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?