Charles Rodolphe Brupbacher Foundation
The Charles Rodolphe Brupbacher Foundation promotes cancer research in Switzerland and internationally. It was established in November 1991 by Frédérique Brupbacher in the legacy of her husband Charles Rodolphe Brupbacher, who died in 1987, and is based in Vaduz , Liechtenstein .
The Foundation organizes every two years an international scientific symposium , the "Charles Rodolphe Brupbacher Symposium" on which the public "Charles Rodolphe Brupbacher lecture" is held and where it gives the "Charles Rodolphe Brupbacher Prize for Cancer Research" and junior prices.
organization
The Board of Trustees - which administers the foundation, represents it externally, makes decisions about award ceremonies and accompanying symposia - consists of (as of 2017): Georg C. Umbricht, President, Zurich; Michael O. Hengartner, Rector of the University of Zurich and Co-President of the Board of Trustees; Lukas S. Keller, Zurich; Alexander Knuth, Zurich; Veit de Maddalena, Zurich; Holger Moch, Zurich; Ernst J. Walch, Vaduz.
The scientific advisory board that nominates candidates for the "Charles Rodolphe Brupbacher Prize for Cancer Research" and recommends speakers for the symposia is made up of (as of 2017): Holger Moch, President of the Scientific Advisory Board, Institute for Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital Zurich; Lauri A. Aaltonen, Biomedicum Helsinki, Finland; Nancy E. Hynes, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel; Josef Jiricny, Institute for Biochemistry, ETH Zurich; Markus G. Manz, Center for Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Zurich; Alex Markham, St. James's University Hospital, Leeds; Miriam Merad, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA; Lukas Sommer, Anatomical Institute, University of Zurich; Rainer Weber, Dean of the Medical Faculty, University of Zurich.
Award winners
The "Charles Rodolphe Brupbacher Prize for Cancer Research" is awarded to scientists who "have made outstanding achievements in the field of basic research". The award for young scientists who have submitted an abstract for the scientific symposium.
| year | Charles Rodolphe Brupbacher Prize for Cancer Research | Young Talent Award |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Michael Hall , Basel | |
| 2017 | Adrian Bird , Edinburgh; Guido Kroemer and Laurence Zitvogel , Paris | Júlia Aguadé-Gorgorió, Zurich; Natalia Arenas-Ramirez, Zurich; Anna C. Groner, Basel; Karina Silina, Zurich; Anna Stelling, Zurich |
| 2015 | Irving L. Weissman , Stanford, CA; Joan Massagué , New York | Michael Kiessling Zurich; Hella A. Bolck, Zurich; Jan Pencik, Vienna; Phil F. Cheng, Zurich; Christian M. Schürch and Carsten Riether, Bern |
| 2013 | Michael Karin , San Diego, CA | Daniel Zingg, Zurich; Sabine Gruber, Cologne; Gregory Driessens, Brussels, Luxembourg; Angelos Papaspyropoulos, Oxford; Adrian Britschgi, Basel |
| 2011 | Bert Vogelstein , Baltimore; Jan H. Hoeijmakers , Rotterdam | Stefan Ch. Metzler, Zurich; Jean-Philippe Theurillat, Zurich; Vanessa J. Craig, Zurich; Kanagaraj Radhakrishnan, Zurich; Svetlana Khoronenkova, Oxford; Daniel Cortázar, Basel |
| 2009 | Nubia Muñoz , Lyon; Richard Peto , Oxford | Johannes Haybaeck, Zurich; Laura Bonapace, Zurich; Andreas Wicki, Basel; Claudio R. Thoma, Zurich |
| 2007 | Lloyd J. Old , New York, NY; Robert D. Schreiber , St. Louis, MO; Mark J. Smyth , East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Michele Teng, Victoria, Australia; Sara Colombetti, Lausanne; Ataman Sendoel, Zurich; Gunther Boysen, Zurich; Peter J. Wild, Zurich |
| 2005 | Mariano Barbacid , Madrid; Klaus Rajewsky , Boston, MA | Ulrich on the cellar, Zurich; Melanie Blasius, Zurich; Patrick Garcia, Zurich; Katarina Hajdin, Zurich; Armelle Yart, Zurich |
| 2003 | Rudolf Jaenisch , Cambridge, MA; Erwin Wagner , Vienna | |
| 2001 | Brian Druker , Portland, OR | |
| 1999 | George Klein , Stockholm; Harald zur Hausen , Heidelberg | |
| 1997 | Laurent Degos , Paris; Zhen-yi Wang , Shanghai | |
| 1995 | Alfred G. Knudson , Philadelphia, PA; Robert A. Weinberg , Cambridge, MA | |
| 1993 | Arnold J. Levine , Princeton, NJ; David P. Lane , Dundee, Scotland |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Kurt Bodenmüller: Michael Hall receives the Charles Rodolphe Brupbacher Prize for Cancer Research 2019. University of Zurich, press release from December 6, 2018 from the Science Information Service (idw-online.de), accessed on December 6, 2018.