Heidelberg, 21 May 2013 – EMBO announced today that 52 outstanding researchers in the life sciences were newly elected to its membership. Forty-three of the researchers reside in Europe and neighboring countries and are accompanied by the election of nine Associate Members from Canada, China, India, Japan and the United States. The EMBO membership currently comprises around 1600 life scientists.
"Our members are the basis for the international reputation of our organisation," EMBO Director Maria Leptin said. "We have been building our network of members for almost 50 years and the EMBO membership is the foundation for our future growth and achievements. I look forward to the fresh input and ideas that the new EMBO members will bring to the organisation."
The most recent scientists to join the EMBO membership come from 15 different countries and include 16 female scientists.
EMBO Members make invaluable contributions to the organization by providing suggestions and feedback on the activities of EMBO. They serve on selection committees for EMBO programmes and mentor young scientists. Their input has helped to promote excellence in life sciences since 1964.
Newly elected members and associate members are:
NEW EMBO MEMBERS 2013
Andrew P. Jackson, United Kingdom
Anne Bertolotti, United Kingdom
Anne Eichmann, France
Anne Houdusse, France
Anu Suomalainen, Finland
Asifa Akhtar, Germany
Buzz Baum, United Kingdom
Christoph Dehio, Switzerland
Daniel Metzger, France
Deborah Fass, Israel
Eileen Furlong, Germany
Elena Cattaneo, Italy
Fiona Powrie, United Kingdom
Françoise Stutz, Switzerland
Frank Bradke, Germany
Gérard Eberl, France
Gioacchino Natoli, Italy
Herwig Baier, Germany
Iris Salecker, United Kingdom
Isabel Fariñas Gómez, Spain
John van der Oost, the Netherlands
Kaspar Locher, Switzerland
Ketan Patel, United Kingdom
Kostas Tokatlidis, United Kingdom
Lars Steinmetz, Germany
Luciano Di Croce, Spain
Luis Aragón, United Kingdom
Marileen Dogterom, the Netherlands
Matthias Merkenschlager, United Kingdom
Michael Boutros, Germany
Nicholas Luscombe, United Kingdom
Nicholas Talbot, United Kingdom
Paloma Más, Spain
Peter Scheiffele, Switzerland
Peter Šebo, Czech Republic
Petra Schwille, Germany
Piet Gros, the Netherlands
Ramanujan Hegde, United Kingdom
Roger Goody, Germany
Roland Lill, Germany
Rosario Rizzuto, Italy
Shahragim Tajbakhsh, France
Wolfgang Zachariae, Germany
NEW ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
Bonnie L. Bassler, United States
Eugene V. Koonin, United States
Jyayang Li, China
Satyajit (Jitu) Mayor, India
Ruslan M. Medzhitov, United States
Andre Nussenzweig, United States
Yoshinori Ohsumi, Japan
Yigong Shi, China
Nahum Sonenberg, Canada
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