Early Career Awards

At each EUROTOX Congress, one or two awards will be made to early career scientist(s) judged to have made the best oral or poster presentation. No more than one EUROTOX Early Career Award will be made in each category. In addition, up to two runners-up in each class may be designated ‘highly commended’, depending on quality and at the discretion of the panel of judges. The first and presenting author must be under 35 years of age as of 31 December of the year of the EUROTOX Congress.

Evaluation criteria

The contributions will be evaluated by a panel consisting of Chairs of the Speciality Sections, chaired by the SPC Chair. The final choice of the winner(s) will be based on evaluation of the presentations based on the following criteria:

  • Originality and potential impact of the research project
  • Adequacy of the methodological approach adopted
  • Scientific value of the results
  • Care, quality and clarity of the poster

2025 Award Recipients

Award winners were announced during the closing ceremony of EUROTOX2023 in Ljubljana, and presented with a certificate and the respective award prize.

EUROTOX Gerhard-Zbinden Award for drug-oriented toxicological research

Maximilian Schinke
Fraunhofer ITEM, Germany
Abstract
Scalable generation and use of human alveolar-like macrophages to standardize inhalation toxicology and pulmonary immune response

Highly Commended Recognition

Manon Murdeu
Empa, Switzerland
Abstract
Human-based placenta-embryo chip for developmental toxicity assessment of nanoparticles and drugs

ECETOC CHRISTA HENNES Award for toxicological research into mechanisms and risk assessment

Annika Drees
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Abstract
In vitro/in silico integrative test battery to detect adverse outcome pathway anchored events of chemical-induced cholestatic liver toxicity

Highly Commended Recognition

Leonie Czernik
IUF, Germany
Abstract
Species-, Cell Type- and Developmental-Specific Variability in DNA Repair Capacities of Human and Rodent Neural Progenitor Cells

ALFONSO LOSTIA Award for food safety research

Vaios Fytsilis
Maastricht University Netherlands
Abstract
Integrating in vitro digestion and peptidomics into novel food allergenicity assessment: A study on Clostridium tyrobutyricum biomass