The DPLD Young Investigator Meeting took place on 17 November 2023 at the DZL-site Heidelberg.

37 young scientists had the opportunity to present their work. The written summaries were evaluated in advance by an international jury (Prof. Maria Molina Molina, University of Barcelona; Prof. Bruno Crestani, University of Paris Nord-Val de Seine) and certified as being of very high scientific quality. The prizes of €3,000, €2,000 and €1,000 donated by the company Boehringer Ingelheim were awarded as follows:

1st prize

Nataliia Artysh, BREATH, Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, Hanover

Ex vivo testing of antifibrotic therapeutics in a long-term culture of precision-cut lung slices (PCLS).

2nd prize

Chase Anderson, TLRC, Heidelberg University Hospital

Considering the eosinophil as a mediator of disordered lung development in bronchopulmonary dysplasia.

3rd prize

Niklas Lang, CPC-M, Comprehensive Pneumology Center Munich

Ex vivo tissue perturbations coupled to single cell RNA-seq reveal multi-lineage cell circuit dynamics in human lung fibrogenesis.

Further information: DZL Pressemitteilung