New EMBO Members 2008

EMBO honours 59 leading life scientists

Heidelberg, 15 October 2008 – Fifty-nine leading life scientists from Europe and around the world were today recognised by the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) for their proven excellence in research. Fifty-one of the researchers, distinguished as EMBO Members, are from Europe and neighbouring countries while eight equally respected scientists come from other parts of the world and join as Associate Members, bringing the current membership total to 1360.

Membership is a life-long honour with new members nominated and elected annually by existing members. EMBO Members represent a high-profile cross section of researchers from all fields of molecular life sciences ranging from developmental biology, genomics, molecular medicine, neuroscience and plant biology to systems biology. Forty-eight scientists from the EMBO membership have received the Nobel Prize, many others are recipients of prestigious international awards.

"We welcome this illustrious group of researchers to EMBO membership. Their individual contributions have significantly advanced the molecular life sciences," said Hermann Bujard, EMBO Executive Director. "As EMBO Members, they will participate in the organisation's numerous activities that foster talented scientists to contribute knowledge to address the challenges of a changing world."

The newly elected EMBO Members are active researchers, based in 13 European countries. Associate Members have research groups in Australia, Singapore and the US. This year, nine women scientists are recognised for their significant contributions to life science research. A list of all newly elected EMBO Members and Associate Members accompanies this announcement.

EMBO will welcome this year's newly elected members and associate members at The EMBO Meeting to be held in Amsterdam from 29 August to 1 September 2009.

NEW EMBO MEMBERS 2008

Name	Institute	Country
Klaus Aktories	University of Freiburg	Freiburg, DE
Leif Andersson	Uppsala University	Uppsala, SE
Peter Angel	German Cancer Research Center	Heidelberg, DE
Bruno Antonny	French National Center for Scientific Research	Valbonne, FR
Cecília Arraiano	New University of Lisbon	Oeiras, PT
Nenad Ban	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich	Zürich, CH
Philippe Bastiaens	Max Planck Institute for Molecular Physiology	Dortmund, DE
Thomas Boller	University of Basel, Botanical Institute	Basel, CH
Thomas Bourgeron	Pasteur Institute	Paris, FR
Sarah Bray	University of Cambridge	Cambridge, UK
James Briscoe	National Institute for Medical Research	London, UK
Javier Cáceres	MRC Human Genetics Unit	Edinburgh, UK
Giacomo Cavalli	French National Center for Scientific Research	Montpellier, FR
Elena Conti	Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry	Martinsried, DE
Wouter de Laat	The Hubrecht Institute	Utrecht, NL
Paul Freemont	Imperial College London	London, UK
Stephen Fuller	University of Oxford	Oxford, UK
Thierry Gaude	ENS Lyon	Lyon, FR
Michel Georges	The University of Liege	Liège, BE
Colin Goding	University of Oxford	Oxford, UK
Alex Gould	MRC National Institute for Medical Research	London, UK
Thanos Halazonetis	University of Geneva	Geneva, CH
Dirk Heinz	Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research	Braunschweig, DE
Ykä Helariutta	University of Helsinki	Helsinki, FI
Winship Herr	University of Lausanne	Lausanne, CH
Heribert Hirt	URGV - Plant Genomics Research Unit	Evry, FR
Judith Klumperman	Utrecht University	Utrecht, NL
Pierre Léopold	University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, CNRS	Nice, FR
Gary Richard Lewin	The Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine	Berlin, DE
Peter Lichter	German Cancer Research Center	Heidelberg, DE
Maria Pia Longhese	The University of Milan - Bicocca	Milano, IT
Andrew Lumsden	University of London, MRC	London, UK
Gero Miesenböck	University of Oxford	Oxford, UK
Luigi Naldini	Scientific Institute San Raffaele	Milano, IT
Manolis Pasparakis	University of Cologne	Cologne, DE
Daniel Peeper	The Netherlands Cancer Institute	Amsterdam, NL
Joseph Penninger	The Institute of Molecular Biotechnology	Vienna, AT
Salomé Prat	Spanish National Center of Biotechnology	Madrid, ES
Olivier Schwartz	Pasteur Institute	Paris, FR
Camilla Sjögren	Karolinska Institute	Stockholm, SE
Len Stephens	The Babraham Institute	Cambridge, UK
Brigitta Stockinger	MRC National Institute for Medical Research	London, UK
Markus Stoffel	Institute of Molecular Systems Biology	Zürich, CH
Tomoyuki Tanaka	The University of Dundee	Dundee, UK
Mike Tyers	The University of Edinburgh	Edinburgh, UK
Helle Ulrich	Cancer Research UK	South Mimms, Herts, UK
Bas van Steensel	The Netherlands Cancer Institute	Amsterdam, NL
Bart Vanhaesebroeck	University of London, Institute of Cancer Research	London, UK
Núria Verdaguer	Barcelona Institute of Molecular Biology	Barcelona, ES
Sinisˇa Volarevic´	The University of Rijeka	Rijeka, HR
Roger Williams	The Laboratory of Molecular Biology, MRC	Cambridge, UK

NEW ASSOCIATE MEMBERS 2008

Name	Institute	Country
Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas	Harvard Medical School	Boston, US
Claude Desplan	New York University	New York, US
Scott Emr	Cornell University	Ithaca, US
Ronald N. Germain	National Institutes of Health	Bethesda, US
Richard Paul Harvey	Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute	Darlinghurst , AU
Edison Liu	Genome Institute Of Singapore	Singapore, SG
Elliot M. Meyerowitz	California Institute of Technology	Pasadena, US
Thomas Silhavy	Princeton University	Princeton, US

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