EMBO Gold Medal explained

EMBO Gold Medal
Sponsor:	European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Reward:	€10,000

The EMBO Gold Medal is an annual award of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) given to young scientists for outstanding contributions to the life sciences in Europe.^[1] Laureates receive a medal and €10,000 and are invited to receive the award and present their research at the annual EMBO Meeting^[2] and to write a review published in The EMBO Journal. Medallists can only be nominated by EMBO Members.

EMBO Gold Medallists

Previous EMBO Gold Medal awardees include^[1]

• 2023 Julia Mahamid, DE^[3]
• 2022 Prisca Liberali, CH^[4]
• 2021 Andrea Ablasser, CH^[5]
• 2020, BE, and Markus Ralser, DE^[6]
• 2019 M. Madan Babu, UK, and Paola Picotti, CH ^{[7] [8]}
• 2018, CH, and Melina Schuh, DE^{[9] [8]}
• 2017 Maya Schuldiner, IL^[10]
• 2016, CH, and Ben Lehner, ES^[11]
• 2015 Sarah Teichmann, UK, and Ido Amit, IL^{[12] [8]}
• 2014 Sophie G. Martin,^[13] CH^[14]
• 2013, NL^[15]
• 2012, BE^[16]
• 2011 Simon Boulton, UK
• 2010, UK^{[17] [18] [8]}
• 2009 Olivier Voinnet, FR (revoked in January 2016)^{[19] [20]}
• 2008 James Briscoe, UK^{[21] [22]}
• 2007 Jan Löwe, UK ^[8]
• 2006 Frank Uhlmann, UK
• 2005 Dario Alessi, UK ^[23]
• 2004 María Blasco, ES^[24]
• 2003 Anthony Hyman, DE^[25]
• 2002 Amanda Fisher, UK
• 2001, UK^{[26] [8]}
• 2000, DE^[27] and, UK^[28]
• 1999 Konrad Basler, CH^[29]
• 1998, IT^[30]
• 1997 Dirk Görlich, DE^[31]
• 1996 Enrico Coen, UK
• 1995 Richard Treisman, UK
• 1994 Paolo Sassone-Corsi, IT
• 1993 Jim Smith, UK
• 1992 Carl-Henrik Heldin, SE
• 1991, FR^[32]
• 1990 Erwin Wagner, AT^[33]
• 1989 Hugh Pelham, UK ^[8]
• 1988 Antonio Lanzavecchia, IT^[34]
• 1987 Barbara Pearse, UK ^[8]
• 1986 John Tooze, DE

See also

• List of biology awards

Notes and References

1. Web site: EMBO Gold Medal . Anon. 2014 . European Molecular Biology Organization. Heidelberg . 2014-08-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20140828162045/http://embo.org/funding-awards/gold-medal.
2. Web site: The EMBO Meeting . Anon. 2014 . European Molecular Biology Organization . 2014-12-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20141218065509/http://the-embo-meeting.org/.
3. Web site: Julia Mahamid receives EMBO Gold Medal 2023. 6 June 2023.
4. Web site: EMBO Gold Medal 2022 awarded to Prisca Liberali. 24 June 2022.
5. Web site: EMBO Gold Medal 2021 awarded to Andrea Ablasser. 15 June 2021.
6. Web site: Sarah-Maria Fendt and Markus Ralser awarded EMBO Gold Medal 2020.
7. Web site: M. Madan Babu and Paola Picotti honoured with EMBO Gold Medal. 5 June 2019.
8. Web site: EMBO Gold Medallists from MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.
9. Web site: EMBO Gold Medal 2018 awarded to Marek Basler and Melina Schuh. 16 May 2018.
10. Web site: Maya Schuldiner receives EMBO Gold Medal 2017 . 2017-06-29 . 2017-07-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170701024531/http://www.embo.org/news/press-releases/2017/maya-schuldiner-receives-embo-gold-medal-2017 . dead .
11. Web site: Richard Benton and Ben Lehner awarded EMBO Gold Medal 2016 . 2016-06-06 . 2016-06-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160605081945/http://www.embo.org/news/press-releases/2016/richard-benton-and-ben-lehner-awarded-embo-gold-medal-2016 . dead .
12. Web site: Sarah Teichmann and Ido Amit awarded EMBO Gold Medal 2015 . 2016-06-06 . 2016-08-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160813184846/http://www.embo.org/news/press-releases/2015/sarah-teichmann-and-ido-amit-awarded-embo-gold-medal-2015 . dead .
13. Sophie G. Martin's
14. Web site: EMBO Gold Medal 2014 awarded to Sophie Martin . 2014-12-28 . 2014-12-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141228141624/http://www.embo.org/news/press-releases/press-releases-2014/embo-gold-medal-2014-awarded-to-sophie-martin/ . dead .
15. Web site: Thijn Brummelkamp receives the EMBO Gold Medal 2013 . 2014-12-28 . 2014-12-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141228141117/http://www.embo.org/news/press-releases/press-releases-2013/thijn-brummelkamp-receives-the-embo-gold-medal-2013/ . dead .
16. Web site: EMBO Gold Medal 2012 awarded to Jiří Friml . 2014-12-28 . 2014-12-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141228141205/http://www.embo.org/news/press-releases/press-releases-2012/embo-gold-medal-2012-awarded-to-jiri-friml/ . dead .
17. Jason Chin's
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23. Web site: MRC Unit's Dario Alessi Awarded the EMBO Gold Medal. 16 October 2005.
24. Blasco . M. A. A. . Mice with bad ends: Mouse models for the study of telomeres and telomerase in cancer and aging . 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600598 . The EMBO Journal . 24 . 6 . 1095–1103 . 2005 . 15775986. 556402 .
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