ENEA-Awards
Abstracts
ENEA Young Investigator Awards 2002
The two ENEA Young Investigator Awards have been awarded to two
European scientists under the age of 40 who have made outstanding
contributions in the field of neuroendocrinology. The selection
of prize winners has been undertaken by a jury consisting of the
members of the Executive Committee of the ENEA. The presentation
of the Prizes and the Prize Lectures took place during the ENEA
2002 congress in Munich.
The ENEA 2002 Young Investigator Prize for Basic Research
(3.500 Euro) was awarded to Uberto Pagotto, researcher of the Endocrinology
Unit of the Santa Orsola-Malpighi General Hospital in Bologna, Italy.
 Uberto
Pagotto has discovered new functions for factors expressed in pituitary
and other brain tumours, increasing our understanding of the molecular
and cellular mechanisms that control cell proliferation and hormone
production. He contributed to defining the role and importance of
the pituitary gland as an integrating point to coordinate different
physiological processes. Abstract
The ENEA 2002 Young Investigator Prize for Clinical Research
(3.500 Euro) was awarded to Matthias Tschöp, assistant professor
at the German Institute of Human Nutrition and clinical fellow at
the Endocrine Department of the Benjamin Franklin University Hospital
in Berlin, Germany.
 Matthias
Tschöp has discovered the role of ghrelin in the control of body
weight and described the endocrine mechanisms which mediate these
effects. His work is an outstanding contribution to our knowledge
of the complex neuroendocrine circuits that control energy homeostasis
under different clinical conditions. Abstract
ENEA Poster Prizes
Among the submitted abstracts presented as posters, the Poster
Committee selected two basic and two clinical posters for an award
(200 Euro each).
The poster prizes for basic research were awarded
to S. de Carli et al. (Max-Planck-Institute, Munich, Germany) for
the poster entitled "Role of CREB during embryonic and postnatal
rat brain development: differential patterns of CREB phosphorylation
and neurogenesis" and to M. Backberg et al. (Karolinska Institut,
Stockholm, Sweden) for the poster "Chemical coding of GABAB
receptor-immunoreactive neurons in hypothalamic regions regulating
body weight".
The poster prizes for clinical research were awarded to N. Karavitaki
N. et al. (Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece) for the poster
entitled " Evaluation of the gh secretory reserve in adult
patients with cushing's sundrome before and after correction of
cortisol excess" and to P. Putignano (University of Milan,
Italy) for the poster " Midnight salivary cortisol vs conventional
tests in the screening for Cushing's disease".
2002 Foundation IPSEN
Prize in Endocrinology
The first Foundation IPSEN Prize in Endocrinology entitled Endocrine
Communication and Regulation was awarded to Wylie Vale, Professor
and Head of the Clayton Foundation Laboratories for Peptide Biology
at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies (La Jolla, CA, USA).
 Wylie
Vale is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, of
the Institute of Medicine and of the US National Academy of Sciences.
He and his collaborators have discovered or co-discovered molecules
critical to neuroendocrine and neural signaling, including CRF,
three urocortins, CRF receptors, GRF, activin and activin receptors.
They have established the neuroendocrine significance of these hormones
and cloned the first CRF receptor as well as a modulatory binding
protein. Abstract
The jury in charge of awarding the prize was chaired by C. Kordon
(F), and composed of 12 members: X. Bertagna (F), M. Conn (USA),
R. C. Gaillard (CH), E. Ghigo (I), F. Holsboer (D), I. Huhtaniemi
(FIN), P. Jaquet (F), S. Lamberts (NL), S. Lightman (GB), I. Robinson
(GB), R. Steiner (USA), R. Weiner (USA).
The Awarding Ceremony and Prize Lecture took place at the ENEA
meeting 2002.
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