Jesús Jiménez-Barbero has been awarded the Humboldt Research Award for his outstanding contributions to bioorganic chemistry, biological chemistry, and biophysics. This prestigious award, presented by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, recognizes his significant impact in these fields. Jiménez-Barbero, who is the Scientific Director at CIC bioGUNE, was nominated by Professor Peter H. Seeberger. The award includes a €60,000 prize and the opportunity for research stays in Germany. His research focuses on the conformational analysis of carbohydrates and their applications in chemical biology and biomedicine.
About CIC bioGUNE
The Centre for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), member of the Basque Research & Technology Alliance (BRTA), located in the Bizkaia Technology Park, is a biomedical research organisation conducting cutting-edge research at the interface between structural, molecular and cell biology, with a particular focus on generating knowledge on the molecular bases of disease, for use in the development of new diagnostic methods and advanced therapies.
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