Ernst Schering Prize

The Ernst Schering Prize [ sic ], named after the German pharmacist Ernst Christian Friedrich Schering , has been awarded annually since 1992 for particularly outstanding contributions in the field of basic scientific research . It is endowed with 50,000 euros, making it one of the most highly endowed prizes in Germany. It has been awarded by the Berlin-based Schering Foundation since 2003 .

In addition, the Schering Foundation u. a. also the Art Prize of the Schering Foundation and the Friedmund Neumann Prize endowed with 10,000 euros . The prize is aimed at young scientists who have already developed an independent scientific profile after completing their doctorate, with the aim of making excellent scientific performance visible and thereby supporting the scientific establishment.

history

The Ernst Schering Prize was established in 1991 by the Schering Research Association and was first awarded to Peter H. Seeburg on September 23, 1992 in the Schauspielhaus Berlin . Seeburg was awarded for his work on the interaction of GABA receptors.

At that time the prize was endowed with 75,000 DM. In 2000, the endowment was increased to 100,000 DM and Takao Shimizu received the award for his research in the field of eicosanoids . In 2001, the endowment was set at 50,000 euros. From 2003, the Schering Foundation, founded by Schering AG a year earlier, took over the award of the Ernst Schering Prize. The candidates were selected by the Board of Trustees and the Scientific Advisory Board of the Schering Foundation until 2016. Since 2016, the candidates have been selected by a top-class, international jury.

Award winners

• 1992 - Peter H. Seeburg from the Center for Molecular Biology, University of Heidelberg for his work in the field of the molecular biology of GABA receptors
• 1993 - Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard from the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology , Tübingen, for her work in the field of developmental biology
• 1994 - Bert Vogelstein of the Oncology Center, Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, MD, USA, for his work on the molecular biology of colon cancer
• 1995 - Yasutomi Nishizuka from Kobe University , Japan for his foundational work on protein kinase C.
• 1996 - Judah Folkman of Harvard Medical School , Harvard University , Boston, MA, USA, for his work on angiogenesis and tumor biology
• 1997 - Johann Mulzer from the Institute for Organic Chemistry, University of Vienna , Austria for his fundamental work on the phenomenon of chirality
• 1998 - Ilme Schlichting from the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Physiology , Dortmund for her pioneering work on kinetic crystallography
• 1999 - Michael Berridge of The Babraham Institute , Cambridge, UK for his pioneering work in calcium signal transduction
• 2000 - Takao Shimizu from the University of Tokyo , Japan for his fundamental research in the field of eicosanoids
• 2001 - Kyriacos Nicolaou from the University of California, San Diego , CA, and The Scripps Research Institute , La Jolla, CA, USA, for his outstanding work in the field of natural product synthesis
• 2002 - Ian Wilmut from the Roslin Institute , UK, Gene Expression & Development, for his groundbreaking work on the development of transgenic methods and the nuclear transfer protocol
• 2003 - Svante Pääbo from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology , Leipzig for his work as the founder of paleogenetics
• 2004 - Ronald McKay of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), Bethesda, MD, USA for his pioneering work in neural stem cell research
• 2005 - Thomas Tuschl from the Laboratory of RNA Molecular Biology, The Rockefeller University , New York, NY, USA for his pioneering work in the field of RNA interference
• 2006 - Wolfgang Baumeister from the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry , Martinsried near Munich, for groundbreaking developments in cryoelectron tomography
• 2007 - Carolyn Bertozzi from the University of California , Berkeley, USA, for her outstanding research on the function of sugar residues on proteins in the field of glycobiochemistry
• 2008 - Klaus Rajewsky from the Immune Disease Institute of Harvard Medical School , Boston, USA, for his "outstanding work in the field of biomedical research, in particular for his work on the analysis of the development of B lymphocytes "
• 2009 - Rudolf Jaenisch for his groundbreaking work in the field of transgenic animal models and therapeutic cloning
• 2010 - Sir Ravinder N. Maini and Sir Marc Feldmann , Kennedy Institute for Rheumatology at Imperial College London, for their battle against rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases
• 2011 - Bert W. O'Malley , Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, for his work on the mode of action of steroid hormones and nuclear receptors
• 2012 - Matthias Mann , Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Martinsried, for his work on the research of the proteome , the totality of proteins in an organism
• 2013 - Frank Kirchhoff , Institute for Molecular Virology at the University Hospital Ulm for his groundbreaking research on the development of the immune deficiency disease AIDS and his groundbreaking findings on the evolution of the HI virus
• 2014 - Magdalena Götz , Helmholtz Zentrum München and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München for her work on research into the molecular basis of brain development
• 2015 - David MacMillan , Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, USA for his pioneering contributions to organocatalysis and organocascade catalysis
• 2016 - Franz-Ulrich Hartl , Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Martinsried, for his outstanding research on the role of chaperones in protein folding in living cells
• 2017 - Elly Tanaka , Research Institute for Molecular Pathology in Vienna, for her work in the field of regenerative biology
• 2018 - Bonnie L. Bassler , Princeton University, for her pioneering work on quorum sensing
• 2019 - Patrick Cramer , Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry Göttingen, for his work on transcription and gene regulation at the molecular and cellular level

Web links

• Schering Foundation for the Ernst Schering Prize

1. ^ Art Prize - Schering Foundation. Retrieved May 13, 2020 (German). 
2. ^ Friedmund Neumann Prize - Schering Foundation. Accessed April 29, 2020 (German). 
3. ^ Ernst Schering Prize - Schering Foundation. Accessed April 29, 2020 (German).