Doctoral Student Award

To motivate doctoral students and to honour extraordinary achievements, the Graduate School awards a Doctoral Student Award to outstanding students every year on our Graduation Day. Awards are conferred for excellent research as documented in publications or as talks given at international scientific conferences, and for the development and implementation of innovative methods. Interdisciplinary projects are given preferential consideration. The award amounts to € 2,500 and is presented to the doctoral student in person. The price can be split and thereby be awarded to more than one person. The recipients are free to use it for any purpose that helps to promote their career.

These PhD students received the Doctoral Student Award in recent years:

Name	Research Topic	Institute	Year
Wettstein, Lukas	Discovery and characterization of protease inhibitors that block SARS-CoV-2 infection	Molecular Virology	2023
Krüger, Jana	Modelling gastrointestinal development and disease with stem cell-derived organoids	Institute of Molecular Oncology and Stem Cell Biology	2023
Kuhn, Melanie	Programme: “Experimental Medicine” Einfluss von Katecholaminen aus CD11b+ myeloiden Zellen auf stressinduzierte Effekte während der Frakturheilung	Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics Trauma Research Center Ulm	2023
Groß, Rüdiger	Extracellular vesicles in human body fluids as innate antiviral factors	Clinic of Molecular Virology	2022
Hug, Stefan	Programme: “Experimental Medicine”: Activation of Neutrophil Granulocytes by Platelet-Activating Factor Is Impaired During Experimental Sepsis	Institute of Clinical and Experimental Trauma Immunology	2022
Bernhard, Stefan	Programme: “Experimental Medicine”: Interleukin 8 induziert eine Zellschwellung, intrazelluläre Alkalinisierung und Stoffwechselstimulation in neutrophilen Granulozyten	Institute of Clinical and Experimental Trauma Immunology	2022
Arnold, Frank	Molecular characterization of putative targets in pancreatic tissue regeneration and cancer homeostasis	Clinic for Internal Medicine I	2021
Harms, Miria	Endogenous CXCR4 Antagonists: Role in HIV-1 Transmission and Therapy of CXCR4-linked diseases	Institute of Molecular Virology	2021
Gump, Anja	Biological consequences of childhood maltreatment in postpartum women and their newborns	Department of Clinical and Biological Psychology	2020
Hopfensperger, Kristina	Convergent evolution of HIV-1- and HIV-2-mediated HLA-C downmodulation	Institute of Molecular Virology	2020
Braun, Elisabeth	Guanylate-binding proteins 2 and 5 exert broad antiviral activity by inhibiting furin-mediated processing of viral envelope proteins	Institute of Molecular Virology	2019
Hipp, Lisa	Single-molecule imaging of the serum response factor reveals changes in chromatin-binding dynamics upon cell stimulation	Institute of Physiological Chemistry	2019
Böck- Maier, Christina	Psychoneuroimmunological alterations associated with psychological stress across the lifespan llifespan	Department of Clinical and Biological Psychology	2018
Funcke, Jan-Bernd	Diagnosis and characterization of leptin mutations causing severe early-onset obesity	Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine	2018
Grozdanov, Veselin	Mechanisms of innate immunity and alpha-synuclein aggregation in Parkinson's disease	Department of Neurology	2017
Müller, Janis	The versatile role of semen and seminal amyloid in virus infection	Institute of Molecular Virology	2017
Hotter, Dominik	Modulation of viral gene expression and cellular immune response by primate lentiviral proteins Vpu, Vpr and Nef	Institute of Molecular Virology	2017
Feiler, Marisa	Development and application of a cell-based oligomerization assay to characterize TDP-43 aggregation, transmission and prion-like seeding in the context of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis	Department of Neurology	2016
Hampp, Stefanie	Regulatory Role of p53 in the Reactivation of Stalled Replication Forks	Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics	2016
Anastasidou,Sofia	The Role of Serum Response factor mediated gene regulation in a mouse model of Multiple Sclerosis	Physiological Chemistry	2015
Fischer, Simon	Next-Generation Cell Engineering of Biopharmaceutical Production Cells using microRNAs	Institute of Pharmaceuetical Biotechnology, Biberach	2015
Palesch, David	Generation and characterization of AAV vectors for combination immunotherapy against HIV-1	Molecular Virology	2014
Fan, Chunxiang	Transient compartment-like syndrome and normokalemic periodic paralysis due to a Cav 1.1 mutation	Neurophysiology	2014
Leibinger, Marco	Molecular mechanisms mediating neuroprotection and axon regeneration in mature retinal ganglion cells	Neurology	2013
Hartmann, Daniel	Telomerase gene mutations are associated with cirrhosis formation	Molecular Medicine	2013
Schmeißer, Michael	Molecular mechanisms of developing neuron - principles of maturation, synaptogenesis and plasticity	Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology	2012
Kron, Matthias	Adenovirus vaccine vectors - Influence of vector tropism and vector-directed immunity on adaptive immune responses to transgenic antigens	Department of Gene Therapy	2012
Bugner, Verena	Characterization of potential downstream targets of noncanonical Wnt signaling during Xenopus neural development	Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	2011
Lück, Sonja	Functional characterization of CBF leukemia subgroup	Department of Internal Medicine III	2011
Lunov, Oleg	Modulation of immune cell signalling and function by functionalized particles	Pharmacology of Natural Products and Clinical Pharmacology	2011 (for 2010)
Müller, Adrienne	Molecular mechanisms underlying the switch of mature retinal ganglion cells to a regenerative state after inflammatory stimulation	Neurology	2009
Chevillotte, Meike	Novel approaches for optimisation of human cytomegalovirus antiviral therapy based on viral resistance profiles	Virology	2009
Sander, Sandrine	Deregulated expression of microRNAs - a critical pathogenic mechanism in MYC-induced lymphoma	Physiological Chemistry	2008
Lebedev, Anton	Functional studies of Cockayne syndrome protein B in RNA polymerase I transcription	Dermatology	2008