Awardees 2022

The awardees of these eleven research projects were honoured with the Pfizer Research Prize in 2022.

Cardiovascular medicine, urology, and nephrology

Newly discovered control mechanism for the “small heat plants”

Dr. Wenfei Sun, Dr. Hua Dong; ETH Zürich

Glucose metabolism links kidney injury to mortality

Dr. David Legouis, PD Dr. Dr. Pietro E. Cippà; Université de Genève; Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève; Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Lugano

Infectious Diseases, Rheumatology and Immunology

Intestinal bacterial colonisation affects the shaping of B cells 

Dr. Hai Li, Dr. Julien Limenitakis, Prof. Dr. Stephanie Ch. Ganal-Vonarburg; Universität Bern

Lower HIV viral load in cases of latent TB infection

Dr. Katharina Kusejko; Universitätsspital Zürich; Universität Zürich

Neuroscience and Neurology

“Retinal organoids” as replicas of the retina

Dr. Cameron S. Cowan, Dr. Magdalena Renner; Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB); Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel;
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel

Using antibody-cytokine fusion proteins to combat the most aggressive brain tumour

Dr. Dr. Tobias Weiss, Dr. Emanuele Puca; Universitätsspital Zürich; Universität Zürich; ETH Zürich

Oncology

When ageing tumour cells get going again

Dr. Ilaria Guccini, Dr. Ajinkya S. Revandkar; Institute of Oncology Research (IOR), Bellinzona; ETH Zürich

What puts cancer to sleep and how does it wake up?

Dr. Ana Luisa Correia; Universität Basel; Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Universitätsspital Basel

Effects of oncolytic viruses on cell function in skin lymphoma

Dr. Egle Ramelyte, Dr. Aizhan Tastanova, Dr. Zsolt Balázs; Universität Zürich; Universitätsspital Zürich

Awardees 2022

Cardiovascular medicine, urology, and nephrology

Newly discovered control mechanism for the “small heat plants”

Dr. Wenfei Sun, Dr. Hua Dong; ETH Zürich

Glucose metabolism links kidney injury to mortality

Dr. David Legouis, PD Dr. Dr. Pietro E. Cippà; Université de Genève; Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève; Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Lugano

Infectious Diseases, Rheumatology and Immunology

Intestinal bacterial colonisation affects the shaping of B cells

Dr. Hai Li, Dr. Julien Limenitakis, Prof. Dr. Stephanie Ch. Ganal-Vonarburg; Universität Bern

Lower HIV viral load in cases of latent TB infection

Dr. Katharina Kusejko; Universitätsspital Zürich; Universität Zürich

Neuroscience and Neurology

“Retinal organoids” as replicas of the retina

Dr. Cameron S. Cowan, Dr. Magdalena Renner; Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB); Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel;
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel

Using antibody-cytokine fusion proteins to combat the most aggressive brain tumour

Dr. Dr. Tobias Weiss, Dr. Emanuele Puca; Universitätsspital Zürich; Universität Zürich; ETH Zürich

Oncology

When ageing tumour cells get going again

Dr. Ilaria Guccini, Dr. Ajinkya S. Revandkar; Institute of Oncology Research (IOR), Bellinzona; ETH Zürich

What puts cancer to sleep and how does it wake up?

Dr. Ana Luisa Correia; Universität Basel; Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Universitätsspital Basel

Effects of oncolytic viruses on cell function in skin lymphoma

Dr. Egle Ramelyte, Dr. Aizhan Tastanova, Dr. Zsolt Balázs; Universität Zürich; Universitätsspital Zürich

Pediatrics

CHD4 – a protein that regulates the tumour

Dr. Joana G. Marques; Universitäts-Kinderspital Zürich

Adhesives are to be preferred to sutures for head wounds

Dr. Sonja Fontana; Universitäts-Kinderspital Zürich

Ehemalige Preisträger:innen

Foundation Pfizer
Research Prize

Awardees 2022

Cardiovascular medicine, urology, and nephrology

Newly discovered control mechanism for the “small heat plants”

Dr. Wenfei Sun, Dr. Hua Dong; ETH Zürich

Glucose metabolism links kidney injury to mortality

Dr. David Legouis, PD Dr. Dr. Pietro E. Cippà; Université de Genève; Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève; Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Lugano

Infectious Diseases, Rheumatology and Immunology

Intestinal bacterial colonisation affects the shaping of B cells

Dr. Hai Li, Dr. Julien Limenitakis, Prof. Dr. Stephanie Ch. Ganal-Vonarburg; Universität Bern

Lower HIV viral load in cases of latent TB infection

Dr. Katharina Kusejko; Universitätsspital Zürich; Universität Zürich

Neuroscience and Neurology

“Retinal organoids” as replicas of the retina

Dr. Cameron S. Cowan, Dr. Magdalena Renner; Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB); Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel;Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel​​​​​​​

Using antibody-cytokine fusion proteins to combat the most aggressive brain tumour

Dr. Dr. Tobias Weiss, Dr. Emanuele Puca; Universitätsspital Zürich; Universität Zürich; ETH Zürich

Oncology

When ageing tumour cells get going again

Dr. Ilaria Guccini, Dr. Ajinkya S. Revandkar; Institute of Oncology Research (IOR), Bellinzona; ETH Zürich

What puts cancer to sleep and how does it wake up?

Dr. Ana Luisa Correia; Universität Basel; Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Universitätsspital Basel

Effects of oncolytic viruses on cell function in skin lymphoma

Dr. Egle Ramelyte, Dr. Aizhan Tastanova, Dr. Zsolt Balázs; Universität Zürich; Universitätsspital Zürich

Pediatrics

CHD4 – a protein that regulates the tumour

Dr. Joana G. Marques; Universitäts-Kinderspital Zürich

Adhesives are to be preferred to sutures for head wounds

Dr. Sonja Fontana; Universitäts-Kinderspital Zürich

Ehemalige Preisträger:innen

Foundation Pfizer Research Prize

Intestinal bacterial colonisation affects the shaping of B cells 

Dr. Cameron S. Cowan, Dr. Magdalena Renner; Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB); Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel;
Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel

Foundation Pfizer
Research Prize