The Aronson Prize (german: Aronson-Preis) is a prize awarded for achievements in

microbiology Microbiology () is the scientific study of microorganisms, those being unicellular (single cell), multicellular (cell colony), or acellular (lacking cells). Microbiology encompasses numerous sub-disciplines including virology, bacteriology, prot ...

and immunology. It was established by the

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of the pediatrician and bacteriologist Hans Aronson and has been awarded since 1921. Aronson bequeathed a large part of his

estate Estate or The Estate may refer to: Law * Estate (law), a term in common law for a person's property, entitlements and obligations * Estates of the realm, a broad social category in the histories of certain countries. ** The Estates, representat ...

to the establishment of the prize. The prize is awarded biannually on 8 March, the date of Aronson's death. In 1969, the foundation that awarded the prize was dissolved on the initiative of its last chairman

Georg Henneberg Georg Heinrich Hermann Henneberg (12 October 1908 in Berlin – 26 February 1996 in Berlin) was a German physician, who served as President of the Robert Koch Institute from 1952 to 1969 and as President of the Federal Health Agency from 1969 to 1 ...

, and the responsibility for the prize and the remaining capital was transferred to the (West) Berlin government, in order to safeguard the existence of the prize. Since 1970, the prize has been awarded by the Senate of Berlin. The first laureate was

August von Wassermann August Paul von Wassermann (21 February 1866 – 16 March 1925) was a German bacteriologist and hygienist. Born in Bamberg, with Jewish origins, he studied at several universities throughout Germany, receiving his medical doctorate in 1888 from ...

. Among the Aronson laureates are several scientists who later were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, such as Karl Landsteiner and Gerhard Domagk.

Laureates

* 1921

* 1926 Karl Landsteiner * 1931 Richard Otto * 1944 Gerhard Domagk * 1956 Helmut Ruska * 1960

Paul Hans Karl Constantin Schmidt Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chri ...

* 1966 Peter GiesbrechtBerliner Mikrobiologische Gesellschaft
''100 Jahre Berliner Mikrobiologische Gesellschaft''
p. 91 * 1967 Albert Herrlich * 1968 Friedrich Staib * 1971 or 1972

Werner Köhler Werner may refer to: People * Werner (name), origin of the name and people with this name as surname and given name Fictional characters * Werner (comics), a German comic book character * Werner Von Croy, a fictional character in the ''Tomb Ra ...

* 1971 or 1972

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* 1973 Ernst Richard Habermann * 1977 Werner Knapp * 1981 Walter Doerfler * 1982 Volker Schirrmacher * 1985

Volker ter Meulen Volker may refer to: * Volker (name), including a list of people with the given name or surname * Volker, Kansas City, a historic neighborhood in Kansas City * Volker Boulevard, Kansas City * ''Alien Nations'' (German: ''Die Völker''), a real-time ...

* 1987

Karin Mölling Karin Mölling (often cited in English as Moelling; born 7 April 1943 in Meldorf, Dithmarschen, Germany) is a German virologist whose research focused on retroviruses, particularly human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). She was a full professor and ...

* 1988

Stefan H. E. Kaufmann Stefan Hugo Ernst Kaufmann (born 8 June 1948 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein) is a German immunologist and microbiologist and is one of the highly cited immunologists worldwide for the decade 1990 to 2000. He is amongst the 0.01% most cited scientists ...

* 1989 Hans-Dieter Klenk * 1990

Dieter Bitter-Suermann Dieter or dieter may refer to: * A person committed to dieting People Dieter is a German given name (), a short form of Dietrich, from ''theod+ric'' "people ruler", see Theodoric. Given name *Dieter Althaus (born 1958), German politician ...

* 1991 Bernhard Fleckenstein * 1992 Stefan Carl Wilhelm Meuer * 1993 Ulrich KoszinowskiBerliner Zeitung
''Aronson-Preis wird verliehen''
28 February 1994 * 1994

Thomas Hünig Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Ap ...

* 1995 Otto Haller * 1996

Thomas F. Meyer Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Ap ...

* 1997

Bernhard Fleischer Bernhard is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar (1604–1639), Duke of Saxe-Weimar *Bernhard, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen (1901–1984), head of the House of Saxe-Meiningen 1946 ...

* 1998 Jürgen Heesemann * 1999

Ernst Theodor Rietschel Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst" * Anton Ernst (1975-) ...

Verleihung des Aronsonpreises im UKBF an zwei herausragende Wissenschaftler.
18 February 2000, ''Informationsdienst Wissenschaft'' (idw-online.de). * 2000

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* 2001

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* 2002 Wolfgang Hammerschmidt * 2007 Matthias ReddehaseCharité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
''Aronson-Wissenschaftspreis wird an der Charité verliehen''
, 28 November 2008 * 2008

Matthias Frosch Matthias is a name derived from the Greek Ματθαίος, in origin similar to Matthew (given name), Matthew. People Notable people named Matthias include the following: In religion: * Saint Matthias, chosen as an apostle in Acts 1:21–26 to re ...

References

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Laureates

See also

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