
The prestigious FEBS Excellence Awards scheme supports early-career group leaders in the FEBS area who have a scientific research track record of proven excellence. FEBS Excellence Awards provide funding of €100,000 for research equipment and consumables over a 3-year period.
FEBS is pleased to announce here the researchers selected by the FEBS Fellowships Committee to receive a FEBS Excellence Award following the 2023 call. We congratulate the awardees on their selection and wish them success in their next research steps.
FEBS Excellence Awardees 2023:
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Claudia Bonfio Laboratory of Supramolecular Biochemistry, Institute of Supramolecular Science and Engineering, Strasbourg, France Research area: Biochemistry and biophysics of primitive cells |
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Agathe Chaigne Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Biophysics Department, Utrecht University, the Netherlands Research area: How cell division cross-talks with cell fate |
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Gautam Dey Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany Research area: Evolutionary cell biology of mitosis and nuclear remodelling |
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Francesca Grisoni Dept of Biomedical Engineering and Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands Research area: Artificial intelligence for drug discovery |
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Eugene Kim Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt, Germany Research area: Single-molecule analysis of Structural Maintenance of Chromosome (SMC) complexes |
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Silvia Ramundo Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Vienna, Austria Research area: Molecular mechanisms of chloroplast protein quality control |
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Pierre Santucci Laboratoire d’Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires (LISM) UMR7255 CNRS, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France Research area: Antibiotic mode of action and resistance mechanisms |
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Aldema Sas-Chen The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, Tel Aviv, Israel Research area: RNA-based mechanisms for gene expression regulation |
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Miriam Stoeber Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland Research area: Decoding and modulating transmembrane signalling |
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Guillem Ylla Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland Research area: Evolution of gene expression regulatory networks |
The call for applications for FEBS Excellence Awards in 2024 is expected to open 1 April 2024. The closing date will be 1 July 2024.