ProfessorThomasF.MeyerawardedRobertKochGoldMedal
CAUseniorprofessorandPMIclustermemberreceiveshighdistinctionforhislife'swork
 
ProfessorThomasF.Meyer,memberoftheClusterofExcellence"PrecisionMedicineinChronicInflammation"(PMI)andSeniorProfessorattheMedicalFacultyoftheChristian-Albrechts-UniversityofKiel(CAU),wasawardedtheRobertKochMedalinGoldonSaturday(14.11.2020).Theawardisoneofthehighestscientificdistinctionsinthefieldofinfectiousmedicine;amongtheprizewinnersareseverallaterNobelPrizewinners.Withthemedal,theRobertKochFoundationhonorstheoutstandingscientificlife'sworkofProfessorMeyer,whotothisdayhassetmilestonesininfectionresearchuptothediscoveryofcausativemechanismsofcancerdevelopment.
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KielUniversity(CAU)andUniversityMedicalCenterSchleswig-Holstein(UKSH)
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ProfessorThomasF.Meyer,seniorprofessorattheFacultyofMedicineatKielUniversity,isthisyear’sRobertKochGoldMedalrecipientforhisoutstandingscientificlife'swork.
TheRobertKochFoundationawardstheRobertKochGoldMedalannuallytohonortheoutstandinglife'sworkofscientists.ManyprizewinnershavesubsequentlybeenawardedaNobelPrize.
AbouttheClusterofExcellencePMI
TheClusterofExcellence"PrecisionMedicineinChronicInflammation"(PMI)isbeingfundedfrom2019to2025throughtheGermanExcellenceStrategy(ExStra).Itsucceedsthe"InflammationatInterfacesCluster,whichwasalreadyfundedintwoperiodsoftheExcellenceInitiative(2007-2018).Around300membersfromeightinstitutionsatfourlocationsareinvolved:Kiel(KielUniversity,UniversityMedicalCenterSchleswig-Holstein(UKSH),MuthesiusUniversityofFineArtsandDesign,KielInstitutefortheWorldEconomy(IfW),LeibnizInstituteforScienceandMathematicsEducation(IPN)),Lbeck(UniversityofLbeck,UniversityMedicalCenterSchleswig-Holstein(UKSH)),Pln(MaxPlanckInstituteforEvolutionaryBiology)andBorstel(ResearchCenterBorstel-LeibnizLungCenter).
Thegoalistotranslateinterdisciplinaryresearchfindingsonchronicinflammatorydiseasesofbarrierorganstohealthcaremoreintensively,aswellastofulfilpreviouslyunsatisfiedneedsofthepatients.Threepointsareimportantinthecontextofsuccessfultreatment,andarethereforeattheheartofPMIresearch:theearlydetectionofchronicinflammatorydiseases,thepredictionofdiseaseprogressionandcomplications,andthepredictionofindividualresponsestotreatment.
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