Preisträger:innen
Research Festival for Life Sciences 2026
Wie in den Vorjahren präsentierten die Wissenschaftler:innen ihre Poster in fünfminütigen Kurzvorträgen. An der Bewertung waren im Jahr 2026 über 24 Gutachter:innen von der Universität Leipzig und dem Universitätsklinikum Leipzig beteiligt. Insgesamt 12 Autor:innen wurden für ihre innovativen Arbeiten mit den Forschungspreisen des Research Festivals ausgezeichnet.
Clinical Research
Cortical Damage Accounts for the Apparent Seizure Control Network Reported for Post-Stroke Epilepsy
Tim Ritter, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Department of Neurology
Diseases of Civilisation / Obesity
Restoring Myoglobin in Brown Fat Improves Metabolic Homeostasis
Helen Broghammer, Leipzig University, Helmholtz Institute for Metabolic, Obesity and Vascular Research, Molecular Obesity Research
Public Health, Psychology and Cognition
An Optimized Multi-Step In vitro Pipeline for the Discovery of Biofilm-Degrading Bacteriophages against mucoid clinical MDR
Hannah Mahl, Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology (IZI), Department of Infection Research and Diagnostics
Immunology / Infectiology /Inflammation
The Tale of Tailocins: Exploring the Therapeutic Potential of Tailocins Against Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Clinical Isolates In Vitro
Rayhaan Gerard Pais, Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology (IZI), Department of Infection Research and Diagnostics
Biomaterials / Translational Regenerative Medicine / Drug Delivery
Advanced Hydrogel-3D-Micropatterning via Two-Photon Ablation for Vascular Engineering
Sabrina Hoffmann, Leipzig University, Institute of Biochemistry, Biochemical Cell Technology
Clinical and Molecular Oncology
The transcription factor NRF1 mediates cell cycle gene expression
Louisa Franziska Schmidbauer, Leipzig University, Faculty of Medicine, Molecular Oncology
Life Science Research
HPTLC-DESI-MS for Comparative Profiling of Medicinal Plant Extracts under Different Cultivation Conditions
Hannah Koller, Leipzig University, Analytical Chemistry
GPCR Activation and Signaling I
A novel molecular high throughput drug screening tool for human adhesion GPCRs
Prabakaran Annadurai, Leipzig University, Rudolf Schonheimer Institute for Biochemistry, Leipzig University, General Biochemistry
GPCR Activation and Signaling II
Development of Optimized Y5 Receptor Selective Agonists for Cancer Therapy and Diagnostics
Lisa Christin Peuker, Leipzig University, Institute of Biochemistry
Molecular and Systemic Neurobiology
Thermoregulatory mPOA PNOC Neurons Modulate Adipose Tissue Metabolism
Asma Saidi, Helmholtz Institute for Metabolic, Obesity and Vascular Research (HI-MAG), Group Diet Induced Metabolic Alterations
Molecular and Cellular Biology / Biomedicine I
role of IRE1α in platelet activation
Fides Möbus, Leipzig University, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics
Molecular and Cellular Biology / Biomedicine II
Fructose-Induced DNA Methylation Changes in Retroperitoneal White Adipose Tissue
Barbara Dumrauf, CENEXA. Center for Experimental and Applied Endocrinology (UNLP-CONICET-CeAs CICPBA), Faculty of Medical Sciences