Previous Laureates
The Otto Warburg Medal was awarded for the first time on 8th October, 1963 on the occasion of the 80th birthday of Otto Warburg. It honours scientists who have contributed important work in the field of biological chemistry. The prize is awarded annually as a bronze medal on the occasion of a GBM meeting.
Johannes Buchner
The Otto Warburg Medal 2024
"In recognition of his fundamental contributions to protein structure formation and the role of chaperones"
Matthias Mann
The Otto Warburg Medal 2023
"For his outstanding findings in the field of mass spectrometry-based proteom analysis"
Stefanie Dimmeler
The Otto Warburg Medal 2022
"In recognition of her pioneering work in the field of pathophysiological mechanisms of cardiovascular diseases and new approaches to the therapy"
Petra Schwille
The Otto Warburg Medal 2021
"In recognition of her pioneering work in the field of reconstructing cellular processes in simplified functional systems"
Patrick Cramer
The Otto Warburg Medal 2020
"for his innovative research on transcription and regulation of genes."
Marina Rodnina
The Otto Warburg Medal 2019
"for her innovative research on understanding the structure and function of ribosomes"
Nobel Laureates
Warburg Award Winners having received the Nobel Prize:
Hans Adolf Krebs (1953)
Max Perutz (1962)
Feodor Lynen (1964)
Robert Huber (1988)
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (1995)
Günter Blobel (1999)
Kurt Wüthrich (2002)
Randy Schekman (2013)
James Rothman (2013)
Emmanuelle Charpentier (2020)
While in the case of Krebs and Perutz the jurors applied a different procedure, the rule to-day is: Anyone who has already received the Nobel Prize will not be nominated for the Warburg Medal.