Yamagiwa-Yoshida Fellowship - One scheme, many benefits
Under her recent Yamagiwa-Yoshida Study Grant, Professor Tamar Kleinberger from the Department of Molecular Microbiology of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel established early this year bilateral collaboration with Dr Michael Bustin's Laboratory of Metabolism at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, United States.
"My YY training grant allowed me to form collaboration with my host, Dr. Michael Bustin at the NIH, who is an expert in the chromatin field. Previous results that we obtained in our laboratory led us to become interested in this field, which was new to us. Therefore we needed help from a lab already established in the field. The time I spent in Dr. Bustin’s lab was used for learning techniques required in the field of chromatin research and for attending lectures and meeting other scientists who work in this area, all of which was very helpful for our future work. I transferred the techniques learned at NIH to my lab in Israel, where the students can now use them.
I believe that my interactions with the scientists in Dr Bustin's laboratory were also helpful for them, making our collaboration even better." The mutual benefits of this collaboration are confirmed by Dr Bustin's comments: “Professor Kleinberger’s accomplishments during the period she spent in my laboratory far exceeded my expectations. She has not only learned the techniques but greatly contributed to their refinement thereby contributing to the research of other members of the laboratory. She obtained tangible results, which are also novel and will lead to solid publications. Her stay will benefit her home institution in Israel because she is now able to introduce these novel techniques to other laboratories at the Technion Faculty of Medicine”
Mobility, gaining experience and understanding of wider scientific issues and learning key technology skills are known to be key to the development of the most successful scientists. Our fellowships provide these opportunities by removing barriers and local restrictions to technology transfer and allowing the appropriate and best alliances to be formed.
