On October 15 2008, Burkhard Rost, PhD, C2B2 member and professor of biochemistry & molecular biophysics, was awarded one of the 2008 Alexander von Humboldt Professorships. The Alexander von Humboldt Professorships (financed by Germany's  Federal Ministry of Education and Research) are the most valuable international awards for research in Germany. The Professorship Award is worth up to five million EUR and is designed to allow the winners to spend five years working on ground-breaking research at German universities.