RMU END OF YEAR GET TOGETHER WITH PRESENTATION OF RMU AWARDS - REGISTER NOW!
Come join us on 27 November at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz for the end of year get-together of the Rhine Main Universities (RMU) and the presentation of the RMU Awards.
The event will start at 6:00 pm with the first-time presentation of the RMU Award for Pharmaceutical Research & Innovative Medical Therapies of Frankfurt Foundation Quality of Medicines and the Sibylle Kalkhof-Rose RMU Award for the Humanities and Social Sciences. An ensemble of the Mainz University Choir will provide musical accompaniment.
We are delighted to announce the award recipients today:
Dr. Cristian Prieto-Garcia
Dr. Cristian Prieto-Garcia is a researcher at Goethe University Frankfurt, where he focuses on cellular maturation of RNA molecules. He discovered that it is possible to deliberately create errors in RNA maturation, thereby eliminating cancer cells. This finding, published in specialist journal Science, opens up new ways for cancer therapies. With innovative approaches to drug development, more than 20 professional publications and strong partners, he stands for excellent, practice-oriented research.
Prof. Dr. Christian Wiese
Prof. Dr. Christian Wiese, holder of the Martin-Buber-Chair at Goethe University, is honored for his outstanding reserch on Jewish intellectual and cultural history and his extraordinary engagement in science, education and society. With his innovative projects on research on religion and anti-semitism, international networking and the promotion of young researchers, he has made a significant impact in his field far beyond Germany.
Following the awards ceremony, we want to round off the evening in festive mood: For the first time, the three university choirs of the Rhine-Main Universities will be live on stage together and will help us get into the Christmas spirit. The RMU choirs not only invite everyone to listen, but also to sing along together. Weather permitting, the carol singing will take place outside (in front of the steps to the Alte Mensa). In case of rain, the concert will be held inside Alte Mensa.
Program:
- from 5:15 pm: check-in
- 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm: presentation of the RMU Awards
- 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm: joint appearance of the three RMU university choirs
Registration:
- Please register here to participate in the presentation of the RMU Awards. Registration will be open until 20 November 2025.
- No registration is required for the joint appearance of the three university choirs.
