Day to day across the SYNLAB globe, our scientists are researching, publishing and collaborating with partners in scientific excellence.

Either approaching or reaching immediate clinical utility, their work lays pivotal groundwork for advancement in disease prevention, diagnostics and decision support, treatment and patient quality of life.

Each year, at the SYNLAB Congress, we recognise this commitment with our very own Medical Innovation Awards. Driven by customer needs, our 2022 awardees have contributed to medical excellence in the fields of


Turning scientific research into innovative services and products starts with the compound of an idea and the willingness to think it further, refine and transform it. This page introduces you to our award recipients, their publications—and inspirations.

ONCOLOGY


SYNLAB Spain

Juan Carlos Triviño Pardo

Head of Bioinformatics Department at Sistemas Genomicos


An Update of Cutaneous Melanoma Patients Treated in Adjutancy With the Allogeneic Melanoma Vaccine VACCIMEL and Presentation of a Selected Case Report With In-Transit Metastases
National Library of Medicine – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35432383/

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SYNLAB UK & Ireland

Angela Cramer

Lead Clinical Scientist, Breast and Gastric Cancer, at The Christie NHS/SYNLAB (CPP)


Combined Perioperative Lapatinib and Trastuzumab in EarlyHER2-Positive Breast Cancer Identifies Early Responders: Randomized UK EPHOS-B Trial Long-Term Results

National Library of Medicine – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35165099/

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WOMEN'S HEALTH


SYNLAB UK & Ireland

Dr Agata Sobczyńska-Malefora

Consultant Clinical Scientist, Nutristasis Unit at St Thomas' Haemostasis and Thrombosis Department St Thomas' Hospital


Vitamin B12 and Folate Markers Are Associated with Insulin Resistance During the Third Trimester of Pregnancy in South Asian Women, Living in the United Kingdom, with Gestational Diabetes and Normal Glucose Tolerance

National Library of Medicine – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34601603/

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SYNLAB Italy

Monica Franzese

Researcher - SYNLAB IRCCS SDN - Napoli


A Complex Radiomic Signature in Luminal Breast Cancer from a Weighted Statistical Framework: A Pilot Study

National Library of Medicine – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35204589/

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COVID-19​


SYNLAB Germany

Christoph Wertenauer

Resident in Internal Medicine - Kath. Marienkrankenhaus gGmbH, Hamburg 


Diagnostic Performance of Rapid Antigen Testing for SARS-CoV-2: The COVID-19 AntiGen (COVAG) study
National Library of Medicine –https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35386920/

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE


SYNLAB Italy

Mario Zanfardino

Researcher - SYNLAB IRCCS SDN - Naples


Discovering Common miRNA Signatures Underlying Female-Specific Cancers via a Machine Learning Approach Driven by the Cancer Hallmark ERBB

National Library of Medicine – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35740327/

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LABORATORY SCIENCE


SYNLAB UK & Ireland

Dr Rachel S. Carling

Director of Newborn Screening and Clinical Lead, Biochemical Sciences Scientific Director, Synnovis (A partnership between the NHS and SYNLAB UK & Ireland) Guys & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London


Improve the harmonisation and standardisation of the results of expanded newborn screening by optimising the existing tandem mass spectrometry methods for flow injection analysis and applying a standardised calibration approach.

National Library of Medicine – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35699503/

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SYNLAB Germany

Dr rer. nat. Marcus Kleber

Biologist, SYNLAB MVZ Humangenetik Mannheim, Zentrum für Humangenetik Mannheim (ZHMA)


Combined use of serum uromodulin and eGFR to estimate mortality risk

National Library of Medicine – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34568379/

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SYNLAB Germany

Dr med Harald Hoffmann

Specialist in microbiology, virology and infectious disease epidemiology - Medical Director, WHO Supranational Reference Laboratory for Tuberculosis, Gauting


Implementation of whole genome sequencing for tuberculosis diagnostics in a low-middle income, high MDR-TB burden country

National Library of Medicine – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34321545/

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YOUNG SCIENTIST


SYNLAB Italy

PhD Concetta Iside

Researcher - SYNLAB IRCCS SDN - Napoli


SIRT1 pharmacological activation rescues vascular dysfunction and prevents thrombosis in MTHFR deficiency

National Library of Medicine – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35821533/

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SYNLAB Italy

Rossana Castaldo

Biomedical Engineer - IRCCS SDN-SYNLAB Naples


A machine learning model for supporting symptom-based referral and diagnosis of bronchitis and pneumonia in limited resource settings

ResearchGate – https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354661507

Read Rossana's Interview