Otto Warburg Medal Award

Announcing: 2026 Otto Warburg Medal Award winner

^{Image caption: Professor Maya Schuldiner, 2026 recipient of the Otto Warburg Medal
Image credit: Uwe Dettmar}

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2026 Otto Warburg Medal Award

We are delighted to announce that the 2026 Otto Warburg Medal has been awarded to Professor Maya Schuldiner (Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel) for her outstanding contributions to biochemistry and molecular biology. The medal, awarded by the German Society for Biochemistry, is the most important recognition in biochemistry in Germany. BBA and Elsevier are proud sponsors of the Otto Warburg Medal.

Professor Schuldiner is recognized for her pioneering work on the organization of the eukaryotic cell, in particular her discoveries on protein targeting and the identification of organelle contact sites. Her research has revealed fundamental principles governing how proteins are accurately delivered to their correct cellular destinations and how organelles communicate with each other.

Using innovative, systematic approaches her laboratory has uncovered the functions of many previously uncharacterized proteins and pathways. Her work has significantly advanced our understanding of intracellular organization and has broad implications for human health and disease.

The 2026 Otto Warburg Medal Award was presented at the 77th Mosbacher Kolloquium

From left to right: Volker Haucke, Professor of Molecular Pharmacology and Director of the Leibniz Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP), Berlin, Germany; Maya Schuldiner, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel; Christian Ungermann, Professor and Head of the Biochemistry Division, University of Osnabrück, Germany; Laura Mesquita, Executive Publisher of Biochemistry, Elsevier; Burkhard Bechinger,Professor of Physical Chemistry and NMR at the University of Strasbourg, France.

Image credit: Uwe Dettmar.

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