AsianScientist (Nov. 18, 2016) – Dr. Giulia Rancati from Institute of Medical Biology (IMB) at Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) has been awarded the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) Young Investigatorship in 2016.
Rancati was awarded the Young Investigatorship for her work on adaptive evolution in eukaryotes. Specifically, her lab looks at how eukaryotic cells are able to adapt to extreme environmental, genetic or chemical perturbations. Her work will not only add to the fundamental understanding of the design principle of a cell, but will also enable her team of researchers to treat pathogenic cells and prevent them from becoming drug resistant.
“I am extremely excited and honored to receive this award as it will give me the possibility of translating our finding in mammalian cells with the final goal to find better targets for therapy,” Rancati said.
Rancati is also among three scientists outside of Europe and its neighboring countries to be selected for the Young Investigator Program (YIP) this year. She joins the ranks of four other researchers from A*STAR—Dr. Bruno Reversade, Dr. Florent Ginhoux, Dr. Chiea Chuen Khor, and Dr. Nicolas Plachta—who have been selected for the same award in previous years.
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Source: A*STAR.
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