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.

Each is the recipient 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

Swati Bhattacharyya, PhD, of the University of California San Francisco Children’s Hospital, 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.

Her article, published in the September 2005 issue, was “B7.2-/- Mature Dendritic Cells Generate T-Helper 2 and Regulatory T Donor Cells in Fetal Mice after In Utero Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation.”

Clinical Science Award

Marie Jaksch, PhD, of Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden, 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.

Her article published in the April 2005 issue was “Increased Gene Expression of Chemokine Receptors Is Correlated with Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease after Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation.”

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