Dr. Hoy received the award for his PhD thesis on the discovery of novel functions of the serine protease HtrA. HtrA is secreted by the human pathogen and class I carcinogen Helicobacter pylori that directly targets the cell adhesion protein and tumor suppressor E-cadherin on gastric epithelial cells.

Stefan Kofler is the recipient of the Frischauf-Award 2012.

At the end of September the book “Inheritance Taxes in the context” edited by Helmut P. Gaisbauer, Otto Neumaier, Gottfried Schweiger and Clemens Sedmak was published by VS Springer.