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We are pleased to announce that the winners of the Biomedicines 2023 Young Investigator Award are Dr. Alessandra Bettiol and Dr. Nico Sollmann.
Dr. Alessandra Bettiol is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Italy. Since receiving her PhD in 2018, Dr. Bettiol has worked in the field of rare autoimmune diseases, particularly systemic vasculitis, producing ground-breaking research on the biochemical and pathogenetic mechanisms sustaining these conditions, with a particular focus on the role of oxidative stress and fibrinogen structural and functional modifications in thrombo-inflammation. Also, she has made significant contributions to the field of innovative therapeutic approaches, collecting and analyzing data related to the largest European cohort of patients treated with innovative drugs for eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), a rare systemic vasculitis. Dr. Bettiol is a highly productive young researcher and has published >120 peer-reviewed articles in highranking journals. According to Scopus, her research has received > 1650 citations, and her h-index is 21.
Dr. Nico Sollmann graduated from the Medical School at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in 2013. He completed the Ph.D. program “Medical Life Science and Technology” at TUM in 2017, followed by residency at the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology at Klinikum rechts der Isar (TUM). To focus on research in between his clinical rotations, Dr. Sollmann completed an internship at Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA, in 2016 and held a post-doc position at University of California San Francisco, USA, in 2021. He currently works as a radiologist in training at the University Hospital Ulm as well as at the Klinikum rechts der Isar (TUM). He has published over 200 Pubmed-listed articles and has an h-index of 37. He has been awarded several prestigious scientific awards. Dr. Sollmann continues to serve as a reviewer and editor for multiple journals and is a member of several national and international scientific societies, with a strong focus on the neuroimaging and imaging of the spine.
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Alessandra Bettiol and Dr. Nico Sollmann for their outstanding achievements.
As the awardees, Dr. Alessandra Bettiol and Dr. Nico Sollmann will each receive an honorarium of CHF 1000, an offer to publish a paper free of charge before the end of June 2024 in Biomedicines after peer review, and an electronic certificate.
We would like to thank all the nominators from various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the many excellent nominations.
Section Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Paul Rösch, on behalf of Biomedicines 2023 Young Investigator Evaluation Committee
University Federico II School of Medicine, retired Prof.
Prof. Victor M. Rivera
Baylor College of Medicine
Prof. Dong-Yan Jin
The Univresity of Hong Kong
Prof. Silvio Maringhini
ISMETT, Palermo, Italy
Prof. Dr. Celestino Sardu
University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli"
Winner
Simone Battaglia
University of Bologna, Italy
Karolina Beton-Mysur
Lodz University of Technology, Poland
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Paul Rösch
Chairperson
University of Bayreuth
Dr. Christos Kontos
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Prof. Ting-Feng Wu
Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Dr. Masaru Tanaka
University of Szeged, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Dr. Bruno Fonseca
Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit (UCIBIO)
Dr. Stefano Bacci
Department of Biology, University of Florence, 50121 Firenze FI, Italy
Winner
Alessandra Bettiol
Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Italy
Nico Sollmann
Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany & Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, University Hospital Rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Paul Rösch
Chairperson
University of Bayreuth
Dr. Stefano Bacci
Department of Biology, University of Florence, 50121 Firenze FI, Italy
Prof. Giuseppe Murdaca
University of Genova
Dr. Masaru Tanaka
University of Szeged, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Dr. Natalia Komarova
SMC Techological Centre
Winner
Roberta Giuffrida
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Dermatology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Award Committee
Prof. Shaker A Mousa
Chairperson
Vascular Vision Pharmaceuticals Co & NanoPharmaceuticals LLC
Dr. Thomas Hieronymus
Department of Cell and Tumor Biology, University Clinic, RWTH Aachen
Prof. Dr. Lanrong Bi
Michigan Technological University
Prof. Concettina La Motta
University of Pisa - Department of Pharmacy
Prof. Jason Collier
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Dr. Christos Kontos
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Mrs. Susana Cardoso
Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra
Dr. Masaru Tanaka
University of Szeged, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Dr. Bruno Fonseca
Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit (UCIBIO)
Prof. Maurizio Sabbatini
University of Eastern Piedmont - Dep. Science and Technology Innovation
Dr. Patrick Serruys
National University of Ireland Galway
Dr. Jerome Devy
UMR CNRS 7369
Winner
Mateusz Maciejczyk
Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Ergonomics, Medical University of Bialystok
Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan
Department of Microbiology, The University of Hong Kong
Award Committee
Prof. Shaker A Mousa
Chairperson
Vascular Vision Pharmaceuticals Co & NanoPharmaceuticals LLC
Prof. Valeria Barresi
University of Verona
Mrs. Susana Cardoso
Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra
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