 2007 Practical Courses 52 28 2004 1191 14 Workshops 39 25 2005 1223 14 Conference Series 40 22 2006 1271 14 Lecture Courses 65 18 2007 1305 14 2008 Practical Courses 50 24 2008 1357 14 Workshops 48 25 Conference Series 44 29 2009 1416 15 Lecture Courses 37 16 2010 1479 15

90 EMBO Women in Science EMBO facts & ﬁ gures 2010 | www.embo.org Participation of women in EMBO activities: Statistics EMBO Short-Term Fellowships Applications % Awards % Success rate % 2001 Female applicants 130 56 70 56 54 Male applicants 103 44 54 44 52 Overall 233 124 53 2002 Female applicants 148 53 81 53 55 Male applicants 129 47 71 47 55 Overall 277 152 55 2003 Female applicants 139 54 72 52 52 Male applicants 120 46 66 48 55 Overall 259 138 53 2004 Female applicants 161 54 84 52 52 Male applicants 140 46 83 48 59 Overall 301 167 56 2005 Female applicants 190 50 88 44 46 Male applicants 193 50 112 56 58 Overall 383 200 52 2006 Female applicants 204 52 100 52 49 Male applicants 188 48 93 48 49 Overall 392 193 49 2007 Female applicants 212 52 117 55 55 Male applicants 197 48 94 45 48 Overall 409 211 52 2008 Female applicants 219 55 126 59 58 Male applicants 176 45 87 41 49 Overall 395 213 54 2009 Female applicants 286 57 142 56 50 Male applicants 209 43 113 44 54 Overall 495 255 52 2010 Female applicants 230 55 126 58 55 Male applicants 191 45 93 42 49 Overall 421 219 52 2001 – 2010 Female applicants 1919 54 1006 53 52 Male applicants 1646 46 876 47 53 Overall 3565 1882 53

EMBO facts & ﬁ gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Women in Science 91 Participation of women in EMBO activities: Statistics EMBO Long-Term Fellowships Applications % Awards % Success rate % 1996 – Spring 2001 Female applicants 1746 40 315 35 18 Male applicants 2584 60 594 65 23 Overall 4330 909 21 Autumn 2001 Female applicants 168 47 32 39 19 Male applicants 188 53 50 61 27 Overall 356 82 23 2002 Female applicants 347 43 68 40 20 Male applicants 453 57 100 60 22 Overall 800 168 21 2003 Female applicants 469 43 64 36 14 Male applicants 611 57 112 64 18 Overall 1080 176 16 2004 Female applicants 533 47 65 40 12 Male applicants 604 53 98 60 16 Overall 1137 163 14 2005 Female applicants 589 48 89 45 15 Male applicants 647 52 109 55 17 Overall 1236 198 16 2006 Female applicants 593 48 87 40 15 Male applicants 644 52 133 60 21 Overall 1237 220 18 2007 Female applicants 582 45 82 39 14 Male applicants 706 55 130 61 18 Overall 1288 212 17 2008 Female applicants 590 48 81 38 14 Male applicants 628 52 134 62 21 Overall 1218 215 18 2009 Female applicants 657 49 115 45 18 Male applicants 675 51 143 55 21 Overall 1332 258 19 2010 Female applicants 802 48 123 45 15 Male applicants 866 52 152 55 18 Overall 1668 275 17 1996 – 2010 Female applicants 7076 45 1121 39 16 Male applicants 8606 55 1755 61 20 Overall 15682 2876 18

92 EMBO Women in Science EMBO facts & ﬁ gures 2010 | www.embo.org Participation of women in EMBO activities: Statistics EMBO Young Investigator Programme Applications % Awards % Success rate % 2000 – 2001 Female applicants 138 24 17 22 12 Male applicants 427 76 61 78 14 Overall 565 78 14 2002 Female applicants 45 27 4 17 9 Male applicants 123 73 19 83 15 Overall 168 23 14 2003 Female applicants 47 29 7 33 15 Male applicants 116 71 14 67 12 Overall 163 21 13 2004 Female applicants 38 22 4 20 11 Male applicants 134 78 16 80 12 Overall 172 20 12 2005 Female applicants 32 25 2 12 6 Male applicants 96 75 15 88 16 Overall 128 17 13 2006 Female applicants 32 21 6 29 19 Male applicants 120 79 15 71 13 Overall 153 21 14 2007 Female applicants 37 28 3 17 8 Male applicants 95 72 15 83 16 Overall 132 18 14 2008 Female applicants 32 28 2 17 6 Male applicants 84 72 10 83 12 Overall 116 12 10 2009 Female applicants 34 28 4 24 12 Male applicants 89 72 13 76 15 Overall 123 17 14 2010 Female applicants 39 29 3 14 8 Male applicants 98 71 18 86 18 Overall 137 21 15 2000 – 2010 Female applicants 474 25 52 21 11 Male applicants 1382 75 196 79 14 Overall 1856 248 13

EMBO facts & ﬁ gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Women in Science 93 Participation of women in EMBO activities: Statistics EMBO Installation Grants Applications % Awards % Success rate % 2006 Female applicants 28 38 1 10 4 Male applicants 46 62 9 90 20 Overall 74 10 14 2007 Female applicants 17 38 3 33 18 Male applicants 41 62 6 67 15 Overall 58 9 16 2008 Female applicants 7 22 1 14 14 Male applicants 25 78 6 86 24 Overall 32 7 22 2009 Female applicants 13 39 3 60 23 Male applicants 20 61 2 40 10 Overall 33 5 15 2010 Female applicants 11 32 3 43 27 Male applicants 23 68 4 57 17 Overall 34 7 21 2006 – 2010 Female applicants 76 33 11 29 15 Male applicants 155 67 27 71 17 Overall 231 38 17

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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 by some of the very best young scientists in Europe.

EMBO Gold Medalists 1986 – 2010

1986 John Tooze Heidelberg, DE 1997 Dirk Görlich Heidelberg, DE 2007 Jan Löwe Cambridge, UK 1987 Barbara Pearse Cambridge, UK 1998 Adriano Aguzzi Zurich, CH 2008 James Briscoe London, UK 1988 Antonio Lanzavecchia Basel, CH 1999 Konrad Basler Zurich, CH 2009 Olivier Voinnet Strasbourg, FR 1989 Hugh Pelham Cambridge, UK 2000 Christof Niehrs Heidelberg, DE 2010 Jason W. Chin London, UK 1990 Erwin Wagner Vienna, AT Daniel St. Johnston Cambridge, UK 1991 Patrick Stragier Paris, FR 2001 Matthew Freeman Cambridge, UK 1992 Carl-Henrik Heldin Uppsala, SE 2002 Amanda Fisher London, UK 1993 Jim Smith London, UK 2003 Anthony Hyman Dresden, DE 1994 Paolo Sassone-Corsi Strasbourg, FR 2004 María Blasco Madrid, ES 1995 Richard Treisman London, UK 2005 Dario Alessi Dundee, UK 1996 Enrico Coen Norwich, UK 2006 Frank Uhlmann London, UK

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Every year, EMBO Members are funded to present plenary lectures at international scientiﬁ c Anne-Marie Glynn meetings. Plenary lectures raise awareness of EMBO activities, support members in their Manager collaborations with scientists from associated ﬁ elds and promote European science worldwide.

EMBO Plenary Lectures 2010 Name Lecture title Venue Date Plenary Lectures Thomas Boller 5th EPSO Conference: Plants for Life FI – Muonio 18 – 22 April EMBC Member States Frederick Alt International AID Workshop: SE – Stockholm 3 – 5 June From immune diversiﬁ cation to cancer Victor Small EMBO/FEBS Lecture Course on the cytoskeleton SE – Djurhamn 19 – 24 June in development and pathology Uri Alon 35th FEBS Congress: Molecules of Life SE – Gothenburg 26 June – 1 July Ottoline Leyser 20th International Conference on Plant Growth ES – Tarragona 28 June – 2 July Substances – IPGSA 2010 Conference Paul Schulze-Lefert Plant – microbe interaction ES – Valencia 4 – 9 July Gunnar von Heijne International Colloquium on NO – Tromsø 29 August – Endocytobiology and Symbiosis 2010 3 September Julian Davies EMBO/FEBS Lecture Course GR – Spetses 1 – 9 September Host – microbes interactions Daniel Peeper 16th Meeting of the European Society for UK – Hinxton 4 – 7 September Pigment Cell Research Ray Dixon 9th European Nitrogen Fixation Conference CH – Geneva 6 – 10 September Adi Kimchi Autophagy: From molecules to disease UK – Cirencester 8 – 12 September The 68th Harden Conference Angus Lamond 12th International EMBL Phd Student DE – Heidelberg 21 – 23 October Symposium: From Science Fiction to Science Fact: what’s next? Ernst Stelzer INSERM Workshop: Advanced Quantitative FR – Saint – Raphaël 25 – 26 October Fluorescence Imaging of Host Cell Infection by Pathogens Tony Hunter Cell Cycle: Symposium in honour of Tim Hunt UK – London 9 December Gerrit Van Meer XVII National Congress of Biochemistry PT – Porto 15 – 17 December

96 EMBO Plenary Lectures EMBO facts & ﬁ gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Plenary Lectures 2010 Name Lecture title Venue Date Plenary Lectures Alberto Luini 6th International Barbados Proteomics BB – Holetown 8 – 15 January Outside Europe Conference/HUPO Workshop on Organellar Proteomics, The Human Proteome Project and Disease Matthias Hentze Lorne Genome Conference 2010 AU – Lorne 14 – 16 February Michael Way 10th Hunter Cellular Biology Meeting AU – Hunter Valley 16 – 19 March Joel Sussman 3Dsig Structural Bioinformatics and US – Boston 9 – 10 July Computational Biophysics Frederic Allain XXIVth International Conference on Magnetic AU – Cairns 22 – 27 August Resonance in Biological Systems Andreas Plueckthun Latin American Protein Society Meeting 2010 AR – Salta 13 – 16 October Matthias Hentze 4th RNA Stability Meeting – CA – Montreal 17 – 20 October RNA Turnover and Translation: Biological and Pathological Ramiﬁ cations Paola Ricciardi-Castagnoli 13th A-IMBN Annual Conference TW – Taipei 12 – 14 November Reinhard Faessler 5th Australian Health and Medical Research AU – Melbourne 14 – 18 November Congress Pascale Cossart XLVI Annual Meeting of the Argentine Society AR – Puerto Madryn 30 November – for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 3 December

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Name Job title Email Director Maria Leptin* EMBO Director [email protected] Director’s Ofﬁ ce Eilish Craddock Personal Secretary to EMBO Director [email protected]

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Science & Society Programme Gerlind Wallon Interim Programme Manager [email protected] [email protected] Alessandra Bendiscioli Administrator [email protected]

Young Investigator Programme, Gerlind Wallon Programme Manager, [email protected] Installation Grants and Women in EMBO Deputy Director Science Kim Bell** Administrator [email protected] Rachel Coulthard* Administrator [email protected]

Administration & Finance Bernhard Huber Head, Administration & Finance [email protected] Bärbel Traut-Laur Administrator [email protected] Seán Bourke Administrator [email protected] Kerstin Hiester** Administrator

EMBO Scientifi c Publication Bernd Pulverer Head, EMBO Scientifi c Publication [email protected] Thomas Lemberger Deputy Head, EMBO Scientifi c Publication [email protected]

Molecular Systems Biology Thomas Lemberger Editor [email protected] [email protected] Andrew Hufton* Editor [email protected] Jana Christopher Editorial Assistant [email protected]

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EMBO reports Holger Breithaupt Editor [email protected] [email protected] Samuel Caddick Editor [email protected] Nonia Pariente Editor [email protected] Barbara Pauly Editor [email protected] Esther Schnapp Editor [email protected] Uta Mackensen Graphics Editor [email protected] Sandra Krahl Graphics Editor [email protected] Susanne Hofner-Harris Editorial Assistant [email protected]

EMBO Molecular Medicine Sandra Caldeira** Editor [email protected] Anneke Funk* Editor [email protected] Gerlinde Schuster Editorial Assistant [email protected]

EMBO Public Relations & Suzanne Beveridge Head, Public Relations & Communications [email protected] Communications Martin Cairns Conference Offi cer [email protected] [email protected] Uta Mackensen Senior Graphic Designer [email protected] Sandra Krahl Graphic Designer [email protected] Katja Linssen* Marketing Communications Offi cer [email protected] Aditya Kusuma Jati* Web & Graphic Design Assistant [email protected] Sabine Web Communications Offi cer [email protected] Rehberger-Schneider Laura Cortesi** Web Communications Administrator Yvonne Kaul Communications Offi cer [email protected]

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EMBO Courses & Workshops 2011 102–106 EMBO Global Exchange 2011 107 EMBO Plenary Lectures 2011 108–109 Other EMBO events 2011 111

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EMBO Courses | Workshops | Conference Series | Symposia 2011 Title Organizer Venue Dates Practical Courses Drosophila techniques S. Prag PT – Lisbon 11 – 18 March EMBC Member States Advanced optical microscopy 2011 B. Amos UK – Plymouth 23 March – 2 April Methods in chemical biology M. Köhn DE – Heidelberg 27 March – 2 April Mass spectrometry and proteomics O. Nørregaard Jensen DK – Odense 6 – 13 April Phosphoproteomics M. Røssel Larsen DK – Odense 28 April – 3 May Small angle neutron and X-ray scattering from P. Callow FR – Grenoble 16 – 20 May proteins in solution Methods for miRNA discovery and analysis: V. Benes IE – Galway 21 – 27 May From in situ hybridization to new generation sequencing Exploiting anomalous scattering in D. de Sanctis FR – Grenoble 6 – 10 June macromolecular structure determination Electron microscopy and stereology in Y. Schwab FR – Illkirch 14 – 24 June cell biology Mouse phenotyping D. Wolfer CH – Zürich 20 June – 2 July Bioinformatics and comparative genome F. Tekaia FR – Paris 27 June – 9 July analyses High throughput methods for protein Y. Bourne FR – Marseille 4 – 13 July production and crystallization Marine animal models in evolution and D. Arendt SE – Fiskebäckskil 4 – 14 July development Developmental neurobiology: R. Hindges UK – London 8 – 22 July From worms to mammals Single-molecule nanomanipulation and T. Strick FR – Paris 10 – 24 July analysis of protein – DNA interactions Multi-level modelling of morphogenesis A. Maree UK – Norwich 17 – 29 July Structure, dynamics and function of biological M. Sattler DE – Garching 29 July – 5 August macromolecules by solution NMR Computational biology: P. Bork IS – Reykjavik 6 – 13 August Genomes, cells & systems

102 EMBO Courses & Workshops 2011 EMBO facts & ﬁ gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Courses | Workshops | Conference Series | Symposia 2011 Title Organizer Venue Dates Practical Courses Studying protein – protein interactions by G. Vamosi HU – Debrecen 16 – 22 August EMBC Member States advanced light microscopy and spectroscopy (cont.) Image processing for cryo-electron microscopy E. Orlova UK – London 30 August – 9 September Two-photon imaging of brain circuits A. Konnerth DE – Munich 3 – 10 September Protein bioinformatics tools – focus on A. Budd DE – Heidelberg 25 September – regulatory proteins: Sequences, structures, 1 October interactions, networks Current methods in cell biology C. Häring DE – Heidelberg 29 September – 7 October Advanced analysis and informatics of G. Rustici UK – Hinxton 23 – 29 October transcriptomics data Metagenomics: V. Schneider DE – Heidelberg 23 – 29 October From the bench to data analysis Protein – protein and protein – nucleic acid H. Urlaub DE – Göttingen 23 – 29 October cross-linking and mass spectrometry Computational structural biology: J. Watson UK – Hinxton 14 – 18 November From data to structure to function Practical Courses Imaging infection: M. Mhlanga ZA – Pretoria 2 – 13 November Outside Europe From single molecules to animals

Workshops Immunology and metabolism G. Chimini FR – Marseille 13 – 15 January EMBC Member States Function and structure of septins, ﬁ lament- A. Wittinghofer DE – St. Goar 6 – 9 March forming GTP-binding proteins 2011 EMBO Molecular Medicine Workshop: A. Villunger AT – Obergurgl 10 – 14 March Cell death & disease Chromatin structure, organization and I. Raska CZ – Prague 9 – 13 April dynamics Frontiers in sensory development B. Alsina ES – Barcelona 3 – 6 May Cell biology of the neuron F. Bradke GR – Heraklion (Crete) 7 – 11 May The operon model and its impact on modern M. Yaniv FR – Paris 17 – 20 May molecular biology Biophysical mechanisms of development A. Certal PT – Oeiras 24 – 27 May Lineage commitments: Emphasis on A. Zwijsen BE – Leuven 25 – 27 May extraembryonic-embryonic interfaces

EMBO facts & ﬁ gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Courses & Workshops 2011 103 EMBO Courses | Workshops | Conference Series | Symposia 2011 Title Organizer Venue Dates Workshops Synthetic lethality: From yeast to man S. Nijman AT – Vienna 10 – 12 June EMBC Member States 50 years of X-inactivation research N. Brockdorff UK – Oxford 20 – 24 July (cont.) Exploring the logic of the cell cycle E. Schwob FR – Montpellier 2 – 5 September Retinoids 2011 C. Rochette-Egly FR – Illkirch 22 – 24 September Chromosome structure, damage and repair M. Tarsounas GR – Anavyssos 25 – 28 September Histone variants and genome regulation M. Torres-Padilla FR – Illkirch 12 – 14 October Intracellular proteolysis and cancer R. Farràs ES – Valencia 26 – 28 October Mechanisms of nucleocytoplasmic trafﬁ cking Y. Gruenbaum IL – Ma’ale Hachamisha 6 – 11 November

Conference Series Stem cell research: S. Tajbakhsh FR – Paris 6 – 8 April EMBC Member States Development, regeneration and disease Protein transport systems: R. Zimmermann IT – Santa Margherita 16 – 20 April Structures, mechanisms, and medical aspects di Pula Myogenesis: The molecular and cellular T. Braun DE – Wiesbaden 10 – 15 May mechanisms regulating skeletal muscle development and regeneration Spatial 2011: P. Bastiaens CH – Engelberg 15 – 19 May Systems dynamics of intracellular communication Homeostasis and perturbations of immunity M. van den Broek IT – Alghero 16 – 20 May The biology of molecular chaperones: E. Deuerling AT – Grundlsee 19 – 24 May From basic mechanisms to intervention strategies in disease and ageing Chromatin and epigenetics A. Akhtar DE – Heidelberg 1 – 5 June Cancer Proteomics 2011: W. Gallagher IE – Dublin 20 – 23 June Systems biology, developmental models and data integration Europhosphatase 2011: E. Ogris AT – Baden bei Wien 18 – 23 July Protein phosphatases from molecules to networks Intracellular RNA transport and localized C. Bagni IT – Barga 7 – 12 August translation Protein synthesis and translational control A. Ephrussi DE – Heidelberg 7 – 11 September Lymphocyte signaling: Translating membrane C. Baldari IT – Pontignano (Siena) 10 – 14 September signals into differentiation programs

104 EMBO Courses & Workshops 2011 EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Courses | Workshops | Conference Series | Symposia 2011 Title Organizer Venue Dates Conference Series Nuclear receptors: From molecular mechanism M. Parker ES – Sitges (Barcelona) 16 – 20 September EMBC Member States to health and disease (cont.) Meiosis A. La Volpe IT – Paestum (Capaccio) 17 – 21 September Ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like modifi ers: From T. Sommer HR – Cavtat (Dubrovnik) 21 – 25 September functional modules to systems biology Dynamic endosomes: Mechanisms controlling G. Griffi ths GR – Kato Galatas 24 – 29 September endocytosis (Crete) The assembly and function of neuronal circuits A. Luthi CH – Ascona 25 – 30 September Host genetics control of infectious diseases J. Casanova FR – Paris 28 – 30 September Nuclear structure and dynamics G. Cavalli FR – L’Isle sur la Sorgue 28 September – 2 October Centrosomes and spindle pole bodies C. Gonzalez ES – Barcelona 2 – 6 October Comparative genomics of eukaryotic T. Boekhout ES – San Feliu de 15 – 20 October microorganisms: Understanding the Guixols complexity of diversity Autophagy in health and disease Z. Elazar IL – Ma’ale Hachamisha 30 October – 4 November ESF-EMBO Symposia Molecular bioenergetics of cyanobacteria: C.-C. Zhang ES – Sant Feliu de 10 – 15 April From cell to community Guixols B-cells and protection: Back to basics R. Carsetti ES – Sant Feliu de 12 – 17 June Guixols Biological surfaces and interfaces F. Hook ES – Sant Feliu de 26 June – 1 July Guixols Glutathione and related thiols in living cells J. Messens ES – Sant Feliu de 4 – 9 September Guixols Epigenetics in context: V. Colot ES – Sant Feliu de 18 – 23 September From ecology to evolution Guixols Synthetic biology of antibiotic production E. Takano ES – Sant Feliu de 2 – 7 October Guixols EMBO/FEBS Biophysics of channels and transporters B. Kanner IT – Sicily 10 – 18 May Lecture Courses Biomembrane dynamics: G. van Meer FR – Cargese 21 – 29 June From molecules to cells Actin-based motility: G. Scita IT – Stresa Lake 29 October – 2 From molecules to model organisms Maggiore November

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EMBO Laboratory Management Courses 2011 Title Organizers Venue Dates Laboratory EMBO Laboratory Management Course A. Glynn UK – Ware 11 – 14 April Management Courses (for independent group leaders) A. Bendiscioli (Hertfordshire) EMBO Laboratory Management Course A. Glynn DE – Leimen 24 – 26 May (for postdocs) A. Bendiscioli (near Heidelberg) EMBO Laboratory Management Course A. Glynn DE – Leimen 13 – 15 June (for postdocs) A. Bendiscioli (near Heidelberg) EMBO Laboratory Management Course A. Glynn DE – Leimen 20 – 22 June (for postdocs) A. Bendiscioli (near Heidelberg) EMBO Laboratory Management Course A. Glynn DE – Leimen 4 – 7 October (for independent group leaders) A. Bendiscioli (near Heidelberg) EMBO Laboratory Management Course A. Glynn UK – Ware 11 – 13 October (for postdocs) A. Bendiscioli (Hertfordshire) EMBO Laboratory Management Course A. Glynn DE – Leimen 1 – 3 November (for postdocs) A. Bendiscioli (near Heidelberg) EMBO Laboratory Management Course A. Glynn DE – Leimen 7 – 10 November (for independent group leaders) A. Bendiscioli (near Heidelberg) www.embo.org/programmes/courses – workshops/lab – management – courses [email protected]

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EMBO Global Exchange Lecture Courses 2011 Title Organizer Venue Date Global Exchange HIV/AIDS K. Moelling ZA – Stellenbosch 30 January – Lecture Courses 5 February Structural and biophysical methods for D. Svergun CN – Beijing 28 April – 5 May biological macromolecules in solution Bioinformatics: A. Maurady MA – Tangier 13 – 23 June Tools, resources and applications Next generation sequencing for Africa E. De Villiers KE – Nairobi 5 – 10 September

EMBO Global Exchange Lecture Series 2011 Title Organizer Venue Date Global Exchange EMBO Global Exchange Lecture Series in A. Glynn Taiwan 1 – 3 November Lecture Series Taiwan (to be given by Bernard Malissen)

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EMBO Plenary Lectures 2011 Name Lecture title Venue Date Plenary Lectures Antonella De Matteis Charleston Ceramide Conference 6 CH – Villars-sur-Ollon 16 – 20 March EMBC Member States Kai Simons Intracellular signalling, calcium ions and IT – Milano 30 March membrane trafﬁ cking Symposium in honour of Jacopo Meldolesi Paul Nurse UK – Japan Cell Cycle Workshop UK – Windemere 10 – 14 April Ernst Stelzer ELMI (European Light Microscopy Initiative) GR – Alexandroupolis 7 – 10 June Meeting 2011 Reinhard Jahn EMBO/FEBS Lecture Course on biomembrane FR – Cargese 21 – 29 June dynamics: From molecules to cells Gary Felsenfeld Starting from Transcription in honour of FR – Illkirch 24 – 25 June Pierre Chambon Luis Serrano 36th FEBS Congress IT – Torino 25 – 30 June Biochemistry for tomorrow’s medicine Benjamin Geiger Cellular nano-sciences DE – Heidelberg 3 – 6 July Ivan Dikic Cell Biology of ubiquitin-dependent protein UK – Liverpool 11 – 13 September degradation pathways Gottfried Schatz Mitochondrial dynamics: IT – Sardinia 11 – 15 September From mechanism to disease James Rothman Molecular basis for membrane remodelling and FR – Brittany 24 – 28 September organization Margaret Frame EMBO/FEBS Lecture Course IT – Stresa 29 October – Actin-based motility: 2 November From molecules to model organism Aaron Ciechanover Life in motion: ES – Barcelona 17 – 18 November Dynamics of molecules and systems

108 EMBO Plenary Lectures 2011 EMBO facts & fi gures 2010 | www.embo.org EMBO Plenary Lectures 2011 Name Lecture title Venue Date Plenary Lectures Stephen Wilson 12th Australia New Zealand Zebrafi sh Meeting AU – Moreton Island 2 – 9 February Outside Europe Robert White 32nd Lorne Genome Conference AU – Lorne 13 – 15 February Walter Doerfl er Trends in Genetics AM – Yerevan 20 – 26 February Genomic instability and pathways of response Paola Ricciardi- 6th Asian-Pacifi c Organization of PH – Mandaluyong 25 – 28 February Castagnoli Cell Biology International Congress PH – City Mathias Sprinzl 2011 International Symposium on US – Salt Lake City 5 – 10 June Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases M. Angela Nieto 5th International Meeting on SG – Singapore 10 – 13 October Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (TEMTIA-V) Francisco Baralle XLVII Annual Meeting of the Argentine Society AR – San Luis 1 – 4 November for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Paul Freemont 9th International Conference on AAA Proteins JP – Kumamoto 6 – 10 November

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Other EMBO Events in 2011 Organizers Venue Dates Annual life sciences The EMBO Meeting 2011 S. Beveridge AT – Vienna 10 – 13 September conference Advancing the life sciences M. Cairns G. Wallon V. Kaplan EMBO Membership EMBO Members’ Workshop M. Leptin DE – Heidelberg 26 – 28 October G. Wallon V. Kaplan Fellowship Programme EMBO Fellows’ Meeting J. Taplick DE – Heidelberg 16 – 19 June Z. O’Donoghue (EMBL) Science Policy Programme Science communication skills workshop A. Bendiscioli DE – Heidelberg 17 June at the EMBO Fellows’ Meeting (EMBL) EMBL|EMBO Science & Society Summer School H. Stefansson DE – Heidelberg 1 – 6 August The Human Animal: Scientiﬁ c, Social and Moral A. Bendiscioli (EMBL) Perspectives G. Wallon Science & society session at The EMBO Meeting: A. Bendiscioli AT – Vienna 11 September Mirror neurons and the understanding of actions, G. Wallon intentions, and emotions 12th EMBO|EMBL Science & Society A. Bendiscioli DE – Heidelberg 4 – 5 November Conference: G. Wallon (EMBL) Making sense of mental illness: H. Breithaupt Biology, medicine and society Young Investigator Programme EMBO Young Investigators’ Meeting G. Wallon DE – Heidelberg 16 – 18 May R. Coulthard (EMBL) EMBO Young Investigator PhD Course G. Wallon DE – Heidelberg 26 September – R. Coulthard (EMBL) 1 October

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