The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation, DFG) announced yesterday the winners of its 2008 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize. At its meeting on December 6th 2007, the DFG Joint Committee named CIPSM researcher Dr. Elena Conti as recipient of Germany's most highly endowed research award. Elena will receive 1.25 million euros flexibly over a period of seven years to finance her research. Dr. Elena Conti (40) works in research area C, Protein Structure and Networks in the field of biochemistry at CIPSM.