The prestigious Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Excellence Awards scheme supports early-career group leaders in the Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ area who have a scientific research track record of proven excellence. Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Excellence Awards provide funding of €100,000 for research equipment and consumables over a 3-year period.
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ is pleased to announce here the researchers selected by the Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Excellence Awards and Fellowships Committee to receive a Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Excellence Award following the 2024 call. We congratulate the awardees on their selection and wish them success in their next research steps.
Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Excellence Awardees 2024:
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Gianluca Amadei University of Padova, Italy Research area: Stem cell models of early mammalian embryogenesis |
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Michael Dorrity EMBL-Heidelberg, Germany Research area: Molecular and cellular sources of robustness in development |
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Omaya Dudin University of Geneva, Switzerland Research area: Evolutionary cell biology of multicellular development |
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Rubén GarcÃa-MartÃn National Centre for Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain Research area: How our cells talk to each other |
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Mathilde Guzzo Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, France Research area: Nutritional control of growth transitions in bacteria |
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Ioanna Keklikoglou University of Crete, Greece Research area: Tumour microenvironment and metastasis |
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Henri Leinonen University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland Research area: Retinal-protective mechanisms of inhibitory catecholaminergic drugs |
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Jette Lengefeld Helsinki Institute of Life Science, Finland Research area: Role of cell size on stem cell aging |
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Siyao Wang Institute of Molecular Biology, Mainz, Germany Research area: The inheritance of paternal DNA damage response |
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Abdelrahim Zoued Centre International de Recherche en Infectiologie, Université Lyon 1, CNRS, France Research area: Proteomic interrogation of the host–pathogen interface |
The call for applications for Â鶹¶ÌÊÓƵ Excellence Awards in 2025 is expected to open 1 April 2025. The closing date will be 1 July 2025.
