GZMB Awards

Postdoc Prize for outstanding research

2023

  • Iker Irisarri - Applied Bioinformatics

  • 2022
  • Luis Daniel Cruz-Zaragoza - Cellular Biochmistry

  • 2018
  • Ramona Schulz-Heddergott - Molecular Oncology

  • 2017
  • Ricarda Richter-Dennerlein - Cell Biochemistry
  • Sven Dennerlein - Cell Biochemistry

  • 2016
  • Katherine Sloan - Molecular Biology
  • Sara Haag - Molecular Biology

  • 2015
  • David Pacheu Grau - Cellular Biochemistry
  • Xin Zhang - Molecular Oncology

  • 2014
  • Bryan Wilkins - Applied Synthetic Biology
  • Aline Stolz - Molecular Oncology
  • Norman Ertych - Molecular Oncology

  • 2013
  • Piotr Neumann - Molecular Structural Biology

  • Prize for best PhD Thesis

    2024
  • Arjun Bhatta - Cellular Biochemistry
    „Structural basis of human mitochondrial RNA processing”
  • Dennis Wicke - General Microbiology
    „Characterization of abundant unknown proteins that participate in the control of tRNA maturation and fatty acid acquisition in Bacillus subtilis

  • 2023
  • Patricia Scholz - Plant Biochemistry
    „Lipids in plant development and stress responses”


  • 2022
  • Elena Lavdovskaia - Cellular Biochmistry
    "The role of GTPases in human mitochondrial ribosome biogenesis."

  • 2019
  • Elisa Buchberger - Developmental Biology
    "Comparative gene expression to study the developmental basis of organ diversification."
  • Dmitrij Rekhter - Plant Biochemistry
    "Metabolic Signals in Systemic Acquired Resistance"

  • 2018
  • Ahmed Warda - Biochemistry and Molecular Cellbiology
    "Characterization of RNA-modifying enzymes and their roles in diseases"

  • 2017
  • Daniel Reuß - General Microbiology

  • 2016
  • Julia Newie - Plant Biochemistry
    "Characterization of Lipoxygenases from Cyanothece sp.l"
  • Magdalena Wienken - Molecular Oncology
    A regulatory network of Mdm2 and members of the Polycomb Group (PcG) family"

  • 2015
  • Bernhard Kuhle - Molecular Structural Biology
    "Structural and functional studies on GTPases involved in eukaryal translation initiation"
  • Sankari Nagarajan - Tumorepigenetics
    "Role of BRD4 and histone acetylation in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancers"

  • 2014
  • Christian Schulz - Cell Biochemistry
    "Protein interactions along the presequence import pathway."

  • 2013
  • Oleksandra Karpiuk - Molecular Oncology
    "The role of H2B monoubiquitination in cellular differentiation."

  • 2012
  • Matthias Pechmann - Developmental Biology
    "Comparative studies of appendage and segment formation in arthropds."

  • 2011
  • Ulrike Beyer - Molecular Oncology
    "Novel proapoptotic p63 isoforms are driven by an endogenous retrovirus in the male germ line of humans and great apes, likely increasing genome stability."
  • Hanna Peradziryi - Developmental Biochemistry
    "Identification and functional characterization of PTK7 ligands in Xenopus laevis."

  • 2009
  • Till Ischebeck - Plant Biochemistry
    "Distinct roles of PI4P 5-kinase isoforms in polar tip growth of pollen tubes."
  • Thomas Monecke - Molecular Structural Biology
    "Structural and functional characterization of proteins involved in the biogenesis of spliceosomal U snRNPs"
  • Michael Krahn - Stem Cell Biology
    "Functional analysis of the Bazooka protein in the establishment of cell polarity in Drosophila melanogaster."

  • 2008
  • Özgür Bayram - Molecular Microbiology and Genetics
    "Blue light-dependent development of the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans"

  • 2007
  • Jae Ho Lee - Human Genetics
    "Analysis of the Role of Piwil2 gene in Tumorigenesis and Germline Stem Cell Metabolisms."

  • 2006
  • Solomon Afelik - Developmental Biochemistry
    "Pancreas Development in Xenopus laevis."

  • 2005
  • Anja Strasser - Molecular Structural Biology
    "Structural basis for mm3G-Cap-mediated nuclear import of spliceosomal UsnRNPs by snurportin1."