Aina Martin Medina, PhD student in the research group Lung Repair and Regeneration led by Melanie Königshoff, was awarded for the best oral presentation* at the Lung Science Conference in Estoril. Malamati Vreka, PhD student in the research group Lung Carcinogenesis led by Georgios Stathopoulos, received the distinguished poster** award. Congratulations, ladies!
The 14th Lung Science Conference "System approaches in lung disease" took place in Estoril, Portugal, from March 10-13, 2016.
The Lung Science Conference, organized by the European Respiratory Society and renowned for basic and translational respiratory science, offers a unique opportunity to network with peers from around the world and features cutting-edge abstracts on novel experimental lung research.
*Aina Martin Medina: Non-canonical WNT signaling is mediated by extracellular vesicles in pulmonary fibrosis
**Malamati Vreka: Host-environmental IL-1B drives mutant Kras-IKKA addiction in malignant pleural effusion