Research Awards
Congratulations to our researchers!
The awards are listed in chronological order according to date of announcement.
Miaomiao Sun and Tobias Weiss – Pfizer Research Prize 2026 (29 January 2026)
Dr. Miaomiao Sun and PD Dr. Dr. Tobias Weiss, Department of Neurology, University of Zurich (UZH) and University Hospital Zurich (USZ), received a Pfizer Research Prize 2026 for their project “Macrophages as drug carriers for the treatment of glioblastoma.”
Bojana Müller-Durovic – Pfizer Research Prize 2026 (29 January 2026)
PD Dr. Dr. Bojana Müller-Durovic received a Pfizer Research Prize 2026 for a study published in the journal Science in which she demonstrated how the Epstein-Barr virus hijacks cellular metabolism to transform B cells.
At the time the research was conducted, Bojana Müller-Durovic was affiliated with the University of Basel and University Hospital Basel. She now works at University Hospital Zurich (USZ) in the Department of Rheumatology and as a privatdozent at the University of Zurich (UZH).
