This year's science prize awarded by the Hamburg company Eppendorf AG goes to Sweden.
The 2005 award is the 11th research prize awarded by the Hamburg Biotech company to honor outstanding work in biomedical research in
Since 1995, a scientific panel headed by Professor Dr. Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker, president of the German Research Foundation has been reponsible for selecting the most deserving work each year. This year there were more than 100 candidates. With this prize, Eppendorf supports young scientists in
Dr. Helleday received the prize during a gala dinner attended by over 100 guests from the scientific community and related industry. After opening remarks by Dr. Heinz Gerhard Köhn, Eppendorf’s Board Member for Technology, a speech honoring the achievements of this year’s prize winner was held by Professor Dr. Winnacker.
A summary of the work of Dr. Helleday, as well as a press report and photos of the event can be found under www.eppendorf.com "Eppendorf Awards".
Dr. Thomas Helleday was born in 1971. He studied molecular biology and business management at the
Since 2004, he has been working as "Research Fellow" in the Arrhenius Laboratory at