Research for a life without cancer

This year, the most highly endowed award in the neurosciences and neuromedical research honors pioneering work on the interactions between the nervous system and brain tumors: Neurologist Frank Winkler, who conducts research at the University of Heidelberg and at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and treats patients with brain tumors at Heidelberg University Hospital, discovered that nerve cells in the brain communicate with brain tumor cells. This causes the disease to progress. The finding opens up completely novel treatment approaches. Winkler shares the prize with Michelle Monje from Stanford University, USA. The award, which is endowed with more than one million euros, will be presented by the Danish King Frederik X in Copenhagen on May 28, 2025.