Gautam Dey and Omaya Dudin Awarded EMBO Gold Medal 2026

Key facts

• The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) has awarded the EMBO Gold Medal 2026 to Gautam Dey and Omaya Dudin for their outstanding contributions to the life sciences.
• The award includes a medal and a bursary of 10,000 euros, presented annually to scientists early in their independent careers based within European Molecular Biology Conference (EMBC) Member States.
• Gautam Dey, a group leader at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, is recognised for his research on the evolutionary origins of nuclear organisation and cell division.
• Omaya Dudin, an assistant professor at the University of Geneva, is honoured for his work on the evolutionary origins of multicellularity.
• Gautam Dey completed his biochemistry studies at the University of Delhi and a research Masters at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) in Bangalore before pursuing further research in the United States and United Kingdom.