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DiMarchi and Tschöp receive Rolf Luft Award 2026

August 27, 2026

Professors Richard DiMarchi and Matthias TschöpThe researchers Richard DiMarchi and Matthias H. Tschöp are awarded the 2026 Rolf Luft Award for groundbreaking research that has led to new treatment options for type 2 diabetes and obesity. Professors Richard DiMarchi of…

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Winners of Rolf Luft Award 2026

January 13, 2026

Rolf Luft Award

Professor Richard DiMarchi and Professor Matthias Tschöp Richard Dennis Di Marchi (at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA) and Matthias Tschoep (at Ludvig Maximillian University, Munich, Germany) are awarded the Rolf Luft Award 2026 for groundbreaking scientific contribution in diabetes and obesity,…

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Winner of Kerstin Brismar Award 2025

October 27, 2025

Kerstin Brismar Award

I feel very honored to receive this first prize in Kerstin Brismar’s name and hope that it will contribute to us defeating Type 1 diabetes!”, says Johnny Ludvigsson. Professor Johnny Ludvigsson, senior researcher at Linköping University and founder of the…

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Launch of the Kerstin Brismar Award

February 24, 2025

Kerstin Brismar Award, Special events

On 30 January this year, a new award, the Kerstin Brismar Award, was launched by Rolf Luft’s Foundation for Diabetes Research. Starting in 2025, the prize will be awarded to particularly significant research projects in translational research in the field…

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Prof. Evans receives the Rolf Luft Award 2025

January 11, 2025

Rolf Luft Award

Professor Ronald M Evans at The Salk Institute (La Jolla, USA) receives the Rolf Luft Award 2025. The award will be presented to Ronald M Evans during a ceremony in autumn 2025. Professor Evans receives the award for his pioneering…

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The foundation celebrates 20 years with symposium

September 10, 2024

Special events

The foundation celebrates its 20 years’ anniversary. From left: Sir Stephen O’Rahilly, Jeffrey Friedman, C Ronald Kahn, Ritva Luft, Dame Frances Ashcroft, Alan Raffensperger, Kerstin Brismar, and Nils-Göran Larsson. To highlight and celebrate the foundation’s work over the last 20…

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DiMarchi and Tschöp receive Rolf Luft Award 2026

Winners of Rolf Luft Award 2026

Winner of Kerstin Brismar Award 2025

Launch of the Kerstin Brismar Award

Prof. Evans receives the Rolf Luft Award 2025

The foundation celebrates 20 years with symposium

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