14 May 2026
Topics Webinar | 2025 Young Investigator Award Ceremony for Biomedicines, Pharmaceutics & Pharmaceuticals, 22 May 2026
A welcome message from the webinar Chair:
Welcome to the Young Investigator Award Webinar! I am Professor Victor M. Rivera, Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, USA, and I have the great pleasure of chairing this important scientific event celebrating the Biomedicines, Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceuticals Young Investigator Award winners for the 2025 cycle. These young scientists have been selected from an outstanding and competitive group of international young investigators contending for this prestigious scientific award. The winners were all nominated by two senior scientists, received their PhD/MD degree no more than 10 years before the 31 December 2025, and produced work that was selected for being ground-breaking research and a significant contribution to the advancement of therapeutic medicines. I thank the journals Biomedicines, Pharmaceutics, and Pharmaceuticals, their editorial groups and staff, and their respective Award Committees of recognized and distinguished scholars and members of the Editorial Boards for making this possible.
The 2025 winners will receive 1000 or 2000 CHF, a recognition certificate, and a free voucher for article processing fees valid for one year. The 2025 winners for Biomedicines are Dr. Adil Rasheed and Dr. Meghna Gupta; the winner for Pharmaceutics is Dr. João Carlos Fernandes da Silva; and the winner for Pharmaceuticals is Dr. Karolina Beton-Mysur. We hope you join us for this important scientific recognition and celebration.
Date: 22 May 2026 at 5:00 p.m. CEST | 11:00 a.m. EDT
Webinar ID: 850 8375 3671
Landing page: https://sciforum.net/event/Topics-49?subscribe
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Program:
| Speaker | Presentation Title | Time in CEST | Time in EDT |
| MDPI Host-Marco Pedretti | Opening Remarks | 5:00–5:05 p.m. | 11:00–11:05 a.m. |
| Prof. Dr. Victor M. Rivera | Award Ceremony | 5:05–5:15 p.m. | 11:05–11:15 a.m. |
| Dr. Adil Rasheed | MLKL (Mixed Lineage Kinase Domain-Like Protein): An Immunometabolic Nexus of Cardiovascular Disease |
5:15–5:35 p.m. | 11:15–11:35 a.m. |
| Dr. Meghna Gupta | Supramolecular Assembly Shapes Autoantibody Recognition in Neuromyelitis Optica |
5:35–5:55 p.m. | 11:35–11:55 a.m. |
| Dr. Karolina Beton-Mysur | What Cells Whisper: Raman Spectroscopy and Nanomechanical Signatures in Gastrointestinal Cancer Research | 5:55–6:15 p.m. | 11:55–12:15 p.m. |
| Dr. João Carlos Silva | Bio-instructive and Functional Biomaterials for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering Applications targeting Bone and Cartilage Regeneration | 6:15–6:35 p.m. | 12:15–12:35 p.m. |
| Q&A Session | 6:35–6:55 p.m. | 12:35–12:55 p.m. | |
| MDPI Host-Marco Pedretti | Overview of the Submission Process | 6:55–7:00 p.m. | 12:55–1:00 p.m. |
| Prof. Dr. Victor M. Rivera | Closing of Webinar | 7:00–7:05 p.m. | 1:00–1:05 p.m. |
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Webinar Chair and Keynote Speakers:
- Prof. Dr. Victor M. Rivera, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, USA;
- Dr. Adil Rasheed, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, USA;
- Dr. Meghna Gupta, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, USA;
- Dr. João Carlos Silva, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal;
- Dr. Karolina Beton-Mysur, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland.
