Medical Innovation Awards 2020
Innovation and medical excellence are an integral part of SYNLAB, and our experts are committed to staying on top of cutting-edge research across all diagnostic disciplines. We as a Group are dedicated to recognising and awarding these great achievements on a yearly basis with our Medical Innovation Awards.
This year’s award winners were honoured during our SYNLAB Virtual Congress in July. The expert jury decided to award in total 6 winners from 4 categories:
Young Scientist: Winner
Laura Bigorra / Spain
Machine learning algorithms for the detection of spurious white blood cell differentials due to erythrocyte lysis resistance:
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Laboratory Science: Winner
Laura Brum / Portugal
Using genomics to understand the origin and dispersion of multidrug and extensively drug resistant tuberculosis in Portugal:
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Laboratory Science: Runner Up
Paul Naaber / Estonia
Application of Molecular Methods for Carbapenemase Detection:
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Oncology: Winner
Raffaele Ambrosio / Italy
Thyroid hormone induces progression and invasiveness of squamous cell carcinomas by promoting a ZEB-1/E-cadherin switch:
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Oncology: Runner Up
Mariarosaria Incoronato / Italy
Circulating miRNAs in Untreated Breast Cancer: An Exploratory Multimodality Morpho-Functional Study:
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Neurology: Winner
Frédéric Aknouche / France
Testing for SGT-151 (CUMYL-PEGACLONE) and its Metabolites in Blood and Urine after Surreptitious Administration:
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