Pakistan-born scientist to get Germany’s most prestigious award

16th December 2020: Pakistan-born scientist will receive Germany’s most prestigious research funding award.`

Baaghi TV: A Pakistan-born scientist ​​​​​​​​Asifa Akhtar has been selected to receive the Leibniz Prize for 2021, which is Germany’s most important research funding award.

Akhtar was the first international female vice president of the biology and medicine section at Germany’s prestigious Max Planck Society.

Dr Akhtar is being awarded for her groundbreaking cell-biological work on the mechanisms of epigenetic gene regulation. The award includes €2.5 million in prize money.

Very excited that two @maxplanckpress scientists are among the 2021 #LeibnizPreis recipients: our Vice President Asifa Akthar, MPI of Immunobiology & Epigenetics @AsifaAkhtar1 @mpi_ie & Volker Springel, MPI for Astrophysics. Congratulations!🥳😀https://t.co/DMlzwXASxf @dfg_public pic.twitter.com/6IPKy6gtqd

— Max Planck Society (@maxplanckpress) December 10, 2020

The Pakistan-born molecular biologist is among 10 scientists to have been selected for this important prize for 2021.

The German Consulate General in Karachi congratulated Akhtar on her achievement.

“Congratulations, Dr Asifa! You make both Pakistan and Germany extremely proud with your outstanding contributions to science!” the congratulatory note read.

The Max Planck Society is Germany’s most successful research organisation established in 1948. No fewer than 18 Nobel laureates have emerged from the ranks of its scientists, putting it on a par with the best and most prestigious research institutions worldwide.

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