EMBO announces 52 new members for 2013 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 About EMBO EMBO stands for excellence in the life sciences. The organization enables the best science by supporting talented researchers, stimulating scientific exchange and advancing policies for a world-class European research environment. EMBO is an organization of almost 1600 leading life scientist members that fosters new generations of researchers to produce world-class scientific results. EMBO helps young scientists to advance their research, promote their international reputations and ensure their mobility. Courses, workshops, conferences and scientific journals disseminate the latest research and offer training in cutting-edge techniques to maintain high standards of excellence in research practice. EMBO helps to shape science and research policy by seeking input and feedback from our community and by following closely the trends in science in Europe. Media contacts Barry Whyte Head, EMBO Public Relations & Communications Yvonne Kaul Communications Officer P: +49 6221 8891 108/111 communications@embo.org For more information: www.embo.org Countries Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Spain, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, United Kingdom
