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…in them. Although he earned his habilitation in 1903, Windaus did not succeed in explaining the structure of cholesterol until 1932, having received ideal support from his colleague Heinrich Wieland.  From the beginning, Windaus was convinced that there is a connection between the concentration of cholesterol in the blood and atherosclerosis. In his…

…the cells to form the various parts of the plant body. Klaus Palme and his research group succeeded in using mutants of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana (thale cress) to demonstrate that auxin sluices control the precise distribution of the auxin, thus also steering the plant’s growth and morphogenesis. Not only did the plant researchers confirm a fe…

Nikolaus Pfanner (*1956 Simmerberg im Allgäu) received the Max Planck Research Prize for his work in the area of Molecular Cell Biology. Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Pfanner, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, received the research prize for his seminal findings concerning the functioning of cells. The inside of cells, the smallest units of an…

…on mitochondria lays the foundations for explaining the causes of genetic diseases and thus, in the long run, for developing therapies. Mitochondria and the transport of proteins into the mitochondria is the main focus of Nikolaus Pfanner’s research. “We are – at least in part – already capable of determining the function individual proteins serve…

Nikolaus Pfanner (*1956 Simmerberg im Allgäu) received the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize for his work in the area of Molecular Cell Biology. In the official statement justifying the selection of Professor Pfanner for the award, the DFG lauds his great contributions to improving our understanding of how proteins are imported into the compartments…

Nikolaus Pfanner (*1956 Simmerberg im Allgäu) received the Hector Research Prize for his work in the area of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Prof. Dr. Pfanner is an expert on mitochondria, the so-called “cellular power plants.” They provide the energy the cell needs to maintain its life-sustaining functions. Pfanner was the first bioscientist i…