Nobelpreis

The union has named three Honorary Fellows this year, including two scientists at the MPI for Biophysical Chemistry: Nobel laureates Stefan Hell and Erwin Neher. Both were honored for their groundbreaking research of great importance to the field of physiology. more

Stefan W. Hell, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen (Germany) has been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He shares the prize with Eric Betzig and William E. Moerner. With the award the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences honors their pioneering work in the field of ultra high resolution fluorescence microscopy. more