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Young Investigators Award Winners from 1998-2008
2008
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1st Prize |
H.L. Tremlett, Y. Zhao, J. Joseph, V.A. Devonshire
Relapses in multiple sclerosis are age and time-dependent: a closer look at sex-differences. |
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2nd Prize |
A. Scalfari, A. Degenhardt, A. Neuhaus, N. Harner, S. Seemueller, R. Nicholas, P.A. Muraro, M. Daumer and G. Ebers
The role of relapses affecting the long-term disability outcome in MS in the London Ontario database. |
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3rd Prize |
V. Tomassini, E. Onesti, C. Mainero, E. Giugni, A. Paolillo, M. Salvetti, F. Nicoletti, P. Pozzilli
Sex hormones modulate brain damage in Multiple Sclerosis: MRI evidence.
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2007
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1st Prize: |
F. Agosta, M. Rovaris, E. Pagani, M.P. Sormani, G. Comi, M. Filippi
Magnetisation transfer MRI metrics predict the accumulation of disability eight years later in patients with multiple sclerosis. |
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2nd Prize: |
S. Hochmeister, M. Romauch, T. Seifert, J. Bauer, R. Weissert, C. Linington, F. Fazekas, M.K. Storch
The adhesion molecule N-cadherin is re-expressed in the lesions of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. |
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J.M. Anderson,D.W. Hampton, G. Pryce, R.A. Crowther, G. Giovanni,
D.A.S. Compston, R.J.M. Franklin, D. Baker, M.G. Spillantini, S. Chandran
Molecular pathology of axonal loss in a model of progressive MS.
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2006
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1st Prize: |
Dr. David Hunt
"The dermal papilla: a highly enriched niche of adult-skin derived stem cells with glial and neuronal potential”.
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, UK |
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2 Prize Ex Aequo: |
Dr. Tanja Kuhlmann
"Continued administration of ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) protects mice from inflammatory pathology in EAE”.
Institute for Neuropathology, University of Göttingen, Germany
Dr. Maciej Jurynczyk
"Notch inhibition enhances remyelination of axons in EAE”.
Department of Neurology, Medical University of Lodz, Poland |
2005
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1st Prize: |
Dr. C. Farina
"Glatiramer acetate in multiple sclerosis: from the study of the mechanism of action to the development of biomarkers for treatment monitoring”.
Max-Planck-Institute of Neurobiology, Martinsried, Germany and Neurological Institute C. Besta, Milan, Italy |
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2 Prize Ex Aequo: |
Dr. K. Broom
"MRI reveals that early changes in cerebral blood volume precede blood-brain barrier breakdown and overt pathology in MS-like lesions in rat brain”.
Experimental Neuroimaging Group, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Dr. C. Gneiss
"Comparative study of neutralizing antibody titers against the three different interferon-beta preparations”.
Neuroimmunology Laboratory, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria. |
2004
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1st Prize: |
Dr. S. Huijbregts
"Differences in cognitive impairment of relapsing-remitting, secondary and primary progressive MS”.
School of Psychology, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK |
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2nd Prize: |
Dr. E. Portaccio
"Neocortical volume decrease in RRMS patients with mild cognitive impairment”.
Department of Neurology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy |
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Dr. P. Fontoura
"Immunity to the extracellular domain of nogo-A modulates experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis”.
Department of Immunology, Faculty Medical Sciences Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal |
2003
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1st Prize: |
Dr. S. Jackson
"Cannabinoid-mediated neuroprotection: evidence from in vivo and in vitro models of demyelination".
Institute of Neurology, University College London, Dept. of Neuroinflammation, London, UK. |
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2nd Prizes ex aequo: |
Dr. O. Neuhaus
"Multiple sclerosis: immunological effects of statins in vitro - a new therapeutic option ?"
Dept. of Neurology, Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany. |
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Dr. S. Pluchino
"Injection of neurospheres induce clinical recovery in a model of multiple sclerosis."
Neuroimmunology Unit, Dept. of Neuroscience DIBIT, San Raffaele Scientific Inst., Milan, Italy. |
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Dr. T. Ziemssen
"Glatiramer acetate-specific T-helper 1- and 2-type cell lines produce BDNF: implications for multiple sclerosis therapy"
Dept. of Neurology, University Clinic, Carl-Gustav Carus Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany. |
2002
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1st Prizes ex aequo: |
C. Papadimitriou
"Effects of different immunomodulatory agents on microglial phagocytosis of apoptotic inflammatory cells".
Julius-Maximilians-University, Dept. of Neurology, Würzburg, Germany. |
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E. Zeinstra
"Astrocytes in Multiple Sclerosis plaques express co-stimulatory molecules B7-1 and B7-2."
Groningen University Hospital, Dept. of Neurology, Groningen, The Netherlands. |
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3rd Prize: |
B. Dubois
"Efficacy of a novel non-cardiotoxic anthracenedione (BBR2778) in chronic relapsing experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis".
University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Dept. of Neurology, Herestraat 49, 3000 Belgium. |
2001
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1st Prize: |
Dr. G. Lycklama à Nijeholt
"Postmortem Spinal Cord MRI in MS at High Resolution”. VUMC, Dept. Radiology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. |
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2nd Prizes ex aequo: |
Dr. O. Aktas
"Immunosuppression by Normal Intravenous Immunoglobulins (IVIg) in Human T Cells”. Neuroimmunology, Neuroscience Research Centre, Charité, Berlin, Germany |
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Dr. M. Rocca
"Correlations between Structural CNS Damage and Functional MRI Changes in Primary Progressive MS”. Neuroimaging Research Unit, Scientific Institut HSR, Milan, Italy. |
2000
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1st Prize: |
Dr. G. Constantin
"Inhibition of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by a tyrosine kinase inhibitor”.
University of Verona, Dept. of Pathology, Verona, Italy. |
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2nd Prize: |
Dr. A.J. Coles
"Monoclonal antibody treatment exposes three mechanisms underlying the clinical course of Multiple Sclerosis”.
University of Cambridge, Dept. of Neurology, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK. |
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3rd Prize: |
Dr. M. Rovaris
"The prognostic value of magnetic resonance and magnetization transfer imaging at presentation in patients with clinically isolated syndromes suggestive of Multiple Sclerosis”. Neuroimaging Research Unit, S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy. |
1999
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1st Prize: |
Dr. R. Furlan
"IL-4 gene transfer by intracisternal injection of a herpes virus type 1-derived viral vector ameliorated mog-induced EAE in BIOZZ/ABH mice”.
Experimental Neuroimmunotherapy Unit, S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy. |
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2nd Prizes ex aequo: |
Dr. K. Vandenbroeck
"Case-control and family-based association analyses of cytokine gene polymorphisms identify IFNG (12q15) as a susceptibility locus in Sardinian and Swedish Multiple Sclerosis”.
Medical Biological Center, Belfast, Nordern-Ireland. |
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Dr. F.L. Sciacca
"Relevance of Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist Intron 2 olymorphism in Italian MS patients”.
Neuroimmunology Unit, S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy. |
1998
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1st Prize: |
Dr. T. Berger
"Anti-MOG antibody responses in Multiple Sclerosis: a first step towards an immunopathological subtyp?”
Dept. of Neurology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. |
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2nd Prize: |
Dr. P. Flachenecker
"Scoring of autonomic dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis is related to clinical activity and disease progression”.
Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Neurologische Klinik und Poliklinik im Kopfklinikum, Würzburg, Germany. |
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