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Pfizer Research Prize for Camilla Schinner (Spindler Lab)
The Pfizer Research Prize is considered one of the best-known awards for medical research in Switzerland. This year, the award is being given to three young scientists at the Basel research location.
The Foundation Pfizer Research Prize has been honoring outstanding findings from basic biomedical research and clinical research for more than 30 years. During this year’s award ceremony, the Foundation is honoring 13 scientists for their excellent work, three of them at the Basel research location:
The heart condition arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy can kill without warning, and particularly affects young athletes. Researchers at the University of Basel genetically modified mice to produce a similar disease progression to that found in humans. A team at the Department of Biomedicine was able to identify previously unknown mechanisms and new therapeutic approaches in the process. Lead author Professor Camilla Schinner, who now works at the Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (Hannover Medical School), received the prize for basic research in the category “Cardiovascular Medicine, Urology and Nephrology”.