Feldberg Foundation
German-British experimental medical foundation
The Feldberg Foundation promotes scientific exchange between German and British scientists in the field of experimental medical research. The foundation is registered in Hamburg, Germany with the secretariat based in the UK.
The pharmacologist Wilhelm Feldberg, who as a Jew had been forced to emigrate from Germany in 1933, used the pension he was given as Emeritus Professor in Germany and the restitution money that he received from the German Government to establish the Feldberg Foundation in 1961.
Each year a German and a British scientist are chosen, and each recipient gives a prize lecture in the other one's country.
Recipients
2021–2024
Year | British | German |
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2024 | Sarah Teichmann, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute | Martin Beck, Max-Planck-Institut für Biophysik |
2023 | Doreen Cantrell, University of Dundee | Jan Dorn, Universität Tübingen |
2022 | Vassilis Pachnis, Francis Crick Institute | Anne Ephrussi, European Molecular Biology Laboratory |
2021 | Maria Fitzgerald, University College London | Ralf Adams, Max-Planck-Institut für molekulare Biomedizin |
2011–2020
2001–2010
1991–2000
1981–1990
Jahr | British | German |
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1990 | D.R. Trentham [Wikidata], National Institute for Medical Research London | Herbert Jäckle [de], Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
1989 | M. C. Raff, National Institute for Medical Research | Konrad Beyreuther, Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg [de] |
1988 | T. L. Blundell, Birkbeck College London | Heinrich Betz [de], Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt |
1987 | W. F. H. Jarrett, University of Glasgow | Hans-Dieter Klenk [de], University of Marburg |
1986 | J. J. Skehel, National Institute for Medical Research | Peter Starlinger [de], University of Cologne |
1985 | Michael Berridge, Cambridge | Heinz Schaller [de], Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg |
1984 | David Weatherall, Medical Research Council | Erich Muscholl [de], University of Mainz |
1983 | Sydney Brenner, Medical Research Council | Jürgen Aschoff, Max Planck Institute for Behavioral Physiology |
1982 | George Radda, Oxford | Dieter Oesterhelt, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry near Munich |
1981 | John Hughes, Imperial College London und Hans Walter Kosterlitz, Aberdeen | Bernd Lindemann [Wikidata], Saarland University |
1971–1980
1961–1970
External links
- Official Web Site