Jens Claus Brüning is Director of the Max Planck Institute for Metabolic Research in Cologne and heads the Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Preventive Medicine at the University Hospital in Cologne. The physician and metabolism researcher is investigating the connection between diabetes mellitus type 2 and insulin resistance. He was able to show how the central nervous system regulates food intake and influences the availability of energy in the body. The brain plays a decisive role in regulating the energy balance and thus also in food intake.
The interactions between the very complex hormone system and the control in the nervous system are part of Prof. Brüning’s research focus. He was able to identify certain brain cells as control centers for metabolism and describe their effects.
His basic research is groundbreaking for new prevention and therapy approaches for obesity and metabolic diseases. Prof. Dr. Jens Claus Brüning will receive the Ernst Schering Prize 2020 for his outstanding research work.
A seven-member jury of international scientists* has selected Brüning’s research work from among 23 nominations.
Professor Brüning was nominated for the Ernst Schering Prize by Prof. Dr. Herbert Jäckle, retired director of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry. Professor Jäckle, who will talk to him about his work at the award ceremony, said: “Mr. Brüning is a physician who has made groundbreaking contributions to basic research. He owes this not only to his intellectual brilliance, but also to his social intelligence, with which he motivates his staff to achieve top performance while remaining humane and modest”.
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October 01, 2020
Jens Brüning
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