Ulm University has awarded this year's DAAD Prize to Igor Mikhailov. The award, which is endowed with 1000 euros, is presented to international students who have demonstrated outstanding coursework and have shown particular social commitment. 
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Johannes Jerg, an alumnus of Ulm University who now works as a press spokesman at ZF in Friedrichshafen, received the PR Report's award Young Professional of the Year.
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For research into PURA syndrome - a rare developmental disorder of the brain - affected families have handed over a cheque for €10,000 to the head of the Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Professor Dierk Niessing .
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Prize money worth €80,000 went to Dr Melissa Hitzler (1st place) and Dr Sarah Schröder (2nd place) at the Young Researchers' Science Day.
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At the opening of the Academy Week on Monday, 23 September, Dr Götz Hartung, long-time chairwoman of the ZaWiW - Centre for General Scientific Education (Zentrum für Allgemeine Wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung), was awarded the Ulm University Medal.
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With the "MANAGE HSC" study, Junior Professor Ani Grigoryan from the Institute of Molecular Medicine wants to investigate how the bone marrow changes with age and influences the ageing of human haematopoietic stem cells. The junior research group leader has been awarded a Starting Grant from the European Research Council totalling one and a half million euros.
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