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.

2009 – 2000

2009: Prof. Steven V. Ley

University of Cambridge, Dept. of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK,

for outstanding achievements in the synthesis of key natural products

2008: Prof. Markus Stoffel

Institute of Molecular Systems Biology at the ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) , Zurich, Switzerland,

for milestone discoveries on the development of diabetes

Read more … 2008: Prof. Markus Stoffel

2007: Prof. Joachim Herz

Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas , Dallas, USA,

for uncovering novel functions for lipoprotein receptors

2006: Prof. Alois Fürstner

Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Muelheim/Ruhr , Germany,

for the identification of the molecular structure of many relevant glycolipids using metal catalysed methodology

Read more … 2006: Prof. Alois Fürstner

2005: Prof. Helen Hobbs

University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School , USA,

for discovering genetic factors contributing to cholesterol accumulation and atherosclerosis

2004: Prof. Raphael Mechoulam

Hebrew University Jerusalem, Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products, Jerusalem, Israel,

for research into the chemistry and biochemistry of cannabis and endocannabinoids

2004: Prof. Roger Nicoll

University of California (UCSF), San Francisco, USA,

for research into the chemistry and biochemistry of cannabis and endocannabinoids

2003: Prof. David J. Mangelsdorf

University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, USA,

for claryfing the mechansisms of nuclear receptors as lipid sensors

2002: Prof. Stephen O'Rahilly

Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK,

for pioneering insights into molecular mechanisms in human obesity and insulin resistance

2001: Prof. Felix Wieland

Center for Biochemistry, Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany,

for research into the mechanism of the formation of transport vehicles

2000: Prof. Lewis Clayton Cantley

Harvard Institutes of Medicine, Boston, USA,

for work on signalling ligands and the discovery of the phosphoinositide-3-kinase pathway

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