Prof. Dr. Erwin Neher, a German biophysicist from the Macau University of Science and Technology and MBExC member, has become the first expatriate scientist based in either the Hong Kong or Macao special administrative regions to receive the nation’s top friendship award.
Neher, who shared the 1991 Nobel Prize in Medicine with Bert Sakmann, was one of 100 foreigners to receive the Chinese Government’s 2024 Friendship Award at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
Established in the 1950s, the award is China’s top honor to commend foreign experts for their remarkable contributions to the nation’s development.
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Prof. Dr. Erwin Neher, MPI-NAT. Photo: MBExC
