{"id":2953,"date":"2014-12-18T15:54:08","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T14:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.embl.de\/?p=2953"},"modified":"2024-11-14T16:26:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T15:26:54","slug":"1412_alumni-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/alumni\/1412_alumni-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"dubochet\">\u201cOutstanding, fearless, remarkable\u2026\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Selected for outstanding achievements \u2013 including fearless and novel scientific approaches, remarkable examples of collaboration, and active engagement in science communication \u2013, alumna Melina Schuh has been awarded the 2015 John Kendrew Young Scientist Award. Melina, who was a PhD student in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/research\/units\/genome-biology\/\">Genome Biology Unit<\/a> (2004\u20138), went on to become group leader at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, in the UK. Her group has made several major findings in the field of fertilisable eggs in mammals, providing important insights into fundamental cellular mechanisms. Melina is also engaged in an initiative called &#8216;Meeting of Minds&#8217;, which brings together practitioners from the fields of science and art, to communicate science to a wider audience \u2013 work currently touring Europe as part of the &#8216;Lens on Life&#8217; exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;He revolutionised cryo-EM\u2026\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Jacques Dubochet, former group leader in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/research\/units\/structural-and-computational-biology\/\">Structural and Computational Biology Unit<\/a> (1978\u201387), is the winner of the first ever Lennart Philipson Award. The prize, set up in honour of EMBL\u2019s second Director General, recognises outstanding contributions to translational research and technology innovation. Jacques is one of the founding fathers of cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM), revolutionising single particle cryoEM and cryo-electron tomography of vitreous sections of high-pressure frozen tissue. In parallel, he developed cryoEM of vitreous sections (CEMOVIS), which has significant potential to become a powerful method in the future. He was selected for his pioneering work beginning in the late 1970s, continuing right up to his retirement in 2011. Jacques is now actively involved in areas such as ethics, philosophy and citizen responsibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Announcing winners of the John Kendrew Young Scientist Award, and inaugural Lennart Philipson Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":2955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[80,42,79],"embl_taxonomy":[],"class_list":["post-2953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni","category-lab-matters","tag-alumni","tag-genomics","tag-microscopy"],"acf":{"article_intro":"<p>EMBL&#8217;s pride in its community extends beyond the duration of a fellowship, contract or visit \u2013 we celebrate the achievements and efforts of our alumni, sometimes long after their time at EMBL.\u00a0The <a title=\"John Kendrew Young Scientist Award\" href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/alumni\/community\/recognitions\/the-john-kendrew-award\/\" target=\"_blank\">John Kendrew Award<\/a> recognises excellence in science and\/or science communication, while the <a title=\"Lennart Philipson Award\" href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/alumni\/community\/recognitions\/the-lennart-philipson-award\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lennart Philipson Award<\/a> \u2013 inaugurated this year \u2013 recognises outstanding contributions to\u00a0translational research in human health and\/or technology innovation in the life sciences. 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