Prizes and awards

Sabina Tahirovic, vom DZNE in München, und Susan Cotman, vom Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, erhalten den „Neurodegeneration Research Award“. Mit dem Preisgeld wollen sie Gemeinsamkeiten von Demenzerkrankungen bei Kindern und Erwachsenen erforschen. …

Frank Bradke to be awarded for research on neuronal regeneration.

Markus Zweckstetter from the Goettingen site of the DZNE has been awarded an “Advanced Grant” from the European Research Council. He will explore new techniques on sub-nanometer level to analyze non-membrane organelles.

Together with three other neuroscientists Christian Haass, speaker of the DZNE Munich site, receives the world’s most valuable prize for brain research.

Scientists at the DZNE in Magdeburg are developing an innovative therapy based on virtual reality to treat social anxiety disorders. For this purpose, the European Research Council is providing about 150,000 Euro.

Eicke Latz, director of the Institute of Innate Immunity at the University of Bonn and scientist at the DZNE will be awarded the “Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize”, which is considered as the most prestigious research award in Germany. The awards ceremony will be…

Three DZNE scientists have received the “Hufeland Prize” of the Deutsche Ärzteversicherung, which is endowed with 20,000 euros.

Prof. Stefan Remy will receive the “Consolidator Grant” from the European Research Council (ERC). Remy plans to use the prize money on decoding single neuron function during behavior in mice.

The molecular biologist Frank Bradke, group leader at the DZNE and professor for neurobiology at the University of Bonn, will be awarded the “Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize”, which is endowed with 2.5 million euros.

DZNE neuroepidemiologist honored for her research on dementia. The election recognizes her outstanding academic work and international scientific leadership.