Who we are
- yESAO brings together young researchers driven by passion for Artificial Organs to produce innovation and advancement in the field
- The young investigators are engineers, scientists and clinicians, together with undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate students coming from different university laboratories, hospitals and companies
Mission Statement
- The yESAO is an open network of young researchers in field of the artificial organs that fosters social contacts and stimulates friendships
- It aims to use innovative methods to provide scientific support and practice-oriented education to scientists of all disciplines in their early career stages to improve their scientific outcome and push forward the knowledge of the society as a unit, in an enjoyable atmosphere without the limitations of conventional organisations
Activities
- To exchange ideas and experiences, our main meeting is once a year on 2 days preceding the ESAO conference, and we offer forefront discussions, inspiring talks and stimulating workshop on a wide spectrum of topics.
- Within the society, we support Webinars to share different scientific methods and solve technical challenges.
- With the yESAO exchange program, exciting collaborations can be established and multiple projects have been successful
- The social component is very important to us and the evenings before and during the yearly ESAO congress are always the perfect occasion to better know each other and have fun!
Organisation
- Coordinators 2018-2019
- Local organisers yESAO Hannover 2019
- Core team 2018-2019
- Coordinators 2017-2018
- Local organisers yESAO Madrid 2018
- Core team 2017-2018
- 2016-2017
Coordinators yESAO: Alessandra Molteni, Marc Mueller
Local organisers yESAO Vienna: Philipp Aigner, Martin Maw
Core team yESAO: Hala Al-Khoury, Michael Bode, Stefan Boes, Arianna Di Molfetta, Libera Fresiello, Marcus Granegger, Simon Sonntag, Anna Stecka, Bente Thamsen, Tom Verbelen, Tino Vollmer, Lena Wiegmann
- 2015-2016
Coordinators yESAO: Simon Sonntag, Tom Verbelen
Local organisers yESAO Warsaw: Jakub Palko, Anna Stecka, Krzysztof Zielinski
Core team yESAO: Arianna Di Molfetta, Libera Fresiello, Marcus Granegger, Alessandra Molteni, Marc Mueller, Bente Thamsen, Tino Vollmer
- 2014-2015
Coordinators yESAO: Simon Sonntag, Tom Verbelen
Local organisers yESAO Leuven: Libera Fresiello, Steven Jacobs, Tom Verbelen, Joeri Vanpuyvelde
Core team yESAO: Arianna Di Molfetta, Marcus Granegger, Alessandra Molteni, Marc Mueller, Bente Thamsen, Tino Vollmer
- 2013-2014
Coordinator yESAO: Arianna Di Molfetta
Local organisers yESAO Rome: Arianna Di Molfetta, Libera Fresiello
- 2012-2013
Coordinator yESAO: Arianna Di Molfetta
Local organiser yESAO Glasgow: Laurie Shedden
- 2011-2012
Coordinator yESAO: Francesco Moscato
Local organiser yESAO Rostock: Heinrich Prophet
- 2010-2011
Coordinator yESAO: Francesco Moscato
Local organiser yESAO Porto: Rogério Pirraco
- 2009-2010
Coordinator yESAO: Francesco Moscato
Local organisers yESAO Skopje: Pavlina Dzekova, Igor Nikolov