Schmeil Awards Laureates
2026
Graduates
- Janina Hattemer (Acebron) | Microenvironmental control of genomic and chromosomal stability in embryonic and adult stem cells
- Kiara Käufer (Greb) | Investigation of strigolactone-mediated xylem vessel formation and
plant water usage in response to water deficit in Arabidopsis thaliana
Undergraduates
- Katinka Bünger (Schumacher) |Role of VHA-a1 (V-ATPase) in Arabidopsis reproduction; temperature-rescue of pollen-tube defect
- Vincenzo Gentile-Polese (Holstein) |The role of Wnt signalling during regeneration of Hydra vulgaris
2025
Graduate
- Patrick van Nierop Sanchez (I Lohmann) | Building and exploring enhancer-gene regulatory networks governing Drosophila spermatogenesis
- Kaisa Pakari (Wittbrodt) | Studying glycosylation disorders in medaka fish using
patient-based and conditional knockdown models
Undergraduates
- Rebecca Kern (Centanin & Saunders) | On Cellular Behavior and Plasticity: Lessons from Blastula Transplantations in Zebrafish and Medaka
- Lara Niederhaus (Jekely) | Connectome and Ultrastructural Studies of an Anthozoan Planula: Exaiptasia diaphana
2024
Graduates
- Jasmin Onistschenko (Centanin) | Stem cell homeostasis in medaka neuromasts – Keratin 15 as a regulator of proliferation
- Marcel Piepers (Maizel) | Growth axis development during lateral root organogenesis
- Bettina Welz (Wittbrodt) | Discovery and functional validation of Gene x Environment interactions on medaka heart rate in response to temperature
Undergraduates
- Sarina Jabbusch (Koch) | High phenotypic variability and clonality - the adaptation potential of Tillandsia landbeckii under changing environmental conditions
- Tim Lang (I. Lohmann) | Investigating the effect of signaling on cell state dynamics | (not present)
- Sujay Raj (Acebron) | Role of WNT signalling in genome stability in early mouse development
2023
Graduates
- Jiaxin Zhong (Rausch) | Stress-induced degradation of inulin in Cichorium intybus: Exploring the transcriptional regulation of fructan 1-exohydrolases
Undergraduates
- Urška Knez Štibler (özbek) | The glycoprotein NOWA facilitates tubule invagination during nematocyst development
- Ron Eric Stein (Koch) | Reticulate evolution in sympatrically growing species of epiarenic Tillandsia in Camaná, southern Peru: a case study
