In 1998 the idea was launched to organize a Young Investigator Award. Invited speakers are being provided with list of researchers who qualify regarding their seniority. As these invited speakers are usually not the regular participants, a completely unbiased judgment is thereby guaranteed. From 2004 onwards we also have a competition for the Poster Award. The prize is a “diploma/oorkonde” and a discretory envelope containing a financial reward.
Young Investigator prize winners are:
1998 Martin Raabe (UCSF, J. David Gladstone Institute)
The role of microsomal triglyceride transfer protein in yolk sac, liver, intestine,and heart assessed by gene knockout in mice.
1999 Walter Stockinger (Biocenter and University of Vienna)
Are members of the LDL receptor family involved in signaling events?
2000 E. Peer Lutz (Columbia University New York)
Heparin-binding defective lipoprotein lipase (LpL): evidence that the carboxyl-terminal region affects LpL binding to cells, LpL removal from the bloodstream and plasma triglyceride removal.
2001 Garry Tan (Oxford University)
Subcutaneous adipose tissue function in a subject with a dominant negative PPAR-gamma mutation (PPAR-gamma-P467L).
2002 Menno de Winther (Maastricht University)
Inhibition of macrophage NF-kB activation enhances atherosclerosis in LDLR deficient mice
2003 Arja Kreeft (Leiden University)
Identification of dietary response genes in hyperlipidemic mouse models by gene expression profiling.
2004 Torsten Plösch (Groningen University)
Evidence for Abcg5-independent Hepatobiliary Cholesterol Secretion in Mice
2005 Astrid van der Velde (Academic Medical Centre Amsterdam)
Unraveling of the Mechanisms Underlying the Intestinal Cholesterol Excretion Pathway
2006 Malin Levin (Gladstone Institute, San Francisco)
Acyl CoA: Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase 2 (DGAT2)–Mediated Triacylglycerol Accumulation in Glycolytic Muscle Promotes Insulin Resistance
2007 Oliver Bruns (University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf)
Non-invasive in Vivo Imaging of Recombinant TRL Labelled with Nanocrystals
Poster Awards
2004 Susan Coort (Maastricht University)
Enhanced sacrolemmal FAT/CD36 content and tryacylglycerol storage in cardiac myocytes from obese Zucker rats
2004 Marisa Tschernatsch (Graz University)
Implication of HuR in the regulation of mRNA-stability of genes relevant in lipid metabolism
2005 Guiseppe Norata (Milano University)
High-density Lipoproteins Induce Transforming Growth Factor Beta 2 Expression in Endothelial Cells
2006 Willeke de Haan (Leiden University)
Torcetrapib Increases HDL by Inhibiting CETP Activity, while Atorvastatin Increases HDL by Reducing CETP Expression
2007 Philip Gordts (University of Leuven)
Inactivation of the NPXYXXL Domain and Downstraem Motifs of LRP1 Show a Differential Increase in Atherosclerosis