Robert Koch Prize
The Robert Koch Prize is one of the most prestigious scientific awards in the Federal Republic of Germany . It has been used annually since 1960, under the patronage of the Federal Minister of Health , to honor researchers for their outstanding, internationally recognized biomedical research achievements. Funding is to be given in particular to basic research in the field of infectious diseases and widespread diseases such as cancer .
It is awarded by the Robert Koch Foundation in memory of Robert Koch and, with € 120,000, is one of the most highly endowed medical prizes in Germany. The foundation also awards the Robert Koch Gold Medal for life's work and awards postdoctoral prizes for excellent publications by young scientists.
Award winners
The list of award winners follows the list of the Robert Koch Foundation.
- 1960 Hugo Braun , René Dubos , Toshiaki Ebina , Ludwig Heilmeyer , Franz Redeker and Josef Tomcsik
- 1962 John Franklin Enders , Albert Sabin , Jonas Salk
- 1963 Tomizo Yoshida
- 1965 Gertrud Meißner
- 1966 Karl Bartmann
- 1968 Heinz Stolp , Arthur Brockhaus and Hans-Werner Schlipköter
- 1970 William M. Hutchison and Jørgen C. Siim , Pirjo Mäkelä
- 1971 Gertrude Henle and Werner Henle
- 1972 Lubertus Berrens and Alain L. de Weck
- 1973 Jean Lindenmann and Hans Gerhard Schwick
- 1974 Norbert Hilschmann
- 1975 Harald zur Hausen and Heinz-Günter Wittmann
- 1976 Richard A. Finkelstein and Mark H. Richmond
- 1977 Jean Dausset and Jon van Rood
- 1978 Albrecht Kleinschmidt and Heinz Ludwig Singer
- 1979 Ruth Arnon and Peter Starlinger
- 1980 César Milstein and Lewis W. Wannamaker
- 1981 Robert M. Chanock and Lars Å. Hanson
- 1982 Raymond L. Erikson and Franz Oesch
- 1983 Werner Goebel and Robert Allan Weinberg
- 1984 Walter Doerfler and Stuart F. Schlossman
- 1985 Stefania Jabłońska and Gérard Orth
- 1986 Tonegawa Susumu
- 1987 Mario Rizzetto , Rudolf Rott and John J. Skehel
- 1988 Donald Metcalf
- 1989 Irun R. Cohen and Alex J. van der Eb
- 1990 Lloyd J. Old
- 1991 Walter Fiers and Tadatsugu Taniguchi
- 1992 Kary Mullis
- 1993 Hans-Georg Rammenee , Daniel W. Bradley and Michael Houghton
- 1994 Volkmar Braun and Manuel Elkin Patarroyo
- 1995 Shigekazu Nagata and Peter H. Krammer
- 1996 Fritz Melchers and Klaus Rajewsky
- 1997 Philippe J. Sansonetti
- 1998 Yuan Chang and Patrick S. Moore
- 1999 Ralph M. Steinman
- 2000 Stanley Falkow
- 2001 Axel Ullrich
- 2002 Rudolf Jaenisch
- 2003 Adriano Aguzzi
- 2004 Shizuo Akira , Bruce Beutler and Jules Hoffmann
- 2005 Brian Druker
- 2006 Peter Palese and Yoshihiro Kawaoka for research on influenza viruses
- 2007 Pascale Cossart for her research in the field of cellular microbiology
- 2008 Hans Robert Schöler , Irving L. Weissman and Shin'ya Yamanaka for research in the field of stem cell research.
- 2009 Carl F. Nathan for research on the mechanisms of antibacterial defense against infections.
- 2010 Max Dale Cooper for his contributions to the understanding of the role of different lymphocyte populations in the immune defense.
- 2011 Jorge Galán for his fundamental contributions to the molecular analysis of the infection process.
- 2012 Tasuku Honjo for his groundbreaking work on the natural optimization of immune responses.
- 2013 Jeffrey I. Gordon for his pioneering study of the human microbiome.
- 2014 Jean-Laurent Casanova and Alain Fischer for their groundbreaking work on understanding host genes and their products in infectious diseases.
- 2015 Ralf Bartenschlager and Charles M. Rice for their contributions to understanding the life cycle of the hepatitis C viruses.
- 2016 Alberto Mantovani , Michel C. Nussenzweig for their "groundbreaking research work [...] which has resulted in new treatment options for cancer or the fight against HIV infections."
- 2017 Rafi Ahmed , Antonio Lanzavecchia for their "groundbreaking research [...] on the regulation of the immune system and their pioneering contributions to the development of new vaccines and immunotherapies."
- 2018 Jeffrey V. Ravetch for groundbreaking work on antibody response analysis.
- 2019 Rino Rappuoli for his groundbreaking work in developing novel vaccines.
- 2020 Shimon Sakaguchi for the discovery of regulatory T cells.
Web links
- Robert Koch Prize on the website of the Robert Koch Foundation
Individual evidence
- ^ Robert Koch Prize on the website of the Robert Koch Foundation, viewed on June 29, 2014. Giuseppe took an older list of the Robert Koch Prize winners since 1970 ( memento of October 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Vita in his welcome address at the Robert Koch Award 2007 in Berlin , when he spoke of 65 scientists who had been awarded the Robert Koch Award.
- ↑ Robert Koch Prize 2019