Gautam Dey and Omaya Dudin Awarded 2026 EMBO Gold Medal for Evolutionary Cell Biology Research
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Shreya Ghosh
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Summary
EMBL Group Leader Gautam Dey and University of Geneva Group Leader Omaya Dudin have been awarded the 2026 EMBO Gold Medal for their collaborative contributions to evolutionary cell biology. Dey's research focuses on the origins of nuclear organisation, while Dudin's work centers on the origins of multicellularity. The award recognizes their outstanding achievements in understanding the evolutionary foundations of cellular complexity.
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· 2 pulledThe two collaborators received the award for their contributions to the field of evolutionary cell biology, focusing on the origins of nuclear organisation and multicellularity, respectively.
EMBL Group Leader Gautam Dey and his long-time collaborator Omaya Dudin, Group Leader at the University of Geneva, have both received EMBO Gold Medals in 2026 for outstanding work in evolutionary cell biology.
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