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December 2006
1st US Local Chapter Meeting in San Diego
Dear EMBLers,
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We are proud to have officially cut the ribbon
of the EMBL-USA Chapter: the first Local
Chapter Meeting was held on 9 December in
San Diego, prior to the opening of the annual
American Society of Cell Biology [ASCB]
meeting.
We had a good crowd for the lectures and
dinner: Colin Stewart, Brian Storrie, Olivia
Steele-Mortimer, Sigrid Reinsh, Roberto
Dominguez, Martin Hetzer, Karsten Weis,
Silvia Sauer, Marie Louise Bang, Gustavo
Gutierrez, Genaro Pimenta, and Jaime
Pascual; some "faithful Europeans" like
Matthias Hentze, Andrea Merdes, Margarete
Heck, Rune Kjeken also attended.
After an
introduction to the Alumni Association and
how the USA Chapter can assist ex-EMBLers
when they come to the US [by forming networks
for collaborations, for example],
Matthias Hentze pitched in with his colorful
presentation, "What's new at EMBL? -
Beyond a new double helix". He described
the EMBL Programme for 2007-2011 and
gave a preview of the development of the
EMBL International Centre for Advanced
Training [EICAT]. Then Colin Stewart from
the Laboratory of Cancer and Developmental
Biology, NCI-FCRDC and Martin Hetzer
from the Salk Institute gave scientific talks on
"Functional architecture of the nucleus in
development and disease" and "Dynamic
organization of the cell nucleus", after which
we enjoyed dinner.
It was notable that although we came from
different countries, corresponded to different
eras of EMBL, and even – for many of us– hadn't met each other before, the EMBL
experience transcends boundaries, and
proved an important bond.
I would like to
invite EMBLers to the 2nd EMBL-USA
reunion, which will take place on 1
December 2007 in Washington DC [pre-
ASCB meeting]. Hoping to see you there...
Renata Stripecke |
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