Each day at SYNLAB, our scientists around the world are researching, publishing and collaborating with partners in scientific excellence. This work lays pivotal groundwork for advancement in disease prevention, diagnostics and decision support, treatment and patient quality of life.

Each year, we recognise this commitment with our very own Medical Innovation Awards. Driven by customer needs, our 2023 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 Portugal

Catarina Silveira


Comprehensive genomic profiling of cell-free circulating tumor DNA detects response to ribociclib plus letrozole in a patient with metastatic breast cancer

National Library of Medicine – pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36551247/
 

Read Catarina's Interview

 

SYNLAB Spain

Juan Carlos Triviño Pardo


Gasdermin B over-expression modulates HER2-targeted therapy resistance by inducing protective autophagy through Rab7 activation

National Library of Medicine – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36163066/
 

Read Juan's Interview

WOMEN'S HEALTH


SYNLAB UK | Synnovis

Dominic J. Harrington


Exclusively breastmilk-fed preterm infants are at high risk of developing subclinical vitamin K deficiency despite intramuscular prophylaxis at birth

National Library of Medicine – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36087073/
 

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SYNLAB Italy

Valentina Brancato


A pathomic approach for tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes classification on breast cancer digital pathology images

National Library of Medicine – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36950640/
 

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AI – MACHINE LEARNING


SYNLAB Italy

Giovanni Federico


Bringing cumulative technological culture beyond copying versus reasoning

National Library of Medicine – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36283920/


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SYNLAB Italy

Carlo Cavaliere


A framework of analysis to facilitate the harmonization of multicenter radiomic features in prostate cancer

National Library of Medicine – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36614941/
 

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TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION


SYNLAB UK & Ireland

Rachel S. Carling


Operation Moonshot: rapid translation of a SARS-CoV-2 targeted peptide immunoaffinity liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry test from research into routine clinical use

National Library of Medicine – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36395058/
 

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SYNLAB Germany 

Harald Hoffmann


Two-stage tuberculosis diagnostics: combining centrifugal microfluidics to detect TB infection and Inh and Rif resistance at the point of care with subsequent antibiotic resistance profiling by targeted NGS

National Library of Medicine – https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37999937/
 

Read Harald's Interview