The following theses were awarded prizes in the three categories of bachelor's thesis, master's thesis, and dissertation:

Tabea Hoffmann – awarded for her bachelor's thesis (€250) on accelerating the kinetics of protein-based synthetic circuits in Saccharomyces cerevisiae through the clever combination of SynZip peers, nuclear localization signals, and degradation signals.

Andrea Patricia Aquize Diaz – awarded for her master's thesis (€500) on the experimental validation of codon-optimized gene sequences generated using a transformer-based language model and their investigation in E. coli and S. cerevisiae.

Leon Kraus – awarded for his dissertation (€1,500) on the development and application of RNA aptamers using capture SELEX for ligand binding and their use in riboswitches and biosensors (e.g., against tobramycin, levofloxacin, caffeine).

The jury, consisting of three members of the Center, recognized the outstanding scientific quality, originality, and contribution of the work to the further development of synthetic biology.

With the Thesis Awards, the center aims not only to honor outstanding academic achievements, but also to promote interdisciplinary exchange and raise the profile of the field of research.