Press Release No. 49
Berlin
Curt Meyer Memorial Prize awarded to Charité scientist – Commendation for tumor immunologist Matthias Leisegang
Dr. Matthias Leisegang receives this year’s Curt Meyer Memorial Prize for his research work into analysing cancer mutations as a target in adoptive T-cell therapy. His work will allow the development of a patient-specific immunotherapy that fights cancer in a targeted way. The €10,000 Curt Meyer Memorial Prize is awarded annually by the Berlin Cancer Society to a scientists who has made an outstanding contribution to cancer research.