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Congratulations to all the 2025 award winners at the SSMVR conference in Lucerne!

Free communication prize:

- Linh Tran (Bern)
Characterization of brain barrier fluorescent reporter mouse models of cerebral amyloid angiopathy.

Poster prizes:
- Anna Köck (Lausanne)
MYCT1-IFITM2/3 interaction balances energy storage and efficient antiviral defense of the endothelium.
- Chiara Zamboni (Bellinzona)
Biofabrication of a fully hiPSC-derived blood-brain barrier-on-chip to study endothelial dysfunction in Alzheimer’s disease.
- Songlin Gong (Zürich)
Targeting Myeloid Cell Monocarboxylate Transporter MCT1: Molecular Mechanisms in Tumor Vessel Normalization and Therapeutic Efficacy.

The SSMVR board and members would like to give special thanks to Prof. Britta Engelhardt for all her years of service as the SSMVR President. During the SSMVR annual conference in Lucerne, Prof. Engelhardt has stepped down from her role as society president. Dr. Andrea Banfi was elected as the new President of the SSMVR.