Mary Osborn#
| Membership Number: | 1659 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1995 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.mpibpc.mpg.de/osborn |
Present and Previous Positions
- Cell biologist at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
- 1989 Honorary Professor, Medical Faculty, University of Göttingen
- 1975 Scientific staff of the MPI for biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen
Fields of Scholarship
- Cell's cytoskeleton
- Microtubules of a Eukaryote cell
Honours and Awards
- 2007 Dorothea Schlözer Medal, University of Göttingen
- 2005 - 2007 ESFRI (European Strategy Forum on Infrastructure), group A
- 2005 Outstanding Science Alumni Award, Pennsylvania State University
- 2003 - 2006 President of International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- 2002 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards
- 1998 Carl Zeiss Prize, German Society Cell Biology
- 1998 - 2009 Biofuture Prize Jury (BMBF)
- 1998 Helena Rubenstein / UNESCO Prize for Women in Science (U.K)
- 1997 - 2002 Academia Europaea, Chair, Cell Biology Section
- 1997 Doctorate "honoris causa", Pomeranian Medical Academy, Szczecin, Poland
- 1995 Elected member, Academia Europaea
- 1994 - 1997 Helmholtz Society (HGF), Board of Trustees, MISTRA, the Swedish Foundation for the Environment
- 1987 Meyenburg Prize for Cancer Research
- 1979 Elected member, European Molecular Biology Organization
