Translational Research Award

These prizes will be awarded to researchers in the field of Dermatology who are attempting to transfer insights gained in experimental basic research into clinical applications. Junior scientists who present outstanding and innovative work in this field are preferably considered.

An independent scientific advisory board consisting of former ADF board members, clinic directors and leader of specific centers within dermatological clinics will select and nominate the awardees.

The Translational Research prizes will be awarded at the ADF Annual Meeting to researchers or clinician scientists (first or senior authors) who performed outstanding work in the field of Translational Research. The Translational Research prizes will cover different focus areas of dermatological research.

The prizes, which are awarded in different disciplines of dermatological research, will be awarded to first / senior authors during the ADF anniversary, which will carry out outstanding work in this field. Each application for the Translational Research Prize is reviewed by a number of members of the Board of Trustees, with the appraisers assigned to the individual applications in the batch process (to the exclusion of a possible bias). Subsequently, each reviewer evaluates the assignments assigned to him using a standardized point system according to the innovation and originality of the submitted work, their relevance and their possible potential for translation into clinical application. The work with the highest score in each category is awarded, whereby the division of the prizes is possible for the same number of points.

All contributions to clinical translation research that were submitted as an abstract on time to the ADF Annual Meeting will be considered.

Kuratorium:

  • PD Dr. med. Manfred Kneilling (Chair)
  • Prof. Dr. med. Patrick Brunner
  • Prof. Dr. med. Claudia Günther
  • Prof. Dr. med. Dr. sc. nat. Barbara Meier-Schiesser
  • PD Dr. med. Oana-Diana Persa
  • PD Dr. med. Christian Posch
  • PD Dr. rer. nat. Verena Raker
  • Dr. med. Artem Vorobyev

Past awardees of the Translational Research Award

TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AWARD 2026
Presentation of the Translational Research Award to Sophie Lena Preuß (2nd from left) Left: Jennifer Hundt (ADF Board); 3rd from left: Alpaslan Tasdogan (ADF Board) Presentation of the Dermato-Oncology Awards to Beatrice Balciunaite (3rd from right) and Debora Radicchi (2nd from right); right: Frank Siebenhaar (ADF Board)

TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AWARD 2026

P007:
“The Role of Anti-BP180 NC16A Autoantibodies in Placental Injury in Pemphigoid Gestationis”

Sophie Lena Preuß, Lübeck

Presentation of the Translational Research Awards to (from left) Y. Amar (represented by a substitute), P. Stadler (represented by a substitute), B. Klein and A. Koroma (represented by a substitute), M. Kneilling (Prize Committee), G. Wildenburg (Biogen GmbH), and L. Erpenbeck (ADF Board).

TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AWARD 2025

P009:
“Host-Microbiome interplay in early life determines atopic dermatitis development in children”
Yacine Amar, München

P112:
„Multi-Omics Skin Disease Atlas for Accurate and Rapid AI-Driven Clinical Decision Making“
Pia-Charlotte Stadler, München

P049:
„A transcriptome atlas of inflammatory skin diseases allows disease stratification based on cytokine signatures“  Benjamin Klein, Ann Arbor

P134:
„Overactivation of CdC42 Kinase Impairs the Cytotoxic Function of NK Cells from Old Adults Enhancing Accumulation of Senescent Fibroblasts in Aging Skin – A Successful Rescue by the CdC42 Inhibitor CASIN“
Albert Koroma, Ulm

Presentation of the Translational Research Awards to Shruti Chopra (Hannover), center, Paula Meisel (Vienna), represented by Maik Dahlhoff, fourth from right, and Beatrice Balciunaite (Tübingen), third from right, with Constanze Michel (representative of the sponsor Biogen GmbH), fourth from left, Manfred Kneilling (Chair of the Prize Committee), left, Luise Erpenbeck (ADF Board), second from left, Verena Raker, third from left, Barbara Meier-Schiesser, third from right, and Oana-Diana Persa, right (members of the Prize Committee).

TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AWARD 2024

P053:
“The antimicrobial peptide RNase 7 induces the expression and secretion of the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-6 by keratinocytes”
Shruti Chopra, Hannover

P189:
„Overexpression of DIRAS1 in mouse skin reduces tumorigenesis during multi-stage chemical carcinogenesis“
Paula Meisel, Vienna

P217:
„Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma patients harbour keratin 14 reactive T cells“
Beatrice Balciunaite, Tuebingen

Presentation of the Translational Research Awards to Marta Torregrossa, left, and Sabrina Patzelt, third from left, with Jens Baron, second from left, and Mario Fabri (ADF Board), right.

TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AWARD 2022

P080:
“Imiquimod perturbs amino acid metabolism in human CD8+ T cells”
Luisa Bopp, Cologne

P020:
„The transcription factor CEBPB drives lichenoid skin inflammation by mediating apoptosis, IFN-? signaling and favoring the secretion of type 1-related inflammatory factors“
Menatullah Mubarak, Munich

P107:
„Adoptively transferred CD4+ T cells control established melanomas through indirect antigen-specific activation in the tumour microenvironment“
Bastian Kruse, Magdeburg

Presentation of the Translational Research Awards to Marta Torregrossa, left, and Sabrina Patzelt, third from left, with Jens Baron, second from left, and Mario Fabri (ADF Board), right.

TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AWARD 2022

P050:
“Nectin-1 determines the susceptibility of malignant melanoma to oncolytic herpes simplex virus in vitro and in vivo”
Barbara Schwertner, Regensburg

P070:
„Local accumulation of iron in the skin affects crosstalk and phenotypes of immune and tissue cells“
Marta Torregrossa, Leipzig

P129:
„PDE4 inhibition improves clinical lesions in a novel immunization-induced mouse model of mucous membrane pemphigoid“
Sabrina Patzelt, Lübeck

TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AWARD 2021

P041:
“Tocilizumab treatment in patients with Schnitzler syndrome: an open-label proof-of-concept study”
Hanna Bonnekoh, Berlin

P063:
„Artificial neural networks and pathologists recognize basal cell carcinomas based on different histological patterns“
Susanne Kimeswenger, Linz

P089:
„Development of a Pathogenesis-Based Therapy for Peeling Skin Syndrome (PSS type 1)“
Frederic Valentin, Muenster

P098:
„Immunological patterns and therapeutic consequences of chronic inflammatory skin diseases“
Peter Seiringer, Munich

P137:
„Autoantigen generation of the HLA-C*06:02-mediated autoimmune response against melanocytes in psoriasis is ERAP1-dependent“
Akiko Arakawa, Munich

P205:
„STAT5 is a therapeutically targetable vulnerability in leukemic cutaneous T-cell lymphoma“
Saptaswa Dey, Graz

TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AWARD 2020

No Award

Presentation of the Translational Research Awards to (from left) Anja Saalbach, N. Zimmermann, F. Meraz-Torres, Sabrina Tofern, Magda Babina, and Luisa Senra or their representatives, with E. Schmidt (Prize Committee), left, G. Kressel (Novartis Pharma GmbH), center, R. Eming (ADF Board), second from right, and W. Pfützner (Prize Committee), right.

TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AWARD 2019

P040:
“Disulfiram efficiently induces cell death in BRAF Wild-Type melanoma cells through a massive induction of reactive oxygen species”
Francisco Meraz-Torres, Tuebingen

P068:
„High fat diet exacerbates skin inflammation independent of obesity: Saturated fatty acids as key players“
Anja Saalbach, Leipzig

P055:
„Clinical response to JAK inhibition in patients with familial chilblain lupus and TREX1 mutation“
Nicole Zimmermann, Dresden

P 016:
„Double-edged role of IL-33 in human skin mast cells: reduced degranulation, strengthened proliferation and heightened histamine synthesis through p38 activation“
Magda Babina, Berlin

P130:
„Effect of phosphodiesterase-4 inhibition on skin and mucosal lesions in experimental anti-laminin 332 mucous membrane pemphigoid“
Sabrina Tofern, Luebeck

P046:
„IL-17E (IL-25) enhances innate immune responses during murine skin inflammation“
Luisa Senra, Genf

Presentation of the Translational Research Awards to Tobias Sinnberg, E. Zanuttigh, Maria Schneeweiß, Lenche Chakievska, Henning Wiegmann, and Farzan Solimani or their representatives (from left), with Karin Loser (ADF Board), left, and Martin Metz (Prize Committee), right.

TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AWARD 2018

“Therapeutic inhibition of IL-17 leads to clinical remission of lichen planus”
Farzan Solimani, Marburg

„The secretome of skin cancer cells influences the transcriptome of keratinocytes“
Enrica Zanuttigh, Munich

„Rationale for anti-IL-17A treatment in bullous pemphigoid“
Lenche Chakievska, Luebeck

„LEKTI is substrate of Transglutaminase-1: implication for a therapeutic topical replacement strategy for Netherton Syndrome“
Henning Wiegmann, Muenster

„Topical treatment with a novel kappa-opioid receptor agonist ameliorates atopic dermatitis“
Maria Schneeweiß, Muenster

„Inhibition of melanoma cell derived prostaglandin E2 amplifies T- cell receptor signaling and shows clinical efficacy in combination with anti-PD1 therapy“
Tobias Sinnberg, Tuebingen

Presentation of the Translational Research Award From left: C. Mauch, representatives of the award recipients A. Stegemann and N. Wagner, and K. Schäkel.

TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AWARD 2014

“Beta-endorphin – an emerging antifibrotic neuropeptide”
Agatha Stegemann, Muenster

“RAGE ligands S100A8/A9 and HMGB1 as prognostic markers in melanoma”
Nina Wagner, Heidelberg

Presentation of the Translational Research Awards to J. Stehn, represented here by Dr. Nikolas Haass (second from right), and Dr. Misa Hirose (center), with ADF Board member Prof. Dr. Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann (left), Prize Committee Chair Prof. Dr. Wolf-Henning Boehncke, and Dr. Peter Weisenseel, representing the sponsor Dermatologikum Hamburg.

TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AWARD 2012

“Developing chemotherapeutics which selectively disable the actin cytoskeleton of tumor cells”
Justine Stehn, Sydney

“Enzymatic autoantibody glycan hydrolysis alleviates autoimmunity against type VII collagen”
Misa Hirose, Luebeck

Presentation of the Translational Research Award to Katja Bieber (Lübeck) and Robert Sabat (Berlin).

TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AWARD 2010

“Modulation of experimental epidermolysis bullosa acquisita towards an improved phenotype by initiating the production of non-pathogenic autoantibodies”
Katja Bieber, Lübeck

Interleukin(IL)-22, a T-cell mediator, induces in keratinocytes IL-20, a tissue cell mediator: a novel cascade with major relevance for the pathogenesis of psoriasis The epidermal alterations in psoriasis are mediated by IL-22, but not by other T-cell mediators including IL-17 or IFN-, and are amplified by TNF-alpha”
Robert Sabat, Berlin

TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AWARD 2006

Cell therapy restores skin function in an immunocompetent mouse model for dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa”
J. S. Kern, Freiburg

„Induction of IL-10 producing suppressor T cells by non-pathogenic gram-negative bacteria clears atopic dermatitis”

Thomas Volz, Tübingen

TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH AWARD 2006

“Contact hypersensitivity is significantly increased in cannabinoid receptorknockout mice: Evidence for the involvement of the endogenous cannabinoidsystem in the regulation of cutaneous immune responses”
E. Gaffal, Bonn

„High-throughput tissue microarray analysis of MTAP expression inmelanocytic skin tumors”

S. Meyer, Regensburg