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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2022
2021
2020
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
2015
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Silvia Arber
Remedios Caro Almela Prize in Developmental Neurobiology -
Tuncay Baubec (group Schuebeler, D.)
Bruno Speck Award -
Mohamed Bentires-Alj
AACR Outstanding Investigator Award for Breast Cancer Research -
Claudia Keller (group Hofsteenge, J.)
Ingrid zu Solms Prize for Sciences -
Nicolas Thoma
Election to EMBO -
Steffen Wolff (group Luethi, A.)
Pfizer Research Prize
2014
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Silvia Arber
Basel City Award -
Silvia Arber
City of Basel Science Award -
Silvia Arber
Otto Naegeli Prize for Biomedical Research -
Mohamed Bentires-Alj
European Association for Cancer Research Paper Award -
Mohamed Bentires-Alj
Susan G. Komen Scholarship Award -
Mohamed Bentires-Alj
Swiss Cancer League Robert Wenner Prize -
Witold Filipowicz
Gutenberg Chair of the Région Alsace -
Rainer W. Friedrich
Election to EMBO -
Rainer W. Friedrich
Member Academia Europaea -
Susan M. Gasser
Doctorat Honoris causa, University of Lausanne -
Nancy E. Hynes
President of the Scientific Board of the Swiss Cancer League -
Georg Keller
Human Frontier Science Program Career Development Award -
Antoine H.F.M. Peters
Election to EMBO -
Dirk Schuebeler
ESCI Award for Excellence in Basic/Translational Research -
Nicolas Thoma
Member Academia Europaea -
Benjamin Towbin (group Gasser, S.)
Faculty of Science Prize for best thesis, University of Basel -
Shihori Yokobayashi (group Peters, A.)
Bruno Speck Award