ZMB Mentoring
Mentoring by Nobel Laureates
The Centre for Medical Biotechnology offers an outstanding mentoring opportunity for selected PhD students by the five Nobel Laureates Harald zur Hausen, Erwin Neher, Robert Huber, Jean-Marie Lehn, and Kurt Wüthrich.
Prof. Dr. Harald zur Hausen
German virologist Harald zur Hausen was awarded half the 2008 prize for his discovery of the role of human papilloma viruses (HPV) in cervical cancer. His work led to the eventual introduction, in 2006, of a vaccine to combat HPV.
German Cancer Research Centre Heidelberg
Prof. Dr. Erwin Neher
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1991 was awarded jointly to Erwin Neher and Bert Sakmann "for their discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells".
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen
Prof. Dr. Robert Huber
Chemist Robert Huber received the 1988 chemistry award, which was shared by three scientists for their determination of the three-dimensional structure of a photosynthetic reaction centre.
Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
Centre for Medical Biotechnology
Prof. Dr. Jean-Marie Lehn
Chemist Jean-Marie Lehn received the 1987 chemistry prize, which was shared by three scientists for the "development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity".
Institute of Nanotechnology (INT), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Prof. Dr. Kurt Wüthrich
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2002 was awarded with one half to Kurt Wüthrich "for his development of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for determining the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules in solution".
Institute of Molecular Biology & Biophysics, ETH-Hönggerberg, Zürich