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ENS@T Awards

The ENS@T awards are bestowed every year to the Best Scientific Works in the field of adrenal tumours that have been accepted for publication in the preceding calendar year, for the Best Oral Presentations and for the Best Poster Presentations at the yearly ENS@T meetings. Please see below for actual award applications possibilities and for a list of past award winners.

Scientific Awards 2025: 

dear members of ENSAT,

This year the applications are now open for the ENSAT scientific awards corresponding to the established working groups of ENS@T: ACC, APA, NAPACA, PPGL and KIDS.

For the ENSAT scientific awards there are for each of the "classic" working groups 2 awards, one for a clinical paper and one for a basic science paper, and, in addition, one dedicated to the KIDS WG, endowed with each 500 €.

Applicants are asked to provide:

1 - a short cover letter (250 words max) in which the candidate is stating for which of the four main categories (ACC, APA, NAPACA and PPGL) and if for the clinical or basic science award she or he is applying and elaborates what her/his paper brings new to the field

2 - a CV (max one page)

3 - a signed statement by the applicant(s) that all the other co-authors have been informed and agreed with the authors’ application

4 - published/accepted (in this case please include acceptance letter) scientific manuscript (original research, NO REVIEWS) no older then one year old considering from last years' deadline for submission, so not used to apply for an ENSAT award in the past (so probably between September 16th 2024 and July 21st 2025)

all together AS A SINGLE PDF file to ensatweb@gmail.com


The rules for submission are:

- Applicants have to be active members of ENSAT (associated or full members with their membership paid up to date)

- Applicants can apply for only one award per year, independently whether the publications are in different WG, so one in total per year.

- Research has to be carried out primarily in Europe. The scientific work has to be accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal prior to submission. Publication should not have taken place longer than one year before application date (see above). Only original research publications (NO reviews) are allowed.

- Applicants should be within 15 years of receipt of their doctoral title (PhD or MD) at the time of application. PhD or MD students are also eligible and encouraged to apply. No more than two applicants are allowed to apply per paper. Collaborators (e.g. co-authors of a manuscript) not applying for the award must have provided the applicants with their consent before the application (see above).

Submission are open until July 21st at midnight.

The winners will be divulged and the prize certificates will be handed over during a special session of the 2025 ENSAT Meeting in Belgrade, Serbia (so the candidates have to be present at the meeting to receive the award).


We are looking forward to your applications!


In addition to the ENSAT scientific awards for the best publication in the field there will be further awards on site in Belgrade:

-Poster awards: poster sessions with 1 prize/session

-Oral communications prizes will also be handed out on site.


The ENSAT Executive Committee



Scientific Awards 2024


ENSAT Scientific Awards


Bruno Allolio Scientific Awards for ACC research

  • Francesca Cioppi & Giulia Cantini, Florence, Italy, with the paper: "Targeted Next Generation Sequencing molecular profiling and its clinical application in adrenocortical cancer" DOI: 10.1093/ejendo/lvae077
  • Laura-Sophie Landwehr, Würzburg, Germany, with the paper: "Expression and Prognostic Relevance of PD-1, PD-L1, and CTLA-4 Immune Checkpoints in Adrenocortical Carcinoma" DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgae109


ENSAT Scientific Awards for APA research

  • Anna Hirsch, Berlin, Germany, with the paper: "NTpro-BNP levels in patients with primary hyperaldosteronism and autonomous cortisol co-secretion" DOI: 10.1093/ejendo/lvae119


ENSAT Scientific Awards for NAPACA research

  • Mirko Parasiliti-Caprino, Torino, Italy, with the paper: "Increased cardiometabolic risk and prevalence of ascending aorta dilation in patients with nonfunctioning adrenal incidentaloma: a retrospective propensity score-matched study" DOI: 10.1038/s41440-024-01807-3
  • Barbara Altieri, Würzburg, Germany, with the paper: "Single-nucleus and spatial transcriptome reveal adrenal homeostasis in normal and tumoural adrenal glands" DOI: 10.1002/ctm2.1798


ENSAT Scientific Awards for PPGL research

  • Joanne Marieke de Laat, Nijmegen, Netherlands, with the paper: "PRAP Study: Partial versus Radical Adrenalectomy in Hereditary Pheochromocytomas" DOI: 10.1093/ejendo/lvae108
  •  Milton E. Salazar-Hidalgo, Madrid, Spain, with the paper: "MAML3-fusions modulate Vascular and Immune Tumour Microenvironment and Confer High Metastatic Risk in Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma" DOI:10.1016/j.beem.2024.101931


ENSAT Meeting Awards


Best oral communications

  • ACC session: Marc Philipp Schauer, Würzburg, Germany
  • APA session: Sheerazed Boulkroun, Paris, France
  • NAPACA session: Onnicha Suntornlohanakul, Birmingham, UK
  • PPGL session: Ester Arroba, Madrid, Spain


Best posters

  • ACC session: Sara Rodella, Brescia, Italy
  • APA session: Nicolo Faedda, Paris, France
  • NAPACA session: Lorenzo Tucci/Kimberly Coscia, Bologna, Italy
  • PPGL session: Gintare Zygiene, Dresden, Germany



Scientific Awards 2023 


ENSAT Scientific Awards


Bruno Allolio Scientific Awards for ACC research

  • Otilia Kimpel, Würzburg, Germany, with the paper: "Efficacy and safety of radiation therapy in advanced adrenocortical carcinoma" DOI:10.1038/s41416-022-02082-0
  • James John Wilmouth Jr & Julie Olabe, Clermont-Ferrand, France, with the paper: "Sexually dimorphic activation of innate antitumor immunity prevents adrenocortical carcinoma development" DOI:10.1126/sciadv.add0422


ENSAT Scientific Awards for APA research

  • Parminder Singh Reel & Smarti Reel, Dundee, UK, with the paper: "Machine learning for classification of hypertension subtypes using multi-omics: a multi-centre, retrospective, data-driven study" DOI:10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104276
  • Xilin Wu & Emily Goodchild, London, UK, with the paper: "[11C]metomidate PET-CT versus adrenal vein sampling for diagnosing surgically curable primary aldosteronism: a prospective, within-patient trial" DOI:10.1038/s41591-022-02114-5


ENSAT Scientific Awards for NAPACA research

  • Masanori Murakami, Munich, Germany, with the paper: "In situ metabolomics of cortisol-producing adenomas" DOI:10.1093/clinchem/hvac191
  • Guido Zavatta, Bologna, Italy, with the paper: "Mild autonomous cortisol secretion in adrenal incidentalomas and risk of fragility fractures: a large cross-sectional study" DOI:10.1093/ejendo/lvad038


ENSAT Scientific Awards for PPGL research

  • Bruna Calsina, Elena Pineiro & Angel Martinez-Montes, Madrid, Spain, with the paper: "Genomic and immune landscape of metastatic pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma" DOI:10.1038/s41467-023-36769-6
  •  Christina Pamporaki, Dresden, Germany, with the paper: "Prediction of metastatic pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma: a machine learning modelling study using data from a cross-sectional cohort" DOI:10.1016/S2589-7500(23)00094-8 


ENSAT Meeting Awards

Best oral communications

  • ACC session:
Marc Philipp Schauer, Würzburg, Germany
Lorenzo Tucci, Bologna, Italy
  • APA session: 
Bakhta Fedlaoui, Paris, France
  • NAPACA session: 
Kotaro Sasaki, Philadelphia, USA
  • PPGL session: 
Tom Drossart, Paris, France
Carlota Arenillas, Barcelona, Spain


Best posters

  • ACC session: Alexandra Triebig, Munich, Germany
  • APA session: Sybille Fuld, Dresden, Germany
  • NAPACA session: Anabel Berthon, Paris, France
  • PPGL session: Chiara Parazzoli, Milan, Italy



      Scientific Awards 2022

      details coming later



      ENS@T Scientific Awards 2021


      ENSAT Scientific Awards


      Bruno Allolio Award for ACC research



      ENSAT Award for APA research



      ENSAT Award for NAPACA research



      ENSAT Award for PPGL research



      ENSAT Flash Talk Awards

      ACC


      PPGL


      APA/NAPACA


      ENS@T Awards 2020

      ENSAT Scientific Awards


      Bruno Allolio Award for ACC research


      ENSAT Award for APA research


      ENSAT Award for NAPACA research


      ENSAT Award for PPGL research


      ENSAT Flash Talk Awards

      ACC


      PPGL



      APA/NAPACA


      ENS@T Awards 2019

      ENSAT Scientific Awards


      Group picture of ENS@T scientific awards winners


      Bruno Allolio Award for ACC research


      Anne Jouinot

      For the work: DNA methylation is an independent prognostic marker of survival in adrenocortical cancer


      ENSAT Award for APA research


      Masanori Murakami and Yara Rhayem

      For the work: In situ metabolomics of aldosterone-producing adenomas


      ENSAT Award for NAPACA research


      Grethe Astrom Ueland

      For the work: Adrenal venous sampling for assessment of autonomous cortisol secretion


      ENSAT Award for PPGL research


      Bruna Calsina and Luis Jaime Castro-Vega

      For the work: Integrative multi-omics analysis identifies a prognostic miRNA signature and a targetable miR-21-3p/TSC2/mTOT axis in metastatic pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma



      ENSAT Poster Awards

      Group picture of poster awards winners




      ACC


      Kate Warde for the poster: Investigating the role of the Liver X Receptor in potentiating mitotane therapy in adrenocortical carcinoma


      APA


      Xiao Wang and Daniel A. Heinrich for the poster: Identification of potential predictors of adrenal insufficiency after unilateral adrenalectomy for primary aldosteronism


      NAPACA


      Guido di Dalmazi for the poster: Prevalence and incidence of atrial fibrillation in a large population of adrenal incidentalomas


      PPGL


      Carlota Arenillas for the poster: Highly frequent EPAS1 somatic gain-of-function mutations and genotype-phenotype associations in Pheochromocytomas and Paragangliomas of Patients with Cyanotic Congenital Heart Disease



      and some more photos from the awards dinner:


      ENS@T Awards 2018

      Bruno Allolio Award for ACC research


      Juliane Lippert

      For the work:  Targeted molecular analysis in adrenocortical carcinomas: a strategy towards improved personalized prognostication


      ENSAT Award for APA research


      Fabio L. Fernandes-Rosa

      For the work: A gain-of-function mutationin theCLCN2 chloride channel gene causes primary aldosteronism


      ENSAT Award for NAPACA research


        Ábel Decmann

      For the work:  MicroRNAExpression Profilingin Adrenal Myelolipoma


      ENSAT Award for PPGL research


      Bruna Calsina and Maria Currás-Freixes

      For the work: Role ofMDH2 pathogenicvariant in pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma patients


      Susan Richter and Barbara Klink

      For the work: Metabolome-guided genomics to identify pathogenic variants in isocitrate dehydrogenase, fumarate hydratase, and succinate dehydrogenasegenes in pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma




      ENSAT Poster Awards

      Group picture of (almost) all poster awards winners



      ACC


      Laura Landwehr for the poster: Steroid hormones and cancer immunity – insight into adrenocortical carcinoma


      APA


      Kelly de Sousa for the poster: Characterization of the genetic, cellular and molecular heterogeneity in aldosterone producing adenoma


      NAPACA


      Valeria Bisogni for the poster: Onset of autoimmune diseases in patients with Cushing’s Syndrome after successfully treatment


      PPGL


      Judith Goncalves for the poster: Sdhd knockout cells, a new model to explain sdhb-related malignancy in paraganglioma


      Paradifference Foundation Awards 2017

      ENSAT and Paradifference Foundation Awards for malignant PPGL research


      Lucie Evenepoel

      For the work: Expression of Contactin 4 is associated with malignant behavior in pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas


      Serena Martinelli

      For the work: The microenvironment induces collective migration in SDHB silenced mouse pheochromocytoma spheroids


      ENS@T Awards 2017

      Bruno Allolio Award for ACC research

      Carmen Ruggiero

      For the work: Dosage-dependent regulation of VAV2 expression by steroidogenic factor-1 drives adrenocortical carcinoma cell invasion


      ENSAT Award for APA research

      Giacomo Rossitto

      For the work: The subtyping of primary aldosteronism by adrenal vein sampling: sequential blood sampling causes factitious lateralization


      ENSAT Award for NAPACA research

      Isabel Weigand

      For the work:  Differential expression of the protein kinase A subunits in normal adrenal glands and adrenocortical adenomas


      ENSAT Award for PPGL research


      Laura Remacha

      For the work: Targeted exome sequencing of Krebs cycle genes reveals candidate cancer predisposing mutations in pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas


      ENS@T Awards 2016

      And the winners of the ENS@T Awards and ENS@T meeting poster awards for the year 2016 are:

      Bruno Allolio Award for ACC research, basic:


      Coralie Drelon, Clermont-Ferrand


      For the work: PKA inhibits WNT signalling in adrenal cortex zonation and prevents malignant tumour development

       

      Bruno Allolio Award for ACC research, clinical:

      Sebastien Gaujoux, Paris and Radu Mihai, Oxford

      For the work:  ESES (European Society of Endocrine Surgeons) and ENSAT (European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumors) recommendations for the surgical management of adrenocortical carcinoma


      ENS@T Award basic:


      Cristina Ronchi, Würzburg

      For the work: Genetic landscape of sporadic unilateral adrenocortical adenomas without PRKACA p.Leu206Arg mutation


      ENS@T Award clinical:

      Tanja Dekkers , Amsterdam

      For the work:  Adrenal vein sampling versus CT-scan to determine treatment in primary aldosteronism: an outcome-based randomized diagnostic trial


      ENS@T ACC Poster Award:

      Simon Garinet, Paris

      For the work: Detection of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in adrenocortical carcinoma (ACC)


      ENS@T Pheo/PGL Poster Award 1:


      Vanessa D’Antongiovanni, Florence

      For the works: Tumor microenvironment increased the migration capabilities of murine pheochromocytoma SDHB silenced cell & Role of microenivornment on metabolic control of murine pheochromocytoma SDHB silenced cell


      ENS@T Pheo/PGL Poster Award 2:


      Edward Buitenwerf, Groningen

      For the works: Pheochromocytoma RandomisEd Study Comparing adrenoceptor Inhibiting agents for Preoperative Treatment (PRESCRIPT) – an interim analysis


      ENS@T NAPACA Poster Award:

      Sara G. Creemers, Rotterdam

      For the work: LCI699 is a potent inhibitor of cortisol production in vitro

      ENS@T APA Poster Award:

      Giacomo Rossitto, Padua

      For the work: Differential effects of cosyntropin and metoclopramide on selectivity and lateralization index during subtyping for Primary Aldosteronism

      ENS@T Awards 2015

      And the winners of the ENS@T Awards and ENS@T meeting poster awards for the year 2015 are:

      Bruno Allolio Award for ACC research, basic:


      Matthias Kroiss and Silviu Sbiera, Würzburg


      For the work: Mitotane inhibits Sterol-O-Acyl Transferase 1 triggering lipid-mediated endoplasmic reticulum stress and apoptosis in adrenocortical carcinoma cells

      Bruno Allolio Award for ACC research, clinical:

      Rossella Libé, Paris

      For the work: Prognostic factors in stage III – IV adrenocortical carcinomas (ACC): an European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumor (ENSAT) study


      ENS@T Award basic:


      Fabio Fernandes-Rosa, Paris

      For the work: Different somatic mutations in multi-nodular adrenals with aldosterone producing adenoma


      ENS@T Award clinical:

      Nelly Burnichon and Luis Jaime Castro-Vega, Paris

      For the work: Multi-omics analysis defines core genomic alterations in pheochromozytomas and paragangliomas


      ENS@T ACC Poster Award:

      Vasileios Chortis, Birmingham

      For the work: Nicotinamide nucleotide transhydrogenase (NNT) as a novel molecular target in adrenocortical carcinoma - impact of NNT knockdown on adrenocortical cell proliferation, redox balance and steroidogenesis


      ENS@T Pheo/PGL Poster Award:


      Elena Rapizzi, Florence

      For the work: Biochemical and functional characterization of a murine pheochromocytoma cellular model: Role of THE microenvironment


      ENS@T NAPACA Poster Award:


      Ljiljana Marina, Belgrade

      For the work: The role of chronically elevated levels of luteinizing hormone in the cause-effect relationship between the size of adrenal incidentaloma and insulin resistance


      ENS@T APA Poster Award:

      Carmina Teresa Fuß, Würzburg

      For the work: High expression of C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 in the zona glomerulosa and in aldosterone producing adenoma

      ENS@T Awards 2014

      And the winners of the ENS@T Awards for the year 2014 are:

      ENS@T Awards:


      Rossella Libé, Paris


      For the work: ARMC5 Mutations in Macronodular Adrenal Hyperplasia with Cushings Syndrome


      Guido di Dalmazi, Munich


      For the work: Novel somatic mutations in the catalytic subunit of the protein kinase A as a cause of adrenal Cushings syndrome: a European multicentric study


      ENS@T ACC Awards:


      Guillaume Assie and Eric LeTouzé, Paris


      For the work: Integrated genomic characterization of adrenocortical carcinoma



      Cristina Ronchi, Würzburg

      For the work: CYP2W1 Is Highly Expressed in Adrenal Glands and Is Positively Associated with the Response to Mitotane in Adrenocortical Carcinoma

      ENS@T Awards 2013

      And the winners of the ENS@T Awards and ENS@T meeting poster awards for the year 2013 are:

      ENS@T Award basic:

      Angela Taylor and Vasileios Chortis, Birmingham

      For the work: Mitotane therapy in adrenocortical cancer inhibits 5α-reductase and induces CYP3A4 explaining the need for personalized glucocorticoid and androgen replacement


      ENS@T Award clinical:


      Maria Christina de Martino, Paris

      For the work: Molecular Screening for a personalized treatment approach in advanced adrenocortical cancer


      ENS@T ACC Poster Award:

      Constanze Hantel, Munich

      For the work: Establishment of patient-individual tumor models for endocrine tumors



      ENS@T APA Poster Award:



      Mirko Peitsch, Dresden


      For the work: Utility of LC-MS/MS based steroid profiling in adrenal venous samples: discrepancies with immunoassay measured cortisol



      ENS@T NAPACA Poster Award:


      Barbara Altieri, Rome


      For the work: Immunohisthochemical analysis of adrenocortical tumors




      ENS@T Pheo/PGL Poster Award:



      Christian Ziegler, Dresden


      For the work: Characterization of a novel fluorescence-based animal model of pheochromocytoma


      ENS@T Awards 2012


      And the winners of the ENS@T Awards for the year 2012 are:

      ENS@T Award clinical:


      Martin Fassnacht, Würzburg


      For the work: Combination Chemotherapy in Advanced Adrenocortical Carcinoma


      ENS@T Award basic:


      Pierre Val, Paris

      For the work: Analysis of the role of Igf2 in adrenal tumour development in transgenic mouse models

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