Two New Investigators
Win BBMT Editorial Awards

Two medical scientists are the recipients of editorial awards for new investigators for their articles published this past year in Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation.

Both are recipients of a $5,000 prize, supported by grants from StemCell Technologies Inc., and StemSoft Software Inc.  Selection of the winning articles was by the BBMT Editorial Board and the ASBMT Publications Committee.

Basic Science Award

Robert Zeiser, MD, of Stanford University, is winner of the Ernest McCulloch & James Till Award for best basic science article by a new investigator.  The award is supported by an education grant from StemCell Technologies Inc.

His article, published in the December 2007 issue, was “Host-Derived Interleukin-18 Differentially Impacts Regulatory and Conventional T Cell Expansion During Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease.”

Clinical Science Award

Kenneth Micklethwaite, PhD, of Westmead Millennium Institute, University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia, is recipient of the George Santos Award for best clinical science article by a new investigator.  The award is supported by an education grant from Stemsoft Software Inc.

His article published in the June 2007 issue was “Ex Vivo Expansion and Prophylactic Infusion of CMV-pp65 Peptide-Specific Cytotoxic T-Lymphocytes following Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.”

The awards were presented by BBMT Editor-in-Chief Robert Korngold, PhD, and representatives of StemSoft Software and StemCell Technologies.