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Ivan Dikic in german newspaper faz.net
"Der gebürtige Kroate Ivan Dikić hat sich darauf spezialisiert zu erforschen, wie Krebs entsteht. Er wollte Krankheiten nicht nur behandeln, sondern wissen, warum manche Therapien wirken und andere nicht."

8th January 2013. The Jung Foundation for Science and Research announced that Frankfurt professor Ivan Dikic will receive the Ernst Jung Prize 2013 for his groundbreaking work in understanding the role of Ubiquitin in cellular signal regulation. The prize is awarded with 150,000 euro and will be presented at a ceremony on 3rd May in Hamburg.

In recognition of his groundbreaking work in decrypting the Ubiquitin code, Ivan Dikic is to receive the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2013, Germany's most prestigious scientific award. The award is funded and presented by the German Research Foundation (DFG). It is the research prize with the highest endowment worldwide and comes with a grant of 2.5 M Euro.

BIF will fund his research on Inhibitors of Apoptosis (IAPs) with a generous support of 825000 euros for the next three years.

The Award honors the pioneering work of Ivan Dikic in understanding the Ubiquitin code, and his efforts in training and education of young scientists.