Rottendorf Foundation honors two young scientists

Rottendorf Award Ceremony

The Rottendorf Foundation from Ennigerloh awarded its prizes for outstanding scientific achievements in the field of pharmacy and pharmacology on October 13, 2023 at the University of Münster.

This year's national award winner is Professor Dr. Louisa Temme from the University in Hamburg for her work on the development of novel small molecule receptors and ATP- kinase inhibitors for the therapy of tumor diseases and treatment of viral and bacterial diseases.

The international prize was awarded to Assistant Professor Dr. Willem Jespers of Leiden University in the Netherlands for his research in the field of computer-aided drug development and prediction of drug toxicity.

The prizes, each worth €10,000, were presented at a ceremony on the PharmaCampus by Hermann-Ulrich Viskorf, Chairman of the Foundation's Board of Directors, and Prof. Eckehard Frick, MD, a member of the Board of Trustees. Among the well-wishers was also the Rector of the University of Münster Prof. Dr. Johannes Wessels, who in his welcoming address emphasized the excellent cooperation between the University of Münster and the Rottendorf Foundation and once again expressed his sincere thanks for the recent establishment of the Rottendorf Professorship.

The laudations were given by Prof. Dr. Bernhard Wünsch from the Institute of Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Chemistry, University of Münster, and Prof. Dr. Gerard van Westen from the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, University of Leiden. The award winners, their parents, relatives and mentors, representatives of the universities and Rottendorf Pharma GmbH as well as the members of the foundation's committees were invited to a festive lunch following the ceremony.

Rottendorf Foundation Ennigerloh, 16.10.2023