EMBO Membership explained

Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
Location:Heidelberg, Germany
Awarded For:research excellence and the outstanding achievements made by a life scientist

Membership of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) is an award granted by the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) in recognition of "research excellence and the outstanding achievements made by a life scientist".

, 88 EMBO Members and Associate Members have been awarded Nobel Prizes in either Physiology or Medicine, Chemistry or Physics.[1] [2] [3] [4] See for examples of EMBO members.

Nomination and election of new members

Elections for membership are held annually[5] with candidates for membership being nominated and elected exclusively by existing EMBO members,[6] [7] membership cannot be applied for directly.[8] [9] [10] [11] Three types of membership exist:

  1. EMBO Member, for scientists living (or who have lived) in a European Molecular Biology Conference (EMBC) Member State[12]
  2. EMBO Associate Member, for scientists living outside of the EMBC Member States[12]
  3. EMBO Young Investigator[13]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20160509193526/http://www.embo.org/members. 2016-05-09. Members. embo.org. European Molecular Biology Organization. Heidelberg. Anon. 2016.
  2. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20160816090108/http://www.embo.org/members/nobel-laureates. 2016-08-16. There are 84 Nobel Laureates who also hold EMBO Membership. Anon. 2016. EMBO.
  3. Nurse . Paul. Paul Nurse. EMBO at 50 . 10.1126/science.1247701 . Science . 343 . 6167 . 117 . 2014 . 24408402. 2014Sci...343..117N . free .
  4. Anon. EMBO membership list . The EMBO Journal . 2 . 4 . 627–636 . 1983 . 6354705.
  5. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20160815104046/http://www.embo.org/news/press-releases/2016/58-life-science-researchers-elected-as-new-embo-members. 2016-08-15. 58 life science researchers elected as new EMBO Members. 2016. Tilmann. Kießling. EMBO. embo.org.
  6. Web site: The EMBO Pocket Directory. https://web.archive.org/web/20150316002020/http://www.embo.org/documents/members/The_EMBO_Pocket_Directory.pdf. 2015-03-16. Anon. 2014. European Molecular Biology Organization. Heidelberg. embo.org.
  7. Ashburner. Michael. Michael Ashburner. EMBO Membership List. EMBO Journal. 12. 2. 1993. i23–i44. 413273.
  8. Sanderson. Katharine. Helping Europe's molecular biologists: The new EMBO director speaks to Nature News about her plans. Nature. 2009. 10.1038/news.2009.657.
  9. Ferry. Georgina. History: Fifty years of EMBO. Nature. 511. 7508. 2014. 150–151. 10.1038/511150a. 25013879. free.
  10. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20160418234142/http://people.embo.org/. 2016-04-18. Find people in the EMBO Communities. embo.org. European Molecular Biology Organization. Heidelberg. Anon. 2016.
  11. Leptin . Maria. Maria Leptin. Spreading the Spirit of EMBO . 10.1126/science.1185865 . Science. 327 . 5962 . 126 . 2010 . 20056858 . 2010Sci...327..126L . free .
  12. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20160210132244/http://embo.org/about-embo/member-states. 2016-02-10. EMBC Member States. Anon. 2016. EMBO. Heidelberg. embo.org.
  13. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231412/http://www.embo.org/funding-awards/young-investigators. 2016-03-03. EMBO Young Investigators. Anon. 2016. EMBO. embo.org.

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