european network for the study of adrenal tumors

 

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: placeholder ONLY!

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

For the ENSAT scientific awards there are for each working group 2 awards, one for a clinical paper and one for a basic science paper (so 8 in total), endowed with each 1000 €

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 RVIEWS) no older then one year old considering from last years' deadline for submission (so between September 19th 2023 and September 15th 2024)


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

- 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 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 September 15th at midnight.

The winners will be divulged and the prize certificates will be handed over during a special session of the 2024 ENSAT Meeting in Palma de Mallorca, Spain (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:

-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