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December 2006
Matti Saraste Fund - Decision to be made
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Matti Saraste |
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The Alumni Association would like to
thank all those who have generously
donated to the Matti Saraste Fund. Matti,
who was a Group Leader and Unit
Coordinator of EMBL's Structural and Computational Biology Unit [1990-
2001], died in 2001. To commemorate
him, and in recognition of his commitment
both to science and to EMBL, the
Matti Saraste Fellowship Fund was established.
The aim of the fund, which is administered
by the Alumni Association, had
originally been to support a student in
the EMBL International PhD Programme.
While a substantial sum of
money has been donated, the total is far
short of what is required and it is unlikely
that it will increase significantly.
Alumni board members, in consultation
with Matti's family, have given careful
thought to how best to use the money.
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The majority view, and the option
favoured by Matti's family, was that a
memorial be created in the grounds of
the new ATC building, such as a garden.
• A second possibility would be to establish
a Matti Saraste Prize or honorary
lectureship of €1,000 per annum in
perpetuity. |
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Lastly, some board members felt that
the best use of the money would still
be to pay for a studentship, accepting
that this would be a ‘one off', rather
than a regular commemoration, due to
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The board will make a final decision
by holding a vote in January 2007. You
are therefore invited to send your comments
and suggestions on the best use of
the fund to Mehrnoosh Rayner at
dg-office@embl.org by 5 January 2007. |
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