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An Indian scientist has been selected for membership in the prestigious European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Young Investigator network, recognizing her as one of Europe’s top biological talents.
Dr. Mahima Swamy, from Bengaluru, is a renowned expert at the University of Dundee’s School of Life Sciences, where she directs a research group that studies immune responses in the intestine.
Mahima joins 23 other researchers at the University’s Medical Research Council Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit (MRC-PPU) to join the network of 135 current and 390 former members of the EMBO programme.
“I am really excited to be a part of this network and meet all the dynamic young scientists doing cutting-edge research across Europe. I believe that being a part of this esteemed group will help our research immensely, and I am very grateful to my lab and my mentors for the support that got me this award,” Mahima said in a statement.
Her research focuses on inflammatory bowel diseases and how they can be caused by the body’s immune system attacking the gut lining in the absence of infection.
Her research seeks to understand how to better harness the gut immune system to protect against harmful invasion while also preventing damage to the gut.
The EMBO Young Investigator program supports the scientific endeavors of researchers who have recently become laboratory group leaders.
In the second year of their tenure, EMBO Young Investigators are awarded 15,000 euros and can apply for additional grants of up to 10,000 euros per year.
“It is well deserved recognition and a huge boost for the vital research that Mahima is undertaking on deciphering the biological roles of the enigmatic Intraepithelial lymphocytes that patrol the intestinal epithelium,” said Professor Dario Alessi, Director of the MRC-PPU, said.
“Mahima’s work is contributing to improved understanding, treatment and diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease and colon cancer.”
Source:OCN
