2022 ISBF Award Winners
The ISBF Awards Committee is pleased to announce the 2022 Award winners. The award categories include A) Senior Investigator Award, B) ISBF’s Mid-Career Investigator, C) ISBF’s young investigator awards, D) Travel Awards and E) WFIRM Young Investigator Award. The awards will be presented at the Biofabrication 2022 Conference in Pisa. The winners of the ISBF awards are shown below.
| Award | Winner | |
| 1 | ISBF Senior Investigator Award | Jürgen Groll, University of Würzburg, Germany |
| 2 | ISBF Mid-Career Award | Yu Shrike Zhang, Harvard Medical School, USA |
| 3 | ISBF New Investigator Award |
Paulina Bernal, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands Anne Metje van Genderen, Utrecht University, The Netherlands Paul Gehret, University of Pennsylvania, USA |
| 4 | ISBF Early Career Investigator Award |
Rossella Laurano, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Rahim Esfandyarpour, University of California: Irvine, USA Parth Chansoria, ETH Zurich, Switzerland |
| 5 | WFIRM Young Investigator Award | Paul Gehret, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
| 6 | ISBF Best Oral Presentation |
Irene Chiesa, University of Pisa, Italy Wonbin PArk, UNIST Unversity, Ulsan, Korea Helen Kearney, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands |
| 7 | ISBF Best Poster Presentation |
Riccardo Francescato, Politecnico of Milan, Milan, Italy Zan Lamberger, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany Gregor Lang, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany |
| 8 | IOP Best Poster Presentation |
Sherin Abdelrahman, Kaust University, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia |
ISBF Award Opportunities at the 2022 Biofabrication Conference
ISBF Awards will be given in person on September 28 at the ISBF’s annual meeting, Biofabrication 2022. The 2022 ISBF Awards program recognizes our society members with distinguished. In addition to the ISBF-sponsored awards, the following awards will also be announced at the 2022 ISBF Awards Ceremony: The University of Pisa Biofabrication Laboratory (UPBL) Innovation in Biofabrication award and the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) Young Investigator Award. Both of these awards recognize early stage researchers. All eligible individuals are encouraged to apply. Details are posted on the ISBF and Biofabrication 2022 conference websites.
Important Dates:
- ISBF Investigator, UPBL, and WFIRM nomination Submission Deadline: 8:59PM (US Pacific Time) August 5, 2022. Notification of Award: September 4, 2022
- ISBF Travel Award Application Deadline: 8:59PM (US Pacific Time) July 15, 2022. Travel Award Notification: August 15, 2022
| Award | Prize | Number of awards | Award announcement and application form |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISBF Senior Investigator Award | Lifetime membership | 1 | Access and Download Nomination Form |
| ISBF Mid-Career Award | $1,000 USD | 1 | Access and Download Nomination Form |
| ISBF Early Career Investigator Awards (3x; one per geographical region) | $750 USD | 3 | Access and Download Nomination Form |
| ISBF New Investigator Award (3x; one per geographical region) | $500 USD | 3 | Access and Download Nomination Form |
| ISBF Best Oral Presentation (3x; one per geographical region) | $300 USD | 3 | Abstract Submission Tick Box |
| Presentation (3x; one per geographical region) | $200 USD | 3 | Abstract Submission Tick Box |
| ISBF Travel Awards (12X across all regions) | $500 USD | 12 | Access and Download Nomination Form |
| UPBL Innovation in Biofabrication Award | €1,000 EUR | 1 | Access and Download Nomination Form |
| WFIRM Young Investigator Award | $1,000 USD | 1 | Access and Download Nomination Form |
| “3Rs in Biofabrication Award” supported by Centro 3R | Altertox Training Course Fee (value €500-700 EUR) | 1 | Access and Download Nomination Form |
