Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize [SEP] conferred by
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize is a program of the (the German Research Foundation) which awards prizes “to exceptional scientists and academics for their outstanding achievements in the field of research.”
It was established in 1985 and up to ten prizes are awarded annually to individuals or research groups working at a research institution in Germany or at a German research institution abroad.
The prize is named after the German polymath and philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) and officially called (in German) .
- E. Izaurralde (Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2008)
- Genetics - C. Nüsslein-Volhard (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1995, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 1986)
- Evolutionary Biology - Ralf J. Sommer
- Cell Biology - Gerd Jürgens (Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 1995)
- Molecular Biology - Detlef Weigel (Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2007)
See also.
- Max Planck Society
External links.
- Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology