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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2013 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2009 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2008 - Canada Gairdner International Award
  • 2008 - Nobel Prize for his discovery of human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer
  • 2007 - Warren Alpert Foundation Prize For work leading to the development of a vaccine against human papillomavirus.
  • 2005 - Prince Mahidol Award
  • 2002 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 1994 - Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize
  • 1991 - Polish Academy of Science
  • 1990 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 1987 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine
  • 1986 - Charles S. Mott Prize, General Motors Cancer Research Foundation
  • 1975 - Robert Koch Prize
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Harald zur Hausen is affiliated with the German Cancer Research Center in Germany. Their research focuses on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, immunology, microbiology, and medicine, with notable work in subfields including immunology, agronomy and crop science, molecular biology, endocrinology, and cancer research.

The main topics of their work cover:

  • Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows
  • T-cell and Retrovirus Studies
  • Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Digestive system and related health
  • RNA modifications and cancer

Recent publications by Harald zur Hausen include:

  • Analysis of chronic inflammatory lesions of the colon for BMMF Rep antigen expression and CD68 macrophage interactions, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Bovine Meat and Milk Factors (BMMFs): Their Proposed Role in Common Human Cancers and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, 2021, Cancers
  • Structural expression of bovine milk and meat factors in tissues of colorectal, lung and pancreatic cancer patients, 2022, International Journal of Cancer
  • Spezifische Infektionen als Auslöser von Krebs und chronischen neuronalen Erkrankungen, 2023, Die Onkologie
  • FMRFamide-gated sodium channel diversity relationship to other DEG/ENaC channels, and the molecular basis for neuropeptide activity, 2023, Biophysical Journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Harald zur Hausen are:

  • Ethel-Michele de Villiers
  • Timo Bund
  • Ekaterina Nikitina
  • Claudia Ernst
  • Karin Gunst

The main venues for Harald zur Hausen's publications include: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Cancers, International Journal of Cancer, Die Onkologie, and Biophysical Journal.

The awards Harald zur Hausen has received span a substantial period and consist of various honors:

  • Nobel Prize in 2008 for the discovery of human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer
  • Canada Gairdner International Award, 2008
  • Warren Alpert Foundation Prize, 2007, for work leading to the development of a vaccine against human papillomavirus
  • Prince Mahidol Award, 2005
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2009
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2017
  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors, 2013
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 2002
  • Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize, 1994
  • Polish Academy of Science, 1991
  • Member of Academia Europaea, 1990
  • German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, 1987
  • Charles S. Mott Prize, General Motors Cancer Research Foundation, 1986
  • Robert Koch Prize, 1975
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Best Publications

  • Classification of papillomaviruses

    Ethel Michele De Villiers;Claude Fauquet;Thomas R. Broker;Hans Ulrich Bernard

  • A papillomavirus DNA from a cervical carcinoma and its prevalence in cancer biopsy samples from different geographic regions.

    M Dürst;L Gissmann;H Ikenberg;H zur Hausen

  • Classification of Papillomaviruses (PVs) Based on 189 PV Types and Proposal of Taxonomic Amendments

    Hans Ulrich Bernard;Robert D. Burk;Zigui Chen;Koenraad van Doorslaer

  • A new type of papillomavirus DNA, its presence in genital cancer biopsies and in cell lines derived from cervical cancer.

    M. Boshart;Lutz Gissmann;H. Ikenberg;A. Kleinheinz

  • Human papillomavirus types 6 and 11 DNA sequences in genital and laryngeal papillomas and in some cervical cancers

    Lutz Gissmann;L. Wolnik;H. Ikenberg;U. Koldovsky

  • Human papillomaviruses in the pathogenesis of anogenital cancer.

    H zur Hausen

  • Human papillomaviruses and their possible role in squamous cell carcinomas.

    H zur Hausen

  • Papillomaviruses in anogenital cancer as a model to understand the role of viruses in human cancers

    H zur Hausen

  • Molecular cloning and characterization of human papilloma virus DNA derived from a laryngeal papilloma.

    Lutz Gissmann;V. Diehl;H. Schultz-Coulon;H. Zur Hausen

  • Molecular pathogenesis of cancer of the cervix and its causation by specific human papillomavirus types.

    H. zur Hausen

  • HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTIONS IN WOMEN WITH AND WITHOUT ABNORMAL CERVICAL CYTOLOGY

    E.-M.De Villiers;A Schneider;H Miklaw;U Papendick

  • Replication of ONYX-015, a Potential Anticancer Adenovirus, Is Independent of p53 Status in Tumor Cells

    Thomas Rothmann;Arnd Hengstermann;Noel J. Whitaker;Martin Scheffner

  • DNA sequence and genome organization of genital human papillomavirus type 6b.

    E. Schwarz;M. Dürst;C. Demankowski;O. Lattermann

  • Molecular cloning of viral DNA from human genital warts.

    E M de Villiers;L Gissmann;H zur Hausen

  • Papillomavirus DNA in human tongue carcinomas.

    E.-M. De Villiers;H. Weidauer;H. Otto;H. Zur Hausen

  • Human papillomaviruses in Buschke-Löwenstein tumors: physical state of the DNA and identification of a tandem duplication in the noncoding region of a human papillomavirus 6 subtype.

    M Boshart;H zur Hausen

  • Chromosomal integration sites of human papillomavirus DNA in three cervical cancer cell lines mapped by in situ hybridization

    A. Mincheva;L. Gissmann;H. zur Hausen

  • Human adeno-associated virus type 5 is only distantly related to other known primate helper-dependent parvoviruses.

    Ursula Bantel-Schaal;Hajo Delius;Rainer Schmidt;Harald zur Hausen

  • Nasopharyngeal carcinoma. X. Presence of epstein-barr genomes in separated epithelial cells of tumours in patients from Singapore, Tunisia and Kenya.

    C. Desgranges;Hans J. Wolf;G. De-Thé;K. Shanmugaratnam

  • Molecular cloning and characterization of the dna of a new human papillomavirus (hpv 30) from a laryngeal carcinoma

    T Kahn;E Schwarz;H zur Hausen

Frequent Co-Authors

Lutz Gissmann
Lutz Gissmann German Cancer Research Center
Alexander Bürkle
Alexander Bürkle University of Konstanz
Michael Pawlita
Michael Pawlita German Cancer Research Center
Hans Wolf
Hans Wolf University of Amsterdam
Bhudev C. Das
Bhudev C. Das University of Delhi
Georg W. Bornkamm
Georg W. Bornkamm Technical University of Munich
Michael Boshart
Michael Boshart Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Peter Angel
Peter Angel Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Nubia Muñoz
Nubia Muñoz International Agency For Research On Cancer
Jörn Bullerdiek
Jörn Bullerdiek University of Bremen

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