Past Awards

Christian Baca, The Rockefeller University
Research field: CRISPR-Cas immunity
Supervisor:  Luciano Marraffini

Federico Cerullo, Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH)
Research field: Ribosome quality control
Supervisor: Claudio Joazeiro

Pascal Devant, Harvard University
Research field: Innate immunity
Supervisor: Jonathan Kagan

Leonard Ernst, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology
Research field: Biochemistry
Supervisor: Johannes Rebelein

Pinki Gahlot, University of Duisburg-Essen
Research field: Cell biology
Supervisor: Hemmo Meyer

Benjamin Hale, ETH Zurich
Research field: Systems immunology
Supervisor: Berend Snijder

Jagannath Maharana, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Research field: Structural biology
Supervisor: Arun Shukla

David  Mayo Munoz, University of Otago
Research field: CRISPR conflict
Supervisor: Peter Fineran

Zeynep Okur, University of Basel
Research field: Neurobiology
Supervisor: Peter Scheiffele

• Institut Pasteur
• CAS Center for Excellence of Plant Molecular Sciences
• Central European Institute of Technology - Masaryk University
• Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)
• Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa
• CNIC (Spanish National Center for Cardiovascular Research)
• Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
• College de France
• Delft University of Technology
• EMBL
• Eötvös Loránd University
• ETH Zurich
• Frick Chemistry Laboratory, Princeton University
• Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research
• German Cancer Research Center
• Harvard University
• Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Helmholtz Munich
• i3S-Instituto de Investigaçao e Inovaçao em Saúde da U Porto
• ICFO - The Institute of Photonic Sciences
• IFOM - ETS - The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology
• Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
• Institut Curie
• Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire
• Institut Pasteur
• Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)
• Institute of Molecular Biology gGmbH (IMB)
• Instituto de Medicina Molecular Joao Lobo Antunes
• Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia
• KU Leuven - VIB
• Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP)
• LMU Munich
• Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
• Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology
• Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
• Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology
• MDC - Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology (MDC-BIMSB)
• Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
• MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology / University of Cambridge
• National Center of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
• National Kapodistrian University of Athens
• Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
• Osaka University Graduate of School of Medicine
• San Raffaele Scientific Institute
• Sanger Institute, University of Cambridge
• ShanghaiTech University
• Spanish National Center for Cardiovascular Research Carlos III (CNIC)
• Stanford University
• Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Hyderabad
• Technion Institute of Technology
• Tel Aviv University
• The Francis Crick Institute
• The Rockefeller University
• The Sainsbury Laboratory
• UCL/Francis Crick Institute
• Ulm University Medical Center
• Universidad de La Laguna
• Université Grenoble Alpes
• University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
• University of Basel
• University of Bremen
• University of California San Diego
• University of Cambridge
• University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
• University of Duisburg-Essen
• University of Edinburgh
• University of Edinburgh
• University of Helsinki
• University of Lausanne
• University of Otago
• University of Oxford
• University of Trento
• University of Turku
• University of Uppsala
• Uppsala University
• VIB-KU Leuven
• Vilnius University Life Sciences Center
• Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
• Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
• Weill Cornell
• Weizmann Institute of Science
• Wellcome Sanger Institute
• Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH)

Aljandro Aguilera Castrejon, Weizmann Institute of Science
Research field: Ex utero embryogenesis
Supervisor: Jacob Hanna

Agneesh Barua, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)
Research field: Molecular evolution
Supervisor: Vincent Laudet

Larissa Dietz, University of Oxford
Research field: Structural biology
Paul R. Elliott

Agata Izabela Kalita, Institute of Molecular Biology
Research field: Evolutionary epigenetics
Supervisor: Claudia Isabelle Keller Valsecchi

Daniel Michaelson, Harvard University
Research field: Immunology
Supervisor: Diane Mathis

Mark Pownall, Yale University
Research field: Transcription
Supervisor: Antonio Giraldez

Bhargav Sanketi, Cornell University
Research field: Gut mesenchyme dynamics
Supervisor: Natasza Kurpios

• Amsterdam UMC – AMC, NL
• Autonoma University of Madrid, ES
• California Institute of Technology, USA
• Cancer Research UK - Beatson Institute, UK
• Cornell University, USA
• Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, USA
• EMBL (European Molecular Biology Laboratory), Intl.
• EPFL (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne), CH
• ETH (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule) Zürich, CH
• Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, CH
• German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE e.V.), DE
• Ghent University, BE
• Harvard University, USA
• Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research, DE
• Helmholz Munich, DE
• Hubrecht Institute, NL
• Humanitas University, IT
• IBCII / Goethe University Frankfurt, DE
• Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, IN
• Inserm/Université Paris Cité, FR
• Institut Curie, FR
• Institut d’Investigació Biomedica de Girona Dr. Josep Trueta, ES
• Institut du Fer a Moulin; UMR-S 1270 Inserm Sorbonne University, FR
• Institut Pasteur, FR
• Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), ES
• Institute of Human Genetics, FR
• Institute of Molecular Biology, DE
• Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia, ES
• IRB Barcelona, ES
• Istituto Europeo di oncologia, IT
• Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg, DE
• Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, UK
• King's College London, UK
• Kyoto University, JP
• Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (LMU), DE
• Masaryk Univerzity, CZ
• Mater Research Institute - The University of Queensland, AU
• Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, DE
• Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, DE
• Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, DE
• Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, DE
• Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine, DE
• MPI for Molecular Genetics, DE
• MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK
• Murdoch Children's Research Institute, AU
• National Institute of Chemistry, SI
• Newcastle University, UK
• Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, JP
• Queen Mary University of London - Barts Cancer Institute, UK
• Seoul National University, KR
• Servier Research Institute (IdRS);  Paris-Saclay, FR
• ShanghaiTech University, CN
• Spanish National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC), ES
• Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad (TIFR-H), IN
• Technical University of Munich, DE
• Technion, Faculty of Medicine, IL
• The Francis Crick Institute, UK
• The Hebrew University Medical School, IL
• The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IL
• The John Curtin School of Medical Research, AU
• The Rockefeller University, USA
• The University of Leeds, UK
• Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), IT
• TU Delft, NL
• UMCG Groningen, NL
• Universita Vita-Salute San Raffaele, IT
• Université libre de Bruxelles, BE
• Université Lyon1; LBMC (UMR 5239), FR
• University College London (UCL), UK
• University of Bath, UK
• University of Cambridge, UK
• University of Cologne;  CECAD Research Center, DE
• University of Copenhagen, DK
• University of Freiburg, DE
• University of Geneva, CH
• University of Oxford, UK
• University of Sheffield, UK
• University of Toronto, CA
• University of Zurich, CH
• VIB (Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie), BE
• Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, AU
• Weizmann Institute of Science, IL
• Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK
• Westlake University, CN
• Yale University, USA
• Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg, DE

Yinon Bar-On, Weizmann Institute of Science
Research Field: Systems biology
Supervisor: Ron Milo

Barbara Bosch, The Rockefeller University
Research field: Microbiology
Supervisor: Jeremy Rock

Bruno Gegenhuber, Cold Spring Habor Laboratory
Research field: Gene regulation
Supervisor: Jessica Tollkuhn

Adam Jalal, John Innes Centre
Research field: Chromosome segregation
Supervisor: Tung Le

Alessa Ringel, Institute for Medical and Human Genetics, Charite Universitätsmedizin
Research field: 3D genome regulation
Supervisor: Michael Robson

• Babraham Institute, UK
• BIOTEC/Technische Universtät Dresden, DE
• Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology (CIRB), College de France, FR
• Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute, MX 
• Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa, ES
• Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), ES
• Champalimaud Foundation, PT
• Charles University in Prague/Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, CZ
• Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA
• CSIC & CIBERNED, ES
• Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich, CH
• European Institute of Oncology, IT
• European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), International
• Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, CH
• German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), DE
• Harvard Medical School, USA
• Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, USA
• Harvard University, USA
• Heidelberg University, DE
• Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, DE
• Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai, USA
• Imagine Institute, USA
• Imperial College, UK
• Institut Curie Research Center, FR
• Institut de Ciencies del Mar, CSIC, ES
• Institute of Computational Biology / Helmholtz Munich, DE
• Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich, CH
• Institute of Molecular Biology, DE
• Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology-CNRS, FR
• Instituto de Medicina Molecular Joao Lobo Antunes, PT
• IRCC Clinical and Research Institute Humanitas, IT
• John Innes Centre, UK
• Karolinska Institute, SE
• Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, NL
• Leibniz Institute of Virology / University of Siegen, DE
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
• Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, DE
• Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, DE
• Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, DE
• Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, DE
• Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, DE
• Max-Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, DE
• MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK
• National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, GR
• Netherlands Cancer Institute, NL
• Semmelweis University, HU
• Spanish National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC), ES
• Technical University of Munich, DE
• Tel Aviv University, IL
• The Francis Crick Institute, UK
• The John Curtin School of Medical Research, AU
• The Lundquist Institute, US
• The Rockefeller University, US
• Trinity College Dublin, IE
• UCL Cancer Institute, UK
• Universidad Autonoma de Madrid Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, ES
• Universidad del Pais Vasco – Euskal Herriko Univertsitatea, ES
• Université libre de Bruxelles, BE
• Universite Liege, BE
• University College London, UK
• University Medical Center Groningen, NL
• University of Bonn, DE
• University of Bremen, DE
• University of British Columbia, CA
• University of Cádiz, ES
• University of Cambridge, UK
• University of Cyprus, CY
• University of Dundee, UK
• University of Edinburgh, UK
• University of Exeter, UK
• University of Geneva, CH
• University of Lausanne, CH
• University of Nottingham, UK
• University of Oxford, UK
• University of Würzburg, DE
• University of Zurich, CH
• Utrecht University, NL
• Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB)/Ghent University, BE
• Weizmann Institute of Science, IL
• Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK

Stefan Bauernfried, LMU Munich
Research field: Immunology
Supervisor: Veit Hornung

Jacob Bobonis, Heidelberg University/EMBL
Research field: Molecular Microbiology
Supervisor: Athanasios Typas

Philip Ruis, The Francis Crick Institute
Research field: Genome Stability
Supervisor: Simon Boulton

Simone Webb, Newcastle University
Research field: Haematopoiesis in Data
Supervisor: Muzlifah Haniffa

Jingjing Zhang, University of Gothenburg
Research field: Mammalian Meiosis
Supervisor: Hiroki Shibuya

• Aarhus University, DK
• Academic Medical Center - University of Amsterdam, NL
• Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, DE
• Biological Research Centre, HU
• CABD (Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo) , ES
• Cancer Research Center of Lyon, FR
• Center for Molecular Neurobiology Hamburg, DE
• Champalimaud Foundation, PT
• CIRB, FR
• CNRS, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, FR
• CNRS-AMU, IBDM, FR
• Center for Genomic Regultion (CRG), ES
• Delft University of Technology, NL
• Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH
• EMBL, (INTERNATIONAL)
• ETH Zurich, CH
• European Institute of Oncology (IEO), European School of Molecular Medicine (SEMM), IT
• Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI), CH
• German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), DE
• Ghent University, BE
• Gifu University, JP
• Georg-August-University Göttingen, DE
• Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IL
• Heidelberg University, DE
• Helmholtz Zentrum München, DE
• Hubrecht Institute, NL
• Humanitas Research Hospital, IT
• IGBMC - Université de Strasbourg, FR
• Imperial College London, UK
• INSERM-Université de Paris, FR
• Institute for Integrative Systems Biology, ES
• Institute of Experimental Medicine, HU
• Instituto de Medicina Molecular, PT
• IRB Barcelona, ES
• John Innes Centre, UK
• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, US
• Karolinska Institutet, SE
• KU Leuven, BE
• Lausanne University Hospital, CH
• LMU Munich, DE
• Max-Delbrück Center (MDC), DE   
• Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, DE
• Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, DE
• Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, DE
• Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, DE
• Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, DE
• Medical College of Wisconsin, US
• MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK
• Netherlands Cancer Institute, NL
• Newcastle University, UK
• Sorbonne Université, FR
• Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), ES
• Tampere University, FI
• Tel Aviv University, IL
• The Francis Crick Institute, UK
• The Rockefeller University, US
• The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK
• University College London (UCL), UK
• Université Côte d'Azur, FR
• Université libre de Bruxelles, BE
• University Medical Center Groningen, NL
• University of Bath, UK
• University of Bonn, DE
• University of Cambridge, Department of Genetics, UK
• University of Cambridge, Institute for Medical Research/UK Dementia Institute, UK
• University of Cambridge, The Gurdon Institute, UK
• University of Edinburgh, UK
• University of Exeter, UK
• University of Geneva, CH
• University of Gothenburg, SE
• University of Lausanne, CH
• University of Oxford, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, UK
• University of Oxford, Clarendon Laboratory, Dept Physics, UK
• University of Oxford, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, UK
• University of Oxford, Medical Sciences Graduate School, UK
• University of Oxford, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, UK
• University of Oxford, EPSRC & MRC Systems Approaches to Biomedical Science, UK
• University of Rochester, US
• University of Tübingen, DE
• University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, IT
• Universität Ulm, DE
• UT Southwestern Medical Center, US
• Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), BE
• WEHI, The University of Melbourne, AU
• Weizmann Institute of Science, Dept. of Biomolecular Sciences, IL
• Weizmann Institute of Science, Dept. Molecular Neuroscience, IL
• Weizmann Institute of Science, Feinberg Graduate School, IL
• Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Immunology, IL
• Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Biological Regulation, IL
• Weizmann Institute of Science, Molecular Cell Biology, IL
• Yale University, US
• Zhejiang University, CN

Due to the high number of outstanding nominations, many strong candidates could not be acknowledged with an award. The selection committee highlighted an additional six scientists as “honourable mentions” that deserve special recognition:

Ellinor Alseth, University of Exeter
Research field: Microbiology
Supervisor: Edze Westra

Joep Beumer, Hubrecht Institute
Research field: Differentiating organoids
Supervisor: Hans Clevers

Yael Korem Kohanim, the Weizmann Institute of Science - Molecular Cell Biology
Research field: Computational biology
Supervisor: Uri Alon

Oriol Pich, IRB Barcelona
Research field: Cancer Genomics
Supervisor: Nuria Lopes-Bigas

Raviv Pryluk, the Weizmann Institute of Science - Neurobiology
Research field: Systems Neuroscience
Supervisor: Rony Paz

Joanna Wandzik, European Molecular Biology Laboratory - Grenoble
Research field: Viral transcription
Supervisor: Stephen Cusack

• Aarhus University, Department of Biomedicine, DK
• Aarhus University, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, DK
• AMOLF, Living Matter Department, NL
• Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, NL
• CBI, CNRS Unit 5088, University of Toulouse, FR
• Center for Genomic Regulation (CRG), ES
• Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, ES
• Charitè University Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, DE
• CIML (Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy), FR
• CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), FR
• Complutense University, ES
• CSIC Instituto de Neurociencias de Alicante, ES
• ENS de Lyon, FR
• EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), CH
• European Molecular Biology Laboratory, EBI Hinxton, UK
• European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Grenoble, FR
• European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, DE
• Florida International University, US
• Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI), CH
• Georgetown University, US
• German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), DE
• Goethe University Frankfurt, DE
• Hannover Medical School, IMTTS, DE
• Harvard University, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, US
• Hebrew University, Environmental Sciences, IL
• Hebrew University, Hebrew U-Hadassah Medical School, IL
• Helmholtz Zentrum München, DE
• Hubrecht Institute, NL
• HZI - Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, DE
• IFOM, FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, IT
• Imperial College, UK
• Institut Curie, FR
• Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS), FR
• Institut Pasteur, FR
• Institute of Experimental Medicine, CZ
• Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel, CH
• Institute of Molecular Genetics L. L. Cavalli-Sforza, IT
• Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, PT
• Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, PT
• IRB Barcelona, ES
• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Neuroscience, US
• Johns Hopkins University, Department of Biology, US
• Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, DE
• Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, SE
• Karolinska Institutet, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, SE
• Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, UK
• King's College London, UK
• KU Leuven, BE
• Lausanne University Hospital, CH
• Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), DE
• Liege University, GIGA Institute, BE
• Ludwig-Maximilans-Universität München (LMU), DE
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), US
• Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, DE
• Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, DE
• Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, DE
• Max Planck Institute for Immunobiology and Epigenetics, DE
• Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, DE
• Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, DE
• Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, DE
• Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine, DE
• MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK
• National Cardiovascular Research Center, ES
• New York University, US
• Princeton University, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, US
• Princeton University, Department of Molecular Biology, US
• Radboud University Medical Center, NL
• Radboud University, Donders Centre for Neuroscience, NL
• Ruder Boskovic Institute, HR
• Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK
• Stockholm University, SE
• Technische Universität Dresden, DE
• Technische Universität München, Animal Physiology and Immunology, DE
• Technische Universität München, Department of Chemistry, DE
• Tel Aviv University, Faculty of Medicine, IL
• The Francis Crick Institute, UK
• The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, UK
• The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Department of Biological Chemistry, IL
• The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Life Science Institute, IL
• The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI), NL
• The Rockefeller University, US
• University of Lausanne, CH
• Ulm University Medical Center, DE
• Ulm University, Institute of Biophysics, DE
• Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), CH
• University Hospital Würzburg, DE
• University of Antwerp, BE
• University of Bonn, DE
• University of Cambridge, Department of Biochemistry, UK
• University of Chicago, US
• University of Copenhagen, DK
• University of Edinburgh, UK
• University of Exeter, UK
• University of Geneva, CH
• University of Göttingen, DE
• University of Helsinki, Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE), FI
• University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine, FI
• University of Helsinki, Research Programs Unit, FI
• University of Leeds, Astbury Centre, UK
• University of Leeds, School of Biology, UK
• University of Leeds, School of Molecular & Cell Biology, UK
• University of Leeds, School of Physics and Astronomy, UK
• University of Oulu, FI
• University of Oxford, Department of Biochemistry, UK
• University of Oxford, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, UK
• University of Porto, PT
• University of Seville, ES
• University of Sheffield, UK
• University of St Andrews, UK
• University of Trieste, IT
• University of Zurich, Institute for Regenerative Medicine, CH
• University of Zurich, Neuroscience Center Zurich, CH
• University Pompeu Fabra, IT
• VIB-KU Leuven, BE
• Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI), AU
• Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Immunology, IL
• Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, IL
• Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Neurobiology, IL
• Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, IL
• Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Structural Biology, IL
• Weizmann Institute of Science, Molecular Genetics, IL
• Wellcome - MRC Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, UK
• Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, UK
• Wellcome Sanger Institute, UK