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…nstitution. Das wissenschaftliche Interesse der Fakultät richtet sich sowohl auf Prozesse innerhalb von Umweltsystemen als auch auf die Interaktionen zwischen Umwelt, Mensch und Gesellschaft, insbesondere unter Berücksichtigung des globalen Wandels. Grundlegende naturwissenschaftliche Prozesse werden ebenso erfasst wie gesellschaftliche, politische…

…for his work in the area of Plant Physiology. Prof. Dr. Klaus Josef Palme, Institute of Biology II – Cell Biology, received the research prize for his seminal work on the mechanism of action of auxin, a key plant growth factor.  As a central transmitter of signals for elongational growth, auxin plays a key role in the development of higher plants. F…

…of excellence directed by Reth since 2007. “The Paul Ehrlich Prize recognizes Michael Reth, the director of our Cluster of Excellence BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, for his personal scientific achievement. His success resonates throughout the entire university and encourages our junior researchers to tread new paths and pursue a sc…

…e role of forced labor for the war economy in the Third Reich, he did not just cover the economic and employment policies of the German authorities in the Reich or the occupied areas but also emphasized the specific, ideologically conditioned interrelationship between social policy and racism. Herbert established a wide reputation in academic circle…

…his work in the area of Experimental Physics. Joachim Ullrich studied experimental physics at the University of Frankfurt am Main, where he also went on to earn his PhD at the Institute of Nuclear Physics in 1987 and his habilitation in 1994. He was appointed to his current chair at the University of Freiburg in 1997. He spent the intervening years…

…ork 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 organism that are capable of independent life, are organized into various components. These so-…

…Nobel Prize for his contribution to research into the structure of the sterols and their connections with the vitamins. 1927 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Heinrich Otto Wieland (*1877 – †1957) received the Nobel Prize for his research on the constitution of the bile acids and related substances….

…onomics (1923). From 1927 on he served as director of the Austrian Institute for Trade Cycle Research, which he had founded together with Ludwig von Mises. After completing his habilitation in 1929, he was appointed as professor at the London School of Economics (1931), where he was seen as the most prominent representative of the Austrian School an…

…2014 Michael Reth received the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize of the Paul Ehrlich Foundation for his findings on the functioning of the immune system….