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EMBL
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Prof. Iain Mattaj was born in St. Andrews, Scotland. He attended Edinburgh
University, Scotland and after completing his undergraduate degree in
Biochemistry [honours], he attended the University of Leeds, England for his
PhD studies. Following his PhD, Iain carried out postdoctoral research at
the Friedrich Miescher Institute, Switzerland then at the Biocentre, University of Basel, Switzerland, before joining EMBL Heidelberg as a Group Leader in
1985. He became Coordinator of the Gene Expression Unit at EMBL in 1990
before being promoted to the position as Scientific Director in 1999. Iain
was appointed Director-General in May 2005.
In addition to his leadership success at EMBL, Iain's own research
achievements have been considerable and varied. His early work centered on a
group of ribonucleoprotein particles [RNP] that function in the processing
of messenger RNA precursors. His analyses of these RNPs spanned a variety of
topics and his studies led to fundamental insights of general importance.
His prominent standing in the field was underlined by his election as
President of the RNA Society and his award of the prestigious Louis-Jeantet
Prize for Medicine in 2001. His most recent work is focused on aspects of
the regulation of processes that occur during cell division.
Iain is a distinguished scientist whose contributions
have been recognized by his election as a Fellow
of the Royal Society [London], Fellow of the Royal
Society of Edinburgh, Member of Academia Europea
and Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy
of Arts and Science. He is a member of the European
Molecular Biology Organization [EMBO] and helped
make The EMBO Journal a highly successful international
scientific journal, acting as Executive Editor from
1990 to 2004.
Assistants
Andrea Washington
Personal Assistant to the Director General
Tel: +49 6221 387-8201
Michael Thompson
Assistant to the Director General and Head of Council Secretariat
Tel: +49 6221 387-8288
Mehrnoosh Rayner
Assistant to the Director General
+49 6221 387-8102
Contact Email:
dg-office@embl.org
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