{"id":24578,"date":"2025-05-29T15:31:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T08:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=24578"},"modified":"2025-05-29T15:31:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T08:31:40","slug":"the-brain-prize-hm-the-king-of-denmark-presents-prestigious-prize-to-us-and-german-scientists-for-seminal-discoveries-in-brain-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=24578","title":{"rendered":"The Brain Prize: HM The King of Denmark presents prestigious prize to US and German scientists for seminal discoveries in brain cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Two pioneering scientists received The Brain Prize 2025 for their discoveries that open an entirely new way of thinking about and understanding brain cancers, and the potential strategies to treat them. <\/i> <\/p>\n

COPENHAGEN, Denmark<\/span>, May 29, 2025<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ — HM King Frederik of Denmark presented neuroscientists,\u00a0Professors\u00a0Michelle\u00a0Monje\u00a0(USA)\u00a0and\u00a0Frank Winkler (Germany), with their Brain Prize medals and a diploma at a ceremony in Copenhagen Wednesday evening. The Brain Prize is the world’s\u00a0largest\u00a0award for outstanding contributions to neuroscience worth EUR 1.3 million.<\/p>\n

\"Thomas<\/a>
Thomas Tolstrup.<\/span> <\/div>\n

During the ceremony, HM The King gave a speech praising the two prize recipients for their discoveries:<\/p>\n

“Your achievements in cancer neuroscience are truly extraordinary. You are an inspiration not only to your peers, but to generations of scientists yet to come. Thanks to your tireless efforts, there is hope that one day all types of brain cancer can be cured.”<\/p>\n

Monje and Winkler have made transformative discoveries by showing that the\u00a0everyday activity\u00a0that takes place in the brain drives the development of cancers within it. Recent studies further show\u00a0that\u00a0the\u00a0in\ufb02uence of the nervous system is\u00a0not only limited\u00a0to\u00a0tumours\u00a0in\u00a0the brain, but also\u00a0tumours throughout the body.<\/p>\n

These remarkable \ufb01ndings have\u00a0laid the\u00a0foundation for\u00a0an entirely\u00a0new\u00a0\ufb01eld\u00a0of research\u00a0called\u00a0‘Cancer Neuroscience’\u00a0that\u00a0represents\u00a0a\u00a0paradigm\u00a0shift\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0understanding\u00a0of\u00a0these cancers,\u00a0and\u00a0which\u00a0offers vital new opportunities for treatment. New treatments are critical since cancers that arise in the brain, particularly the ones known as gliomas, are extraordinarily difficult to treat, and are the leading cause of brain tumour-related deaths in both children and adults.<\/p>\n

The Brain Prize has been awarded every year since 2011 by the Lundbeck Foundation. The celebration takes place in Copenhagen, and this year 360 invited guests attended. Guests of honor were the prize winners and their families, as well as patron of the prize, HM The King of Denmark.<\/p>\n

The Brain Prize 2025 is awarded to:<\/p>\n

Michelle Monje MD, PhD, the Milan Gambhir Professor of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology at Stanford Medicine and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator,<\/p>\n

and<\/p>\n

Frank Winkler, MD, Professor of Experimental Neuro-Oncology,<\/p>\n

Heidelberg University, Heidelberg University Hospital, Department of Neurology, and German Cancer Research Center<\/p>\n

for:<\/p>\n

Pioneering Cancer Neuroscience: disease-driving interactions between the brain and brain tumours.<\/p>\n

MORE INFO<\/p>\n

A portrait film about the 2025 Brain Prize winners and their science (10 min.) is available at www.thebrainprize.org<\/a> alongside various additional information on the prize.<\/p>\n

Press kit available at https:\/\/brainprize.org\/media<\/a><\/p>\n

PRESS CONTACT<\/p>\n

Martin Meyer | Director of The Brain Prize | Lundbeck Foundation mm@lundbeckfonden.com<\/a>
<\/u>Anne Sophie T\u00f8nnesen\u00a0|\u00a0Sr.\u00a0Communications\u00a0Partner\u00a0|\u00a0Lundbeck Foundation ast@lundbeckfonden.com<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

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Two pioneering scientists received The Brain Prize 2025 for their discoveries that open an entirely new way of thinking about and understanding brain cancers, and the potential strategies to treat them. <\/i> <\/p>\n

COPENHAGEN, Denmark<\/span>, May 29, 2025<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ — HM King Frederik of Denmark presented neuroscientists,\u00a0Professors\u00a0Michelle\u00a0Monje\u00a0(USA)\u00a0and\u00a0Frank Winkler (Germany), with their Brain Prize medals and a diploma at a ceremony in Copenhagen Wednesday evening. The Brain Prize is the world’s\u00a0largest\u00a0award for outstanding contributions to neuroscience worth EUR 1.3 million.<\/p>\n

\"Thomas<\/a>
Thomas Tolstrup.<\/span> <\/div>\n

During the ceremony, HM The King gave a speech praising the two prize recipients for their discoveries:<\/p>\n

“Your achievements in cancer neuroscience are truly extraordinary. You are an inspiration not only to your peers, but to generations of scientists yet to come. Thanks to your tireless efforts, there is hope that one day all types of brain cancer can be cured.”<\/p>\n

Monje and Winkler have made transformative discoveries by showing that the\u00a0everyday activity\u00a0that takes place in the brain drives the development of cancers within it. Recent studies further show\u00a0that\u00a0the\u00a0in\ufb02uence of the nervous system is\u00a0not only limited\u00a0to\u00a0tumours\u00a0in\u00a0the brain, but also\u00a0tumours throughout the body.<\/p>\n

These remarkable \ufb01ndings have\u00a0laid the\u00a0foundation for\u00a0an entirely\u00a0new\u00a0\ufb01eld\u00a0of research\u00a0called\u00a0‘Cancer Neuroscience’\u00a0that\u00a0represents\u00a0a\u00a0paradigm\u00a0shift\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0understanding\u00a0of\u00a0these cancers,\u00a0and\u00a0which\u00a0offers vital new opportunities for treatment. New treatments are critical since cancers that arise in the brain, particularly the ones known as gliomas, are extraordinarily difficult to treat, and are the leading cause of brain tumour-related deaths in both children and adults.<\/p>\n

The Brain Prize has been awarded every year since 2011 by the Lundbeck Foundation. The celebration takes place in Copenhagen, and this year 360 invited guests attended. Guests of honor were the prize winners and their families, as well as patron of the prize, HM The King of Denmark.<\/p>\n

The Brain Prize 2025 is awarded to:<\/p>\n

Michelle Monje MD, PhD, the Milan Gambhir Professor of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology at Stanford Medicine and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator,<\/p>\n

and<\/p>\n

Frank Winkler, MD, Professor of Experimental Neuro-Oncology,<\/p>\n

Heidelberg University, Heidelberg University Hospital, Department of Neurology, and German Cancer Research Center<\/p>\n

for:<\/p>\n

Pioneering Cancer Neuroscience: disease-driving interactions between the brain and brain tumours.<\/p>\n

MORE INFO<\/p>\n

A portrait film about the 2025 Brain Prize winners and their science (10 min.) is available at www.thebrainprize.org<\/a> alongside various additional information on the prize.<\/p>\n

Press kit available at https:\/\/brainprize.org\/media<\/a><\/p>\n

PRESS CONTACT<\/p>\n

Martin Meyer | Director of The Brain Prize | Lundbeck Foundation mm@lundbeckfonden.com<\/a>
<\/u>Anne Sophie T\u00f8nnesen\u00a0|\u00a0Sr.\u00a0Communications\u00a0Partner\u00a0|\u00a0Lundbeck Foundation ast@lundbeckfonden.com<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

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