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Innovative thought leaders in Germany explore our digital future
The kick-off event started off with a welcoming speech by Prof Dr Johann Kranz, IBC Chairman and Chair of Digital Services and Sustainability at LMU, and Ingo Faecks, IBC Board Member and Executive Board Member of Serviceplan Group. Afterwards, the scholarship holders received an exclusive starter kit and the valuable opportunity to network and exchange ideas at lunch with attending company representatives.
Meet Prof Stefanie Dimmeler, winner of the 2022 Otto Warburg Medal
Cardiovascular diseases are among the leading causes of death worldwide. You and your team have laid important foundations for the development of new therapeutic approaches to improve the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. Could you explain what your findings mean for all of us and society overall? We have discovered several non-coding RNAs, which have important function in the cardiovascular system.
Digital entrepreneurs in Germany peer into the future of work and life
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the digital transformation like never before. The sudden shift out of the lab and out of the office building meant we all had to smash through the barriers associated with the habitual use of digital technologies. Changes in working habits and processes that might have taken months or even years took place in just a few weeks. The pandemic sparked a paradigm shift — and while it posed severe challenges, it accelerated a move to a new way of working.
Champions of Discovery
Communities Stories keeping journal authors in touch with industry developments, support and training Industry developments, policies and initiatives of interest to our journal editors and editorial board members Information for reviewers about relevant Elsevier and industry developments, support and training Researchers tell their stories By Elsevier Connect Contributors - April 20, 2021 8 mins What does it mean to be a researcher?
Meet Prof. Marina Rodnina, winner of the 2019 Otto Warburg Medal
Prof. Marina Rodnina is a Director at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen. Her research focuses on the workings of ribosomes, the so-called “protein producing factories” of cells, which are responsible for translating genetic information into complex chains of amino acids. It has contributed to the discovery of a complex selection mechanism that helps to minimize mistakes in protein biosynthesis.
Meet Prof Patrick Cramer, winner of the 2020 Otto Warburg Medal
Congratulations on receiving the Otto Warburg Medal! In view of the numerous awards that you’ve been recognized with over the years, what does this award mean to you? Receiving the Otto Warburg Medal is very special to me. The German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology feels a little like home to me because there are so many fine colleagues who are interested in related topics.
Q&A with Mark Scott, winner of the Cochin Institute-Elsevier Innovation Prize
Yesterday, Dr. Mark Scott, researcher at the Cochin Institute in Paris, was awarded the Elsevier-Cochin Innovation Award by the Paris Descartes Foundation together with Elsevier. During the award ceremony at the Université Paris Descartes, the president of the university, Dr. Frédéric Dardel, recognized Dr. Scott’s research project and presented the award. Afterwards, Elsevier’s Petra Ullrich interviewed Dr. Scott about his career and research project. Here is an edited version of their interview.
Meet optogenetics pioneer Peter Hegemann, winner of the 2018 Otto Warburg Medal
This year, the Otto Warburg Medal was awarded to Prof. Peter Hegemann, Hertie Professor in Neuroscience at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, for his research in light-activated ion-channels. His insights could eventually contribute to the treatment of neuronal illnesses, which are based on impaired sensory cells – conditions that include Parkinson’s disease, autism and schizophrenia.On March 23, we had the privilege of honoring Prof.
Elsevier and Germany’s GBM recognize Prof. Stefan Jentsch with posthumous Otto Warburg Medal
Once a year, the German Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM), along with Elsevier and its flagship journal BBA – Biochemica et Biophysica Acta, awards the Otto Warburg Medal to honor outstanding, internationally recognized results in basic biochemical and molecular biological research.This year’s awardee, Prof. Dr. Stefan Jentsch – former Director of the Department of Molecular Cell Biology at the Max Planck Institute in Martinsried, Germany – was a driving force for innovation.
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