European Society for Artificial Organs

ESAO Congress 2012

Scientific Awards of the ESAO

1. Price: I. Decorato
Impact of the degree of residual stenosis after balloon-angioplasty in arteriovenous fistula

2. Price: B. Rahmani
A new generation of transcatheter heart valves

3. Price: A. Milano

Comparative analysis of GME activity in 3 circuit designs during pulsatile and non-pulsatile CPB

ESAO Innovation Award

V. Cantaluppi
Regional citrate anticoagulation limits sepsis-associated microvascular injury through the inhibition of release of microvesicles from activated leukocytes and platelets

ESAO Wichtig Award

Sarra de Valence, MSc

Long term performance of polycaprolactone vascular grafts in a rat abdominal aorta replacement model

Emil-Bücherl-Award

to Prof. Dr. Ing. Jörg Vienken, Germany

4th Joint ESAO-IFAO Congress 2011

ESAO Wichtig Award

Due to a very tough competition (the first four were extremely tough together) it was this year decided to give the ESAO-Wichtig Award to two persons in equal split:

Nathanael Raschzok et al

Monitoring of Liver Cell Transplantation in a Preclinical Swine Model Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany

Ilaria Ester De Napoli et al

Mesenchymal stem cell culture in convection-enhanced hollow fibre membrane bioreactors for bone tissue engineering

University of Calabria, Rende (CS)/ Italy

ESAO Innovation Award

Yusuke Inoue

University of Tokyo, Japan

Poster Prices

1^st poster price

Achala de Mel et al

An arginine incorporated nanocomposite polymer for cardiovascular implants

University College London, UK

2^nd poster price

M. Schwentenwein et al

Elastomeric photopolymers by thiol-ene polymerization for vascular tissue engineering

Vienna University of Technology, Austria

3^rd poster price

S. Weinandy et al

Three-dimensional (3D) capillary-like structure formation with the help of biofunctionalised microfibers.

RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Scientific Awards of the ESAO Meeting 2010:

Emil-Bücherl-Award

to Prof. Dr. Dieter Falkenhagen
Scientist at the Danube-University Krems

ESAO Research Award 2010

Ms. Charlotte DEBBAUT, Gent University, Belgium

for her Experimental Research on

"From vascular corrosion cast to electrical analog model for study of human liver hemodynamics and perfusion"

POSTER AWARDS

FIRST PRICE

M. Niepel et al, Martin Luther University, Institute of Pharmacy, Biomedical Materials Group Halle-Wittenberg, Halle Germany
"Controlling Cell Adhesion with layer-by-Iayer Technique and
Nanosphere Lithography"

SECOND PRICE

S. Baudis et al Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, Vienna Austria
"(Bio)degradable Polyurethanes for Electrospun Vascular Grafts"

THIRD PRICE

J.R. Martina et al University Medical Center, Utrecht, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
"The effect of pump obstructions in a continuous flow left ventricular assist device".

Winner of the INNOVATION AWARD

J.Grosshauser et al. Biofluid Mechanics lab. Charite _ Universitaetsmedizin Berlin, Germany
" Development of a CAPO catheter with protective sleeve to avoid infection".

Scientific Awards of ESAO a t the Annual Meeting 2009 in Compiegne

ESAO Wichtig Award	Anita SCHILDBERGER Danube University Krems, Austria

Innovation Award	A. BABA Saitama, Japan

Poster Awards	1. Price	C. AUXENFANS Lyon, France

	2. Price	L. KOCH Hannover, Germany

	3. Price	C. DEBBAUT Gent, Belgium

Scientific Awards of ESAO at the Annual Meeting 2008 in Geneva

ESAO WIchtig Award	Sunny ELOOT Ghent University, Belgium	Benjamin NOTTELET Geneva University, Switzerland
Innvoation Award:	Clemens FRITSCHE Cardiac Surgery, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Germany
Poster Award:	First Poster Prize N. SUNDVALL Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Northern Sweden, Umea, Sweden

Awards 2007

Emil S.Buecherl-Award (by invitation)

The Emil S.Buecherl-Award is presented during the Annual Congress.

Emil S. Buecherl Award 2007 - Prof. Horst Klinkmann

POSTER AWARDS

3 Poster Awards (500, 300 and 200 €) will be given to the Authors of the best Posters, selected by a Special Committee. Awards will be presented during the Congress Dinner.

ESAO Poster Award 2007 - 1. Price M. Cikirikciogul, University of Geneva

second place 2007: N.W. Guldner Luebeck Germany
third place 2007: A. Nakada Kyoto Japan

ESAO INNOVATION AWARDS

1 Award (500 €) will be dedicated to the most innovative Abstract presented.
The selection will be made by a jury, basing on Abstract content and presentation. The Awards will be presented during the Congress Dinner.

Innovation Award Winner

2007	D. Rodriguez-Martinez Madrid Spain

ESAO WICHTIG AWARD

The annual ESAO-Wichtig-Research Award is aimed at encouraging young scientists (< 38 years) working in the area of experimental research, medical science, biochemistry, chemistry, physical chemistry, membrane science and chemical engineering involved in the general field of artificial organs.

The ESAO-Wichtig-Research Award of € 2500, selected by a Special Committee son the basis of a manuscript, will be presented at the Annual ESAO Congress. For details and the annual submission deadline please go to the homepage of the Annual Congress

Information about ESAO – Wichtig – Research AWARD - 2008