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Science Meets Music Event – nonprofit research organization. But before that, he’ll be making a Biology Organization (EMBO) and, since 2020, also of the
stop right here in Jupiter, Fla. Cramer, along with other esteemed
United States National Academy of Sciences (NAS).
Jan. 18 Max Planck Society researchers, will be a part of Science Meets He studied chemistry at the universities of Stuttgart and
Music, a free community series offered to the public by MPFI. Heidelberg, conducted research internships at Bristol and
Ingenuity and dedication: essential elements for both science Cramer will speak on Jan. 18, accompanied by a string trio from Cambridge in England, and graduated in 1995. Cramer then
and art. The musician and the scientist require them alike to the Palm Beach Symphony. carried out his doctoral research at the European Molecular
break through towards new frontiers, where discipline, perfection Science Meets Music takes place at the Benjamin Upper Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Grenoble, France. From
and attention to the minutest details are just as important as School, 4875 Grandiflora Circle, Palm Beach Gardens. There 1999 to 2001, he conducted postdoctoral research at Stanford
curiosity, courage and inspiration. Max Planck Florida Institute is no charge to attend, but advance registration is required and University in the United States in the laboratory of the later
(MPFI) annual Science Meets Music series seeks to celebrate can be made at https://www.mpfi.org/smm-registration/. Doors Nobel Laureate Roger Kornberg. From 2001 to 2014, Cramer
these uniquely intertwined disciplines, showcasing visionary open at 6 p.m. The program begins at 6:15 p.m. held a professorship in biochemistry at Ludwig Maximilian
neuroscientists and their groundbreaking discoveries as well as University in Munich. During this time, he served as director of
enlightening performances by virtuosic musicians. Max Planck Florida Institute the Munich Gene Centre and as Dean of the School of Chemistry
As of June 2023, Patrick Cramer will become the new and Pharmacy, and he was responsible for the construction of
president of the Max Planck Society, the world’s top biomedical For Neuroscience the Research Centre for Molecular Biosystems. “I am delighted
to return to Munich as president of the Max Planck Society. I
The Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI), will make use of my experiences collected at various scientific
a not-for-profit research organization, is part of the world- institutions to promote cutting-edge research in Germany,”
renowned Max Planck Society, Germany’s most successful Cramer stated.
research organization with over 80 institutes worldwide. Since its Cramer has made significant contributions to the development
establishment, 30 Max Planck researchers have been awarded the of the life sciences, both through his own research and by
Nobel Prize. As its first United States institution, MPFI provides mentoring and promoting young scientists. He was able to
exceptional neuroscientists from around the world with the elucidate the three-dimensional structure of one of the largest
resources and technology to answer fundamental questions about enzymes in the cell nucleus, RNA polymerase. Based on
brain development and function. MPFI researchers employ a this work, his team could decipher the mechanisms of gene
curiosity-driven approach to science to develop new technologies transcription. During this copying process, living cells create
that make groundbreaking scientific discoveries possible. For copies of their genes, which then serve as building plans for
more information, visit https://www.mpfi.org/. the production of proteins. Shortly after the outbreak of the
Patrick Cramer COVID-19 pandemic, Cramer and his group visualized how
At its meeting on June 23, 2022 in Berlin, the Max Planck the coronavirus copies its genetic material. The team also
Society’s Senate unanimously appointed Patrick Cramer as new succeeded in clarifying how the COVID-19 drugs remdesivir
president-elect of the Max Planck Society for the term of office and molnupiravir intervene in this copying process.
from 2023 to 2029. The 53-year-old chemist and molecular Cramer has served the community on various national and
biologist currently serves as managing director at the Max Planck international committees. As chairman of EMBL Council he
Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences in Göttingen (MPG). has gained experience in international science policy. He also
He will take over the role from Martin Stratmann in June 2023 served as chairman of the Perspectives Commission of the Max
in Göttingen, where the MPG was founded, on the occasion of Planck Society’s Biology and Medicine Section. Cramer was
the 75th anniversary of the Max Planck Society. Stratmann was unanimously proposed by the Presidential Search Committee
FAU Features from page 10 at the helm of the Max Planck Society for nine years and had headed by Andreas Barner, vice president of the Max Planck
indicated that he would not complete a full second term when Society. “Cramer has not only a brilliant scientific record that
out of 61 competing universities. FAU was represented he was re-elected in 2019. has been recognized by numerous awards, he also brings with
by 72 students who joined more than 800 college students Cramer has been a scientific member of the Max Planck him extensive expertise from university self-governance and a
from other universities, representing various countries as Society and a director at the Max Planck Institute for number of differing organizations, and thus the management
students step into the shoes of diplomats to solve global Multidisciplinary Sciences (formerly the Max Planck Institute skills required to lead a scientific organization on the scale of
problems. for Biophysical Chemistry) since 2014. Cramer enjoys the the Max Planck Society,” Barner stated in the Senate.
FAU’s diplomacy program has won a total of five highest scientific reputation and has received a large number of
national titles and is currently the top-ranked academic recognitions, including the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of
diplomacy program in the country. the German Research Foundation in 2006, the Ernst Jung Prize
The Leon Charney Diplomacy Program, which trains for Medicine in 2009, three ERC Advanced Investigator Grants
students in world affairs, dispute resolution and debate, in 2010, 2016 and 2020, and the Louis Jeantet Prize for Medicine
was established in 1996 and is a unit of the Peace, Justice in 2021. Cramer is a member of the German National Academy
and Human Rights Initiative. To date, the program has of Sciences Leopoldina as well as the European Molecular
won 66 national and international awards for academic
excellence.
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