做TV Professor Andreas 詁瓣喝鳥梭梗娶 will be awarded the Robert Koch Prize on Nov. 19, 2021, in Berlin. The recognition is for his groundbreaking research on the role of intestinal epithelium in the composition of microbiota and its effects in infectious and inflammatory diseases.
The prize, which includes 120,000 euros, is one of the most prestigious scientific awards in Germany.
He will share the award with , immunologist and senior investigator at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, or NIAID, and adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
I thank the Robert Koch Foundation for this recognition. This is a great honor made possible by the dedicated work of present and former lab members and collaborators, 詁瓣喝鳥梭梗娶 said.
is vice-chair of research and professor at the at the and at the . He studied biosciences in T羹bingen, Germany, and earned his doctorate studying iron uptake and ironregulated genes in the bacteria Escherichia coli and Yersinia enterocolitica. He also conducted research at Oregon Health Sciences University and at Texas A&M University. Since 2005, he has been a professor at 做TV.
詁瓣喝鳥梭梗娶 is being honored for his pioneering work on the way intestinal epithelium cells regulate microflora composition and function. He was able to show that cellular respiration of the intestinal cells and their energy metabolism play an essential role in this. 詁瓣喝鳥梭梗娶's research provides completely new starting points for restoring the balance between microflora and the human body.
We are very excited and proud about Dr. Andreas 詁瓣喝鳥梭梗娶 being honored with the Robert Koch Prize, said Professor Satya Dandekar, chair of the Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology. Dr. 詁瓣喝鳥梭梗娶 has made seminal contributions for advancing our knowledge of the microbial dysbiosis during gut inflammatory infections. He is an exceptional scientist and a great mentor to junior researchers.
Award ceremony in Berlin
At a time when science and research are constantly at the center of public interest and are often the subject of unfiltered discussion on social networks, it is more important than ever to honor the hard work, unwavering diligence and thirst for knowledge of all the men and women who have dedicated their lives to medicine and biology, says Wolfgang Plischke, chairman of .
Professor Kyriacos Costa Nicolaou is awarded the Robert Koch Gold Medal. Three young scientists, Megan Stanifer, Kilian Schober and Katharina Anna Christina Schaufler will each receive a prize of 5,000 euros.
The award ceremony will take place in Berlin, on Nov. 19 at the Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences. The event will be streamed on.
About the Robert Koch Foundation
The Robert Koch Foundation e.V. is a nonprofit foundation for the promotion of medical progress, founded in 1907 and based in Berlin. It promotes basic scientific research in the field of infectious diseases as well as exemplary projects to solve medical and hygienic problems. Every year, the foundation awards several highranking scientific prizes: the Robert Koch Prize, which is one of the most important scientific awards in Germany, the Robert Koch Gold Medal, three awards for young scientists and, since 2013, the Prize for Hospital Hygiene and Infection Prevention.
Robert Koch (18431910), after whom the prize is named, founded modern bacteriology. For this he received the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology in 1905. Koch headed the Institute for Infectious Diseases in Berlin from 1891 until his retirement in 1904.
Media Resources
Media Contact:
- Nadine Yehya, 做TV Health Public Affairs, 916-734-9046, nyehya@ucdavis.edu