Chair is awarded Thuringian Research Prize 2022 for applied research

Today (06 April), Prof. Sebastian Böcker, Dr. Kai Dührkop, Dr. Markus Fleischauer, Dr. Marcus Ludwig and Martin Hoffmann were awarded the Thuringian Research Prize 2022 for applied research. This was announced by Thuringia’s Science Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee in a video presentation. The price recognizes the development of machine learning methods for identifying small molecules, including CSI:FingerID, COSMIC and CANOPUS. These methods can be used via our software SIRIUS.

We feel very honored.

You can find the official announcement here.
The press release from Friedrich Schiller University Jena is here.

Thuringian Research Award. Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)
Group photo. Prof. Sebastian Böcker holds the prize in his hands. Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)