Medical Innovation Awards 2020

Innovation and medical excellence are an integral part of SYNLAB, and our experts are committed to staying on top of cutting-edge research across all diagnostic disciplines. We as a Group are dedicated to recognising and awarding these great achievements on a yearly basis with our Medical Innovation Awards.

This year’s award winners were honoured during our SYNLAB Virtual Congress in July. The expert jury decided to award in total 6 winners from 4 categories:

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Young Scientist: Winner

Laura Bigorra / Spain

Machine learning algorithms for the detection of spurious white blood cell differentials due to erythrocyte lysis resistance:

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Laboratory Science: Winner

Laura Brum / Portugal

Using genomics to understand the origin and dispersion of multidrug and extensively drug resistant tuberculosis in Portugal:

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Laboratory Science: Runner Up

Paul Naaber / Estonia

Application of Molecular Methods for Carbapenemase Detection:

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Oncology: Winner

Raffaele Ambrosio / Italy

Thyroid hormone induces progression and invasiveness of squamous cell carcinomas by promoting a ZEB-1/E-cadherin switch:

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Oncology: Runner Up

Mariarosaria Incoronato / Italy

Circulating miRNAs in Untreated Breast Cancer: An Exploratory Multimodality Morpho-Functional Study:

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Neurology: Winner

Frédéric Aknouche / France

Testing for SGT-151 (CUMYL-PEGACLONE) and its Metabolites in Blood and Urine after Surreptitious Administration:

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