Awards 2013
Two prizes at the amount of CHF 15'000 each have been awarded during the joint annual meeting.
Basic Science:
The awardee is Annelies S. Zinkernagel for „DNase Sda1 Allows Invasive M1T1 Group A Streptococcus to Prevent TLR9-Dependent Recognition" published June 14, 2012 in PLoS Pathogens by Satoshi Uchiyama, Federica Andreoni, Reto A. Schüpbach, Victor Nizet, Annelies S. Zinkernagel from the Zurich University Hospital, Switzerland, & University of California, San Diego, La Jolla CA, USA
Clinical Research:
The awardee is Oriol Manuel for „Assessment of Cytomegalovirus-Specific Cell-Mediated Immunity for the Prediction of Cytomegalovirus Disease in High-Risk Solid-Organ Transplant Recipients: A Multicenter Cohort Study” published 29 November 2012 in Clinical Infectious Diseases by Oriol Manuel, Shahid Husain, Deepali Kumar, Carlos Zayas, Steve Mawhorter, Marilyn E. Levi, Jayant Kalpoe, Luiz Lisboa, Leticia Ely, Daniel R. Kaul, Brian S. Schwartz, Michele I. Morris, Michael G. Ison, Belinda Yen-Lieberman, Anthony Sebastian, Maha Assi, and Atul Humar from the participating centers in Switzerland, Canada, The Netherlands and the United States