Laureates 1976 to 2022
| 2022 | Professor Dr rer. nat. Dr med. h. c. Ralf Bartenschlager (Heidelberg University Hospital and German Cancer Research Center) receives the award for, among other things, his creation of the basis for curing damage after chronic infection with the hepatitis C virus, such as liver cirrhosis and liver cancer.
Professor Dr Ingrid Fleming (Goethe University Frankfurt) is being honored for her research into the connection between diabetes and the resulting vascular diseases and for transferring her findings into possible medical applications. Read more... |
| 2021 | Professor Dr med. Dr h. c. Matthias Tschöp (Helmholtz Zentrum in Munich and the Technical University of Munich) receives the award for his outstanding work and discoveries in the field of adiposity and diabetes.
Professor Dr rer. nat. Christian Hertweck (Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans-Knöll Institute (HKI) – Jena) is receiving the award for his outstanding research on metabolic products of microorganisms from which new antibiotics can be developed. Read more... |
| 2019 | Professor Brenda A. Schulman, Director of the Department of Molecular Machines and Signalling at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Martinsried, receives the award for her ivestigation of the ubiquitin system.
The Belin-based scientist Professor Gary R. Lewin, is honoured for his investigation on how mechanical and thermal stimuli are absorbed by sensory cells and transduced into electrical signals. Read more... |
| 2018 |
The microbiome researcher Professor Dr. Ruth Ley from Tübingen receives the award for her pioneering work in the field of intestinal microbiomes, as well as the interaction between nutrition, the host and gut microbiota.
The neuroscientist and neuropathologist Professor Dr. med. Marco Prinz from Freiburg is honoured for his groundbreaking research work in the field of the mechanisms that regulate the development and function of microglia. Read more... |
| 2017 | Professor Nenad Ban (Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics in the Department of Biology of the ETH Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology)) is awarded the price to honour and support his outstanding, groundbreaking research work shedding light on the structure and functions of macro molecules.
Professor Tobias Moser (Institute for Auditory Neuroscience of the University Medical Center Göttingen) is awarded the price to honour and support his trailblaizing work on the transmission of signals in the inner ear, and for his innovative therapy concepts for the treatment of deafness. Read more... |
| 2016 | Professor Hans-Georg Rammensee (Professor of Immunology at the University of Tübingen; Director of the Department of Immunology at the University of Tübingen) receives the award in tribute to and for the advancement of his pivotal insights into the role of peptides as antigens in physiological and pathological immune responses. Read more... |
| 2015 | Professor Emmanuelle Charpentier (Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, Braunschweig; Medizinische Hochschule Hannover) receives the award in tribute to and for the advancement of her outstanding work on bacterial immune mechanisms and the CRISPR-Cas9 method, which opens up groundbreaking new opportunities in the investigation and treatment of genetic diseases. Read more... |
| 2014 | Professor Thomas Boehm (Max-Planck-Institut für Immunbiologie und Epigenetik, Freiburg) receives the award in tribute to and for the advancement of his groundbreaking work on the development, differentiation and evolution of key elements of the immune system. Read more... |
| 2013 | Professor Dr. Angelika Amon (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts) receives the award in tribute to and for the advancement of her groundbreaking research into the mechanisms of accurate chromosome segregation in cell division and the pathological consequences of incorrect distribution of chromosomes.
Professor Ivan Dikic MD PhD (Goethe-Unversität, Frankfurt am Main) receives the award in tribute to and for the advancement of his groundbreaking research work on the ubiquitin signaling pathway, which has provided new insights into basic cellular mechanisms and the molecular cause of major diseases. |
| 2012 | Professor Peter Walter (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco) receives the award in tribute to and for the advancement of his groundbreaking research into the production and quality control mechanisms of secretory proteins, which has contributed to a more profound understanding of fundamental cell biology processes.
Dr. Elisa Izaurralde (Max Planck Scientific Director, Max-Planck-Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie, Tübingen) receives the award in tribute to and for the advancement of her groundbreaking research in elucidating the regulation of transport and metabolism of RNA in cells. Her work provides a basis for new therapeutic approaches in the treatment of complex diseases such as cancer and diabetes. |
| 2011 | Professor Hans Clevers (Hubrecht Institute, Utrecht) receives the award in tribute to and for the advancement of his groundbreaking research to elucidate the molecular causes of bowel cancer, which promises major benefit in the further development of innovative therapies.
Professor Christian Büchel (Institut für Systemische Neurowissenschaften, Universität Hamburg) receives the award in tribute to and for the advancement of pioneering research to provide a deeper understanding of how the human brain works, in particular the formation of memory and development of anxiety and addiction. |
| 2010 | Professor Stephen G. Young (Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles) receives the award in tribute to and for the advancement of his outstanding research work in lipid metabolism, in particular concerning the elucidation of genetic apolipoprotein defects, triglyceride transport mechanism and the role of farnesylated prelamin A in premature aging.
Professor Peter Carmeliet (Vesalius Research Center, Universität Leuven) receives the award in tribute to and for the advancement of his groundbreaking research in genetically modified models of thrombosis and cardiovascular disease. |
| 2009 | Professor Jens Brüning (Institut für Genetik, Universität zu Köln) receives the award in tribute to and for the advancement of his pioneering research to elucidate the etiology of obesity and type 2 diabetes.
Professor Patrick Cramer (Genzentrum München Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München) receives the award in tribute to and for the advancement of his groundbreaking research into the molecular mechanisms of gene transcription. |
| 2008 | Professor Thomas Tuschl (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, New York) receives the award in tribute to and for the advancement of his groundbreaking and pioneering research into RNA interference.
Professor Thomas Benzing (Klinik IV für Innere Medizin, Universität zu Köln) receives the award in tribute to and for the advancement of his pivotal research to characterize the molecular mechanisms involved in preserving and damaging the glomerular filtration barrier and pathogenesis of proteinuria. Professor Gerd Walz (IV. Medizinische Klinik, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg) receives the award in tribute to and for the advancement of his pivotal research into the pathogenesis of congenital cystic kidney disease and resultant treatment concepts. |
| 2007 | Professor Josef M. Penninger (Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austria Academy of Sciences, Wien) receives the award in tribute to and for the advancement of his outstanding pivotal research contribution to the elucidation of disease mechanisms in autoimmunity, cardiac and bone disease and in the pathogenesis of tumors.
Professor Andreas M. Zeiher (Medizinische Klinik III, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt/Main) receives the award in tribute to and for the advancement of his groundbreaking research into stem cell therapy in ischemic heart disease and the underlying cell biology. Professor Stefanie Dimmeler (Medizinische Klinik IV, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt/Main) receives the award in tribute to and for the advancement of her outstanding research into the role of progenitor cells in angiogenesis and their use in ischemic disease. |
| 2006 | Professor Reinhard Jahn (Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie, Göttingen)
Professor Markus F. Neurath (I. Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz) |
| 2005 | Professor Ernst Hafen (Zoologisches Institut/Entwicklungsbiologie, Universität Zürich)
Professor F. Ulrich Hartl (Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie, München-Martinsried) |
| 2004 | Professor Stuart A. Lipton (The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, California)
Professor Tobias Bonhoeffer (Max-Planck-Institut für Neurobiologie, München-Martinsried) |
| 2003 | Professor Ari Helenius (Institut für Biochemie, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich)
Professor Reinhard G. Lührmann (Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie, Göttingen) |
| 2002 | Professor Michael Frotscher (Anatomisches Institut, Albert - Ludwigs - Universität, Freiburg)
Professor Christian Haass (Adolf - Butenandt - Institut, Ludwig - Maximilians - Universität, München) |
| 2001 | Professor Christine Petit (Unité de Génétique des Déficits Sensoriels, Institut Pasteur, Paris)
Professor Thomas J. Jentsch (Zentrum für Molekulare Neurobiologie, Universität Hamburg) |
| 2000 | Professor Martin J. Lohse (Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Julius-Maximilians-Universität, Würzburg)
Professor Peter H. Krammer (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg) |
| 1999 | Professor Adriano Aguzzi (Departement Pathologie, UniversitätsSpital Zürich)
Professor Hans A. Kretzschmar † (Institut für Neuropathologie, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen) |
| 1998 | Professor Alain Fischer (Département de Pédiatrie, Unité D'Immunologie et D'Hématologie, Groupe Hôspitalier Necker - Enfants Malades, Paris) |
| 1997 | Professor Francis V. Chisari (The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California)
Professor Hans Hengartner (Departement Pathologie, UniversitätsSpital Zürich) Professor Judah Folkman † (Department of Surgery and Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts) |
| 1996 | Professor Harald zur Hausen (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg)
Professor Eberhard Nieschlag (Institut für Reproduktionsmedizin, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster) |
| 1995 | Professor Anthony S. Fauci (National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland)
Professor Samuel A.Wells, Jr. (Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri) |
| 1994 | Professor Terence Jones (Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London)
Professor Wolf Singer (Max-Planck-Institut für Hirnforschung, Frankfurt am Main) |
| 1993 | Professor Charles A. Dinarello (Division of Geographic Medecine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts)
Professor Robert Machemer † (Departement of Ophthalmology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina) |
| 1992 | Professor Sir Roy Calne (University of Cambridge Clinical School, Department of Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge)
Professor Martin E. Schwab (Institut für Hirnforschung der Universität Zürich) |
| 1991 | Professor David D. Ho (Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center of New York and New York University, School of Medicine, New York)
Professor Klaus Starke (Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg) |
| 1990 | Professor Gerhard Giebisch (Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut)
Professor Wilhelm Stoffel (Institut für Biochemie der Medizinischen Fakultät der Universität zu Köln) |
| 1989 | Professor Thomas F. Budinger (Donner Laboratory at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California)
Professor Johannes Joseph van Rood (Department of Immunohaematology and Blood Bank, University Hospital Leiden, Niederlande) |
| 1988 | Professor Helmut Sies (Institut für Physiologische Chemie I, Universität Düsseldorf)
Professor Charles Weissmann (Institut für Molekularbiologie I, Universität Zürich) |
| 1987 | Professor Peter D. Richardson (Division of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island)
Professor Karl Julius Ullrich † (Abteilung Physiologie, Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysik, Frankfurt am Main) |
| 1986 | Professor Albrecht Fleckenstein † (Physiologisches Institut, Projektgruppe Calcium-Antagonismus, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg i. Br.) |
| 1985 | Professor Hendrik Coenraad Hemker (Abteilung Biochemie, Rijksuniversiteit Limburg, Maastricht, Niederlande)
Professor Rudolf Pichlmayr † (Klinik für Abdominal- und Transplantationschirurgie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover) Professor Peter K. Vogt (Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California) |
| 1984 | Professor George Gee Jackson (Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Illinois, College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois)
Professor Werner W. Franke (Institut für Zell- und Tumorbiologie, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg) Professor Klaus K. Weber † (Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie, Karl-Friedrich-Bonhoeffer-Institut, Göttingen-Nikolausberg) |
| 1983 | Professor Hans-Jürgen Bretschneider † (Zentrum für Physiologie und Pathophysiologie des Fachbereiches Medizin, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen)
Professor Richard R. Lower † (Medical Center of Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia) |
| 1982 | Professor Hartmut Wekerle (Max-Planck-Institut für Immunbiologie, Freiburg; MPG-Klinische Forschungsgruppe für Multiple Sklerose, Würzburg)
Professor Rolf M. Zinkernagel (Institut für Pathologie der Universität Zürich, UniversitätsSpital Zürich) |
| 1981 | Professor David E. Kuhl (Division of Nuclear Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California) |
| 1980 | Professor Eberhard Dodt † (Max-Planck-Institut für Physiologische und Klinische Forschung, W. G. Kerckhoff-Institut, Bad Nauheim)
Sir Alan Parks † (St. Mark's Hospital and London Hospital, London) Professor Bruno Speck † (Kantonsspital Basel, Hämatologische Abteilung, Basel) |
| 1979 | Professor Karl Lennert † (Institut für Pathologie, Klinikum der Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel)
Professor Anthony G. E. Pearse † (Royal Postgraduate Medical School, University of London, Hammersmith Hospital, London) Professor Åke Senning † (Chirurgische Klinik A, UniversitätsSpital Zürich) |
| 1977 | Professor Georg F. Springer † (Dept. of Immunochemistry Research, Evanston Hospital, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois)
Professor John B. West (University of California, San Diego, Institute of Medicine and Bioengineering, Section of Physiology, Department of Medicine, La Jolla, California) |
| 1976 | Professor Donald A. Henderson † (Smallpox Eradication Unit, World Health Organization, Genf)
Professor Lorenz E. Zimmerman † (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C.) |