AMSC

Miss Iris Elens from the University of Leuven, for an outstanding abstract and presentation titling "Characterization of a novel fusion gene possibly involved in the development of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia."

She received the award for best abstract together with a Handheld Computer.

Miss Annemie Deiteren from the University of Antwerp, for best oral presentation received a year's subscription to an international medical journal with her research concerning "Involvement of tachykinins in the physiological colonic peristaltic activity of mice".

Mr. Ciprian Tomuleasa from the University of Romania received an award for best poster presentation with an abstract titled "Adult stem cells: A tool for osteoplasty".

We also want to express our gratitude to the members of the scientific research committee (CWO), especially Prof. Dr G. Verpooten & Prof. Dr P. Van Schil, for their scientific backup, critical questions and difficult selection of the awarded research projects. Finally, we thank Erik Snelders for his kind assistance and the realization of the abstract book.

Last but not least: all EMSA members thank our OC-president, Jan Gielis, for leading the OC and our most ambitious project so far.

The EMSA-team