Awards and Distinctions

ZMB members received many national and international awards and prizes in 2016 and 2017 in recognition of their outstanding scientific achievements.

• ‚‚Prof. George Iliakis (Institute of Medical Radiation Biology), Ulrich Hagen Prize of the Society for Biological Radiation Research (GBS) and Bacq and Alexander Prize of the European Society of Radiation Research (ERRS)

• ‚‚Prof. Bernhard Horsthemke (Institute of Human Genetics), Medal of Honour of the German Society of Human Genetics e.V. (GfH), 2016

• ‚‚Prof. Dirk Schadendorf (Clinic for Dermatology), first place in the citation ranking of Laborjournal in the cancer research category

• ‚‚Prof. Astrid Westendorf (Medical Microbiology) and Prof. Dr. Matthias Epple (Inorganic Chemistry), special prizes of the “Essen forscht und heilt” working group in the “Medicine and Science” category

• ‚‚Prof. Jens Siveke, prize awarded by the Oncology in Internal Medicine working group (AIO) of the German Cancer Society

• ‚‚Prof. Alexander Schramm (Paediatric Oncology Research Laboratory), Fritz Lampert Prize 2016

• ‚‚Dr. André Görgens (Horn research group, Transfusion Medicine), Harold Gunson Fellowship 2016 of the ISBT (International Society of Blood Transfusion)

• ‚‚Dr. Stefan Radtke (Horn research group, Transfusion Medicine), Fritz Schiff Award 2016 of the German Society for Transfusion Medicine and Immunohaematology (DGTI)

• ‚‚Prof. med. Katharina Fleischhauer, Mechtild Harf Science Award 2016 of the DKMS Foundation for Giving Life

• ‚‚Prof. Jens Siveke (Translational Oncology of Solid Tumours), science award of the Oncology in Internal Medicine working group (AIO) of the German Cancer Society

• ‚‚Prof. Stefanie Flohé, Council of the European Shock Society, 2017

• ‚‚Prof. Stefan Horn, Treasurer of the German Society for Transfusion Medicine and Immunohaematology e.V. – the Society for Blood, Cells and Tissue (DGTI), 2016

• ‚‚Prof. Astrid Westendorf, Executive Board of the German Society of Mucosal Immunology and the Microbiome (DGMIM e. V), 2016

• ‚‚Prof. Martin Schuler, Executive Board of the Oncology in Internal Medicine working group (AIO) of the German Cancer Society, 2016

• ‚‚Prof. Martin Schuler, Scientific Committee of the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG), Cologne, 2016

• ‚‚Prof. Hendrik Streeck, (Institute of HIV Research), appointed as an external partner to the HIV Thematic Translational Unit (TTU) of the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), 2016

• ‚‚Prof. Michael Ehrmann, appointed as Honorary Professor by Cardiff University, UK, in 2017

Further Distinctions

• ‚‚Dr. Simone DeLeve (Jendrossek research group, Institute of Cell Biology) and Dr. Simon Magin (Illiakis research group, Institute of Medical Radiation Research), Young Researcher Award of the Radiation Research Competence Network (KVSF) for their outstanding doctoral theses, 2017

• ‚‚Dr. Denise Zwanziger, Karl Oberdisse Prize 2016 of the NRW Society for Endocrinology and Diabetology e.V. for her research on the characterisation of the thyroid hormone transporter MCT8.