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This would be a major
expansion of the EMBO activities that are predominantly funded by the
EMBC. As such, it requires the establishment of a special project, a
process that was used with success when the EMBC established the
European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). Frank Gannon, Executive
Director of EMBO and Secretary General of the EMBC said; "This is an
historic first step to a very useful addition to European-wide funding
for research. This funding will be investigator initiated and selected,
like all EMBO activities, solely on the basis of quality".
Having opened the Special Project process,
interested EMBC member states will work to refine their plans for
cooperation, leading to a formal agreement perhaps in 2004. Julio E.
Celis, President of the EMBC said; "This development makes EMBC/EMBO
even more central to the promotion of biosciences in Europe and acts
as a prototype to other more ambitious programmes, such as the
European Research Council, that are currently being actively discussed
in Europe".
Contact:
Prof. Frank Gannon
Executive Director
EMBC Secretary General
European Molecular Biology Organisation,
Meyerhofstrasse 1,
D-69117 Heidelberg
Tel. + 49 6221 889 1 102
Fax.+ 49 6221 889 1 202
Frank.Gannon@embo.org
www.embo.org
Prof. Julio E. Celis
EMBO President
Institute of Cancer Biology & Danish Centre for Human Genome Research,
Strandboulevarden 49 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø
Tel. + 45 3525 7363
Fax. + 45 3525 7375
embc@embo.org
Ellen Peerenboom (PhD)
EMBO Press & Public Relations Officer
Communication & Web
Postfach 102240
D-69012 Heidelberg
Tel: 0049 6221 8891 108
Fax: 0049 6221 8891 200
pr_embo.org@embo.org
www.embo.org
The European Molecular Biology Conference (EMBC)
supports EMBO's activities. The EMBC member states are: Austria,
Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,
Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and
United Kingdom.
The European molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO)
promotes biosciences in Europe. It was established by leading
scientists almost 40 years ago. The organization raised the standards
in this area of science through the establishment of a specialist
laboratory (EMBL), the provision of training through practical courses
and workshops and by stimulating mobility through its Fellowship
Programme. Today EMBO has 1200 elected members, including 36 Nobel
Prize laureates.
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