“Christian Haass is one of the world’s leading experts on the molecular mechanisms of Alzheimer’s disease,” said Professor Pierluigi Nicotera, Chairman of the DZNE’s Executive Board. “We owe him groundbreaking insights into proteins and immune reactions involved in Alzheimer’s disease. Christian Haass has thus laid the foundations for new approaches in therapy and diagnosis. He has played a key role in Alzheimer’s research over the past 30 years and continues to do so today.”