EMBO enlarges its membership for 50th anniversary

Heidelberg, 7 May 2014 – EMBO announced today that 106 outstanding researchers in the life sciences were newly elected to its membership. One hundred of the scientists reside in Europe and neighbouring countries; six Associate Members were elected from China, Japan and the United States. The EMBO Membership currently comprises more than 1600 life scientists.

EMBO has decided to strategically expand the scope of its membership on the occasion of its 50th anniversary to honour the progress that has been made in the fields of neuroscience and ecology & evolution. The 106 new members for 2014 include 50 scientists who have made exceptional contributions to these research areas.

“For the 50th anniversary of EMBO we are extremely pleased to welcome significantly more researchers to our membership than in previous years,” EMBO Director Maria Leptin said. “In the past decades, many of the concepts, techniques and insights of molecular biology have been applied to fundamental questions in other disciplines of the life sciences. Molecular explanations are now emerging for the origins and functions of complex systems like the brain and the living world around us. We wanted to reflect more of these exciting developments in our membership.”

Leptin added: “Great leaps in scientific progress often arise when fundamental approaches like molecular biology are applied to previously unconsidered or emerging disciplines. Looking forward, we want to ensure that all communities of the life sciences benefit from this type of cross-pollination.”

The most recent scientists to join the EMBO membership come from 17 different countries and include 21 female scientists.

“It is a great pleasure to welcome all new members to our organization. I look forward to their contributions to our work to support the wider scientific community,” Leptin said.

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 2014

Ralf H. Adams	Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine & University of Münster, DE
Margarida Amaral	University of Lisbon, PT
Michalis Averof	Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle de Lyon, FR
Ian T. Baldwin	Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, DE
Nicholas H. Barton	Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, AT
Malcolm Bennett	University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington, GB
Per-Olof Berggren	Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SE
Anna Bigas	Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), Barcelona, ES
Antje Boëtius	Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar & Marine Research, Bremerhaven, DE
Sebastian Bonhoeffer	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CH
Déborah Bourc’his	Institut Curie, Paris, FR
Philippe Bousso	Institut Pasteur, Paris, FR
Ineke Braakman	Utrecht University, NL
Paul Brakefield	University of Cambridge & Trinity College, Cambridge, GB
Michael Brecht	Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, Humboldt University, Berlin, DE
Julius F. Brennecke	Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Vienna, AT
Thijn R. Brummelkamp	Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, NL
Oliver Brüstle	LIFE & BRAIN Center, University of Bonn, DE
Johannes Buchner	Technical University of Munich, Garching, DE
Carmen Buchrieser	Institut Pasteur, Paris, FR
Ian Chambers	MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Edinburgh, GB
Brian Charlesworth	Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, GB
Deborah Charlesworth	Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, GB
Emmanuelle Charpentier	Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, DE Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden, Umeå University, SE
Philippe Chavrier	Institut Curie, Paris, FR
Daniel Choquet	Interdisciplinary Institute for Neuroscience, Bordeaux, FR
Rui M. Costa	Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, PT
Stanislas Dehaene	INSERM-CEA Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit, Saclay & Collège de France, Paris, FR
Winfried Denk	Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Martinsried, DE
Emmanouil Dermitzakis	University of Geneva Medical School, CH
Raymond Dolan	University College London, GB
Peter Donnelly	Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, GB
Yadin Dudai	Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, IL
Dieter Ebert	University of Basel, CH
Hans Ellegren	Uppsala University, SE
Barry J. Everitt	University of Cambridge, GB
Tamás F. Freund	Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, HU
Rainer Friedrich	Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, CH
Karl J. Friston	Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, London, GB
Uta Frith	Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, GB
Anne-Claude Gavin	European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, DE
Sten Grillner	Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SE
Ilkka Hanski	University of Helsinki, FI
Volker Haucke	Leibniz Institute for Molecular Pharmacology, Berlin, DE
Albert J.R. Heck	Utrecht University, NL
Peter Hegemann	Humboldt University, Berlin, DE
Carsten Janke	Institut Curie, Paris, FR
Jukka Jernvall	University of Helsinki, FI
Mike Jetten	Radboud University, Nijmegen, NL
Henrik Kaessmann	University of Lausanne, CH
John Kendrick-Jones	MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, GB
René F. Ketting	Institute of Molecular Biology, Mainz, DE
Ole Kiehn	Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SE
David Komander	MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, GB
Loeske E.B. Kruuk	Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, GB Australian National University, Canberra, AU
Gilles Laurent	Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt, DE
Zoi Lygerou	University of Patras, GR
Troy W. Margrie	MRC National Institute for Medical Research, London, GB
Michela Matteoli	University of Milan & Humanitas Research Hospital, IT
Robert M. May	University of Oxford, GB
Gil McVean	Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford, GB
Pascal Meier	Institute of Cancer Research, London, GB
Randolf Menzel	Free University of Berlin, DE
Hannah Monyer	German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, DE
Richard G.M. Morris	University of Edinburgh, GB
J. Colin Murrell	University of East Anglia, Norwich, GB
Marco Muzi-Falconi	University of Milan, IT
Stéphane Noselli	Institute of Biology Valrose, University of Nice, FR
John O’Keefe	University College London, GB
Isabelle Olivieri	Montpellier II University, FR
Christine A. Orengo	University College London, GB
Julian Parkhill	Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, GB
Josephine Pemberton	Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh, GB
Antoine Peters	Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, CH
Lluis Quintana-Murci	Institut Pasteur, Paris, FR
Giacomo Rizzolatti	University of Parma, IT
Sabrina Sabatini	University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, IT
Erik Sahai	Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, GB
Vincent Savolainen	Imperial College London, Ascot, Berks, GB
Christopher Schofield	University of Oxford, GB
Wolfram Schultz	University of Cambridge, GB
Erin Schuman	Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt, DE
Peter Schuster	Institute for Theoretical Chemistry, University of Vienna, AT
Giorgio Scita	IFOM – FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, IT
Idan Segev	Hebrew University, Jerusalem, IL
Michael Sieweke	Center of Immunology of Marseille-Luminy, FR
Wolf Singer	Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt, DE
Michael Sixt	Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Klosterneuburg, AT
Peter Somogyi	University of Oxford, GB
Haim Sompolinsky	Hebrew University, Jerusalem, IL
Christian Spahn	Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, DE
Karen Steel	Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, King’s College London, GB
Christoph M. Tang	University of Oxford, GB
Daniel Vaulot	Roscoff Biology Station, FR
Scott Waddell	University of Oxford, GB
Andreas Wagner	Institute of Evolutionary Biology & Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, CH
E. Gerhart H. Wagner	Uppsala University, SE
Markus Wahl	Free University of Berlin, DE
Nina Wedell	University of Exeter, Penryn, GB
Stuart A. West	University of Oxford, GB

NEW ASSOCIATE EMBO MEMBERS 2014

Susan Gottesman	National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, US
Tomas Kirchhausen	Harvard Medical School, Boston, US
Sandra L. Schmid	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, US
David L. Spector	Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, US
Xiaodong Wang	National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing, CN
Yoshinori Watanabe	Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, JP