A researcher joins EMBO's Young Investigators programme
Miriam Stoeber, assistant professor in the Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism at the UNIGE Faculty of Medicine, has been selected by EMBO, the European Molecular Biology Organisation, to take part in the EMBO Young Investigators programme, an initiative that supports particularly talented researchers at the beginning of their independent careers. The programme, which this year honoured 26 scientists from around the world, offers scientists the chance to create international networks and explore other ways of doing science. "The young scientists who join the programme will undoubtedly have a considerable impact on their respective fields of research in the years to come," says Fiona Watt, Director of EMBO.
Miriam Stoeber is a specialist in the functional analysis of membrane proteins. Her research focuses on the function of opioid receptors at the cellular level, using new methods to visualise signalling pathways in living cells at high resolution. Her laboratory is developing small antibody fragments, called nanobodies, which target and modulate physiologically important G protein-coupled receptors. Nanobodies are innovative research tools and represent the next generation of biopharmaceuticals.