With the Heisenberg Programme the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG promotes outstanding researchers who fulfil the requirements for appointment to a long-term professorship with the opportunity to prepare for a leading position in science and research and to use the time to work on an advanced research topic. Dr Attila Tóth of the Institute for Physiological Chemistry of the Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus takes up the just awarded Heisenberg Fellowship in the middle of 2012 since he still is promoted via a Priority Programme of the DFG running at the faculty until then. To support the research of Dr Tóth on chromosome behaviour in cell divisions, the DFG granted funds, which amount to almost 700 000 Euros over a period of three years, for consumables and for staff.
 
With the Heisenberg Fellowship for Dr Attila Tóth and the funding of his research project "The molecular base of HORMAD2 functions in meiotic checkpoint control" the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft confirms the high scientific quality and originality of Dr Tóth’s research project at an international level and his potential for gaining further qualifications as a university teacher. The fundamental research of the biologist born in Hungary is of significance for the understanding of chromosomal abnormalities that arise during gametogenesis and reproduction. Thus, the funded research has important implications for human reproductive health.

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Contact:
Technische Universität Dresden
Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus
Institute for Physiological Chemistry
Dr. Attila Tóth
Phone 0049 (0) 351 458-6467
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