- Prof. Ann Ehrenhofer-Murray is an Associate Member of the “Epigenome Network of Excellence.
- PD Dr. Daniel Meller was awarded the research prize of the German Society of Ophthalmology in 2007 for his stem cell research.
- PD Dr. Ahmet Elmaagacli received the Balance Award of Actelion Deutschland in 2007 for his research on Gauchers Disease.
- Prof. Joachim Fandrey received the Wyeth Promotional Prize from Verein zur Förderung der biomedizinischen Wissenschaften in Dortmund e. V. in 2004.
- Dr.-Ing. Mohammed Bourhaleb was awarded the Innovation Prize for Mechatronics 2004 by Sparkasse Niederrhein and Förderverein Ingenieurwissenschaften der Universität Duisburg-Essen e. V.
- Dipl.-Ing. Daniela Lücke-Janssen received the Young Scientist Award at the workshop titled “Biosignalverarbeitung: Impulsgeber in der Biomedizinischen Technik – aktueller Stand, neue Entwicklungen und Tendenzen [Biosignal Processing: Pulse Generator in Biomedical Technology – Current Status, New Developments and Trends] (Potsdam 2006).
- Dr. Viktoriya Sokolova received the Klee Award of the German Society for Biomedical Technology and the Graduate Student Award of the German Society for Biomaterials in 2007 for the development of efficient calcium phosphate nanoparticles for cell transfection.
- Dr. Lydia Didt-Koziel was awarded the Otto Hahn Medal of the Max Planck Society in 2005.
- Dr. Carsten Schiller received the Young Scientist Award of the Working Group for Biomaterials in North Rhine-Westphalia in 2004.
