Innovation Award

Innovation Award of the GDCh Division of Medicinal Chemistry

The medical/pharmaceutical chemistry Innovation Award is awarded by the Division of Medicinal Chemistry of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) together with the pharmaceutical/medicinal chemistry Division of the German Pharmaceutical Society (DPhG). The prize honors outstanding scientific publications and results in the fields of medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry. The award comes with a certificate of award and prize money of 5,000 euros donated by the two Divisions . The award usually takes place annually as part of the "Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry" Conference . The prize can be shared.

Current call for proposals: Innovation Award for Medicinal/Pharmaceutical Chemistry 2024

Deadline: November 30, 2023

objective
Every year, the GDCh Division of Medicinal Chemistry and the DPhG Division for pharmaceutical/medicinal chemistry jointly award this prize in recognition of outstanding and independent scientific research in medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry – evidenced by publications in scientific journals.

The price
The award comes with a certificate of award and prize money of 5,000 euros donated by the two Divisions . The prize can be shared. The award will be presented at the Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry Conference , which will take place from March 17 to 20, 2024 in Munich. The award awardee will be invited to present their own research area in a short presentation during the Conference . The Division bears the costs of attending the conference. A prize committee, which is appointed by the two Divisions, decides on the award of the prize; each Division appoints two members.

Nomination/Application
Nominations and applications are possible. The doctorate of the candidates should not be older than ten years. Publications that appeared between 2019 and 2023 are considered. Each application/nomination contains the following information:

     

  • concise justification (max. 1 page),
  • CV (including contact details),
  • Opinion from a mentor,
  • Overview of self-employed postdoctoral activities with regard to habilitation or equivalent qualifications and
  • electronic reprints of the publications.

submission
Please send your suggestion by e-mail and summarized in a PDF file to the GDCh Office for the attention of Maike Fries.

Innovation Award for Medicinal/Pharmaceutical Chemistry 2023

The Innovation Award 2023 was presented on April 4, 2023 at the Division conference "Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry 2023" in Vienna
dr Matthew Schiedel   awarded "in recognition of his outstanding, original and pioneering research work. By addressing intracellular allosteric binding sites of G protein-coupled receptors, Dr. Schiedel succeeded in developing novel concepts for controlling receptor selectivity and functional selectivity. By applying PROTAC strategies GPCRs could be targeted for proteasomal degradation. The scientific success of his innovative and independent work is impressively documented by publications in internationally renowned journals."

Innovation Award for Medicinal/Pharmaceutical Chemistry 2022

The Innovation Award was presented to Dr. Steffen Pockes and Dr. Awarded to Oliver Thorn-Seshold.

dr Pockes: "In recognition of his outstanding, original and pioneering research work. The scientific work of Dr. Pockes deals with the development of novel active substances to combat neurodegenerative diseases. The focus is on innovative ligands for G protein-coupled receptors and selective caspase inhibitors The scientific success of his innovative and independent research work is documented by publications in the highest-ranking journals of medicinal chemistry."

dr Thorn-Seshold: "In recognition of his outstanding, original and pioneering research work. Dr. Thorn-Seshold is developing novel, structurally chemical, photoswitchable modulators of the cytoskeleton. This work ranges from basic research to application in vivo. With photoswitchable antimitotics and vascular-damaging agents, new strategies for tumor therapy. The scientific success of his innovative and independent work is documented by publications in the highest international journals and by the considerable acquisition of third-party funds."

Innovation Award for Medicinal/Pharmaceutical Chemistry 2021

Prof. Dr. Pierre Koch
Ass.-Prof. Dr. Nina Schützenmeister

The Innovation Award was presented to Prof. Dr. Pierre Koch and Ass.-Prof. dr Nina Schützenmeister awarded.

prof dr Koch: "In recognition of his excellent, original and pioneering research work. Dr. Koch developed selective kinase inhibitors that are able to penetrate the central nervous system. These kinase inhibitors represent an innovative approach to the therapy of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's dementia and multiple sclerosis. The scientific success of this innovative research work is documented by numerous publications in respected journals."

Prof. Dr. Schützenmeister: "In recognition of her excellent, original and forward-looking research work. Dr. Schützenmeister carried out innovative work on the synthesis of biologically active natural substances. She developed new and efficient synthesis methods and used them to obtain antibacterial and antiviral natural substances and natural substance analogues novel analogues for improving the biological activity are accessible. The scientific success of this innovative and extremely independent research work is documented by publications in respected journals."

Innovation Award for Medicinal/Pharmaceutical Chemistry 2020

PD Dr. Oliver Koch
PD Dr. Daniel Merk

The Innovation Award 2020 was awarded to PD Dr. Oliver Koch and PD Dr. Daniel Merk forgive.

PD dr Oliver Koch: " in recognition of his outstanding, original and pioneering research work. Dr. Koch carried out groundbreaking work on the development and application of computer-aided methods for the rational molecular design of new biologically active substances. In this context, he dealt in particular with targets for combating mycobacterial infections and for modulation epigenetic processes. The scientific success of this innovative and extremely independent research work is documented in numerous publications in respected journals."

PD dr Daniel Merk: " in recognition of his outstanding, original and pioneering research work. Dr. Merk carried out innovative work on the modulation of nuclear receptors. This important class of proteins offers poorly characterized, potential new targets for drug development. Dr. Merk used for his previous research work a wide range of methods, which also includes computer-assisted methods. In his young scientific career, he has already achieved an astonishing number of high-quality publications."

Innovation Award for Medicinal/Pharmaceutical Chemistry 2019

Dr. F. von Nussbaum, Dr. A. Brunschweiger,
Prof. Dr. S. Laufer (v.l.n.r.; Foto: Dr. L. Höllein,
Universität Würzburg)

The Innovation Award 2019 was presented at the annual conference "Frontiers in Medicinal Chemistry" to Dr. Andreas Brunschweiger awarded "in recognition of his outstanding, original and forward-looking research work. Dr. Andreas Brunschweiger has developed and synthesized innovative DNA-encoded substance libraries for numerous substance classes. These libraries enable fast and efficient identification of new lead structures in drug research."

Innovation Award for Medicinal/Pharmaceutical Chemistry 1999ff

2023 dr Matthias Schiedel, Erlangen-Nuremberg
2022 dr Steffen Pockes, Regensburg
dr Oliver Thorn-Seshold, Munich
2021 dr Pierre Koch, Regensburg
Ass.-Prof. dr Nina Schützenmeister, Vienna
2020 PD dr Oliver Koch, Munster
PD dr Daniel Merk, Frankfurt
2019 dr Andreas Brunschweiger, Dortmund
2018

Prof. Dr. Finn K. Hansen, Leipzig
dr Alexander Titz, Saarbrucken

2017 Prof. Dr. Anna Katharina Herta Hirsch, Saarbrucken
 
2016

dr Andreas Koeberle, Jena
dr Dennis Schade, Dortmund

2015 dr Nuska Tschammer, Erlangen
dr Peter Kolb, Marburg
2014 Jun.-Prof. dr Peter Wich, Mainz
2013 dr Johanne Notni, Munich
2012 dr Christian Ottman, Dortmund
2011 Jun.-Prof. dr Ingo Ott, Brunswick
dr Andreas Bender, Cambridge, UK
2010 dr Daniel Rauh, Dortmund
2008 dr Franz von Nussbaum, Wuppertal
2007 Prof. Dr. Christoph Sotriffer, Marburg
2006 PD dr Andrea Sinz, Leipzig
2005 PD dr Eric Beitz, Tuebingen
dr Holger Gohlke, Frankfurt
2003 PD dr Franz F Paintner, Munich
2002 dr Jörg Rademann, Tuebingen
2001 dr Andreas Link, Hamburg
dr Wolfgang Sippl, Dusseldorf
2000 dr Manfred Jung, Munster
1999 PD dr Thomas Carell, Zurich, Switzerland
dr Martin Schlitzer, Marburg
1998 Habilitation Prize
dr Joachim Jose
dr Tanya Schirmeister

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