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Awards/ Premii

INTERNATIONAL AWARDS

PREMII NATIONALE


 

Premii naţionale, inclusiv ale Academiei Române

The first prize offered by “Healthy Nutrition Foundation” with the paper: AGE dependent accumulation of advanced glycation endproducts is accelerated in combined hyperlipidemia and hyperglycemia, a process attenuated by L-arginine”, published in Journal of the American Aging Association, vol. 23, 33- 40, 2000. (Adriana Georgescu)

Award offered by Romanian Academy, Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology ‘Nicolae Simionescu’, Bucharest, for successful scientific activities in the sixth frame work program of the European Community. Specific Support Action, INCO project. ‘Strengthening the European Research Area by Reinforcement of Romanian Research Competency in Genomics and Proteomics of Major Global Risk Diseases’, 2005-2008, SERA – September 2007. (Adriana Georgescu)

Prizes awarded by Romanian Academy, Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology "N. Simionescu" to Nicoleta Alexandru for successful scientific activity and published papers at “The sixth frame work program of the European Community. Specific Support Action, INCO project. “Strengthening the European Research Area by Reinforcement of Romanian Research Competency in Genomics and Proteomics of Major Global Risk Diseases”, 2005-2008, SERA” - at the International Symposium Translational Research in Vascular Medicine, Bucharest, Romania, 27 - 29 March 2008. (Nicoleta Alexandru)

The Prize offered by Romanian Academy, Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology “Nicolae Simionescu”, Bucharest, to Adriana Georgescu for successful scientific activities and published papers in the sixth frame work program of the European Community. Specific Support Action, INCO project. ‘Strengthening the European Research Area by Reinforcement of Romanian Research Competency in Genomics and Proteomics of Major Global Risk Diseases’, 2005-2008, SERA, March 2008. (Adriana Georgescu)

Award offered by Education and Research Ministry for published article in 2010: Adriana Georgescu, Nicoleta Alexandru, Doina Popov, Manuela Amuzescu, Eugen Andrei, Constantin Zamfir, Horia Maniu, Adrian Badila .Chronic venous insufficiency is associated with elevated level of circulating microparticles. in Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 7 (9): 1566-1575, 2009.

Award “Constantin Velican” for remarkable contributions in the field of the molecular and cellular pathology of the cardiovascular diseases, at XXVIII Annual Congress of Romanian Society of Cellular Biology, Constanta, Romania, June 9-12, 2010. (Adriana Georgescu)

Award offered by Education and Research Ministry for published article in 2010: Sadri Chahed, Aurélie S. Leroyer, Mounir Benzerroug, David Gaucher, Adriana Georgescu, Serge Picaud, Jean-Sébastien Silvestre, Alain Gaudric, Alain Tedgui, Pascale Massin, Chantal M. Boulange. Increased vitreous shedding of microparticles in proliferative diabetic retinopathy stimulates endothelial proliferation. in Diabetes, 59, 694-701, 2010.

Award ‘Nicolae Simionescu’ offered by Romanian Academy for the original papers in the area: The alteration of vascular reactivity in diabetes and its improvement using some specific drugs, December 2010. (Adriana Georgescu)

Award offered by Education and Research Ministry (UEFISCDI) for published article in 2011: Adriana Georgescu, Doina Popov, Anamaria Constantin, Miruna Nemecz, Nicoleta Alexandru, Daniel Cochior, Aura Tudor. Dysfunction of human subcutaneous fat arterioles in obesity alone or obesity associated with Type 2 diabetes. Clinical Science, 120(10): 463-472; 2011.

Award offered by Education and Research Ministry (UEFISCDI) for published article in 2011: Nicoleta Alexandru, Doina Popov, Emanuel Dragan, Eugen Andrei, Adriana Georgescu. Platelet activation in hypertension associated with hypercholesterolemia; effects of irbersartan. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 9(1):173-84. 2011.

Award offered by Education and Research Ministry (UEFISCDI) for published article in 2011: Adriana Georgescu, Nicoleta Alexandru, Andrei Constantinescu, Irina Titorencu, Doina Popov. The promise of EPCs-based therapies on vascular dysfunction in diabetes. European Journal of Pharmacology.  669: 1-6, 2011.

Award offered by Education and Research Ministry (UEFISCDI) for published article in 2012: Nicoleta Alexandru,Doina Popov, Adriana Georgescu. Platelet dysfunction in vascular pathologies and how can it be treated. Thrombosis Research, 129:116-126, 2012

Award offered by Education and Research Ministry (UEFISCDI) for published article in 2012: Adriana Georgescu, Nicoleta Alexandru, Eugen Andrei, Irina Titorencu, Emanuel Dragan, Cristina Tarziu, Silviu Ghiorghe, Elisabeta Badila, Daniela Bartos, Doina Popov. Circulating microparticles and endothelial progenitor cells in atherosclerosis;pharmacological effects of irbesartan. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis,10:680-691, 2012.

Award offered by Education and Research Ministry (UEFISCDI) for published article in 2013: Nicoleta Alexandru, Doina Popov, Emanuel Dragan, Eugen Andrei, Adriana Georgescu. Circulating endothelial progenitor cell and platelet microparticle impact on platelet activation in hypertension associated with hypercholesterolemia. PloS One, 8(1):e52058-e52068, 2013.

Award offered by Education and Research Ministry (UEFISCDI) for published article in 2013: Adriana Georgescu, Nicoleta Alexandru, Miruna Nemecz, Irina Titorencu, Doina Popov. Irbesartan administration therapeutically influences circulating endothelial progenitor cell and microparticle mobilization by involvement of pro-inflammatory cytokines. European Journal of Pharmacology, 711: 27-35, 2013.

Award offered by Education and Research Ministry (UEFISCDI) for Habilitation Thesis with title: Vascular endothelial dysfunction: cardiovascular risk factors, new biomarkers and therapies - December 2014. (Adriana Georgescu)

Award offeredby Ministry of Education and Scientific Research – November 2015 for the paper ‘Interaction of platelets with endothelial progenitor cells in the experimental atherosclerosis: Role of transplanted endothelial progenitor cells and platelet microparticles’ in Biology of the Cell, Vol. 107(6): 189–204, 2015. (Nicoleta Alexandru, Eugen Andrei, Emanuel Dragan, Adriana Georgescu).

Award offered byMinistry of Education and Scientific Research – November 2015 for the paper ‘Midkine in cardio-vascular disease: Where do we come from and where are we heading to?’ in European Journal of Pharmacology, 762:464-471, 2015. (Elisabeta Bãdilã, Ana Maria Daraban, Emma Ţintea, Daniela Bartoş,Nicoleta Alexandru, Adriana Georgescu). 

Diploma de excelenta la Al 9-lea CONGRES ANUAL al ASOCIAŢIEI MEDICALE ROMANE, Academia Română, Bucureşti, in perioada 16-18 aprilie 2015, pentru posterul intitulat “Efectele 17-beta estradiolului asupra regenerarii cardiace observate in sistemul de co-cultura dintre celulele stem mezemchimale derivate din gelatina wharton si sectiuni ventriculare cardiace”, autori: Maria Cristina Corotchi, Mirel Adrian Popa, Maya Simionescu. VOLUMUL LXII, Supliment 1, pag. 46,  2015.

Diploma de excelenta pentru comunicarea: Expresia proteinelor S100 in cancerul pancreatic evidentiata prin nano-LC-MS/MS. R. Boteanu, E. Uyy, V. Suica, F. Antohe, la Congresul Anual al Asociaţiei Medicale Române, Bucuresti, 16-18 aprilie 2015, Supliment Revista Medicala Romana Vol LXII, Nr. 2., pag 34, 2015.
 
Premiul UEFISCDI pentru articolul: High-mobility group box 1 enhances the inflammatory process in diabetic lung. Boteanu RM, Uyy E, Suica VI, Antohe F, Arch Biochem Biophys. 2015 Oct 1;583:55-64. doi: 10.1016/j.abb.2015.07.020. Epub 2015 Aug 6 numarul de inregistrare PN-II-RU-PRECISI-2015-9-10418.
 
Premiul oferit de Institutul Pasteur pentru teza de doctorat “Study of immunogenicity of virulence factors involved in infective endocarditis produced by Staphylococcus aureus” Oprea Mihaela, conducator Doctorat Felicia ANTOHE, in cadrul The Third Annual Institut Pasteur PhD Graduation Ceremony, 11 dec. 2015, Paris, Franta.

DIPLOMA MERITUL ACADEMIC conferit de catre Academia Romana Institutului de Biologie și Patologie Celulară ”N. Simionescu” la 35 de ani de activitate pentru contribuții științifice de excepție în domeniul biologiei și patologiei celulare.

Premiul I la Concursul PREMIILE INOVAȚIEI 2014 conferit de SC 3M Romania SRL cercetatorilor  M.G. Albu, I. Lascar, D.G. Zamfirescu, M. Simionescu, I. Zegrea, I.D.Titorencu, M. Popescu, G. Bumbeneci, pentru proiectul “Conductori nervosi din colagen si procedeu de obtinere a acestora”.  Cerere de brevet national inregistrata la OSIM cu nr. A1336 din 7.12.2011.

Premiul ”Nicolae Simionescu” al Academiei Române pentru anul 2012: Dr. Alexandrina Burlacu pentru seria de lucrari in care a fost identificat efectul benefic al unei terapii combinatorii utilizand două populații de celule stem; datele au posibile aplicații în regenerarea miocardului ischemic (medicina translațională). 

Citări în 2014 ale lucrărilor publicate anterior: 419.

Total citări (fără autocitări): 6536 a 340 articole;  Indice Hirsh: 43; citări/lucrare, 21,42.

Romanian Academy „Victor Babes“ Award, for experimental studies of cellular and molecular events initiating atherosclerosis, 1990 (Anca Sima)

Romanian Academy “Emil Racovita“ Award, 1991 (Nicolae Simionescu, Maya Simionescu, Felicia Antohe, Ludy Dobrila, Nicolae Ghinea, Mirela Hasu, Constantina Heltianu, Victor Jinga, Ileana Manduteanu, Violeta Partenie, Gabriel Popescu, Doina Popov, Eliza Vasile)

Romanian Society for Cell Biology „Constantin Velican” Award, 1994 (Anca Sima)

Romanian Academy “Daniel Danielopolu” Prize, 1994 (Cristina Lupu, Maria Calb)

Romanian Society for Cell Biology “Constantin Velican” Award, 1995 (Anca Dobrian)

Romanian Society for Cell Biology “Constantin Velican” Award, 1995 (Daniela Tarziu)

Romanian Academy “Nicolae Simionescu” Prize, 1998 (Monica Raicu)

Romanian Society for Cell Biology “Constantin Velican" Award, 1999 (Doina Popov)

Romanian Society for Cell Biology Award “Maya and Nicolae Simionescu” for research on cellular and molecular biology and pathology, 1999 (Anca Sima)

Award “Serviciul credincios” - Great Crosse, of the Romanian Presidency. 2000 (Maya Simionescu)

Romanian Society for Cell Biology “Constantin Velican” Award, 2000 (Elena Constantinescu)

BIO-RAD Laboratories Prize for valuable research.for the poster:A proteomic approach to identify antigens from normal and activated endothelial cells, presented at the International Workshop on “Cardiovascular Dysfunction in Hyperlipidemia and Diabetes”, Bucharest, 2002 (Radulescu Luminita, Manduteanu Ileana, Antohe Felicia)

Excellence Diploma of the Ministry of Education and Research, bestowed to the Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology “N. Simionescu” at the exhibition “Conceived in Romania” for the paper “Efectul inducerii simultane a hiperlipemiei si diabetului asupra modificarilor morfopatologice si functionale ale organelor tinta afectate in hipertensiune”, 2002. (Popov Doina, Costache Gabriela, Georgescu Adriana, Simionescu Maya)

Agora Diabetologica Prize, of the XXVII National Congress for Diabet Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, for the study “Aspirin reduces the expression of cell adhesion molecules on the surface of endothelial cells exposed to high glucose concentration”, 2002 (Dragomir Elena, Manduteanu Ileana, Voinea Manuela, Simionescu Maya)

Agora Diabetologica Prize of the Romanian Society for Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, Berlin-Chemie, Menarini Group and Eli Lilly “Agora Diabetologica” Award, 2002 (Alina Carale)

Agora Diabetologica Prize of the Romanian Society for Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, 2003 (Alexandra Dobrin)

Excellence Prize of the Romanian Society of Cell Biology, for results obtained in animal biology for the study “Investigation of the interaction between anti-VCAM-1 coupled liposomes and activated endothelial cells. 2003 (Manuela Voinea)

National Science and Art Foundation Award for debut in research. 2003 (Alexandrina Burlacu)

“Ion Pavel” Prize of the RomanianAcademy of Medical Sciences and of the Romanian Society for Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases at the Congres of the Romanian Society for Diabet, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases, 2004 (Maya Simionescu)

Award “Cultural Merit” Officer Degree, of the Romanian Presidency, granted to the Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology “N. Simionescu” at the 25th Anniversary. 2004 (Maya Simionescu)

Excellence Diploma of the Ministry of Education and Research, “Conceived in Romania” CONRO 2004.

“Ion Moraru” Prize for Fundamental Immunology granted for the paper: “Imunodetectia caveolinei-1 in fractii membranare pulmonare in soareci cu diabet si hiperlipidemie”, at the 34th National Conference of Immunology, Bucharest, Romania. 2004 (Puchianu Elena, Radulescu Luminita, Popov Doina, Antohe Felicia)

Ministry of Education and Research Prize for FP6 projects. 2004. (Simionescu Maya, Felicia Antohe)

Ministry of Education and Research Prize for the book “Cellular Dysfunction in Atherosclerosis and Diabetes-Reports from Bench to Bedside” eds. Simionescu M., Sima A., Popov D., 2004

Ministry of Education and Research Prize for The Sixth Framework Program of the European Community. Specific Support Action, INCO project. 2006 (Simionescu Maya)

National Science and Art Foundation’s Excellence Award, 2007 (Anca Gafencu)

Award of the Ministry for Education and Research for „Scientific Achievements - Original Article”, for “Apolipoprotein A-V gene polymorphisms in subjects with metabolic syndrome”, published in Clin. Chem. Lab.Med., 45:1133- 39, 2007 (Loredan Niculescu, Anca Sima).

Award of the Ministry for Education and Research for „Scientific Achievements - Original Article”, for “Apolipoprotein E polymorphism – a risk factor for the metabolic syndrome”, published in Clin. Chem. Lab. Med., 45: 1149-53, 2007 (Anca Sima, Camelia Stancu)

Ministry of Education and Research Prize for the paper: Protective effects of nebivolol and reversal of endothelial dysfunction in diabetes associated with hypertension. European J Pharmacology”, 570,149-158, 2007. (Georgescu Adriana, Doina Popov, Emanuel Dragan, Elena Dragomir, E. Badila)

CNCSIS Prize for the paper “Inflammatory signaling pathways regulating ApoE gene expression in macrophages. Journal of Biological Chemistry 2007 Jul 27;282(30):21776-85. 2007. (Gafencu Anca, Robciuc Marius, Fuior Elena, Simionescu Maya)

CNCSIS Prize for the results obtained in the frame of the grant “Regulation of apolipoprotein gene clusters- an innovative therapeutic approach of neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases” Project category: ”Young researchers -Excellent Projects”, 2007 (Anca Gafencu – Project Coordinator)

“Steaua Romaniei” in Great Officer Degree of the Romanian Presidency, 2008 (Maya Simionescu)

CNCSIS Award, for the article: “AP-1 – Dependent Transcriptional Regulation of NADPH oxidase in human aortic smooth muscle cells: role of p22phox subunit”, 2008 (Adrian Manea, Simona Manea, Anca Gafencu, Monica Raicu, Maya Simionescu)

Romanian Society for Cell Biology “Constantin Velican”Award, for studies on Atherosclerosis, 2008 (Adrian Manea)

“George E. Palade”Award of the National Art and Science Foundation for remarkable contribution in the field of cellular biology and pathology, 2008 (Adrian Manea)

Ministry of Education and Research Award for published article: Nebivolol induces the hyperpolarizing effect on smooth muscle cells in the mouse renal artery by activation of the b2 –adrenoceptor, 2008 (Adriana Georgescu, F. Pluteanu, Maria Luisa Flonta, E. Badila, Maria Dorobantu, Doina Popov)

Ministry of Education and Research Award for “Scientific Achievements - Original Article for: “Platelet free cytosolic calcium concentration during ageing of type 2 diabetic patients”, 2008 (Nicoleta Alexandru, Doina Popov, Adriana Sbarcea, M. Amuzescu)

Ministry of Education and Research Award for Scientific Achievements - Original Article for: “Carbonylation of platelet proteins occurs as consequence of oxidative stress and thrombin activation, and is stimulated by ageing and type 2 diabetes”, 2008 (Nicoleta Alexandru, Alina Constantin, Doina Popov)

“CNCSIS”Award, for the article: AP-1 – Dependent Transcriptional Regulation of NADPH oxidase in human aortic smooth muscle cells: role of p22phox subunit, 2008 (Adrian Manea, Simona Manea, Anca Gafencu, Monica Raicu, Maya Simionescu)

The best scientific paper of the National Congress of Internal Medicine 2008, Romanian Society of Internal Medicine (Madalina Cojocaru, Felicia Antohe)

“First prize” at the National Symposia VI ASAN-CEEX, for the study “ The expression and function of MCP-1 and fractalkine in smooth muscle cells exposed to high glucose concentrations”, 2008 (Elena Dragomir)

Ministry of Education and Research Award for the article: “Effect of homocysteine on calcium mobilisation and platelet function in type 2 diabetes mellitus”, 2009 (Nicoleta Alexandru, I. Jardin, Doina Popov, Maya Simionescu, J. Garcia-Estan, G.M. Salido, J.A. Rosado)

COST Action BM0602 - STSM fellowship, 2008, in Proteomic analysis of lipid rafts in normal and hyperlipidemic condition. Host: Juergen Eckel, Instritute of Clinical Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Duesseldorf, Germany (Viorel-Iulian Suica)

Developing World Scientist Grant offered by International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis for paper presentation at XII Congress of the Society, Boston, USA, 2009 (Adriana Georgescu)

 


 

INTERNATIONAL AWARDS

NEW AWARDS:

  • The first prize offered with presentation: Circulating endothelial progenitor cells, microparticles and atherosclerosis, at 3rd International Congress of the Romanian Society for Cell Biology’, Szeged, Hungary, June 8-12, 2011. (Adriana Georgescu)

  • Anca Maria Gan: Short-Term Fellowship (01.04.15 - 30.05.15). Molecular Medical Biochemistry Laboratory, Nencki Institute of Experimental Bioloy, Warsaw.
  • Congresul international 83rd European Atherosclerosis Society Congress in Glasgow UK, in perioada 21-26 martie 2015, posterul intitulat “Effects of 17-beta estradiol in a novel co-culture system of human wharton’s jelly-derived mesenchymal stem cells with adult-heart murine ventricular slices on cardiac regeneration”, autori: Maria Cristina Corotchi, Mirel Adrian Popa, Maya Simionescu,  premiat cu Young Investigator Fellowship - Maria Cristina Corotchi. Atherosclerosis, Volume 241, Issue 1, July 2015 Pages e93
  • Diploma awarded to the students of the RIIP - 2015 Ceremony :  Mihaela Oprea (intre min 9:25 si 10:45)
  • Best poster presentation, 9th Central Eastern European Proteomics Conference (CEEPC), Poznan, Polonia, 15-18 Iunie, 2015, V.I. Suica, E. Uyy, R. M. Boteanu, F. Antohe, Detergent resistant membrane microdomains signaling pathways in two atherosclerotic animal models.
  • Posterul "HMGB1-RAGE INTERACTION ACTIVATES BETA-CATENIN SIGNALING PATHWAY IN DIABETIC LUNG” Raluca Boteanu, Elena Uyy, Viorel Suica, Felicia Antohe, The 2014 Pathology Congress”, Londra 2-4 decembrie 2014, UK, a primit premiul EUROSCICON.

 

The “Louis and Arthur Lucian International Award” for Research in Circulatory Diseases, McGillUniversity, Montreal, Canada. 1978 (Maya and Nicolae Simionescu)

The Rockitansky Medal of International Academy of Pathology, Vienna, Austria, 1986 (Nicolae Simionescu)

Medal of the Institute of Clinical Electron Microscopy, Bologna, Italy. 1987 (N. and M. Simionescu)

“Ludwig Schaefer” Distinguished Professor, Columbia University, USA. 1990 – 1991 (N. and M. Simionescu)

“Borum” Professor of Cardiology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA. 1990 (N. and M. Simionescu)

Award of the 3rd European Research Conference on Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Disease, Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, 1998 (Adriana Georgescu)

Falcon Prize for Cell Cultures, 1995 (Monica Raicu, Ileana Manduteanu)

Sanofi Thrombosis Prize for Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis Research, for clinical and laboratory research on atherothrombosis and thrombogenesis. 1998 (Maya Simionescu, Anca Sima, Camelia Stancu, Monica Raicu)

Award of the XIth International Vascular Biology Meeting’, Geneva-Switzerland, 2000 (Adriana Georgescu)

UNESCO – “L’Oreal” Special Honor Award for Women in Science. 2001 (Maya Simionescu)

Award “Rio Branco – Comendador”, of the Brasilian Presidency. 2001 (Maya Simionescu)

EURESCO Prize of the EURESCO Conferences, Membrane Dynamics in Endocytosis-Molecular Regulation, Tomar, Portugal, 2001 (F. Antohe)

Prize for the most original presentation, 7th Int. Congress of Lysosomal Diseases, France, 2002 (Constantina Heltianu)

Nature Publishing Group Ist Prize of the European Life Scientist Organization, Nice, 2002 (Manuela Voinea)

European Life Scientist Organization Award, Nice, France, June 2002 (Adriana Georgescu)

Healthy Feeding Foundation Young InvestigatorAward, 2002 (Adriana Georgescu, Alina Carale)

Images in Cellular – Molecular Medicine Award of the Cellular and Molecular Medicine Foundation and of the Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 2003. (Anca Sima)

Functional Genomics and Disease Congress, “Student Award”, CzechRepublic, 2003 (Simona Balan, Alexandra Dobrin)

IIIrd Award of the International Congress of Medical Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2003 (V. Cojocaru)

Conference Functional Genomics And Disease Award, 2003. (Manea A Simona, Robciuc Alexandra)

Summer School Fellowship: “Soft Condensed Matter Physics in Molecular and Cell Biology”, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 2004 (Elena Puchianu)

Abbott Labs Postdoctoral Fellow award, 2004 (Olga Starodub)

The Best Poster of the Conference: “8th International Conference, Vascular Endothelium: Translating Discoveries into Public Health Practice”, 2005, Greece, (Luminita Radulescu, Camelia Stancu, Felicia Antohe)

Poster of Distinction from Digestive Disease Week, Chicago, IL, USA. Starodub Olga. 2005

Academica Correspondiente de la Reial Academia de Doctors, Universitat de Barcelona. 2005 (Maya Simionescu)

Liaison with Industry Award. 2006. (Starodub Olga)

European Society of Human Genetics Award for the study: “The p22phox gene is transcriptionally regulated by AP-1 and NF-kB in human aortic smooth muscle cells”, 2007 (Adrian Manea, Anca Gafencu, Simona Manea, Monica Raicu, Maya Simionescu)

Distinction from 4th European Meeting on Vascular Biology and Medicine”, Bristol, 2007 (Georgescu Adriana)

Developing World Scientist of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis for paper presentation at XII Congress of International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Boston, USA, 2009 (Adriana Georgescu)

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