US National Academy of Science
Sir Philip Cohen, of the University of Dundee, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Science (NAS) in the US for his excellence in original scientific research. Membership in the NAS is one of the highest honours given to a scientist or engineer in the United States.
Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine 2008
Louis-Jeantet Foundation
Pascale Cossart from the Pasteur Institute was awarded the 2008 Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine for her pioneering fundamental research work on Listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium that causes Listeriosis, a serious foodborne infection. In 2008, she also received the Robert Koch’s Foundation Prize in Berlin and the Descartes Prize awarded by the European Commission.
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Preis
German Research Foundation
Elisa Izaurralde from the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen (Germany) has been jointly awarded this prize with Elena Conti for their work providing fundamental insight into intra cellular transport and metabolism of RNA. The prize is the most prestigious German research prize in recognition of excellent scientifi c work, with a maximum of €2.5 million per award.
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German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Markus Affolter from Neurobiology/Developmental Biology at the Biozentrum, University of Basel, has been accepted as a member by the renowned German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Membership in the Leopoldina, the oldest academic society for natural science and medical research in Germany, is considered to be one of the highest academic honours awarded to scientists by an institution in Germany.
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
The Presidium of Leopoldina has also elected Giulio Superti-Furga, Scientific Director of CeMM – Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences for a membership in recognition of scientific achievements and personal standing. His most significant scientific contributions are the elucidation of basic regulatory mechanisms of tyrosine kinases in human cancers and the discovery of fundamental organization principles of the proteome of higher organisms.
Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Science
The Franklin Institute
David Baulcombe, of the University of Cambridge, was one of the recipients of this Medal for the discovery of small RNAs that turn off genes. Through his research, done jointly with Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun, the scientist discovered that the role of RNA in the cellular processes has a much wider scope than assumed. The discovery opens the way to creating new genetic tools for basic research and improving agriculture and human health. |
Gay-Lussac-Humboldt Prize
French Ministry of Education and Research / Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Jörg Hacker, of the Julius-Maximilians-University in Würzburg, received this prize for advancing Franco-German cooperation in microbiology, in particular for his study on pests and Legionnaires’ disease conducted jointly with researchers from the Pasteur Institute in Paris.
Novo Nordic Prize
Novo Nordisk Foundation
The Novo Nordic Prize for 2008 goes to Professor Kristian Helin, Director of the Biotech Research and Innovation Centre (BRIC) at the University of Copenhagen, for his groundbreaking discoveries of the mechanisms that regulate the division and development of cells.
Dorothea Schlözer Medal
University of Göttingen
Mary Osborn from the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen was awarded this Medal to honour her achievements in scientific research and her acties in promoting the idea of gender mainstreaming.
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