In 1998 the idea was launched to organize a Young Investigator Award. Invited speakers are being provided with list of researchers who qualify regarding their seniority. As these invited speakers are usually not the regular participants, a completely unbiased judgment is thereby guaranteed.

The prize is made every year by the artist Elke Funke (Dortmund, Germany) and represents a beer mug specially designed for investigators working in the cardiovascular field. A photo of the current work will be on display soon!

Recent winners are:

1998   Martin Raabe (UCSF, J. David Gladstone Institute) 
The role of microsomal triglyceride transfer protein in yolk sac, liver, intestine,and heart assessed by gene knockout in mice.

1999   Walter Stockinger (Biocenter and University of Vienna) 
Are members of the LDL receptor family involved in signaling events?

2000   E. Peer Lutz  (Columbia University New York) 
Heparin-binding defective lipoprotein lipase (LpL): evidence that the carboxyl-terminal region affects LpL binding to cells, LpL removal from the bloodstream and plasma triglyceride removal.

2001   Garry Tan  (Oxford University) 
Subcutaneous adipose tissue function in a subject with a dominant negative PPAR-gamma mutation (PPAR-gamma-P467L).

2002 Menno de Winther (Maastricht University)
Inhibition of macrophage NF-kB activation enhances atherosclerosis in LDLR deficient mice