The winners

Forty-four contestants from 13 countries presented their work on challenging proteins orally or in poster format and competed for cash prizes totalling 10’000 euro. The presenting contestants had previously been selected in a qualifying round. Members of the scientific committee were Bert Poolman (University of Groningen, NL), Maria Luisa Tutino (University of Naples, IT), Rainer Rudolf (Martin-Luther University, DE), Ake Danielsson (GE Healthcare) and Bengt Osterlund (BO Consulting).

The scientific committee, having previously read abstracts and draft papers, had a busy two days listening to presentations, viewing posters and discussing the research. Much high quality work and very well-prepared contestants made for difficult decisions when it came time to make the awards.

GE Healthcare congratulates the winners:

1^st place: Souad Naji, University of Regensburg, DE

2^nd place: Titus Franzmann, Technische Universität München, DE

3^rd place: Dunja Lukovic, University of Valencia, ES

4^th place: Noelia Sainz-Pastor, University College London, UK

5^th place: Phyllis Quinn, University of Nottingham, UK

6^th-10^th place (no ranking, listed alphabetically):
Irina Cirpus, Radboud University Nijmegen, NL;
Said Eshaghi, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, SE;
Martin Kollmar, Max Planck Institut Göttingen, DE;
Thorsten Lamla, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH, Biberach, DE;
Mike Notohamiprodjo, Ludwig-Maximilians University, München, DE