![[Translate to englisch:] Dr. Elvira Mass (AG Hoch)](/fileadmin/_processed_/e/6/csm_IMG_8191-f-Mass_b794a11340.jpg "[Translate to englisch:] Dr. Elvira Mass (AG Hoch)")
Since 2009, The Bayer Pharma AG has recognized outstanding PhD thesis from the LIMES Institute and the Pharmaceutical Center of Bonn. Each year, three 1,500 euro Prizes are awarded.
The PhD prizes are awarded as part of a cooperation agreement with Bayer to promote scientific exchange. This cooperation provides opportunities for students and young scientists to participate in excursions to Wuppertal as well as internships at research sites in Berlin and Wuppertal. In addition, the Bayer Pharma AG annually awards three PhD fellowships and provides a PhD mentor.
The 2014 Bayer PhD prizes are awarded to:
Dr. Elvira Mass (LIMES-Institut, Molekulare Entwicklungsbiologie)
for the doctoral thesis: "Functional analyses of the conserved Cysteine-rich with EGF-like domains (Creld) protein family in Mus musculus"
Dr. Katrin Jeanette Czogalla (Institut für Eperimentelle Hämatologie und Transfusionsmedizin)
for the doctoral thesis: "Funktionelle Untersuchung der Vitamin K2,3-Epoxid-Reduktase"
Dr. Stefan Paßlick (Institut für Zelluläre Neurowissenschaften)
for the doctoral thesis: "Functional characterization of neuron-NG2 cell synaptic transmission"
Congratulations!
Publication: Mass E*, Wachten D*, Aschenbrenner A.C, Voelzmann A and Hoch M. Murine Creld1 controls cardiac development through activation of calcineurin/NFATc1 signaling, Developmental Cell, DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2014.02.012
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