The EBMT is pleased to offer a growing number of awards and prizes for abstracts submitted for Oral and Poster presentation at the EBMT annual congress.
EBMT Physicians Group Awards and Prizes:
Van Bekkum Award
Opening Session
18:15-19:40
Sunday 21st March 2010
Hall A red level (02)
The Van Bekkum Award is the most prestigious EBMT award for the best abstract submitted to the physician's programme and is selected by the EBMT Board. The winning abstract will be presented as at the Opening Session on Sunday, 21 March 2010. The Award of 3000€ is supported by the EBMT.
Basic Science Award
Presidential Syposium
09:10-10:40
Monday 22nd March 2010
Hall A red level (02)
This award is presented to the best basic science abstract submitted to the physicians programme, whcih has been selected by a Scientific Committee headed by the Chairs of the EBMT Developmental Committee, Katarina Le Blanc and Wim Fibbe. The aim of the award is to increase the level of basic science at the meeting and to encourage young investigators to submit their work to the EBMT Congress.
The prize-winning abstract will be presented as part of the prestigious Presidential Symposium on Monday, 22 March 2010. This year's prize of 2000€ is genrously supported by an educational grant from Genzyme Europe B.V
Nature Publishing Poster Awards
General Assembly Meeting
08:00-09:00
Wednesday 24th March 2010
Hall G/H blue level (U2)
Two prizes for the best physician poster presentations (best clinical and best science poster) are sponsored by Nature Publishing Group. The awards will be announced at the General Assembly Meeting on Wednesday, 24th March 2010. Each prize is worth £1000.
John van Rood Award
Immunobiology Working Party Session
11:10-12:40
Monday 22nd March 2010
Hall C red level (02)
The EBMT is delighted to host the presentation of the first edition of the Jon J van Rood Award at the annual congress in Vienna.
This prestigious new award is given for outstanding contributions in the field of immunogenetics and immunology of allogeneic haematopoietic transplantation.
The award is organised by Prof Hans-Jochem Kolb (Munich, Germany) and the selection is carried out by a distinguished International panel under the supervision of Prof J.J. van Rood himself. Papers published or accepted for publication in 2009 were evaluated for the 2010 award and the panel was made-up of the following experts: D. Charron, H. Einsele, F. Falkenburg, E. Goulmy, H.J. Kolb, A. Madrigal, S. Marsh, D. Niederwieser and A. Velardi.
We are delighted to announce that the following paper has been selected for the 2010 award, which will be presented by Prof Fleischhauer during the Immunobiology Working Party session on Monday 22 March 2010 from 11.10 - 12.40 in Hall C, red level (02):
Loss of mismatched HLA in leukaemia after stem cell transplantation, N Engl J Med 2009; 361:478-88.
L. Vago, S.K. Perna, M. Zanussi, B. Mazzi, C. Barlassina, M.T. Lupo Stanghellini, N.F. Perrelli, C. Cosentino, F. Torri, A. Angius, B. Forno, M. Casucci, M. Bernardi, J. Peccatori, C. Corti, A. Bondanza, M. Ferrari, S. Rossini, M.G. Roncarolo, C. Bordignon, C. Bonini, F. Ciceri, K. Fleischhauer (Milan, IT)
The award is generously supported by Fresenius Biotech GmbH with an unrestricted educational grant of 10,000€. We are very grateful to the sponsor for committing to support the award for a period of five years from 2010 - 2014.
EBMT Nurses Group Awards:
The EBMT Nurses Group is pleased to announce that 4 prizes will be awarded as part of the 26th Meeting of the EBMT Nurses Group in Vienna. The prize winning abstracts will be selected by an appointed committee of the Nurses Group and will be awarded during the Nurses Closing Session on Wednesday, 24 March 2010 commencing at 11:00h.
1st, 2nd & 3rd prizes for best oral abstract presentations are supported by an educational grant from Genzyme Europe B.V.
| 1st prize: | 1000€ |
| 2nd prize: | 750€ |
| 3rd prize: | 500€ |
Prize for the best poster of 1000€ is supported by an educational grant from EUSA Pharma (Europe) Ltd.