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Eleven young researchers honoured at the Young DZHK Retreat

Around 100 young scientists from all over Germany voted on the best talks and poster presentations at the Young DZHK Retreat in Frankfurt am Main (11-12 September 2024).

From left to right, the winners of the oral sessions: Emmanouil Solomonidis (Frankfurt), Erik Asmus (Berlin) and Marin Kuntic (Mainz). | © Volkmar Otto, DZHK
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[Translate to English:] V.l.n.r. die Gewinner der Oral Sessions: Emmanouil Solomonidis (Frankfurt), Erik Asmus (Berlin) und Marin Kuntic (Mainz). | © Volkmar Otto, DZHK

For the first time, the winners will receive prize money thanks to a donation. The three scientists with the best presentations in the 'Oral Sessions' will receive 200 euros each, the two best in the 'Rapid Fire Sessions' will receive 150 euros each, and the six winners in the poster sessions will receive 100 euros each.

The three winners in the 'Oral Sessions' category presented their papers at the main retreat following the Young DZHK Retreat, in front of a larger audience of around 230 participants and established DZHK scholars.

Congratulations to all eleven award winners!

Winners in the category ‘Oral Session’

Session "Clinical epidemiology & Heart failure": Erik Asmus, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. CFTR-modulators attenuate platelet activation and aggregation in blood of healthy donors and COVID-19 patients.

Session "Vascular biology": Marin Kuntic, University Medicine, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz. Differential cardiovascular health effects of nano- and micro-particles in mice as a rationale for the disease burden of ultrafine and fine particles in humans

Session "Cellular biology of the heart": Emmanouil Solomonidis, University Hospital Frankfurt. Hematopoietic loss of KDM6A impairs cardiac recovery post myocardial infarction via pro- inflammatory myeloid cells.

Winners in the category ‘Rapid Fire Session’

Mike Morneweg, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Celine Müller, University Medicine, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz

Winners in the category ‘Poster Sessions’

Vascular biology: Maria-Kyriaki Drekolia, University Medical Centre Mannheim

Cellular biology of the heart: Niklas Petzold, Technical University of Munich 

Epidemiology & Thrombosis: Rainer Kaiser, University Hospital of Munich, LMU

Myocardial function: Carolin Knauer University Medical Center Göttingen

Cardiovascular regeneration: Marie Nehring, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

Cellular biology & Anatomy of the heart: Lukas Narjes, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf

 

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