The Ernst Schering Foundation has honored cell biologist F.-Ulrich Hartl, director at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried near Munich, for his outstanding research on the role of chaperones in protein folding in living cells. The 50,000-euro Ernst Schering Prize is one of the most prestigious German science prizes. Professor Sies, who will give the presentation speech at the award ceremony, comments: “Franz-Ulrich Hartl’s outstanding research deserves the highest recognition. It combines fundamental new insights into the homeostasis of correctly folded proteins with new perspectives on the development and progression of neurodegenerative diseases, which may lead to innovative therapeutic approaches.” The celebratory award ceremony will take place on September 26, 2016, in Berlin. Just few weeks ago it was also announced that Hartl will receive, together with Arthur L. Horwich and Susan L. Lindquist, this years’ Albany Medical Center Prize, one of America’s most distinguished Prizes in Medicine.
The Leopoldina honors Franz-Ulrich Hartl, Director at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, with the Schleiden Medal for his contributions to the understanding of cellular protein folding.
The 2023 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine is awarded jointly to Brenda Schulman and Ivan Ðikić, for their outstanding contributions to the ubiquitin research field.
A research team at the MPIB was able to identify the toxic form of the Huntingtin protein, which plays a crucial role in Huntington's disease, in a yeast model system.
Petra Schwille, Director at the MPI of Biochemistry in Martinsried, is awarded the Otto Warburg Medal 2021 in recognition of her outstanding research work.
Elena Conti and F. Ulrich Hartl, directors at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried each receive an ERC grant worth 2.1 million euros.
RNA biologist Danny Nedialkova from the MPI of Biochemistry has been elected into the EMBO Young Investigator Programme for four years starting in January 2022.
F. Ulrich Hartl, Director at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, together with his colleague Arthur L. Horwich, receives the HFSP Nakasone Prize 2022.
Dieter Oesterhelt, Emeritus Director at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, is being honoured with the Lasker Basic Medical Research Award 2021 together with Peter Hegemann and Karl Deisseroth
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (MPIB) have identified a novel mechanism that ensures proteostasis maintenance in E. coli when chaperone availability is limited.