Max Delbrück Medal 2011

Basic data of the distinction

Type of awardResearch award or other distinction
Awarded byMax Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine
Award given toSchöler, Hans Robert
Date of awarding15/10/2011

About the distinction

The stem cell researcher Professor Hans Schöler of the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Münster, has been honored in Berlin with the Max Delbrück Medal. Hans Schöler, a leading scientist internationally in the field of stem cell research, received the medal for his research on the reprogramming of neural stem cells into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells). Pluripotent stem cells can give rise to each of the more than 200 cell types of an organism. That is why targeted, induced generation of these cells via reprogramming in the laboratory is of such great interest to researchers. They hope to be able to utilize these “all-rounder” cells in the future for the therapy of serious diseases.
Link to the press release of the awarding organisationhttps://www.mdc-berlin.de/36349692/20111021-max-delbr_ck-medaille_f_r_stammzellforsche
Link zur Pressemitteilung der Universität Münsterhttp://www.mpi-muenster.mpg.de/research/teams/schoeler/index.html

Award winners from the University of Münster

Schöler, Hans R.

About the award

Die Max-Delbrück-Medaille war eine zwischen 1992 und 2013 vom Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin (MDC) vergebene wissenschaftliche Auszeichnung, die nach dem Biophysiker Max Delbrück benannt ist. Sie wird im Rahmen der Berlin Lectures on Molecular Medicine verliehen, die das MDC zusammen mit anderen Berliner Forschungseinrichtungen und der Schering Forschungsgesellschaft jährlich veranstaltet.
Type of awardPrize for excellent research
Zeitraum der Vergabe1992 - 2013