Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization
LocationHeidelberg, Germany
Awarded forresearch excellence and the outstanding achievements made by a life scientist
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Membership of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO Member) 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".[1]

As of 2018, 88 EMBO Members and Associate Members have been awarded Nobel Prizes in either Physiology or Medicine, Chemistry or Physics.[1][2][3][4] See Category:Members of the European Molecular Biology Organization 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

References

  1. ^ Anon (2016). "Members". embo.org. Heidelberg: European Molecular Biology Organization. Archived 2016-05-09 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ Anon (2016). "There are 84 Nobel Laureates who also hold EMBO Membership". EMBO. Archived 2016-08-16 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ^ Nurse, Paul (2014). "EMBO at 50". Science. 343 (6167): 117. Bibcode:2014Sci...343..117N. doi:10.1126/science.1247701. PMID 24408402
  4. ^ Anon (1983). "EMBO membership list". The EMBO Journal. 2 (4): 627–636. PMID 6354705
  5. ^ Kießling, Tilmann (2016). "58 life science researchers elected as new EMBO Members". embo.org. EMBO. Archived 2016-08-15 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ^ Anon (2014). "The EMBO Pocket Directory". embo.org. Heidelberg: European Molecular Biology Organization. Archived 2015-03-16 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ^ Ashburner, Michael (1993). "EMBO Membership List". EMBO Journal. 12 (2): i23–i44. PMC 413273
  8. ^ Sanderson, Katharine (2009). "Helping Europe's molecular biologists: The new EMBO director speaks to Nature News about her plans". Nature. doi:10.1038/news.2009.657
  9. ^ Ferry, Georgina (2014). "History: Fifty years of EMBO". Nature. 511 (7508): 150–151. doi:10.1038/511150a. PMID 25013879
  10. ^ Anon (2016). "Find people in the EMBO Communities". embo.org. Heidelberg: European Molecular Biology Organization. Archived 2016-04-18 at the Wayback Machine.
  11. ^ Leptin, Maria (2010). "Spreading the Spirit of EMBO". Science. 327 (5962): 126. Bibcode:2010Sci...327..126L. doi:10.1126/science.1185865. PMID 20056858
  12. ^ Anon (2016). "EMBC Member States". embo.org. Heidelberg: EMBO. Archived 2016-02-10 at the Wayback Machine.
  13. ^ Anon (2016). "EMBO Young Investigators". embo.org. EMBO. Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine.