Prizes and Awards
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High honor for pioneers of cancer immunotherapy
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Czech Inventor Award for Martina Benešová-Schäfer
2022
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ERC Starting Grant for Chong Sun
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Takeda Oncology Research Award 2022 to Arlou Kristina Angeles
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ERC funding: How to deliver gene therapies to a specific target site?
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Honorary doctorate for Michael Baumann
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ERC Advanced Grant for Andreas Trumpp
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ERC funding: How muscle supports antiviral immunity
2021
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Prestigious research prize for the discovery of new liver regeneration mechanisms
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German Prize for Cancer Prevention Research awarded for the first time
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Andreas von Deimling awarded the International Prize for Translational Neuroscience
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Award-winning science: Cancer-promoting metabolic pathways as targets of new therapies
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DKFZ Innovation Award presented for the first time
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Mahak Singhal awarded the Helmholtz Doctoral Prize 2020
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Richtzenhain Prize 2020 for improved breast cancer diagnostics
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Beijerick Virology Award awarded to Ralf Bartenschlager
2020
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Neurobiologist Hannah Monyer Receives Lautenschläger Research Prize
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Two ERC Starting Grants to DKFZ junior scientists
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Thomas Grünewald is honored with the Rudolf Virchow Prize 2020
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European funding for two research projects with application potential
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German Cancer Prize awarded to Andreas Trumpp
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Ana Banito awarded for her research on soft tissue sarcomas
2019
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Prince Mahidol Award to Ralf Bartenschlager
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Award for the further development of cellular immunotherapies to Lukas Bunse
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Takeda Oncology Research Award 2019 to Steffen Dietz
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Andreas Fischer is honored for his work on the endothelium
to press release (in German only)
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Mark E. Ladd nominated for the German Future Prize
to press release (in German only)
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Leibniz Prize 2019 goes to Hans Reimer Rodewald
to press release (in German only)
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German Cancer Award 2019 goes to Michael Platten
to press release (in German only)
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Tamara Prentzell receives Research Award of the German Tuberous Sclerosis Foundation
to press release (in German only)
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Richtzenhain Preis 2018 geht an Dr. Kristian Pajtler
Nicola Werner Preis 2018 geht an Dr. Julia Butt
to press release (in German only)
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ERC Consolidator Grant for Stefan Pfister
2018
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Stefan Pfister receives HMLS Investor Award
to press release (in German only)
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State Research Prize of Baden-Württemberg goes to Andreas Trumpp
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Leibniz Prize for Hans-Reimer Rodewald
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Marieke Essers receives Berlin-Brandenburg Academy Prize
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Ann-Christin Baranski receives the Helmholtz Doctoral Prize 2018
to press release (in German only)
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Takeda Oncology Research Award 2018 to Rocio Sotillo
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Erwin-Schrödinger Prize goes to Matthias Eder, Michael Eisenhut, Uwe Haberkorn and Klaus Kopka
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Ana Banito, Fabian Erdel and Moritz Mall receive ERC Starting Grant
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Gips-Schüle Young Investigator Award goes to Lorenz Adlung
to press release (in German only)
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Hannah Monyer receives Berlin-Brandenburg Academy Prize
to press release (in German only)
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Michael Baumann is honored with the Janeway Gold Medal of the American Radium Society
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Hellmut Augustin and Christof Niehrs receive ERC-Advanced Grants
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Otto-Schmeil Prize 2018 goes to Simon Haas and Lars Velten
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German Cancer Award for Michael Baumann
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Ana Martin-Villalba receives ERC-Consolidator Grant
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Marieke Essers receives Chica and Heinz Schaller Award
2017
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Waltraud-Lewenz-Award 2017 for David Brocks
Richtzenhain-Award goes to the DKTK scientists Susan Kläger and Elham Pishali
Nicola Werner Young Investigator Award 2017 for Daniel Hasche
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Gilbert H. Fletcher Society Gold Medal goes to Prof. Michael Baumann
to press release (in German only)
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2016
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DKTK Freiburg: Richtzenhain Award goes to Nikolas von Bubnoff and Robert Zeiser
to press release (in German only)
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DKTK Essen/Düsseldorf: Essen Physicians Receive Prize for Best Studies on Carcinogenesis and Cancer Treatment
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Wolfgang Schlegel and Jürgen Debus awarded with 2016 Stifterverband Science Prize
to press release (in German only)
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Professor Dr. Andreas von Deimling is awarded with the German Cancer Prize
to press release (in German only)
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2015
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Felix Burda Award for Magnus von Knebel Doeberitz and Matthias Kloor
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2014
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Stefan Hell receives Nobel Prize for Chemistry (to press release)
and Kavli Award for Nanoscience (to press release, in German only)
2013
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Medical computer scientist Dr. Lena Maier Hein receives the "Heinz Maier Leibnitz Award" of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
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Felix Burda Award in the category “Best Prevention Idea” is given to Cornelia Ulrich, Dr. Ulrike Bussas and Clare Abbenhardt of the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg
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Felix Burda Award in the category “Medicine and Science” goes to Dr. Christian Stock, Dr. Michael Hoffmeister and Professor Hermann Brenner of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
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