Opened for

CZ, SK, PL, RU, LT, LV, EE, AZ, UZ, KG, UA, BY, BA, KZ, MD, SI, SR

Financial reward

€19,000

National committee

Nataliya Nikolayevna Silivonchik (BLR), Petr Dítě (CZE), Jonas Valantinas (EST, LTU, LVA), Vlada Anatolyevna Dumbrava (MDA), Leszek Paradowski (POL), Marina Viktorovna Maevskaya (RUS), Miodrag Krstić (SRB), Ladislav Kužela (SVK), Yuriy Mironovich Stepanov (UKR), Yelena Borisovna Zueva (UZB), Borut Štabuc (SVN)

International committee

Natalia Silivontchik (BLR), Jan Kotrlík (CZE), Leszek Paradowski (POL), Marina Maevskaya (RUS), Ľubomír Jurgoš (SVK), Yuriy Mironovich Stepanov (UKR), Yelena Borisovna Zueva (UZB)

Winning works

1st Place (Applicant: Associate Professor Dr. Mgr. Milan Jirsa, CSc. – Czech Republic):
Steeg E, Stranecky V, Hartmannova H, Noskova L, Hrebicek M, Wagenaar E, Esch A,  Waart R, Elferink RPJO, Kenworthy KE, Sticova E, Edreesi M, Knisely AS, Kmoch S, Jirsa M, Schinkel AH. Complete OATP1B1 and OATP1B3 deficiency causes human Rotor syndrome by interrupting conjugated bilirubin reuptake into the liver. The Journal of Clinical Investigation 2012; 2: 519-528

2nd Place (Applicant: Associate Professor Dr. Tibor Hlavatý, Ph.D. – Slovakia):
Hlavaty T, Huorka M, Koller T, Zita P, Kresanova E, Toth J. Colorectal cancer screening in patients with ulcerative and Crohn’s colitis with use of colonoscopy, chromoendoscopy and confocal endomicroscopy. European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology 2011; 23(8): 680-689

3rd Place (Applicant: Dr. Jan Petrášek, Ph.D. – Czech Republic):
Petrasek J, Bala S, Csak T, Lippai D, Kodys K, Menashy V, Barrieau M, Min SY, Kurt-Jones EA,  Szabo G. IL-1 receptor antagonist ameliorates inflammasome-dependent alcoholic steatohepatitis in mice. The Journal of Clinical Investigation 2012; 10: 3476-3489