Double success for Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia scientists working on chromosome s...(oves the applicability of this new assay...)

Date:7/1/2009

oves the applicability of this new assay and open doors to future studies into centromere assembly and structure. Indeed, Lars' proposal to further explore centromere assembly and function, was awarded an EMBO installation grant and entrance into the prestigious network of some of Europe's best young group leaders.

According to Lars, the award "will be a huge boost to our research! Apart from the direct monetary benefit this grant is a great recognition of the relevance of our work and the science we propose in this project. Moreover, entry into the EMBO Young Investigator Programme allows me to fully integrate our emerging laboratory in the larger European scientific community. The IGC has been extremely supportive of our efforts and remains critically important in creating the conditions that help our laboratory and work to come to full fruition."

Portugal is a member state participating in the EMBC, the EMBO intergovernmental funding body and, as such, hosts and fully finances the grants awarded to scientists who wish to establish themselves in this country. This award will be jointly financed by the Portuguese government funding agency, Fundao para a Cincia e a Tecnologia (FCT) and the host institution, the Instituto Gulbenkian de Cincia (IGC), through an agreement established between the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and FCT.

This is second time that EMBO rewards projects developed by IGC scientists with this kind of funding. In 2007, Mnica Dias was also awarded an EMBO Installation Grant to pursue her research in regulation of cell cycle progression in normal development and cancer.

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Contact: Ana Godinho agodinho@igc.gulbenkian.pt 003-512-144-07959 Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia Source:Eurekalert

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