Schleiden Medal

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The Schleiden Medal is an award given by the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the National Academy of Germany, to honour outstanding achievements in the field of cellular biology. [1] The award is named after botanist Matthias Jakob Schleiden. [1]

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