Déjérine Dubois Prize

A prize is awarded for the Best Free Communication (Clinical Research and Basic Research) presented at the GemSession of the Swiss Association of Young Neurologists and for the Best Poster.

The prize money is CHF 1,000 in each case. If fewer than three abstracts are submitted in one Free Communication category, both categories will be combined and a first prize of CHF 1,500 and a second prize of CHF 500 will be awarded.


Criteria

Neuroscientific papers written in Switzerland or in the context of an international research visit by people who belong to a Swiss institution are considered eligible for the award. Invited lecturers are ineligible.

Doctors working in Switzerland and who are currently undergoing further training or obtained their specialist qualification no more than three years ago are eligible to apply for the award. Non-medical neuroscientists meet the eligibility requirements up to a maximum of three years after obtaining their PhD title. Established scientists (private lecturers, professors) are ineligible. While only the lead authors will be considered the prize winners, the co-authors will be mentioned in award certificate and announcement.


Selection

The abstracts will be selected by the Scientific Convention Committee. The first step is to select the most interesting abstracts for the GemSession, including three clinical research presentations and three basic research presentations. Six abstracts will also be selected for a poster session. The abstracts’ scientific and linguistic quality will be taken into account.

The panel – selected by the Scientific Committee and consisting of at least two experts – will assess the following quality criteria during the GemSession and when examining the posters: originality, scientific methodology, relevance and presentation style (presentation language: English).


Awarding the Déjérine Dubois Prize

The awards ceremony will take place as part of theSNS Annual Meeting.

The prizes will only be awarded if the prize winner in question is present. If they are absent, the prize will go to the author with the next highest rating.


Prize winners

2023

We are very pleased to announce that the 

Déjérine-Dubois-Prize - Best Free Message | Clinical Research :
O14: Towards Individual Treatment in Cervical Artery Dissection - an In-depth Analysis  of the TREAT-CAD Randomised Trial  

which includes the prize money of CHF 1'000.- goes to:

JE Kaufmann, H Gensicke, S Schaedelin, AR Luft, B Goeggel-Simonetti, U Fischer, P Michel, D Strambo, G Kägi, J Vehoff, K Nedeltchev, T Kahles, L Kellert, S Rosenbaum, R von Rennenberg, C Riegler, D Seiffge, H Sarikaya, A Zietz, J Wischmann, A Polymeris, M Hänsel, C Globas, LH Bonati, A Brehm, GM De Marchis, N Peters, CH Nolte, H Christensen, S Wegener, M Psychogios, M Arnold, P Lyrer, C Traenka, S Engelter | Basel, Zurich, Bern, Lausanne, St. Gallen, Aarau, Rheinfelden, CH; Munich, Berlin, DE; Copenhagen, DK 


Déjérine-Dubois-Prize - Best Free Message | Basic Research:
O19: Novel biosensor cell lines for the specific quantification of tau seeding competency from human samples in Alzheimer’s Disease

which includes the prize money of CHF 1'000.- goes to:

A Lathuilière, Y Jo, R Perbet, N Quittot, Z Fan


Déjérine-Dubois-Prize - Best Poster:

P18: Lasso Prediction of Futile Recanalization in Patients with Large Vessel Occlusion Stroke Randomised to Mechanical Thrombectomy

which includes the prize money of CHF 1'000.- goes to:

H Handelsmann, L Herzog, A Hoving, C Majoie, W Van Zwam, A van der Lugt, S Wegener | Gisikon, Zürich, CH; Amsterdam, Rotterdam, NL 

2022

Wir freuen uns sehr, bekannt zu geben, dass der

SAYN Award für das beste ePoster (P06) | The Spinal Cord Lateral Tract Sign as an rAMIRA-based MRI sign for Upper Motor Neuron Involvement in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in a Clinical Setting

mit einem Preisgeld von CHF 1'000.-, an folgende Gewinner geht:

MJ Wendebourg, L Sander, EM Kesenheimer, M Weigel, T Haas, C Weidensteiner, C Neuwirth, N Braun, M Weber, K Jahn, C Granziera, K Schweikert, M Sinnreich, O Bieri,
R Schlaeger | Basel, Sankt Gallen, CH

We are very pleased to announce that the

SAYN Award for the best ePoster (P06) | The Spinal Cord Lateral Tract Sign as an rAMIRA-based MRI sign for Upper Motor Neuron Involvement in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in a Clinical Setting

which includes the prize money of CHF 1'000.- goes to:

MJ Wendebourg, L Sander, EM Kesenheimer, M Weigel, T Haas, C Weidensteiner, C Neuwirth, N Braun, M Weber, K Jahn, C Granziera, K Schweikert, M Sinnreich, O Bieri,
R Schlaeger | Basel, Sankt Gallen, CH

2021

Best Free Communication (Basic Research):

‘Dimethyl fumarate alters gut microbiota metabolism in multiple sclerosis’
M Diebold, S Purushothaman, T Roloff, E Pössnecker, M Meola, R Lindberg, J Kuhle,
T Derfuss, A Egli, A Pröbstel
Basel

Best Free Communication (Clinical Research):

‘Multiparametric model for prediction of active and occult malignancy in stroke patients’
M Beyeler, B Birner, M Branca, T Meinel, J Vynckier, E Buffle, A Scutelnic,
M Heldner, P Bücke, D Seiffge, P Mordasini, T Dobrocky, E Piechowiak,
J Kaesmacher, J Gralla, M Arnold, U Fischer, T Pabst, M Berger, S Jung
Bern

Best Electronic Poster:

‘Anosognosia for memory dysfunction as a key determinant of cognitive and psychiatric symptoms in long COVID’
P Voruz, G Allali, L Benzakour, A Nuber-Champier, M Thomasson, I Jacot de Alcantara,
A Cionca, P Lalive d’Epinay, K Lövblad, M Nehme, O Braillard, M Coen, J Serratrice, J Reny, J Pugin, I Guessous, B Landis, F Assal, J Péron
Morges, Geneva

2020

Electronic Oral Presentation:

First place:
‘Unsupervised burst suppression pattern detection in subarachnoid hemorrhage patients’ EEG’
M Haeberlin; G Narula; C Straessle; E Keller; L Imbach
Zurich University Hospital


Second place:
‘Midregional pro-atrial natriuretic peptide, a novel decision tool to identify patients benefiting from prolonged cardiac monitoring: data from the multicentre BIOSIGNAL cohort study’
J Schweizer¹; M Arnold¹; I König²; A Bicvic³; L Westphal¹; V Schütz¹; C Inauen¹; A Luft¹; M Galovic¹; M Arnold⁴; U Fischer³; L Bonati⁵; GM De Marchis⁵; T Kahles⁶; K Nedeltchev⁶; C Cereda⁷; G Kägi⁸; A Bustamante⁹; J Montaner⁹; G Ntaios¹⁰; C Foerch¹¹; K Spanaus¹²; A von Eckardstein¹; M Katan¹
¹ Zurich University Hospital (USZ); ² University of Lübeck; ³ Bern University Hospital (Inselspital); ⁴ Bern University Hospital; ⁵ Basel University Hospital; ⁶ Aarau Cantonal Hospital; ⁷ Lugano Cantonal Hospital; ⁸ St. Gallen Cantonal Hospital; ⁹ Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research (VHIR); ¹⁰ University of Thessaly; ¹¹ Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Medical Centre; ¹² Zurich University Hospital


Electric Poster:

‘Immunomodulatory treatment with intravenous immunoglobulin in postural tachycardia syndrome: a case series’
B Rodriguez; R Hoepner; A Salmen; N Kamber; W Z’Graggen
Inselspital – Bern University Hospital

2019

Best Poster:

‘Acute ischemic stroke, atrial fibrillation and early DOAC treatment: 30-day risk of recurrent ischemic stroke, intracranial haemorrhage in a multi-centre individual patient data meta-analysis’
Gian Marco De Marchis, David J Seiffge, Sabine Schädeline, Duncan Wilson, Valeria Caso, Monica Acciarresi, Giorgios Tsivgoulis, Masatoshi Koga, Sohei Yoshimura, Kazunori Toyoda, Manuel Cappellari, Bruno Bonetti, Macha Kosmas, Bernd Kallmünzer, Philippe A Lyrer, Carlo W Cereda, Maurizio Paciaroni, Stefan T Engelter, David J Werring

‘Transcriptomic analysis of reactive human iPSC-derived astrocytes induced by neuroinflammatory cytokines’
Sylvain Perriot, Guillaume Perriard, Mathieu Canales, Amandine Mathias, Renaud Pasquier

2018

Best Free Communication:

‘CT imaging markers of cerebral amyloid angiopathy, APOE genotype and recurrent ICH risk – the Edinburgh CAA criteria’
D Seiffge, I Hostettler, D Wilson, G Bannerjee, D Werring;
Basel, Switzerland, London, UK

Best Poster:

‘Neuroinflammation may have a beneficial effect on experimental stroke’
K Guse, N Hagemann, L Schrewe, A Salmen, R Hoepner, DM Hermann, A Chan;
Bern, Switzerland, Essen, Germany

2017

Best Free Communication:

First prize:

‘Neurological complications of acute virus E infection (NEUROCAVE): results from a Swiss prospective study’

P Ripellino, G Melli, C Staedler, G Martinetti, E Pasi, M Frage, R Sahli, V Aubert, D Moradpour, B Décard, E Ventura, A Kaelin-Lang, C Gobbi Lugano (Switzerland), Lausanne (Switzerland), Basel (Switzerland)


Second prize:

M D Müller, S von Felten, A Algra, J-P Becquemin, M M Brown, R Bulbulia, D Calvet, H-H Eckstein, G Fraedrich, A Halliday, J Hendrikse, G Howard, O Jansen, J-L- Mas, T G Brott, P A Ringleb, L H Bonati; Basel (Switzerland), Utrecht (The Netherlands), Paris (France), London (UK), Oxford (UK), Munich (Germany), Innsbruck (Austria), Birmingham (UK), Kiel (Germany), Jacksonville (USA), Heidelberg (Germany)

2016

Best abstract in basic science:

"Unilateral ablation of the cerebellothalamic tract in essential tremor
by MRI-guided high intensity focused ultrasound"
SR Schreglmann, S Hägele-Link, R Bauer, KP Bhatia, P Natchev, N Wegener, A Lebeda,
B Werner, E Martin, G Kägi; St. Gallen, London (UK), Zürich; Sydney (AU)


Best abstract in clinical science

"Ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials as a test for myasthenia gravis"
Y Valko, S Rosengren, HH Jung, D Straumann, K Landau, KP Weber;
Zürich; Sydney (AU)

2015

Best Poster:

‘Extended automatic analysis of continuous ECG monitoring (aCEM) substantially improves the identification of patients with newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation during hospitalisation for acute ischemic stroke’
C Garcia Esperon, D Zumstein, M Steiner, A Vuilliomenet, K Nedeltchev, T Kahles; Aarau (Switzerland) for the paper

Best Free Communication:

‘Seizure burden in subarachnoid haemorrhage: association with functional and cognitive outcome at three months’
GM De Marchis, D Pugin, E Meyers, A Velasquez, S Suwatcharangkoon, S Park, MC Falo, S Agarwal, SA Meyer, MJ Schmidt, ES Connolly, J Claassen

2014

Best Free Communication:

‘Dynamic ultrasound of the optic nerve sheath diameter in spontaneous intracranial hypotension: a new diagnostic tool in patients with orthostatic headaches’
J Fichtner, C T Ulrich, C Fung, J Gralla, P Schucht, A Jilch, A Raabe, J Beck; Bern

Best Poster:

‘Detection of intraneural ganglia with nerve sonography as a cause for painful peroneal palsy: a case series and review of the literature’
A Felbecker, L Schilg, S Hägele-Link, B Gers, J Weber, B Tettenborn, T Hundsberger; St. Gallen

2013

Best Free Communication:

‘Vestibular impairment in patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease’
A Poretti, A Palla, A A Tarnutzer, J A Petersen, K P Weber, D Straumann, H H Jung; Zurich

Best Poster:

‘Seizure-induced ventricular tachycardia in a patient with structural epilepsy’
A J Stauber, D Flügel, B Tettenborn, J Weber, F Rohner, J Vehoff; St. Gallen

2012

Best Free Communication:

‘Introduction of the “Swiss Pompe Registry” after cessation of Myozyme® in patients with “late onset” Pompe disease after a federal court decision in Switzerland’
T Hundsberger, O Findling, K M Rösler, St. Gallen, Bern

Best Poster:

‘Reperfusion drives ubiquitin aggregate formation in experimental stroke, and requires both oxygen and glucose’
T Kahles, K Hochrainer, K Jackman, J Anrather, C Ladecola; Aarau, New York

Best Clinical Research Abstract:

‘Theta burst stimulation over left posterior partial cortex interferes with imitation of gestures’
T Vanbellingen, M Bertschi, T Nyffeler, D Cazzoli, R Wiest, C Bassetti, A Kaelin, R Müri, S Bohlhalter

Best Basic Research Abstract:

‘Pathological synchronisation of the rat basal ganglia following the functional blockade of the nigro-striatal pathway’
S Galati, J C Moeller, D Ferrazzoli

2011

Best Poster:

‘Lesions to primary sensory and posterior parietal cortices impair recovery from hand paresis after stroke’
E Abela, J Missimer, R Wiest, A Federspiel, Ch Hess, M Sturzenegger, B Weder, St. Gallen, Villigen, Bern

Best Free Communication:

‘Which receptor subtype is the target of dopamine-agonists in restless legs syndrome?’
M Manconi, R Ferri, M Zucconi, C Zunzunegui, L Ferini-Strambi, C Bassetti, Lugano, Troina (Italy), Milan (Italy)

Best Abstract at the May 2011 Meeting:

‘Intra-arterial thrombolysis beyond the six-hour time window, in wake-up and unclear-onset stroke’
S Jung, U Fischer, M L Mono, J Gralla, A Galimanis, O Findling, M El-Koussy, G M De Marchis, A Weck, C Brekenfeld, G Schroth, H P Mattle, M Arnold, Bern

Best Poster in May 2011:

‘Dysferlinopathy in Switzerland clinical features and new genotypes’
J A Petersen, M Dunnand, D Fischer, W Kress, T Kuntzer, H H Jung