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The Pezcoller Foundation - Maria Begnudelli Awards (to the 3 best posters presented at the Pezcoller Symposia)

Established in 2003, thanks to a legacy of Maria Begnudelli, to recognize the three best posters presented at the annual Pezcoller Symposium.

The winners:

  • are selected on a competitive basis (quality of the submitted abstract) by the Symposium Scientific Committee
  • are invited to present their results, in front of the Symposium Faculty and all attendants

In addition:
  • The 3 best abstracts from researchers based in Italy will receive € 500/each.
  • The best abstracts submitted by researchers working outside Italy will receive a contribution for registration, travel and lodging, proportionate to need and availability, upon application to the EACR-AACR-Mark Foundation Travel Grants >> Read more


The 2024 awardees are:
·        Bartolomeo Bosco, Department of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, and Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC) of the MDC and Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany: Unveiling interactions between senescent tumor cells and the host immune system - Implications for Senolytic Immunotherapy

·        Lucía I. López Rodríguez
, Cellular Immunology, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, ICGEB, Trieste, Italy: Unveiling the role of cDC1 in shaping Immune hubs in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

·        Chiara Maria Cattaneo
, Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases - San Raffaele Scientific Institute Milan, Italy: Immune surveillance is actively impaired by the secretome of mismatch repair proficient colorectal cancers. 

The 2024 Winners of the Pezcoller Foundation-Maria Begnudelli Awards with the Symposium Chairman Dr. Kaelin, President Dr. Galligioni and the Chairman of the Evaluation Committee Dr. Loda

The 2025 Pezcoller Foundation - Maria Begnudelli Awards recipients will be presented during the next Pezcoller Symposium (June 2025).

Starting from the 2003 Symposium, more than 50 young Researchers have been awarded so far.
EACR-AACR-Mark Foundation Travel Grant Awardees at 2024 Pezcoller Symposium, with Pezcoller President Dr. Galligioni, the Mark Foundation CEO Dr. Schoenfeld and the Chairman of the Pezcoller Symposia Dr. Kaelin
2023 Begnudelli Award recipient Zingg Daniel
2023 Begnudelli Award recipient Boccalatte Francesco
2023 Begnudelli Award recipient Sommaggio Roberta
2023 Begnudelli Award recipient Vittoria Francesco Maria
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