Winners of the Maastricht Medical Students Research Conference 2010

We proudly present the winners of the Maastricht Medical Students Research Conference 2010:

Verbal presentations:

1st Prize

Impaired Fetal Lung Development after Chorioamnionitis: Ureaplasma as the Suspect

Elke Kuypers BSc, Jennifer Collins MSc, Boris Kramer MD PhD

University Medical Center Maastricht, School of Oncology and Developmental Biology, Department of Pediatrics, Maastricht University (The Netherlands)

1st Prize

Role of Lipolysis in Hepatic Stellate Cell Activation

Lien Thoen, Eduardo Guimarães, Leo A. van Grunsven

LIVR, faculty Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussels (Belgium)

The winners recieved €675 each to use for their future research.

Poster presentations:

1st Prize

Attenuation of Fear-like Response by Excitalopram Treatment after Electrical Stimulation of the Midbrain Dorsolateral Periaqueductal Gray: An animal Model for Panic Disorder

Mujzgan Aziz Mohammadi, Yasin Temel, Lee Wei Lim

Department of Neuroscience and Neurosurgery, Maastricht University (The Netherlands)

The winner recieved €400 euro to use for future research.

Audienceprize

Forodesine Reduces Proliferation and Induces Apoptosis in Multiple Myeloma

Liesbeth Bieghs, Eline Menu, Jo Caers, Karin Vanderkerken

The Hematology and Immunology Group (HEIM), Vrije Universiteit Brussels; Myeloma Center Brussels; Department of Hematoloy, CHU Université de Liège

KNMG-Limburg-prize

Benefits of a Well Structured Diagnostic Process in Colon Cancer

Victor Klemann, Joop Konsten

VieCuri Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Venlo (The Netherlands)