The HENNER GRAEFF FOUNDATION – YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD
We are excited that the HENNER GRAEFF FOUNDATION is sponsoring the Winterschool 2023 with three Young Investigator Awards.
Young investigators are awarded in recognition of their innovative approaches to their specific topics with a prize money of 1000.- EUR each.
Awardees of the past years:
2022
- Natasha Aley (University College London) ATG4B mediates beta catenin expression and 3D spheroid formation in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
- Naiá Porã Santos (University of Salzburg) Functional analysis of phytocystatin 6 from Arabidopsis thaliana revealed amyloid fibril formation
- Konstantinos Kalogeropoulos (Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby) Proteomic and proteolytic landscape of acute human skin repair
2021
- Matthias Koch (KU Leuven) The mechanism securing GSEC-APP interactions and defining Aβ product length
- Jimin Hwang (University of Otago /NZ) Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Anti-chlamydial Covalent Inhibitors Targeting the Novel Bacterial Serine Protease CtHtrA
- Yekaterina Kovalyova (Yale University) An infection-activated redox switch in the lysosomal protease legumain promotes tumor growth
2020
- Alaa ALHAYEK (Saarland University & Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland) Succinimides as novel pathoblocker agents targeting extracellular bacterial metalloproteases LasB and ColH
- Fred ARMBRUST (University of Kiel) APP processing in mouse brains shifts towards β-cleavage upon meprin β overexpression in astrocytes
- Cynthia COLMORGEN (University of Kiel) Cleavage of galectin-3 by meprin α and meprin β in intestinal mucosa
- Anna HOFMANN (University of Kiel) Capturing dynamic protein-protein interactions of intermembrane protease SPPL3
- Giulia MAGNO (Technical University of Munich) Evaluation of the tumor biological role of KLK4 in triple-negative breast cancer
- Kriti PATHAK (University of Kiel) Biochemical characterization of soluble ADAM10 and ADAM17
Best Chairing & Best Speaker – AWARD
| Year | Best Chairing | Best Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Ulrich ECKHARD Institute of Molecular Biology of Barcelona (IBMB) Evelyn HUTTERER University of Salzburg Walter STÖCKER Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz | |
| 2021 | Barbara GRÜNWALD University Health Network | |
| 2020 | Ulrich AUF DEM KELLER ETH Zurich Christopher OVERALL University of British Columbia | Alaa ALHAYEK Saarland University & Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland Succinimides as novel pathoblocker agents targeting extracellular bacterial metalloproteases LasB and ColH |
| 2019 | Christoph BECKER-PAULY University of Kiel Stefan ROSE-JOHN Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel | Stefania WUNDERLI ETH Zurich Proteolytic tendon degeneration after physical unloading heavily depends on the patho-physiological niche |
| 2018 | Lukas MACH University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna | Rielana WICHERT University of Kiel Mucus detachment in the small intestine requires shedding of host metalloprotease meprin β, which is abrogated by pathogenic protease RgpB |
2017 | Guy SALVESEN | Jessica GÖTZFRIED |
| 2016 | Ulrich AUF DEM KELLER ETH Zurich | Jennifer VANDOOREN KU Leuven, Rega Institute for Medical Research Novel insights in matrix metalloproteinase-9 trimerization and its functional implications |
| 2015 | Ulrich AUF DEM KELLER ETH Zurich | Pernille SØGAARD University of Oxford DDR1 plays a role in spatial regulation of MT1-MMP activity during epithelial tubulogenesis |
| 2014 | Jim HUNTINGTON University of Cambridge | Elfriede DALL University of Salzburg Structural and mechanistic basis of legumain inhibition by cystatins |
| 2013 | Walter STÖCKER University of Mainz | Claudia BRODER University of Kiel It’s Make or Break: The Metalloproteases Meprin α and Meprin β are C- and N-Procollagenases associated with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome VII |
