Heinrich Wieland Prize Laureates

Among the Heinrich Wieland Laureates are a large number of world-renowned scientists. Four of its former recipients were later awarded the Nobel Prize. Here, you will find the list of Laureates as pdf.

1999 – 1990

1999: Prof. Ernst Heinz

Institute for General Botany University, University of Hamburg , Hamburg, Germany

Contribution: Genetical modification of the biosynthesis of plant membrane and reserve lipids - possible importance for human nutrition

1998: Prof. Thomas E. Willnow

Max-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine, Working Group Lipids and Gentherapy, Berlin, Germany

Contribution: Characterisation of LDL receptor gene family in transgenic animal models

1997: Prof. Bruce M. Spiegelman

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Division of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Boston, USA

Contribution: PPARy and the transcriptional basis of adipogenesis

1996: Prof. Jeffrey M. Friedman

Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Research Laboratories, The Rockefeller University, New York, USA

Contribution: Leptin, lipatosia, and the control of body weight

1995: Prof. Jean E. Schaffer

Whitehead Institute for Biological Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA

Contribution: A novel adipocyte long chain fatty acid transport protein

1995: Prof. Dennis E. Vance

Lipid and Lipoprotein Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton , Canada

Contribution: Phosphatidylethanolamine N-Methyltransferase- Unexpected Findings from Curiosity Driven Research

1994: Prof. Joachim Seelig

Department for Biophysical Chemistry, Biocenter, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Contribution: Lipids in biological membranes - more than a simple piece of fat!

1993: Prof. Walter Neupert

Institute for Physiological Chemistry, Physical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

Contribution: Protein transport across the membranes of mitochondria

1992: Prof. Lev D. Bergelson

Shemyakin Institute for Bioorganic Chemistry Russian Academie of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Contribution: Glycolipide and antitumor immunity

1991: Prof. Jan L. Breslow

Laboratory of Biochemical Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, USA

Contribution: Apolipoproteing genes and atherosclerosis

1991: Prof. Wolfgang J. Schneider

Institute for Molecular Genetics, Universiy Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Contribution: Lipoprotein receptors in oocyte growth

1990: Prof. James E. Rothman

Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, New Jersey, USA

Contribution: Enzymology of intracellular membrane fusion

1990: Prof. Karel W. A. Wirtz

Centrum voor Biomembranen en Lipid Enzymologie,Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands

Contribution: Phospholipid transfer proteins: from lipid monolayers to cells

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