31st Hans Herloff Inhoffen Lecture and Award Ceremony for Doctoral Prizes

In memory of the chemist Prof. Hans Herloff Inhoffen, who died in 1992, the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and the Technical University (TU) of Braunschweig have regularly organized the Inhoffen Lecture since 1994, at which the Inhoffen Medal, endowed with 8,000 euros, is awarded. The Inhoffen Medal is one of the most prestigious German prizes in the field of natural product chemistry. It is awarded by the Friends of the HZI, which also finances the prize money.

Program

Prof Dr-Ing Angela Ittel, President of the TU Braunschweig
Welcome address

Prof Dr Josef Penninger, Scientific Director of the HZI
Welcome address

Prof Dr Thomas Lindel, TU Braunschweig, Institute for Organic Chemistry

31st HANS HERLOFF INHOFFEN LECTURE

Prof Dr Mark Brönstrup, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Laudatio

Prof Dr Craig Crews, Yale University, USA
“Induced Proximity Drug Modalities: Hijacking Mother Nature to Control Protein Function”

Presentation of the H. H. Inhoffen Medal to Prof. Dr Craig Crews by the Chair of the HZI Friends’ Association
Prof. Dr Klemens Rottner

Presentation of the HZI Friends’ Association PhD Awards

Short presentations by the PhD award winners.

Further Information:

This year’s award ceremony will take place on 11 June 2026 at 3 pm at the Technical University of Braunschweig in the auditorium of the Haus der Wissenschaft.
Pockelsstraße 11, 38106 Braunschweig.

Please confirm your participation by email by May 31, 2026.

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Further information on the Inhoffen Medal and a list of previous recipients can be found here.