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.
Laureates receive a medal and €10,000 and are invited to receive the award and present their research at the annual EMBO Meeting
and to write a review published in ''
The EMBO Journal
''The EMBO Journal'' is a semi-monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal focusing on full-length papers describing original research of general interest in molecular biology and related areas. The editor-in-chief is Facundo D. Batista (Harvard Medic ...
''. Medallists can only be nominated by
EMBO Member
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".
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EMBO Gold Medallists
Previous EMBO Gold Medal awardees include
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* 2022 Prisca Liberali, CH
* 2021 Andrea Ablasser, CH
* 2020 , BE, and , DE
* 2019 M. Madan Babu, UK, and Paola Picotti, CH
* 2018 , CH, and Melina Schuh, DE
* 2017 Maya Schuldiner, IL
* 2016 ,]Sarah Teichmann
Sarah Amalia Teichmann (born 1975) is a German scientist who is head of cellular genetics at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and a visiting research group leader at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI). She serves as director of rese ...
, UK, and Ido Amit, IL
* 2014 Sophie G. Martin
Sophie Geneviève Elisabeth Martin Benton is a Swiss biologist who is Professor and Director of the Department of Fundamental Microbiology at the University of Lausanne. Her research investigates the molecular processes that underpin cellular fus ...
, CH
* 2013 , NL
* 2012 , BE
* 2011 Simon Boulton, UK
* 2010 , UK
* 2009 Olivier Voinnet, FR (revoked in January 2016)Dario Alessi
Dario Alessi FRSE FRS (born in France, 1967) is a biochemist, Director of the Medical Research Council Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit (MRC PPU) and Professor of Signal Transduction, at the School of Life Sciences, University ...
, UK
* 2004 María Blasco, ES
* 2003 Anthony Hyman
Anthony Hyman (17 April 1946 – 19 December 1999) was a British academic, writer, broadcaster, and Islamicist.
Anthony Hyman was a son of the author, journalist, and film writer Alan Hyman (1910–1999). His siblings were the author Mir ...
, DE
* 2002 Amanda Fisher
Dame Amanda Gay Fisher is a British cell biologist and Director of the Medical Research Council (MRC) London Institute of Medical Sciences at the Hammersmith Hospital campus of Imperial College London, where she is also a Professor leading the ...
, UK
* 2001 , UK
* 2000 , DE and , UK
* 1999 Konrad Basler, CH
* 1998 , IT
* 1997 , DE
* 1996 Enrico Coen, UK
* 1995 Richard Treisman, UK
* 1994 Paolo Sassone-Corsi, IT
* 1993 Jim Smith, UK
* 1992 Carl-Henrik Heldin
Carl-Henrik Heldin (born 9 August 1952) is Chairman of the Board for the Nobel Foundation, and a molecular biologist and medical researcher. He has been director of the Uppsala branch of Ludwig Cancer Research since 1986 and professor in molecular ...
, SE
* 1991 , FR
* 1990 Erwin Wagner, AT
* 1989 Hugh Pelham, UK
* 1988 Antonio Lanzavecchia
Antonio Lanzavecchia (born in Varese October 9, 1951) is an Italian and Swiss immunologist. As a fellow of Collegio Borromeo he obtained a degree with honors in Medicine in 1976 from the University of Pavia where he specialized in Pediatrics ...
, IT
See also
* List of biology awards
This list of biology awards is an index to articles about notable awards for biology. It includes a general list and lists of ecology, genetics and neuroscience awards. It excludes awards for biochemistry, biomedical science, medicine, ornitholo ...
References
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Awards established in 1986
Biology awards
European Molecular Biology Organization
European science and technology awards