Heinrich Wieland Prize
Prize Winners
The list of the prize winners reflects the outstanding reputation the Heinrich Wieland Prize enjoys and shows a large number of world-renowned scientists. The Heinrich Wieland "Medal in Gold" especially honours the lifework of a scientist.
- 2009: Professor Steven V. Ley
- Cambridge University, United Kingdom
Contribution
Synthesis, structural analysis and biological effects of natural compounds
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- 2008: Prof. Markus Stoffel
- Institute of Molecular Systems Biology at the ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) Zurich, Switzerland
Contribution
Milestone discoveries on the development of diabetes
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- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ), Zurich
- 2007: Prof. Joachim Herz
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas in Dallas (USA)
Contribution
Uncovering novel functions for lipoprotein receptors
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- 2006: Prof. Alois Fürstner
- Max-Planck-Institute for Coal Research, Muelheim/Ruhr (Germany)
Contribution
Identification of the molecularstructure of many relevant glycolipids using metal catalysed methodology
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- 2005: Prof. Helen Hobbs
- University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School (USA)
Contribution
Genetic Factors Contributing to Cholesterol Accumulation and Atherosclerosis
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- 2004: Prof. Raphael Mechoulam, M. Sc., Ph.D.
- University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School (USA)
Contribution
Chemistry and Biochemistry of Cannabis and Endocannabinoids
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- 2004: Prof. Roger Nicoll, M.D.
- University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School (USA)
Contribution
Role of endogenous cannabinoids as neurotransmitters
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- 2003: Prof. David J. Mangelsdorf, Ph.D.
- University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School (USA)
Contribution
Nuclear receptors as lipid sensors
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- 2002: Prof. Stephen O'Rahilly, M.D.
- Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge (UK)
Contribution
Insights into molecular mechanisms in human obesity and insulin resistanceNews release:
- 2001: Prof. Felix Wieland
- Center for Biochemistry, Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg (Germany)
Contribution
The mechanism of the formation of transport vehicles - 2000: Prof. Lewis Clayton Cantley, Ph.D.
- Harvard Institutes of Medicine, Boston (USA)
Contribution
Signalling ligands and the discovery of the phosphoinositide-3-kinase pathway
- 1999: Prof. Ernst Heinz
- Institute for General Botany University, University of 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, Ph.D.
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Division of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Boston (USA)
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PPARy and the transcriptional basis of adipogenesis - 1996: Prof. Jeffrey M. Friedman, M.D., Ph.D.
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Research Laboratories, The Rockefeller University, New York (USA)
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Leptin, lipatosia, and the control of body weight - 1995: Prof. Jean E, Schaffer, M.D.
- Whitehead Institute for Biological Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (UK)
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A novel adipocyte long chain fatty acid transport protein - 1994: Prof. Joachim Seelig
- Department for Biophysical Chemistry, Biocenter, University of Basel (Switzerland)
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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 (Russia)n Academie of Sciences, Moscow (Russia)
Contribution
Glycolipide and antitumor immunity - 1991: Prof. Jan L. Breslow, M.D.
- 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, 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 (Netherlands)
Contribution
Phospholipid transfer proteins: from lipid monolayers to cells
- 1989: Prof. Ching-Hsien Huang, Ph.D.
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (USA)
Contribution
Asymmetric phospholipids and interdigitated bilayer systems - 1988: Prof. Lawrence C.B. Chan, M.D.
- Department of Cell Biology and Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston (USA)
Contribution
Apolipoprotein multigene family: structure, expression, evolution, and molecular genetics - 1987: Prof. Akira Endo, Ph.D.
- Department of Agricultural and Biological Chemistry, Tokyo Noko University, Tokyo (Japan)
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Chemical, biochemical and pharmacological studies of cholesterol-lowering drugs inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase - 1987: Prof. Dietrich Keppler
- Institute for Nuclear Medicine, Department Tumorbiochemistry, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg (Germany)
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Metabolism and analysis of leukotrienes - 1986: Prof. Eugene P. Kennedy
- Harvard Medical School, Department of Biological Chemistry, Boston (USA)
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Metabolism and function of membrane lipids - 1985: Prof. Guy Ourisson, Ph.D., Dr. Sc.
- Centre de Neurochemie, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg (France)
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From petroleum to the evolution of biomembranes: the Hopanoides, a new class of bacterial lipids - 1984: Dr Olaf Adam
- Medical Polyclinic, University Hospital, Munich (Germany)
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Nutrition physiological investigations with specific diets: The metabolism of poly unsaturated fatty acids and the prostaglandin biosynthesis in man - 1984: Prof. Gerhart Kurz
- Institute for Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, University Freiburg (Germany)
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Investigations on the transcellular transport of cholic acids using photo affinity labeling - 1983: Prof. John M. Dietschy, M.D.
- University of Texas, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Dallas (USA)
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The regulation of cholesterol balance across the differentiated tissues of the whole animal - 1982: Prof. Hansjörg Eibl
- Max-Plank- Institute, Karl-Friedrich-Bonhoeffer- Institute, Goettingen (Germany)
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Phospholipids as functional components of biological membranes - 1982: Prof. Robert William Mahley, Ph.D., M.D.
- The Gladstone Foundation, San Francisco General Hospital, Medical Center, San Francisco (USA)
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Apoliprotein E and cholesterol metabolism - 1981: Prof. Bengt Samuelson
- Karolinska Institutet, Department of Physiological Chemistry, Stockholm (Sweden)
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Leukotrienes: novel mediators in allergy and inflammation - 1980: Dr H. Bryan Brewer
- Molecular Disease Branch Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health (Bethesda)
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Molecular structure and metabolism of human apolipoproteins and lipoproteins - 1980: Prof. Barry Lewis, Ph.D.
- Department of Chemical Pathology Metabolic Disorders, St. Thomas's Hospital, Medical School, London (UK)
Contribution
Genes and nutrition in the regulation of plasma lipoprotein metabolism
- 1979: Prof. Konrad Sandhoff
- Institute for Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Rheinischen Friedrich-Wilhelm-University, Bonn (Germany)
Contribution
Lipid-protein-interactions: mechanisms of enzymatic glycolipid degradation and its genetic caused deregulations - 1978: Prof. Olga Stein &Prof. Yechezkiel Stein
- Lipid Research Laboratory, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem (Israel)
Contribution
Interaction of lipoproteins with cellular components of the arterial wall - 1977:Dr Gerd Assmann
- Institute for Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital, Institute for Biochemistry and Technology, Cologne (Germany)
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On the pathophysiology of the Tangier-Disease - 1977: Prof. Helmut K. Mangold
- H.P.-Kaufmann-Institute, Federal Institute for Lipid Research, Muenster (Germany)
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Synthesis and biosynthesis of alkoxylipids - 1976: Prof. Dietrich Seidel
- Medicinal University Hospital, Institute for Microbiology and Biology, Heidelberg (Germany)
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Origine and structural properties of Lipoprotein X, a abnormal lipoprotein in cholestasis - 1976: Prof. Eckhart Schweizer
- Institute for Biochemistry, University Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany)
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Biosynthesis and structure of the fatty acid synthetase complex in yeast - 1975: Dr Ernst Ferber
- Max-Plank-Institute for Immunobiology, Freiburg-Zähringen (Germany)
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Phospholipid metabolism in stimulated Lymphocytes: The activation of membrane bound Acyl-Co A: lysolecithin, acyltransferases - 1975:Dr Klaus Resch
- Institute for Immunobiology, University Heidelberg (Germany)
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Phospholipid metabolism in stimulated lymphocytes: The importance of the plasma membrane fort he cell activation - 1974: Prof. Michael S. Brown &Prof. Joseph L. Goldstein
- University of Texas, Health Science Centre Dallas, South-western Medical School, Department of Internal Medicine (USA)
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Lipoprotein receptors and the genetic control of cholesterol metabolism in cultured human cells - 1973: Prof. Shosaku Numa
- Department of Medical Chemistry, Kyoto University, Faculty of Medicine (Japan)
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Regulation of lipid formation in the animal. Relationships to diabetes - 1972:Dr Heiner Greten
- Medical University Hospital, Heidelberg (Germany)
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Metabolism and function of human plasma lipoproteins - 1972: Prof. Kurt Oette
- Medical University Hospital, Cologne (Germany)
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Experimental investigations on lipid metabolism using human liver biopsies. - 1971: Prof. Laurens L.M. van Deenen
- Biochemcal Laboratory, Rijksuniversiteit, Utrecht (Netherlands)
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Chemistry of phospholipids in relation to biological membranes - 1970:Dr Christian Bode & Dr Harald Goebell
- Medical University Hospital, Marburg (Germany)
Contribution
Pathogenesis of acute fatty liver induced by alcohol and other liver diseases caused by alcohol
- 1969: Prof. Werner Seubert
- Institute for Physiology and Chemistry, University Goettingen (Germany)
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On the mechanism of mitochondrial fatty acid synthesis and pathological ketone body formation - 1968: Prof. David Adriaan van Dorp
- Unilever Research Laboratories, Vlaardingen (Netherlands)
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On the biosynthesis and synthesis of prostaglandins - 1967: Dr Heinrich WageneR&Dr Bruno Frosch
- Medical University Hospital, Heidelberg (Germany)
Contribution
Methods and results of the quantitative determination of conjugated cholic acids in serum during liver diseases - 1966: No award presented
- 1965:Dr Wilhelm Stoffel
- Institute for Physiology and Chemistry, University, Cologne (Germany)
Contribution
Biosynthesis of unsaturated fatty acids and mechanism of oxidation of these acids - 1964:Dr Ernst Klenk
- Institute for Physiology and Chemistry, University, Cologne (Germany)
Contribution
first award presented also honouring his lifetime achievements
- 2008: Professor Nepomuck Zöllner
- Munich (Germany)
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- 2005: Professor Karl Decker
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Albert-Ludwig University, Freiburg (Germany)
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- 1995: Professor Theodor Wieland
- Max-Planck-Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg (Germany)
- 1989: Professor Gotthard Schettler
- Clinical Institute for Coronary Infarction Research, Medical University Hospital, Heidelberg (Germany)
