The new members are elected based on scientific excellence and pioneering research. ´I am very honoured to become a member as it reflects appreciation from peers and colleagues, and is a testament for the hard work from all past and current members of the lab´, says Sara Wickström. She also emphasizes her engagement in the young scientific community: ´ I would like to use the membership to promote career development of young scientists and hope to work within EMBO committees for postdoctoral fellowships or young investigators to do this´.
Sara Wickström is a previous Max Planck Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing in Cologne and a CECAD PI. Currently she spends most of her time in her laboratory at the University of Helsinki but continues to conduct research part time in Cologne.
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