Prof. Dr. Magdalena Götz

Biomed­ical Center, Ludwig-Maxim­il­ians Univer­sity, Insti­tute of Stem Cell Research at the Helmholtz Center Munich & Max-Planck Insti­tute of Biochemistry

Magdalena Götz is Chair of Physi­o­log­i­cal Genomics at the Biomed­ical Center of the Ludwig-Maxim­il­ians Univer­sity, direc­tor of the Insti­tute of Stem Cell Research at the Helmholtz Center Munich and exter­nal member of the Max-Planck Insti­tute of Biochem­istry in Martinsried.

Her research focuses on mecha­nisms of brain devel­op­ment and how neurons are gener­ated. This led her to discover direct neuronal repro­gram­ming convert­ing reactive glia after brain injury into new neurons. Her research now aims to move this further towards appli­ca­tion and apply cell engineer­ing in a broader perspec­tive includ­ing her novel insights into organel­lar diver­sity in cells.

She received the Gottfried-Wilhelm Leibniz Award in 2007, the Ernst Scher­ing Award in 2014 and the Mendel Medal of the Leopold­ina Academy in 2019 to name a few. In addition, she is a member of EMBO, the Bavar­ian Academy of Sciences, Leopold­ina and the Royal Academy of Pharmacy in Spain.