Neupert

The oldest continuously existing learned society in the world honors Walter Neupert posthumously with the Cothenius Medal and Elena Conti with the Schleiden Medal. more

The Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry mourn the death of their colleague, biochemist Prof. Dr. Walter Neupert, who passed away on 22 June aged 79 years. Walter Neupert worked at the Institute from 2008 to 2017 as a Max Planck Fellow. Inter alia, he was awarded the Ernst Jung Medal in gold and the “Bayerischer Maximiliansorden für Wissenschaft und Kunst” in honor of his outstanding achievements in the field of the biology of mitochondria. “Walter Neupert was an exceptional scientist with a fine sense of how cells function”, says MPIB Director F.-Ulrich Hartl, a former student of Walter Neupert. “The research community have lost a highly-valued mentor and colleague.” more

Mitochondria for the cell are like the lung for humans. They enable cellular respiration and thus produce biochemical energy from absorbed nutrients. Walter Neupert, Max Planck Fellow at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried near Munich, Germany, will today be honored with the Ernst Jung Medal for Medicine in Gold for his life’s work. The Ernst Jung Gold Medal is a symbolic award but will be connected with an amount of 30,000 Euros. Walter Neupert can use this money to support a junior scientist of his choice. more