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Susan Lindquist Recognized for Contributing to Molecular Understanding of Parkinson's Disease
Mosbach, Germany, Mar. 27, 2008 - American scientist Susan Lindquist, Ph.D., was awarded today the Otto Warburg Medal in Mosbach, Germany. The medal is considered the most prestigious German award for biochemists and molecular biologists, and is awarded by the German Association of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (GBM). Seven recipients of the Otto Warburg Medal have subsequently received the Nobel Prize. This year's prize was sponsored by QIAGEN.