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January 16, 2001
HHMI Awards $15 Million in Grants to Support Biomedical Scientists
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has awarded a new round of grants totaling $15 (US) million to 46 biomedical researchers from nine countries of the Baltics, Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Each scientist will receive between $225,000 and $450,000 over five years.
"These new International Research Scholars are outstanding scientists who are studying a wide variety of biomedical problems, often with limited resources," said HHMI President Thomas R. Cech. "These grants will enable them to remain in their home countries and make important contributions not only as researchers, but also as teachers and mentors for the next generation of scientists."
The scientists are citizens of Russia (18), Hungary (8), Czech Republic (6), Estonia (4), Poland (3), Lithuania (3), Slovakia (2), Ukraine (1) and Bulgaria (1). HHMI selected them competitively on the basis of their accomplishments, potential and research plans. The scientists are studying topics that range from molecular genetics to protein folding, multi-drug resistance in cancer and the workings of neurotransmitters.
This is HHMI's second round of grants in the region. In 1995, it awarded $15 million in grants to support the research of 90 scientists, as well as their students, laboratory teams and institutions. It also organized scientific meetings in Prague, Warsaw, Budapest, Moscow and Chevy Chase that brought the scientists together. The new grants again total $15 million but will provide more money per grant to fewer people, including the first Bulgarian scientist selected by HHMI.
Through its international program, HHMI has now awarded $83 million in grants to biomedical researchers in 32 countries since 1991. The program complements HHMI's principal activity of carrying out research with its own scientific teams at 72 locations across the United States.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
International Research Scholars Program
Baltics, Central and Eastern Europe and Former Soviet Union Awardees January 2001
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Country/Awardee
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Institution
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Bulgaria
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Vassilev, Tchavdar L.
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Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
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Czech Republic
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Draber, Petr*
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Institute of Molecular Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences
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Forejt, Jiri F.*
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Institute of Molecular Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences
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Kasparkova, Jana
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Institute of Biophysics, Czech Academy of Sciences
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Lipoldova, Marie
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Institute of Molecular Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences
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Pravenec, Michal*
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Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences
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Sebo, Peter
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Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences
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Estonia
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Kivisaar, Maia
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Estonian Biocenter at Tartu University
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Kogerman, Priit
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Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Tallinn
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Remme, Jaanus
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Estonian Biocenter, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Tartu University and Estonian Academy of Sciences
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Ustav, Mart*
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Estonian Biocenter at Tartu University
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Hungary
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Buday, Laszlo
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Semmelweis University of Medicine
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Freund, Tamas F.*
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Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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Kellermayer, Miklos S.Z.
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Pecs University Medical School
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Nagy, Ferenc*
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Institute of Plant Biology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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Nagy, Laszlo
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University of Debrecen Medical and Health Science Center
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Nusser, Zoltan J.
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Institute of Experimental Medicine, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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Sarkadi, Balazs*
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National Institute of Haematology and Immunology
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Vertessy, Beata G.
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Institute of Enzymology, Biological Research Center, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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Lithuania
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Klimasauskas, Saulius*
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Institute of Biotechnology (Vilnius)
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Siksnys, Virginijus
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Institute of Biotechnology (Vilnius)
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Venclovas, Ceslovas
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Institute of Biotechnology (Vilnius)
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Poland
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Jerzmanowski, Andrzej*
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University of Warsaw
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Kisielow, Pawel
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Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences
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Otlewski, Jacek
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University of Wroclaw
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Russia
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Bashkirov, Vladimir*
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Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences
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Bershitsky, Sergey*
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Institute of Ecology and Genetics of Micro-organisms, Urals Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
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Chetverin, Alexander*
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Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences
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Dontsova, Olga
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Chemical Department, Moscow Lomonosov State University
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Finkelstein, Alexei*
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Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences
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Garber, Maria*
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Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences
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Gelfand, Mikhail
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Research Institute for the Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms
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Georgiev, Pavel*
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Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences
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Gyoeva, Fatima*
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Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences
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Kolesnikov, Stanislav*
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Institute of Cell Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences
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Konstantinov, Alexander
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Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow Lomonosov State University
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Kopnin, Boris*
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Institute of Carcinogenesis, Blokhin Oncology Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
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Mesyanzhinov, Vadim*
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Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bio-organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences
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Polshakov, Vladimir*
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All Russia Chemical and Pharmaceutical Research Institute
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Shirinsky, Vladimir*
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Cardiological Research Center, Institute of Experimental Cardiology
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Ter-Avanesyan, Michael
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Cardiological Research Center, Institute of Experimental Cardiology
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Tsaturyan, Andrey*
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Institute of Mechanics, Moscow Lomonosov State University
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Zaraisky, Andrey
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Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bio-organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences
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Slovakia
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Nosek, Jozef
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Comenius University
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Zahradnikova, Alexandra*
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Institute of Molecular Physiology and Genetics, Slovak Academy of Sciences
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Ukraine
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Krishtal, Oleg*
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Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, National Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine
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* Also selected in the 1995 HHMI grant competition. (24 of the 46 scientists selected in this new competition were also selected in 1995.)
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Country/Awardee
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Institution
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Bulgaria
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Vassilev, Tchavdar L.
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Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
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Czech Republic
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Draber, Petr*
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Institute of Molecular Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences
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Forejt, Jiri F.*
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Institute of Molecular Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences
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Kasparkova, Jana
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Institute of Biophysics, Czech Academy of Sciences
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Lipoldova, Marie
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Institute of Molecular Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences
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Pravenec, Michal*
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Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences
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Sebo, Peter
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Institute of Microbiology, Czech Academy of Sciences
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Estonia
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Kivisaar, Maia
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Estonian Biocenter at Tartu University
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Kogerman, Priit
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Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Tallinn
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Remme, Jaanus
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Estonian Biocenter, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Tartu University and Estonian Academy of Sciences
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Ustav, Mart*
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Estonian Biocenter at Tartu University
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* Also selected in the 1995 HHMI grant competition. (24 of the 46 scientists selected in this new competition were also selected in 1995.)
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