Research prize

Adrian Drazic receives Meltzer prize for young researchers

Adrian Drazic, post doctor at the Department of Biomedicine, is one of the recipients of this years award for outstanding young researchers by the Meltzer Foundation.

Adrian Drazic og Dag Rune Olsen ved Meltzermiddag 2019

Rektor Dag Rune Olsen congratulates prize winner Adrian Drazic at the Meltzer dinner 8 March 2019.

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Thor Brødreskift

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Published: 14.03.2019

The Meltzer Foundation annually awards prizes to younger researchers, dissemination prizes, and every five years they may award an honorary prize.

This year, the prize for younger researcher went to Adrian Drazic, a young research talent at the Department of Biomedicine. Drazic is a postdoctoral researcher in the Arnesen laboratory and has been involved in the discovery of an enzyme that modifies actin.

Read more about the award ceremony at Meltzer dinner in the newspaper På Høyden (Norwegian).

Did you know...

The Meltzer award for outstanding young researcher has been awarded since 1985.

This is the sixth time that a research talent at the Department of Biomedicine has received the award.

Previous prize winners were: Harald Barsnes (2014), Karl Johan Tronstad (2004), Aurora Martinez (1999), Clive Bramham (1996), Anders Goksøyr (1989).

The research behind the award:

Actin Modifications: Finding the Right Shoe for Cinderella

Cinderella is a tale of being lifted from obscurity to recognition and significance. A review by young researchers at the Department of Biomedicine highlights the importance of the post-translational modifications of actin.

Putting a break on cell movement

These researchers have made a sensational finding in cell biology. Adrian Drazic, Henriette Aksnes and Michaël Marie from Thomas Arnesen's group found an enzyme that others have been looking for for 30 years.