For her outstanding research in the field of regeneration biology Prof. Dr. Elly Tanaka is awarded with the Ernst Schering Prize. The 50,000-euro prize is one of the most prestigious German science awards. For her outstanding work on neuroinflammation Dr. Ivana Nikić-Spiegel is awarded with the Friedmund Neumann Prize 2017. The Schering Stiftung awards the 10,000-euro prize to young scientists who have done outstanding basic research in human biology, organic chemistry or human medicine and who have already developed a distinctive scientific profile since completing their dissertation

The Prize will be presented to the awardees by Prof. Martin Grötschel, President of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, at an official ceremony which will take place on September 25th 2017 in the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Berlin. On the occasion of the award ceremony, both awardees will present their research.