FEBS Letters Young Group Leader Award

The FEBS Letters Young Group Leader Award is given to an independent scientist, aged 40 years or younger, who is the corresponding author of an outstanding research letter published in the previous calendar year.

2011 FEBS Letters Young Group Leader Award Winner:
Dr. Shiro Suetsugu
University of Tokyo

The award winning manuscript is:

Shimada A, Takano K, Shirouzu M, Hanawa-Suetsugu K, Terada T, Toyooka K, Umehara T, Yamamoto M, Yokoyama S, Suetsugu S (2010) Mapping of the basic amino-acid residues responsible for tubulation and cellular protrusion by the EFC/F-BAR domain of pacsin2/Syndapin II. 2010 584(6):1111-8.

The prize-winning manuscript addresses the molecular requirements for the ability of membrane deforming domains to achieve specific subcellular structures. The committee praised the manuscript for its multidisciplinary approaches bridging structural biology and functional studies while embracing the atomic and cellular level. Dr. Suetsugu and his team provided fundamental new insights into the molecular mechanisms governing the plasticity of biological membranes and specifically into the formation of cellular microspikes and tubules.

The Award Committee were: Giulio Superti-Furga (Vienna) Chair, Pascale Zimmermann (Leuven), Ulrike Kutay (Zurich), Maurice Montal (San Diego) and Angel Nebreda (Barcelona). We would like to thank them for selecting the prize winner.

If you would like to be considered for the FEBS Letters award, submit a research letter to us before your 41st birthday.

Past Award Winners

2010	Hideo Iwai The University of Helisinki	Jesper S. Oeemig, A. Sesilja Aranko, Janica Djupsjöbacka, Kimmo Heinämäki, Hideo Iwaï (2009) Solution structure of DnaE intein from Nostoc punctiforme: Structural basis for the design of a new split intein suitable for site-specific chemical modification. FEBS Lett. 583 1451-1456.
Read the article "Featuring… Hideo Iwai"
2009	Frank Sargent University of Dundee, UK	Grant Buchanan, Julien Maillard, Sander B. Nabuurs, David J. Richardson, Tracy Palmer, Frank Sargent (2008) Features of a twin-arginine signal peptide required for recognition by a Tat proofreading chaperone. FEBS Letters 582: 3979-3984
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2008	Kaspar Locher EidgenÖssische Technische Hochschule	Roger J.P. Dawson and Kaspar P. Locher (2007) Structure of the multidrug ABC transporter Sav1866 from Staphylococcus aureus in complex with AMP-PNP. FEBS Lett. 581 (5), 935-938.
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2007	Noboru Mizushima Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School	Nao Hosokawaa, Yukichi Harab and Noboru Mizushima (2006) Generation of cell lines with tetracycline-regulated autophagy and a role for autophagy in controlling cell size. FEBS Lett. 580 (11), 2623-2629.
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2006	Theresia Stradal GBF, Braunschweig, Germany	Jenzora, A. et al. (2005) PREL1 provides a link from Ras signalling to the actin cytoskeleton via Ena/VASP proteins. FEBS Lett. 579 (2), 455-463.
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2005	Elke Deuerling ZBMH, Heidelberg, Germany	Vorderwülbecke, S. et al. (2004) Low temperature or GroEL/ES overproduction permits growth of Escherichia coli cells lacking trigger factor and DnaK. FEBS Lett. 559 (3), 181-187.
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2004	Dr. Jie-Oh Lee KAIST, Daejon, South Korea	Kim, H.M. et al. (2003) Crystal structure of Drosophila angiotensin I-converting enzyme bound to captopril and lisinopril. FEBS Lett. 538 (1-3), 65-70.
2003	Dr. Dr. Kun Ping Lu Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States	Nakamura, M. et al. (2002) Involvement of the telomeric protein Pin2/TRF1 in the regulation of the mitotic spindle. FEBS Lett. 514 (2-3), 193-198.