Pakistan-born molecular biologist to receive prestigious 2021 Leibniz Prize
Dr Asifa has been recognised for her groundbreaking cell-biological work on mechanisms of epigenetic gene regulation
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GERMANY:
Pakistan-born scientist Dr Asifa Akhtar has been chosen for the prestigious 2021 Leibniz Prize by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
A molecular biologist at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics and Vice President of the Max Planck Society, Dr Asifa has been chosen as the prize winner for her groundbreaking cell-biological work on mechanisms of epigenetic gene regulation. The research prize is endowed with 2.5 million Euros.
The scientist was announced as the winner by the DFG on December 10, 2020.
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Asifa Akhtar serves as VP for The Max Planck Society, Germany’s most successful research institution. Since 1948, 18 Nobel laureates have emerged from the research organization, putting it on par with some of the best research institutions worldwide.
Hailing from Karachi, Asifa Akhtar achieved her doctorate at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund London, U.K, in 1997. Later, she moved to Germany, where she worked as a Postdoctoral fellow at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg and the Adolf-Butenandt Institute in Munich from 1998 to 2001.