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Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla Honored With the Maximiliansorden

Prof. Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla, this year’s Leibniz Prize winner, has received the Bavarian Maximiliansorden for Science and Art. Minister-President Dr. Markus Söder presented the distinguished state honor to her at the State Chancellery, recognizing her pioneering research in stem cell biology and epigenetics.

German Cancer Research Center

Lautenschläger Prize for Young Scientists 2025 awarded to Lukas Bunse

As a clinician scientist at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the Mannheim Medical Faculty of Heidelberg University, neurologist Lukas Bunse is investigating how the body's own immune system can be supported in fighting brain tumors. For this work, he has been awarded the Lautenschläger Prize for Young Scientists, which is endowed with €25,000.

German Cancer Research Center

Shield against metastases and genetically protected CAR-T cells: Double honor for Mirco Julian Friedrich

Physician and cancer researcher Mirco Julian Friedrich from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), the stem cell research institute HI-STEM*, and Heidelberg University Hospital (UKHD) has received two awards for two independent research projects: The Beug Foundation has honored his novel approach to preventing liver metastases with the Metastasis Prize 2025. The Kind-Philipp…