BSRT Graduate School
Winners of the PhD Student Award in Regenerative Medicine
The Berlin-Brandenburg School for Regenerative Therapies (BSRT) offered young talented scientists who are doing their PhD in the field of Regenerative Medicine in Berlin and Brandenburg a PhD student award from 2008 until 2020.
Winners in 2020
Publication Award First Place
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Tino Vollmer Institute for Medical Immunology, Charité Vollmer T, Schlickeiser S, Amini L, Schulenberg S, Wendering DJ, Banday V, Jurisch A, Noster N, Kunkel D, Brindle NB, Savidis I, Akyüz L, Hecht J, Stervbo U, Roch T, Babel N, Reinke P, Winqvist O, Sherif O, VolkH-D, Schmueck-Henneresse M. The Intra-tumoral CXCR3 Chemokine System Is Predictive of Chemotherapy Response in Human Bladder Cancer. Science Tralnslational Medicine 2021 Jan 13;13(576) [Pubmed]. |
Publication Award Second Place
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Adriano Bolondi Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics Veenvliet JV*, Adriano Bolondi*, Kretzmer H, Haut L, Scholze-Wittler M, Schifferl D, Koch F, Guignard L, Sampath Kumar A, Pustet M, Heimann S, Buschow R, Wittler L, Timmermann B, Meissner A, Herrmann BG *these authors contributed equally . Mouse embryonic stem cells self-organize into trunk-like structures with neural tube and somites. * authors contributed equally. 2020 Dec 11;370(6522):eaba4937. doi: 10.1126/science.aba4937 [Pubmed] |
Publication Award Third Place
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Natalie Weber Institute for Molecular- and Cell Physiology, Hannover Medical School. Weber N*, Kowalski K*, Holler T, Radocaj A, Fischer M, Thiemann S, de la Roche J, Schwanke K, Piep B, Peschel N, Krumm U, Lingk A, Wendland M, Greten S, Schmitto JD, Ismail I, Warnecke G, Zywietz U, Chichkov B, Meißner J, Haverich A, Martin U, Brenner B, Zweigerdt R, Kraft T. Advanced Single-Cell Mapping Reveals that in hESC Cardiomyocytes Contraction Kinetics and Action Potential Are Independent of Myosin Isoform. Stem Cell Reports. 2020 May 12;14(5):788-802. * authors contributed equally. [Pubmed] |
Winners in 2019
Publication Award First Place
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Laura Marrone ICenter for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD) Marrone L, Drexler HCA, Wang J, Tripathi P, Distler T, Heisterkamp P, Anderson EN, Kour S, Moraiti A, Maharana S, Bhatnagar R, Belgard TG, Tripathy V, Kalmbach N, Hosseinzadeh Z, Crippa V, Abo-Rady M, Wegner F, Poletti A, Troost D, Aronica E, Busskamp V, Weis J, Pandey UB, Hyman AA, Alberti S, Goswami A, Sterneckert J. FUS pathology in ALS is linked to alterations in multiple ALS-associated proteins and rescued by drugs stimulating autophagy. Acta Neuropathol. 2019 Jul;138(1):67-84. doi: 10.1007/s00401-019-01998-x.[Pubmed] |
Publication Award Second Place
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Erik Brauer Julius Wolff Insitute at the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Brauer E, Lippens E, Klein O, Nebrich G, Schreivogel S, Korus G, Duda GN, Petersen A. Collagen fibrils mechanically contribute to tissue contraction in an in vitro wound healing scenario. Advanced Science. 2018 2018 Oct 26;13(10):e0206041. [Pubmed] |
Publication Award Third Place
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Rajiv Khajuria Berlin-Brandenburg School for Regenerative Therapies at the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Khajuria RK, Munschauer M, Ulirsch JC, Fiorini C, Ludwig LS, McFarland SK, Abdulhay NJ, Specht H, Keshishian H, Mani DR, Jovanovic M, Ellis SR, Fulco CP, Engreitz JM, Schütz S, Lian J, Gripp KW, Weinberg OK, Pinkus GS, Gehrke L, Regev A, Lander ES, Gazda HT, Lee WY, Panse VG, Carr SA, Sankaran VG. Ribosome levels selectively regulate translation and lineage commitment in human hematopoiesis. Cell 2018; 173(1):90-103 [Pubmed] |
Winners in 2018
Publication Award First Place
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Dimitrios L. Wagner Institute of Medical Immunology at the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Dimitrios L. Wagner, Leila Amini, Desiree J. Wendering, Lisa-Marie Burkhardt, Levent Akyüz, Petra Reinke, Hans-Dieter Volk, Michael Schmueck-Henneresse. High prevalence of Streptococcus pyogens Cas9-reactive T cells within the adult human population. Nature Medicine 2019;25(2):242-248 doi: 10.1038/s41591-018-0204-6.[Pubmed] |
Publication Award Second Place
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Regina Puts & Paul Rikeit Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies at the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin & Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the Freie Universität Berlin Regina Puts*, Paul Rikeit*, Karen Ruschke, Petra Knaus, Sophie Schreivoge, Kay Raum. Functional regulation of YAP mechanosensitive transcriptional coactivator by Focused Low-Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound (FLIPUS) enhances proliferation of murine mesenchymal precursors. PLoS One. 2018 2018 Oct 26;13(10):e0206041. [Pubmed] |
Publication Award Third Place
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Ann-Katrin Schubert Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies at the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, CO.DON AG Quality Assessment of Surgical Disc Samples Discriminates Human Annulus Fibrosus and Nucleus Pulposus on Tissue and Molecular Level. Int J Mol Sci. 2018 Jun 13;19(6). [Pubmed] |
Winners in 2017
Publication Award First Place
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Thomas Ambrosi German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam - Rehbrücke Ambrosi TH, Scialdone A, Graja A, Gohlke S, Jank AM, Bocian C, Woelk L, Fan H, Logan DW, Schürmann A, Saraiva LR, Schulz TJ. Adipocyte accumulation in the bone marrow during obesity and aging impairs stem cell-based hematopoietic and bone regeneration. Cell Stem Cell. 2017 Jun 1;20(6):771-784.e6. [Pubmed] |
Publication Award Second Place
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Naima Souidi Institute of Medical Immunology at the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Souidi N, Stolk M, Rudeck J, Strunk D, Schallmoser K, Volk HD, Seifert M. Stromal cells act as guardians for endothelial progenitors by reducing their Immunogenicity after co-transplantation. Stem Cells. 2017 May;35(5):1233-1245. [Pubmed] |
Winners in 2016
Publication Award First Place
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Taimoor Hassan Qazi Julius Wolff Institute at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Pumberger M, Qazi TH, Ehrentraut MC, Textor M, Kueper J, Stoltenburg-Didinger G, Winkler T, von Roth P, Reinke S, Borselli C, Perka C, Mooney DJ, Duda GN, Geißler S. Synthetic niche to modulate regenerative potential of MSCs and enhance skeletal muscle regeneration. Biomaterials. 2016 Aug;99:95-108. [Pubmed] |
Publication Award Second Place
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Henning Kempf REBIRTH-Cluster of Excellence, Hannover Medical School Kempf H, Olmer R, Haase1 A, Franke A, Bolesani E, Schwanke K, Coffee M, Göhring G, Dräger G, Pötz O, Joos T, Martinez-Hackert E, Haverich A, Falk F.R. Buettner, Martin U, Zweigerdt R. Bulk cell density and Wnt/TGFbeta signaling regulate mesendodermal patterning of human pluripotent stem cells. Nature communications. 2016 Dec 9;7:13602. [Pubmed] |
Winners in 2015
Publication Award First Place
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Anette Birkhold Julius Wolff Institute at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Birkhold A, Razi H, Duda GN, Weinkamer R, Checa S, Willie BM. The influence of age on adaptive bone formation and bone resorption. Biomaterials 2014 Nov;35(34):9290-301. [Pubmed] |
Publication Award Second Place
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Julia Schumann Institute of Medical Immunology of the Charité Schumann J, Stanko K, Woertge S, Appelt C, Schumann M, Kühl AA, Panov I, Schliesser U, Vogel S, Ahrlich S, Vaeth M, Berberich-Siebelt F, Waismann A, Sawitzki B. The Mitochondrial Protein TCAIM Regulates Activation of T Cells and Thereby Promotes Tolerance Induction of Allogeneic Transplants. American Journal of Transplantation. 2014 Dec;14(12):2723-35. [Pubmed] |
Winners in 2014
Publication Award First Place
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Julia Jung Reference and Translation Center for Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy (RTC), Universität Rostock Jung JJ, Husse B, Rimmbach C, Krebs S, Stieber J, Steinhoff G, Dendorfer A, Franz WM, David R. Programming and isolation of highly pure physiologically and pharmacologically functional sinusnodal bodies from pluripotent stem cells. Stem Cell Reports. 2014 Apr 17;2(5):592-605. [Pubmed] |
Publication Award Second Place
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Frank Schulze Julius Wolff Institute at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Schulze F, Dienelt A, Geissler S, Zaslansky P, Schoon J, Henzeler K, Guttmann P, Gramoun A, Crowe L, Maurizi L, Vallée JP, Hofmann H, Duda GN, Ode A.. Amino-polyvinyl Alcohol Coated Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles are Suitable for Monitoring of Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells In Vivo. 2014 Jul 2;2014 Nov 12;10(21):4340-51. [Pubmed] |
Winners in 2013
Publication Award First Place
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Nikos Kyritsis DFG-Research Center and Cluster of Excellence for Regenerative Therapies Dresden Kyritsis N, Kizil C, Zocher S, Kroehne V, Kaslin J, Freudenreich D, Iltzsche A, Brand M. Acute inflammation initiates the regenerative response in the adult zebrafish brain. Science. 2012 Dec 7;338(6112):1353-6. [Pubmed] |
Publication Award Second Place
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Dirk Steinhilber Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Freie Universität Berlin Steinhilber D, Rossow T, Wedepohl S, Paulus F, Seiffert S, Haag R. A Microgel Construction Kit for Bioorthogonal Encapsulation and pH-Controlled Release of Living Cells. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2013 Dec 16;52(51):13538-43. [Pubmed] |
Winners in 2012
In 2012 there were two first places
Publication Award First Place
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Jessica Kopf Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Freie Universität Berlin Kopf J, Petersen A, Duda GN and Knaus P. BMP2 and mechanical loading cooperatively regulate immediate early signalling events in the BMP pathway. BMC Biol. 2012 Apr 30;10:37. [Pubmed] |
Publication Award First Place
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Carolin Schwarz Julius Wolff Institute of the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Schwarz C, Wulsten D, Ellinghaus A, Lienau J, Willie BM, Duda GN. Mechanical Load Modulates the Stimulatory Effect of BMP2 in a Rat Nonunion Model. Tissue Eng Part A. 2013 Jan;19(1-2):247-54. [Pubmed] |
Winners in 2011
Publication Award First Place
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Benedeta Artegiani DFG-Research Center and Cluster of Excellence for Regenerative Therapies Dresden Artegiani B, Lindemann D, Calegari1 F. Overexpression of cdk4 and cyclinD1 triggers greater expansion of neural stem cells in the adult mouse brain. J Exp Med. 2011 May 9;208(5):937-48. [Pubmed] |
Publication Award Second Place
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Madlen Löbel Institute of Medical Immunology of the Charité Rother M, Krohn S, Kania G, Vanhoutte D, Eisenreich A, Wang X, Westermann D, Savvatis K, Dannemann N, Skurk C, Hilfiker-Kleiner D, Cathomen T, Fechner H, Rauch U, Schultheiss H-P, Heymans S, Eriksson U, Scheibenbogen C, Poller W. Matricellular Signaling Molecule CCN1 Attenuates Experimental Autoimmune Myocarditis by Acting as a Novel Immune Cell Migration Modulator. Circulation. 2010 Dec 21;122(25):2688-98. [Pubmed] |
Winners in 2010
Publication Award First Place
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Francesco Boato Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology of the Charité Boato F, Hendrix S, Huelsenbeck SC, Hofmann F, Grosse G, Djalali S, Klimaschewski L, Auer M, Just I, Ahnert-Hilger G, Höltje M. C3 peptide enhances recovery from spinal cord injury by improved regenerative growth of descending fiber tracts. J Cell Sci. 2010 May 15;123(Pt 10):1652-62. [Pubmed] |
Publication Award Second Place
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Karin Müller Institute of Medical Immunology of the Charité Müller K, Schachtner T, Sattler A , Meier S, Friedrich P, Trydzenskaya H, Hinrichs C, Trappe R, Thiel A, Reinke P, Babel N. BK-VP3 as a New Target of Cellular Immunity in BK Virus Infection. Transplantation. 2011 Jan 15;91(1):100-7. [Pubmed] |
Winners in 2009
Publication Award
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Wassim Altarche Xifró |
Poster Award
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Yifei Liu Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces The evolution and distribution of apatite mineral crystals during bine fracture healing in sheep 36th European Symposium on Calcified Tissues in Vienna, 2009 |
Winners in 2008
Publication Award
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Ulf Schulze-Tophoff Cecilie Vogt Clinic for Neurology of the Charité Prozorovski T, Schulze-Topphoff U, Glumm R, Baumgart J, Schröter F, Ninnemann O, Siegert E, Bendix I, Brüstle O, Nitsch R, Zipp F, Aktas O. Sirt-1 contributes critically to the redox-dependent fate of neural progenitors. Nat Cell Biol. 2008 Apr;10(4):385-94. [Pubmed] |
Poster Award
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Annika Fischer and Sandra Zwinger Institute of Medical Immunology of the Charité Role of regulatory T cells in adoptive CVV-specific T cell therapy Transplantational Immunology in New Haven, Connecticut 2008 |