Dr Nora Jamann has received the science prize of the ZONTA Club Heidelberg for her outstanding dissertation in the field of neuroanatomy, which arose from her work at the Medical Faculty Mannheim of Heidelberg University. Petra Köllner-Kleinemeier, the ZONTA Club’s president, presented the award at a small ceremony, together with Karin Schumacher, Vice-Rector for Quality Development at Ruperto Carola. The prize, worth 3,000 euros, serves to support young researchers and is awarded jointly with the university.
In her dissertation, Dr Jamann studies the axon initial segment (AIS), which, as the first section of the axon - a nerve-cell extension - plays a fundamental role in conducting impulses in neurons, and has so far received little research attention. ...
