IMIB professor Joachim Morschhäuser has been awarded the Heinz P.R. Seeliger prize for his research on the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans, especially for his pioneering work on antifungal drug resistance mechanisms.

The prize is named after Prof. Dr. Seeliger, who was the Chair of the Institute for Hygiene and Microbiology of the University of Würzburg from 1965-1989. After his death in 1997, his widow, Dr. Brigitte Seeliger, established the Heinz P.R. Seeliger foundation, whose aim is to promote scientific research in the areas of listeriosis, medical mycology and enteric infections. The prize is awarded annually in turn to outstanding researchers in these fields. This year’s prize was awarded by the head of the foundation, Prof. Dr. med. Herbert Hof, at the 51st Annual Meeting of the German-speaking Mycological Society (DMykG) on 31st August, 2017, in Münster.

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