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The Max Planck Society has recently been awarded with the “Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation“. The ceremony took place in Oviedo, Spain, on 26th October 2013.

On this occasion, Prof. Dr. Peter Gruss, President of the Max Planck Society, accompanied by the scientists Soojin Ryu, Ali Shahmoradi, Matthias Weisenbacher and Damian Refojo, Max Planck Research Group leader which will soon be incorporated into the IBioBA, received the Prize on behalf of the Max Planck Society from the hands of His Royal Highness Felipe, Prince of Asturias.

Upper photo: Official photograph of TRH the Prince and Princess of Asturias with the Laureates. From the left, bottom row, Cristina Lucchese, representing the ONCE; François Englert; Peter Higgs; Saskia Sassen; Liv Parlee Cantin, representing the ONCE; Michael Haneke; Antonio Muñoz Molina; Annie Leibovitz and José María Olazábal. From the left, second row, Rolf Heuer, Director General of CERN; Miguel Carballeda, Presidente of the ONCE; Peter Gruss, Director General of the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science; and Soojin Ryu, Ali Shahmoradi, Damián Refojo and Matthias Weiβenbacher, representing the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science.

Lower photo: 2013 Prince of Asturias Awards Presentation Ceremony. The representatives of the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science arriving at the Campoamor Theatre.

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