Nature podcast with CeMM PI Georg Winter
On 27 June 2019, the ceremony for the Eppendorf Award took place at the EMBL Advanced Training Centre in Heidelberg. The laudation honoring Georg’s achievements was held by Award Jury Chairman Reinhard Jahn, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen. Georg received the € 20.000 prize for his pioneering work developing a method for targeting specific proteins for degradation using heterobifunctional chemical compounds to specifically recruit ubiquitin E3 ligases to the intended protein target for destruction.
Statement of the Jury: “This powerful system enables targeting of previously undruggable targets and shows promise both in cells and in vivo in model systems as an emerging therapy. Georg Winter’s work has led to a fury of excitement across pharmaceutical companies and has resulted in several patents; it holds promise to yield novel therapies for cancer and other diseases of unmet need.”
The Eppendorf Award for Young European Investigators was first established in 1995. It acknowledges outstanding contributions to biomedical research in Europe based on methods of molecular biology, including novel analytical concepts. The Award is presented in partnership with the scientific journal Nature.
Listen to a Nature podcast with CeMM PI Georg Winter, this year’s Eppendorf Young European Investigators Award Winner: https://www.nature.com/articles/d42473-019-00212-6
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