European Microscopy Society (EMS)
Prof. Ueli Aebi (University of Basel, Switzerland) received a Doctor honoris causa degree in the Medical Sciences by Charles University, Prague
On February 1st, 2007, Professor Ueli Aebi from the University of Basel, Switzerland, received a Doctor honoris causa (Dr. h.c.) degree in the medical sciences by Charles University in Prague.
The Scientific Board of the First Faculty of Medicine of Charles University proposed Professor Aebi to receive this honorary degree (1) on the basis of the pioneering contributions he has been making throughout his career towards a structure-based functional understanding of molecular machines, and more generally, supramolecular protein assemblies by a hybrid methods experimental approach involving light, electron and scanning probe microscopies, X-ray crystallography, molecular cell biology, and rational protein design; and (2) for his continuous support of Czech science and education and, more generally, his many charitable activities.
The ceremony took place in the big aula of the Karolinum, the historical building of Charles University.
We congratulate our EMS President with this well-deserved honor.
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Harald Rose’s recognition is owed to proposing a novel lens design, the Rose corrector, enabling aberration correction in transmission electron microscopy that can be applied to both conventional and scanning microscopes.
Maximilian Haider’s award is for the realization of the first sextupole corrector, based on Rose’s design, and for his role in the implementation of the first aberration corrected conventional transmission electron microscope.
Knut Urban is awarded for his role in the implementation of the first aberration corrected conventional transmission electron microscope.
Ondrej L Krivanek: The prize is in recognition of his work on the realization of the first aberration corrected scanning transmission electron microscope with sub-Ångstrøm resolution, well suited for spatially resolved chemical analysis using a quadrupole-octupole corrector.
The European Microscopy Society (EMS) congratulated these four geniuses of microscopy and wished them the best for the future.