Ernst Schering Prize 2012 for Proteome-Researcher Matthias Mann
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18.01.2012, Berlin | On the 10th of September 2012 the Schering Foundation Berlin will award the Ernst Schering Prize 2012 for internationally leading accomplishments in the area of medical, biological and chemical basic research to Prof. Matthias Mann, director at the Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry in Martinsried. He will receive the prize, which carries an award of 50,000 Euro, for his seminal work exploring the proteome – the complete complement of the proteins of an organism. Matthias Mann has revolutionized the methods that are used for the identification and characterization of proteins, by successfully transferring methods of the physical sciences – such as mass spectrometry – to the area of molecular biology. |
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Not genes but protein molecules, whose structures are laid down in the genetic material, are the real carriers of function in the cell. The analysis of proteins of organisms is therefore one of the most important tasks in biology and medicine. Matthias Mann’s research is making it possible to analyze the proteome with the same efficiency that was previously reserved for the genome (the total genetic material of an organism). For further information please read our |
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