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The Aronson Prize (German : Aronson-Preis) is a prize awarded for achievements in microbiology and immunology. It was established by the will of the pediatrician and bacteriologist Hans Aronson and has been awarded since 1921. Aronson bequeathed a large part of his estate to the establishment of the prize. The prize is awarded biannually on 8 March, the date of Aronson's death.

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In 1969, the foundation that awarded the prize was dissolved on the initiative of its last chairman Georg Henneberg, and the responsibility for the prize and the remaining capital was transferred to the (West) Berlin government, in order to safeguard the existence of the prize. Since 1970, the prize has been awarded by the Senate of Berlin.

The first laureate was August von Wassermann. Among the Aronson laureates are several scientists who later were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, such as Karl Landsteiner and Gerhard Domagk. [1]

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  2. 1 2 Berliner Mikrobiologische Gesellschaft: 100 Jahre Berliner Mikrobiologische Gesellschaft, p. 91
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  6. Pharmakologie, University of Giessen
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  9. 1 2 Berliner Zeitung: Aronson-Preis wird verliehen, 28 February 1994
  10. Universitätsklinikum Freiburg: Curriculum Vitae: Prof.Dr. Otto Haller
  11. Deutsches Ärzteblatt: Verleihungen, 1998
  12. Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften: Curriculum Vitae Professor Dr. Jürgen Heesemann
  13. 1 2 Verleihung des Aronsonpreises im UKBF an zwei herausragende Wissenschaftler. 18 February 2000, Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (idw-online.de).
  14. Deutsches Ärzteblatt: Verleihungen, 2003
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