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The DGA awarded the following prizes during the digital conference with the kind support of Jenapharm.
Lecture prizes
During the conference a total of 4 lecture prizes, one from the clinical and one the experimental field, were awarded. The prizes, which were based upon the decision of an expert panel, consists of a certificate and the sum of 500 EUR each.
Lecture Prize experimental field
Developing testes-on-chip model to study in vitro primate spermatogenesis and endocrine dynamics
Sharma Swati, Centrum für Reproduktionsmedizin und Andrologie
(Münster/Germany)
Activin A modulates the pace of germ cell development at the onset of spermatogenesis
Whiley Penny, Hudson Institute of Medical Research
(Clayton/Australia)
Lecture Prize clinical field
Sexual function in adrenal insufficiency: data from the DREAM trial cohort
Valeria Hasenmeyer, Sapienza University of Rome
(Rome/Italy)
Does the sperm retrieval rate (SRR) result of a small test sample of each single mTESE (microsurgical testicular sperm extraction) sample reliably predict the SRR on the day of ICSI?
Sabine Kappes, Centre of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology
(Münster/Germany)
Poster prizes
During the conference a total of 4 poster prizes, one from the clinical and one the experimental field, were awarded. The prizes, which were based upon the decision of an expert panel, consists of a certificate and the sum of 500 EUR each.
Poster prize experimental field
TLR4/NFKB signaling pathway regulates epididymal embryonic development
Lucas GA Ferreira, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina
(São Paulo/Brazil)
Unique features of human sperm circular RNAs (circRNAs)
Meritxell Jodar, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)
(Barcelona/Spain)
Poster prize clinical field
Clinical and psychological characteristics of men with primary and secondary couple infertility
Francesco Lotti, University of Florence
(Florence/Italy)
Does the FSHB c.-211G>T polymorphism impact the spermatogenic potential in infertile male patients?
Sophie Kaldewey, Centre of Reproductive Medicine and Andrology
(Münster, Germany)
Passport to Prizes
We cordially thank Miltenyi Biotec GmbH and Wiley for sponsoring our prizes. The winner's postal or e-mail address will be forwarded to Miltenyi Biotec GmbH and Wiley so they can send the prizes directly to the winner.
1st prize: annual subscription for ANDROLOGY (Wiley)
2nd – 4th prizes: Miltenyi Pens and Plushys (Happy Cells)
And the winners are:
1st Prize
Verena Höffken
2nd–4th Prize
Alberto de la Iglesia
Ankita Kaushik
Harm-Henning Lindhof