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2020

Jens C. Brüning

Diabetes prize recipient has changed our understanding of the communication between the brain and the body

Professor Jens C. Brüning is receiving the 2020 EASD–Novo Nordisk Foundation Diabetes Prize for Excellence of DKK 6 million (€806,000). His research findings have opened new avenues for our understanding of type 2 diabetes and obesity.

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About Jens C. Brüning

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Jens C. Brüning

Professor

Career

  • 2011–: Director of the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research in Cologne
  • 2011–: Director, Polyclinic for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Preventive Medicine, University Hospital Cologne
  • 2003–2011: Tenured Professor, Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne
  • 1997–2001: Resident in Internal Medicine, University Hospital Cologne
  • 1994–1997: Postdoctoral Fellow, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School
  • 1993: Thesis (Dr.med.), University of Cologne


Selected awards

  • 2018: Paul Langerhans Medal, German Diabetes Association
  • 2013: Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award, American Diabetes Association
  • 2008: Minkowski Prize, EASD
  • 2007: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize, German Research Foundation
  • Jens C. Brüning’s 175 publications have been cited almost 20,000 times.