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The Schering Stiftung awards the 2014 Ernst Schering Prize to Prof. Dr. Magdalena Götz, director of the Institute of Stem Cell Research at the Helmholtz Zentrum München, for her groundbreaking research on the molecular underpinnings of brain development.
In cooperation with Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine the Schering Stiftung presents a Public Lecture by Prof. Götz on the topic "Mechanisms of Neurogenesis – from Glial Cells to Neural Repair" on Sept 24, 2014, 2 p.m. ct at Max Delbrück Communications Center Berlin.
Magdalena Götz's research interest focuses on the study of brain cell types, in particular on stem cell functions and cell regeneration. In her research project, Götz aims to investigate the molecular mechanisms of neuron development (neurogenesis). Here, a key role is played by so-called transcription factors that activate genetic information. Based on her insight that the support cells of the brain (glial cells) also have stem cell characteristics, Götz aims to induce their reprogramming to functional nerve cells. Magdalena Götz's research is seen as a landmark in attempts to direct the differentiation of stem cells and thus to solve one of the central problems of applied stem cell research.
Magdalena Götz (b. 1962) studied philosophy at the University of Heidelberg and biology at the University of Tübingen. In 1992, she earned her doctorate in the research group of Jürgen Bolz at the Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society and was awarded the Otto Hahn Medal of the Max Planck Society for her dissertation. From 1993 until 1996, she was a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute for Medical Research, London, and a postdoctoral scientist at Smith Kline Beecham, Harlow, UK. Subsequently, she led a research group at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology in Munich-Martinsried, Germany. In 2004 she was appointed director of the Institute of Stem Cell Research of the GSF (today: Helmholtz Zentrum München) in Neuherberg and chair of Physiological Genomics at the University of Munich (LMU). Götz is an elected member of the European Molecular Biology Organization and a recipient of the 2007 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize and the 2007 Hansen Prize. Since 2007, she has also been a member of the Leopoldina Academy. In 2008 she received the Hans and Ilse Breuer Award; in 2010, she received the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon, and in 2013 the Remedios Caro Almela Prize on Developmental Neurobiology.
Information on participating / attending:
Registration until Sept 17, 2014 under: welcome@mdc-berlin.de
(limited number of places)
Date:
09/24/2014 14:15 - 09/24/2014 15:45
Registration deadline:
09/18/2014
Event venue:
MDC.C
Max Delbrück Communications Center
(Axon II)
Robert-Rössle-Straße 10
13125 Berlin
13125 Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Target group:
Scientists and scholars, Students
Email address:
Relevance:
transregional, national
Subject areas:
Biology, Medicine
Types of events:
Presentation / colloquium / lecture
Entry:
09/12/2014
Sender/author:
Andrea Bölling
Department:
Pressestelle
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event48325
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