EPSRC Award Winner
Award Winner 2017
Best Long Oral Presentation
1. Dr. Dominik Duscher
Technical University of Munich / Munich, Germany
Skin Rejuvenation through HIF-1a Upregulation – A New Treatment Paradigm in Anti-Aging Medicine
2. Carrie A. Kubiak
University of Michigan / Ann Arbor, USA
Mitigation of Postamputation Pain with the Prophylactic Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interface
3. Evi Morandi
University of Innsbruck / Innsbruck, Austria
ITGAV and ITGA5 Diversely Regulate Proliferation and Adipogenic Differentiation of Human Adipose Derived Stem Cells
Award Winner 2016
Best Long Oral Presentation
1. KUL Leuven University Hospital / Leuven, Belgium
Technical University of Munich / Munich, Germany
Tracheal tissue-engineering: Epithelial grafting of gently-decellularized rabbit trachea
2. Radu Olariu
Inselspital University of Bern / Bern, Switzerland
Intra-graft injection of tacrolimus may modulate local immune response promoting long-term acceptance of VCA in a modified Brown Norway-to-Lewis transplantation model
3. Burak Özkan
Baskent University / Ankara, Turkey
Effect of Adipose Stromal Vascular Fraction on Random Pattern Flap Viability in Rats with Diabetes and Chronic Renal Disease: An experimental study
EPSRC Cruise Fellowship 2014
Dr. Margot de Hondt
The Plastic Surgery Department of the University Hospitals Leuven, BE
Award Winner 2014
Best Long Oral Presentation
1. Katie Young
University of Bristol / Bristol, UK
Malignant melanoma thickness and risk of future malignancies
2. Dr. Dominik Duscher
Stanford University / Stanford, USA
Impaired regenerative ability of aged and diabetic adipose derived stem cells is caused by depletion of cell subpopulations
3. Andrej Nedic
University of Michigan / Ann Arbor, USA
Reliability and validity of RPNI signaling of gait phases during voluntary walking
Best Short Oral Presentation
Niclas P. Broer, MD
Hospital Bogenhausen / Munich, DE
In vivo changes in nipple-areolar complex perfusion after breast augmentation with implants
EPSRC Cruise Fellowship 2013
Francesca Toia, MD (Palermo/IT)
University of Palermo
Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgical, Oncological and Stomatologic Sciences
Award Winner 2013
Best Oral Presentation
Patricia Engels (Basel/CH)
Peripheral nerve repair – multimodal comparison of the regenerative potential of adipose tissue derived cells in a biodegradable conduit
2nd best Oral Presentation
Dr. Margot Den Hondt (Leuven/BE)
Tracheal allotransplantation and prefabrication for long tracheal stenosis with withdrawal of immunosuppression – from bed to bench
3rd best Oral Presentation
Alexandru Nistor (Timisoara/RO)
The pig as an ideal training model for perforator flap dissection in living tissue
Best Poster Presentation
Dr. Barbara Iris Gruber (Vienna/AT)
Hernia repair with Coriumflap? – Vascularized!
Award Winner 2012
Best Oral Presentation
Dr. Lorenz Larcher (Linz/AT)
Pedicled Propeller Perforator Flaps (PPP Flaps) – personal experience
2nd best Oral Presentation
Jim Clover, MD (Cork/IE)
Allogeneic mesenchymal stem cell therapy improves burn wound healing via a predominantly paracrine mechanism and is associated with increased collagen deposition
3rd best Oral Presentation
PD Dr. Nicole Lindenblatt (Zurich/CH)
Vessel development during skin graft revascularisation – implications for tissue engineering
Best Poster Presentation
Lisa Ng (Newcastle-upon-Tyne/GB)
Functional outcomes following the use of an inexpensive mini-external fixator device for phalangeal fractures
Award Winner 2011
Best Oral Presentation
Angelo Leto Barone, MD (Palermo/IT)
Vascularized composite allograft transplantation and mixed hematopoietic chimerism across a full MHC barrier in swine: preliminary results
Best Poster Presentation
Dr. Oliver Bleiziffer (Erlangen/DE)
Three-dimensional evaluation of oxygen gradients and distribution of hypoxia in an axially vascularized bioartifcial construct in vivo
Award Winner 2010
Best Oral Presentation
Evelyn Rabensteiner (Innsbruck/AT)
T-regulatory cells and TH17 cells in peri-silicone-implant capsular fibrosis
2nd best Oral Presentation
Tobias von Wild (Luebeck/DE)
Neuromodulation in functional-reconstruction through peripheral nerve transplantation into central nerve system in spinal cord injury in rats applying Cerebrolysin
3rd best Oral Presentation
René Denis Largo (Basel/CH)
Accelerated vascularisation and improved bone formation in critical-size bone grafts by VEGF-expressing BMSC in a rabbit model
Best Poster Presentation
Marie Louise von Sperling (Aalborg/DK)
Sensory changes and chronic pain following cosmetic breast augmentation
Award Winner 2009
Best Oral Presentation
Cornelius D. Schubert (Bochum/DE)
Host defense - like lytic peptide suppresses growth of human liposarcoma
Best Poster Presentation
Dr. Ulrich M. Rieger (Innsbruck/AT)
Prospective investigation of explanted breast implants – Can sonication detect subclinical infection?