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Heidelberg, Germany, 19 October 2009 - The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) today announced the election of 66 leading life scientists to its membership. Sixty of the recognized researchers are based in Europe and neighbouring countries, while six scientists from Australia, Japan and the US receive the honour of associate membership. In total, EMBO membership now comprises 1,420 of the world's foremost molecular biologists.
EMBO elects new members annually on the basis of scientific excellence. The latest scientists to join the group come from 16 different countries and represent a broad cross-section of researchers from all fields of molecular biology, ranging from evolutionary to computational biology, neuroscience and plant science. This year, 15 female scientists are recognized for their contributions to life science research.
"The election once again puts a spotlight on the most outstanding representatives of the current generation of life scientists. We look forward to the fresh impulses this exceptional group will bring to our organization," said EMBO Director Hermann Bujard. EMBO Members provide their scientific expertise to the various programmes coordinated by EMBO. They provide scientific input to the organization, participate in committees, may nominate new members, mentor young scientists and initiate new activities.
To better reflect the diversity of contemporary molecular biology in the EMBO membership, the election procedure has been significantly modified this year - for the first time since the foundation of EMBO in 1964. From this year on, the top 60 percent of the candidates nominated by the membership committee are elected automatically. All remaining candidates are judged, according to their specialties, by an election committee divided into five scientific sections. The new procedure allows the identification of the true leaders in a wide spectrum of fields, who may not generally be known to all voting members.
2009 NEWLY ELECTED EMBO MEMBERS
Frédéric Allain, Switzerland
Gil Ast, Israel
Francis Barr, United Kingdom
Yann Barrandon, Switzerland
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, France
Facundo Batista, United Kingdom
Simon Boulton, United Kingdom
Søren Brunak, Denmark
Julia Promisel Cooper, United Kingdom
Patrick Cramer, Germany
Geneviève de Saint Basile, France
Liam Dolan, United Kingdom
Richard Durbin, United Kingdom
Martin Embley, United Kingdom
Tariq Enver, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Fisher, United Kingdom
Jonathan Flint, United Kingdom
Margaret Frame, United Kingdom
Marcos González-Gaitán, Switzerland
Iain Hagan, United Kingdom
Nicholas P. Harberd, United Kingdom
Bassem Hassan, Belgium
Ronald Hay, United Kingdom
Liisa Holm, Finland
Brigitte Kieffer, France
Thomas Lecuit, France
Ben Luisi, United Kingdom
Vivek Malhotra, Spain
Richard Marais, United Kingdom
Oscar Marín, Spain
Seamus Martin, Ireland
Jane Mellor, United Kingdom
Axel Meyer, Germany
Victor Muñoz, Spain
Andrea Musacchio, Italy
James H. Naismith, United Kingdom
Anne O'Garra, United Kingdom
Stephen O'Rahilly, United Kingdom
Roger Patient, United Kingdom
David Porteous, United Kingdom
Catherine Rabouille, Netherlands
Minoo Rassoulzadegan, France
Jean-Marc Reichhart, France
William Schafer, United Kingdom
Dirk Schübeler, Switzerland
Stephen Smerdon, United Kingdom
Christopher Smith, United Kingdom
Anne Spang, Switzerland
Ernst H. K. Stelzer, Germany
Michael Stratton, United Kingdom
Nektarios Tavernarakis, Greece
Dan S. Tawfik, Israel
Didier Trono, Switzerland
Laura van 't Veer, Netherlands
Gisou Van der Goot, Switzerland
Pierre Vanderhaeghen, Belgium
Dietmar Vestweber, Germany
Andrew Paul Waters, United Kingdom
Robert J. White, United Kingdom
Marat Yusupov, France
2009 NEWLY ELECTED ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
Bruce Beutler, US
Uta Francke, US
Fred Gage, US
Keiichi Namba, Japan
Andreas Strasser, Australia
Masatoshi Takeichi, Japan
http://www.embo.org/news/embo-welcomes-66-leading-life-scientists-as-members.htm...
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