Meeting of minds: From basic science to treatments
Meet EMBO Young Investigator Debojyoti Chakraborty
Meeting of minds: Modelling the brain
Meet EMBO Young Investigator Luca Tiberi
Meeting of minds: Making sense of plant behaviour
Meet EMBO Young Investigator Julia Santiago
EMBO welcomes thirty Young Investigators
EMBO is pleased to announce that thirty life scientists have been selected as EMBO Young Investigators. They will join the existing network of 73 current and 384 former members of the programme. The new EMBO Young Investigators will receive financial and practical support for a period of four years, starting in January 2021.
“It feels great that metabolism is back in focus”
Markus Ralser, one of two recipients of the EMBO Gold Medal 2020, talked to EMBO about his work on the origins, evolution, and functionality of the metabolism, his fascination with biology, and the challenges he faced during his career.
“The award highlights that our research on metabolism and metastasis formation is important”
Sarah-Maria Fendt, one of two recipients of the EMBO Gold Medal 2020, talked to EMBO about her work on the metabolic changes that occur during cancer proliferation and metastasis formation, her role as a mentor for young female researchers, and how she manages her lab during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sarah-Maria Fendt and Markus Ralser awarded EMBO Gold Medal 2020
This year’s EMBO Gold Medal is going to two researchers who study cell metabolism, Sarah-Maria Fendt and Markus Ralser.
“Mini brain” organoids show potential for SARS-CoV2 to cause neurodegenerative- disease-like effects
New research published yesterday in The EMBO Journal reports that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus can target human neurons with the potential to cause disease of the central nervous system (CNS). The research showed that the virus can enter tiny laboratory-developed 3D structures called brain organoids that replicate key aspects of the human brain and induce pathological effects similar to early stages of diseases of the CNS such as Alzheimer’s.
Naturally occurring antibodies against prion proteins found in humans
Antibodies targeting the normal PrP version of the prion protein have been found in humans selected at random with no history of any associated transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.
Exchanges with Japanese institutes eligible for EMBO Fellowships throughout 2020 and 2021
Until the end of 2021, two of EMBO’s Fellowship Programmes will consider applications for scientific exchanges involving institutes in Japan and institutes in an EMBC Member State, EMBC Associate Member State or a country or territory covered by a cooperation agreement with the EMBC.
