Aesculap EANS Research Prize

Title

The Aesculap EANS Research Prize

Awarded

Annually

Chairman of the EANS Research Committee

Radoslaw Rola, MD, Poland

Past Chairmen

• 2011-2015: Prof. Juan A. Barcia, MD, Spain
• 2007-2011: Peter Hutchinson, MD, UK 
• 2003-2007: António José de Carvalho Gonçalves Ferreira, MD, Portugal
• 1999-2003: Yucel Kanpolat, MD, Turkey
• 1995-1999: Johannes Schramm, MD, Germany

Conditions

• Eligible are neurosurgeons under the age of 40
• Either fully trained or still in the course of their training
• Must be members of one of the national societies of the EANS or working in one of the countries member of the EANS
• Manuscripts submitted should contain research work − clinical or laboratory − relevant to the field of neuroscience
• Author should make a declaration stating that she/he has performed most (more than 50%) of the work, and that such work was made mainly in Europe
• Letter to this effect from the candidate’s head of department should be attached
• Manuscripts that have been submitted for publication during the same calendar year as well as unpublished studies are accepted for evaluation
• Format and type of manuscript must be comparable to those presented for publication in Acta Neurochirurgica
• Applicant must send his/her entry in the form of a pdf document of a maximum size of 5 megabytes with a brief Curriculum Vitae by the 15th December 2008 to Bea Riley.

2020 – Dr. Noorani Imran, UK – Best laboratory paper

"PiggyBac mutagenesis and exome-sequencing identify genetic driver landscapes and potential therapeutic targets of EGFR-mutant gliomas"

2020 – Dr. Raj Rahul, Finland – Best clinical paper

"Machine learning-based dynamic mortality prediction after traumatic brain injury"

2019 – Catharina Conzen, Germany – Best laboratory paper

"The acute phase of experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage: intracranial pressure dynamics and their effect on cerebral blood flow and autoregulation"

2019 – Daniel Delev, Germany/Bulgaria – Best clinical paper

"Surgical management of lower-grade glioma in the spotlight of the 2016 WHO classification system"

2018 – Joost Dejaegher, Belgium – Best laboratory paper

"Characterization of PD-1 upregulation on tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes in human and murine gliomas and preclinical therapeutic blockade"

2018 – Tareq Juratli, Germany – Best clinical paper

"Clinical impact of TERT promoter mutation detection in cell-free tumor-derived DNA in patients with IDH wild-type glioblastomas – a pilot prospective study"

2017 – Thomas Wälchli – Best laboratory paper

"Nogo-A regulates vascular network architecture in the postnatal brain"

2017 – Mathew J. Gallagher – Best clinical paper

"Fever worsens neurological outcome in patients with acute traumatic spinal cord injury"

2016 – Dr. Ben Shofty – Best laboratory paper

"Neurofibromin deficiency is linked to striatal dysfunction"

2016 – Dr. Katrin Rabiei – Best clinical paper

"Does subjective improvement in adults with intracranial arachnoid cysts justify surgical treatment?"

2015 – Hugh Sims-Williams – Best clinical paper

"Analgesic deep brain stimulation of the peri-aqueductal gray releases endogenous opioids in man"

2015 – Mario Ganau – Best laboratory paper

"A DNA-based nano-immunoassay for the label-free detection of glial fibrillary acidic protein in multicell lysates"

2014 – Dr. Adel Helmy – Best clinical entry

"Recombinant human interleukin-1 receptor antagonist in severe traumatic brain injury: a phase II randomized control trial" 

2013 – Dr. Ajmal Zemmar – Best laboratory entry

"Neutralization of Nogo-A enhances synaptic plasticity in the rodent motor cortex and improves motor learning in vivo" 

2012 – Emilia Gaal, Finland – Clinical prize

"Systematic comparison of vascular growth factors in the murine brain reveals placenta growth factor as prime candidate for central nervous system vascularization" 

2012 – Alfredo Conti, Italy – Laboratory prize 

"miRNA expression profiling in human gliomas: upregulated mir-363 increases cell survival and proliferation via gap-43 inhibition" 

2011 – Christian Senft, Germany – Clinical prize

"Intraoperative MRI guidance and extent of resection in glioma surgery: a randomised, controlled trial" 

2011 – Tom Theys, Belgium – Laboratory prize 

"Selectivity for three-dimensional shape and grasping related activity in the ventral premotor cortex" 

2010 – Miikka Korja, Finland – Clinical prize

"Genetic Epidemiology of Spontaneous SAH – Nordic Twin Study" 

2010 – Antonio Di Ieva, Austria/Italy  – Laboratory prize

 "The veins of the nucleus dentatus: anatomical and radiological findings" 

2009 – Bechir Jarraya, France – Clinical prize

"Development of a new gene therapy for Parkinson's disease" 

2009 – Oliver Schnell, Germany – Laboratory prize

"Imaging of integrin avb3 expression in patients with malignant glioma by 18F Glacto-RGD positron emission tomography" 

2008 – Gerrit Schubert, Germany – Clinical prize

"Acute vasospasm causes hypoperfusion immediately after subarachnoid hemorrhage – a Xenon contrast-enhandec CT study" 

2008 – Friederike Knerlich-Lukoschus, Germany – Laboratory prize

"Force-dependent development of neuropathic central pain and time-related CCL2/CCR2 expression after graded spinal cord contusion injuries of the rat"  

2007 – Juan C. Fernandez-Miranda, Spain

"Three-dimensional Structure of the White Matter of the Human Brain" 

2006 – Ming-Yuan Tseng, United Kingdom

"Acute Systemic Erythropoietin Therapy Reduces Cerebral Vasospasm and Delayed Ischemic Deficits after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Phase II Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controled Trial"  

2005 – Claudius Thomé, Germany 

"Outcame after less invasive surgery for decompression of lumbar spinal stenosis – a randomized comparison of unilateral laminotomy, bilateral laminotomy and laminectomy" 

2004 – Florence Lefranc, Belgium

"Combination of Cimetidine and Temozolamide induces significant increases in the survival periods of human U373 glioblastoma orthotopic xenograft-bearing nude mice as compared to Temozolamide alone" 

2003 – Nikunj Patel, United Kingdom

“Intra putaminal infusion of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor in Parkinson's disease: a two year clinical, cognitive and quality of life outcome study” 

2002 – Alexander Muacevic, Germany

"Image Guided Interstitial laser thermotherapy: A canine model evaluated by magnetic resonance imaging and quantitive autoradiography" 

2001 – Liana Beni-Adani, Israel

“A Peptide Derived From Activity-Depentent Neuroprotective Protein (ADNP) Amerliorates Injury Response in closed Head Injury in Mice” 

2001 – Ali Savas, Turkey

“The Effects of Conitnuous and Single-Dose Radiation on Choline Uptake in Organotypic Tissue Slice Cultures of Rabbit Hippocampus” 

2000 – Marcos Tatagiba, Germany

"Regeneration of auditory nerve following complete sectioning and intrathecal application of the IN-1 antibody." 

1999 – Andras Büki, Hungary

“Cysteine Proteases in Traumatically Induced Diffuse Axonal Injury – all Roads Lead to Disconnection?” 

1998 – Turker Ilic, Turkey

1997 – Peter Vajkoczy, Germany

"Inhibition of tumor growth, angiogenesis, and microcirculation by the novel Flk-1 inhibitor SU5416 as assessed by intravital multi-fluorescence videomicroscopy."

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