Science award for microbiologist Jörg Overmann

Stifterverband honours commitment to research into and fair use of biological diversity

This year, the Wissenschaftspreis (science award) of the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft called “Forschung in Verantwortung” (research in responsibility) goes to Jörg Overmann, scientific director of the Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures and professor in the Institute of Microbiology at Technische Universität Braunschweig.

Press release TU Braunschweig