Victoria Cowling receives prestigious EMBO YIP Prize
Congratulations to MRC-PPU Principal Investigator (PI) Vicky Cowling, who has received an esteemed European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) Young Investigator Programme (YIP) Prize. Every year EMBO go to great efforts to scour Europe, Israel, Turkey and Singapore to identify the brightest young Life science researchers and award them with an EMBO YIP Prize.
In addition to the prestige the EMBO YIP Prize also provides awardees with significant academic, practical and financial support. Vicky is one of a group of only 23 early stage PIs who have received the award this year, of which only 5 are from the UK (Vicky was the only Scotland-based researcher to receive an EMBO YIP this year).
Vicky's research aims to find new methods of killing cancer cells by targeting how proteins are made. Vicky has recently made a significant breakthrough on our understanding how the machinery that controls mRNA cap formation is regulated by signalling pathways and oncogenes. Vicky is also investigating whether targeting the apparatus that controls the mRNA Cap formation could be deployed as a novel therapeutic strategy to treat cancer in the future.
Upon receiving news of the prize Vicky said, "I am delighted to join the EMBO Young Investigator Programme. I'm looking forward to working with the fellows from across Europe and beyond. I'd like to thank the members of my lab for their contributions to this fellowship, and the MRC Unit and the College of Life Sciences for their support'.
Dario Alessi, Director of the MRC Unit added 'I am delighted that Vicky has been awarded this great accolade that is richly deserved. Vicky is the fifth PI from the MRC-PPU to be awarded an EMBO YIP, with John Rouse, Daan van Aalten, Karim Labib and Helen Walden previously receiving this honour. This is a great reflection of the strength and calibre of our Unit's researchers".
In addition to the prestige the EMBO YIP Prize also provides awardees with significant academic, practical and financial support. Vicky is one of a group of only 23 early stage PIs who have received the award this year, of which only 5 are from the UK (Vicky was the only Scotland-based researcher to receive an EMBO YIP this year).
Vicky's research aims to find new methods of killing cancer cells by targeting how proteins are made. Vicky has recently made a significant breakthrough on our understanding how the machinery that controls mRNA cap formation is regulated by signalling pathways and oncogenes. Vicky is also investigating whether targeting the apparatus that controls the mRNA Cap formation could be deployed as a novel therapeutic strategy to treat cancer in the future.
Upon receiving news of the prize Vicky said, "I am delighted to join the EMBO Young Investigator Programme. I'm looking forward to working with the fellows from across Europe and beyond. I'd like to thank the members of my lab for their contributions to this fellowship, and the MRC Unit and the College of Life Sciences for their support'.
Dario Alessi, Director of the MRC Unit added 'I am delighted that Vicky has been awarded this great accolade that is richly deserved. Vicky is the fifth PI from the MRC-PPU to be awarded an EMBO YIP, with John Rouse, Daan van Aalten, Karim Labib and Helen Walden previously receiving this honour. This is a great reflection of the strength and calibre of our Unit's researchers".