At the end of the event, the Faculty rewarded top achievements from the year 2023. The categories included Best Publication, Best PhD Thesis, and Education Achievement of the Year. In addition, best presentations were selected from the MET Research Day. Congratulations to all the winners!
In the photo: Yvonne Muthiani, Teemu Ihalainen, Pia Oksanen, Latifeh Azizi, Soile Nymark, and Dario Greco.
Best Publication
Per Ashorn, Ulla Ashorn, Yvonne Muthiani, Samira Aboubaker, Sufia Askari, Rajiv Bahl, Robert E Black, Nita Dalmiya, Christopher P Duggan, G Justus Hofmeyr, Stephen H Kennedy, Nigel Klein, Joy E Lawn, Jeremy Shiffman, Jonathon Simon, Marleen Temmerman, and the UNICEF–WHO Low Birthweight Estimates Group
Small vulnerable newborns – big potential for impact
Lancet 2023; 401: 1692–706
Honourable Mention
Giusy del Giudice, Angela Serra, Laura A. Saarimäki, Konstantinos Kotsis, Ian Rouse, Anais Colibaba, Karolina Jagiello, Alicja Mikolajczyk, Michele Fratello, Anastasios G. Papadiamantis, Natasha Sanabria, M. E. Annala, Jack Morikka, P. A. S. Kinaret, E. Voyiatzis, Georgia Melagraki, Antreas Afantitis, K. Tämm, T. Puzyn, M. Gulumian, Vladimir Lobaskin, Iseult Lynch, Antonio Federico & Dario Greco
An ancestral molecular response to nanomaterial particulates
Nature Nanotechnology 18, pages 957–966 (2023)
Honourable Mention
Brooke E Danielsson, Bobin George Abraham, Elina Mäntylä, Jolene I Cabe, Carl R Mayer, Anna Rekonen, Frans Ek, Daniel E Conway, Teemu O Ihalainen
Nuclear lamina strain states revealed by intermolecular force biosensor
Nature Communications 2023; 14: 3867
Best PhD Thesis
FT Julia Fadjukov
Electrical Communication and its Physiological Relevance in Retinal Pigment Epithelium
DI Latifeh Azizi
Structure-function of Talin1 : An integrin adaptor protein involved in health and disease
MD Bireshwar Sinha
Effect of Kangaroo Mother Care in Low Birth Weight Infants on Breastfeeding Performance, Gut Function, and Maternal Depressive Symptoms in Low Middle Income Populations in the Indian Subcontinent
Education Achievement
Pia Oksanen
Clinical instructor of internal medicine
MET Research Day 2023 Awards
In the photo: Noora Nevalainen, Eero Numminen, Rolle Rahikainen, Antti Vehkaoja, Jack Morikka, Karolina Louvanto, Andre Ribeiro, Seppo Parkkila, Oommen Oommen, and Pasi Kallio.
Best Research Presentation
Rolle Rahikainen
Optical control of covalent protein assembly reveals hierarchy of adhesion protein recruitment
Best Poster
Noora Nevala
In vivo imaging approach to study photoreceptor and retinal pigment epithelium cells in zebrafish
Best Poster Pitch
Eero Numminen
Prolonged persistent genital HPV infections and the future risk of cervical carcinogenesis