Awards & Honors
In recognition of their work, several researchers at the FMI have received awards and honors – a reflection of the relevance, impact and excellence of their work, and an endorsement of the whole institute’s scientific ambition. On this page we list key scientific awards received by FMI scientists since 2010; the list is not exhaustive.
For an overview of the winners of our internal awards – the Ed Fischer Prize (for best thesis), the Max Burger Prize (for best postdoctoral publication) and the Ruth Chiquet Prize (recognizing scientific ingenuity)– please see respective pages.
Ed Fischer Prize |
Max Burger Prize |
Ruth Chiquet Prize |
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2019
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Silvia Arber
Betty and David Koetser Memorial Prize » More -
Silvia Arber
International Prize of the Fyssen Foundation » More -
Silvia Arber
Prix Charles-Léopold Mayer » More -
Alexander Attinger (group Keller, G.) & Bo Wang (group Keller, G.)
Pfizer Research Prize » More -
Urs Mayr (group Liberali, P.) & Denise Serra (group Liberali, P.)
Bruno Speck Award -
Botond Roska
Louis-Jeantet Prize » More
2018
2017
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Silvia Arber
Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine » More -
Silvia Arber
Novartis VIVA Leading Scientist Award -
Jeffrey A. Chao
EMBO Young Investigator Award -
Maria Soledad Esposito (group Arber, S.) & Philip Tovote (group Luethi, A.)
Pfizer Research Prize -
Luca Giorgetti
EMBO Young Investigator Award
2016
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Indranil Banerjee (group Roska, B.) & Yasuyuki Miyake (group Matthias, P.)
Pfizer Research Prize -
Mohamed Bentires-Alj
Election to EMBO -
Marie-May Coissieux (group Bentires-Alj, M.)
Pfizer Research Prize » More -
Susan M. Gasser
Honorary Doctorate in Medicine, Charles University of Prague -
Susan M. Gasser
Lee Hartwell award of the Genetics Society of America -
Shany Koren (group Bentires-Alj, M.)
Bruno Speck Award -
Andreas Luethi
Cloetta Prize -
Botond Roska
Cogan Award from the Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology -
Keisuke Yonehara (group Roska, B.)
Swiss OphtAward