DOI: 10.1002/pd.4612
EDITORIAL
The 2014 Malcolm Ferguson-Smith Young Investigator Award Diana W. Bianchi1, Lyn S. Chitty2, Jan Deprest3, Brigitte H. W. Faas4, Alessandro Ghidini5 and Rupert K. J. Cousens6* 1
Tufts Medical Center, Boston, USA University College London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK 3 University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium 4 Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 5 Georgetown University Hospital, Washington DC, USA 6 John Wiley & Sons, Oxford, UK *Correspondence to: Rupert K. J. Cousens. E-mail: [email protected] 2
In recognition of Prenatal Diagnosis’ Founding Editor, Professor Malcolm Ferguson-Smith, the Young Investigator Award honours the best articles published in the journal during the prior calendar year in which the first author is under the age of 40 years. The Editors of Prenatal Diagnosis are delighted to announce that Dr. Nicole Burger (Figure 1), from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, is the winner of the 2014 Award for her paper entitled ‘Involvement of neurons and retinoic acid in lymphatic development: new insights in increased nuchal translucency’.1 The Editors were pleased to receive many worthy nominations for the 2014 Award. From these nominations, a ‘short list’ of three papers was further considered for the award. Accordingly, in addition to the winner, the Editors highly commended two other papers that are listed in Table 1. Previous winners of the Award are shown in Table 2.
Table 1 The 2014 Malcolm Ferguson-Smith Award: winning and highly commended authors and articles First author Winner Nicole Burger, The Netherlands
Smith Young Investigator Award
Prenatal Diagnosis 2015, 35, 515–516
Involvement of neurons and retinoic acid in lymphatic development: new insights in increased nuchal translucency1
Highly commended (alphabetical order) Francesca Malvestiti, Italy
De novo small supernumerary marker chromosomes detected on 143 000 consecutive prenatal diagnoses: chromosomal distribution, frequencies, and characterization combining molecular cytogenetics approaches2
Shao-Yu Peng, Taiwan
Cell fusion phenomena detected after in utero transplantation of Ds-red-harboring porcine amniotic fluid stem cells into EGFP transgenic mice3
Table 2 Previous winners of the Malcolm Ferguson-Smith Award Year
Figure 1 Dr Nicole Burger, winner of the 2014 Malcolm Ferguson-
Article title
First author
Article title
2013
Amy Metcalfe, Canada
Impact of observed versus hypothesized service utilization on the incremental cost of first trimester screening and prenatal diagnosis for trisomy 21 in a Canadian province4
2012
Marie Brinch, Denmark
Identification of circulating fetal cell markers by microarray analysis5
2011
Jeroen L. A. Pennings, The Netherlands
Integrative data mining to identify novel candidate serum biomarkers for pre-eclampsia screening6
2010
Jérôme Toutain, France
Confined placental mosaicism and pregnancy outcome: a distinction needs to be made between types 2 and 37
2009
Tianjiao Chu, USA
A microarray-based approach for the identification of epigenetic biomarkers for the noninvasive diagnosis of fetal disease8
2008
Olivier Picone, France
Comparison between ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in assessment of fetal cytomegalovirus infection9
2007
Nicholas J. Cowans, UK
First-trimester ADAM12 and PAPP-A as markers for intrauterine fetal growth restriction through their roles in the insulin-like growth factor system10
© 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
516
Dr. Burger receives $1500 and an invitation to orally present her research at the 2015 International Society for Prenatal Diagnosis meeting in Washington, DC, USA.
Details regarding the nomination of papers published in 2015 for the next Malcolm Ferguson-Smith Young Investigator Award will be provided in early 2016.
REFERENCES 1. Burger NB, Stuurman KE, Kok E, et al. Involvemens of neurons and retinoic acid in lymphatic development: new insights in increased nuchal translucency. Prenat Diagn 2014;34:1312–9. DOI:10.1002/pd.4473. 2. Malvestiti F, De Toffol S, Grimi B, et al. De novo small supernumerary marker chromosomes detected on 143 000 consecutive prenatal diagnoses: chromosomal distribution, frequencies, and characterization combining molecular cytogenetics approaches. Prenat Diagn 2014;34:460–8. DOI:10.1002/pd.4330. 3. Peng S-Y, Chen Y-H, Chou C-J, et al. Cell fusion phenomena detected after in utero transplantation of Ds-red-harboring porcine amniotic fluid stem cells into EGFP transgenic mice. Prenat Diagn 2014;34:487–95. DOI:10.1002/pd.4334. 4. Metcalfe A, Currie G, Johnson J-A, et al. Impact of observed versus hypothesized service utilization on the incremental cost of first trimester screening and prenatal diagnosis for trisomy 21 in a Canadian province. Prenat Diagn 2013;33:429–35. DOI:10.1002/pd.4082. 5. Brinch M, Hatt L, Singh R, et al. Identification of circulating fetal cell markers by microarray analysis. Prenat Diagn 2012;32:742–51. DOI:10.1002/pd.3894.
Prenatal Diagnosis 2015, 35, 515–516
6. Pennings JLA, Kuc S, Rodenburg W, et al. Integrative data mining to identify novel candidate serum biomarkers for pre-eclampsia screening. Prenat Diagn 2011;31:1153–9. DOI:10.1002/pd.2850. 7. Toutain J, Labeau-Gaüzere C, Barnetche T, et al. Confined placental mosaicism and pregnancy outcome: a distinction needs to be made between types 2 and 3. Prenat Diagn 2010;30:1155–64. DOI:10.1002/ pd.2631. 8. Chu T, Burke B, Bunce K, et al. A microarray-based approach for the identification of epigenetic biomarkers for the noninvasive diagnosis of fetal disease. Prenat Diagn 2009;29:1020–30. DOI:10.1002/ pd.2335. 9. Picone O, Simon I, Benachi A, et al. Comparison between ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in assessment of fetal cytomegalovirus infection. Prenat Diagn 2008;28:753–8. DOI:10.1002/ pd.2037. 10. Cowans NJ, Spencer K. First-trimester ADAM12 and PAPP-A as markers for intrauterine fetal growth restriction through their roles in the insulin-like growth factor system. Prenat Diagn 2007;27:264–71. DOI:10.1002/pd.1665.
© 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
EDITORIAL
The 2014 Malcolm Ferguson-Smith Young Investigator Award Diana W. Bianchi1, Lyn S. Chitty2, Jan Deprest3, Brigitte H. W. Faas4, Alessandro Ghidini5 and Rupert K. J. Cousens6* 1
Tufts Medical Center, Boston, USA University College London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK 3 University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium 4 Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 5 Georgetown University Hospital, Washington DC, USA 6 John Wiley & Sons, Oxford, UK *Correspondence to: Rupert K. J. Cousens. E-mail: [email protected] 2
In recognition of Prenatal Diagnosis’ Founding Editor, Professor Malcolm Ferguson-Smith, the Young Investigator Award honours the best articles published in the journal during the prior calendar year in which the first author is under the age of 40 years. The Editors of Prenatal Diagnosis are delighted to announce that Dr. Nicole Burger (Figure 1), from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, is the winner of the 2014 Award for her paper entitled ‘Involvement of neurons and retinoic acid in lymphatic development: new insights in increased nuchal translucency’.1 The Editors were pleased to receive many worthy nominations for the 2014 Award. From these nominations, a ‘short list’ of three papers was further considered for the award. Accordingly, in addition to the winner, the Editors highly commended two other papers that are listed in Table 1. Previous winners of the Award are shown in Table 2.
Table 1 The 2014 Malcolm Ferguson-Smith Award: winning and highly commended authors and articles First author Winner Nicole Burger, The Netherlands
Smith Young Investigator Award
Prenatal Diagnosis 2015, 35, 515–516
Involvement of neurons and retinoic acid in lymphatic development: new insights in increased nuchal translucency1
Highly commended (alphabetical order) Francesca Malvestiti, Italy
De novo small supernumerary marker chromosomes detected on 143 000 consecutive prenatal diagnoses: chromosomal distribution, frequencies, and characterization combining molecular cytogenetics approaches2
Shao-Yu Peng, Taiwan
Cell fusion phenomena detected after in utero transplantation of Ds-red-harboring porcine amniotic fluid stem cells into EGFP transgenic mice3
Table 2 Previous winners of the Malcolm Ferguson-Smith Award Year
Figure 1 Dr Nicole Burger, winner of the 2014 Malcolm Ferguson-
Article title
First author
Article title
2013
Amy Metcalfe, Canada
Impact of observed versus hypothesized service utilization on the incremental cost of first trimester screening and prenatal diagnosis for trisomy 21 in a Canadian province4
2012
Marie Brinch, Denmark
Identification of circulating fetal cell markers by microarray analysis5
2011
Jeroen L. A. Pennings, The Netherlands
Integrative data mining to identify novel candidate serum biomarkers for pre-eclampsia screening6
2010
Jérôme Toutain, France
Confined placental mosaicism and pregnancy outcome: a distinction needs to be made between types 2 and 37
2009
Tianjiao Chu, USA
A microarray-based approach for the identification of epigenetic biomarkers for the noninvasive diagnosis of fetal disease8
2008
Olivier Picone, France
Comparison between ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in assessment of fetal cytomegalovirus infection9
2007
Nicholas J. Cowans, UK
First-trimester ADAM12 and PAPP-A as markers for intrauterine fetal growth restriction through their roles in the insulin-like growth factor system10
© 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
516
Dr. Burger receives $1500 and an invitation to orally present her research at the 2015 International Society for Prenatal Diagnosis meeting in Washington, DC, USA.
Details regarding the nomination of papers published in 2015 for the next Malcolm Ferguson-Smith Young Investigator Award will be provided in early 2016.
REFERENCES 1. Burger NB, Stuurman KE, Kok E, et al. Involvemens of neurons and retinoic acid in lymphatic development: new insights in increased nuchal translucency. Prenat Diagn 2014;34:1312–9. DOI:10.1002/pd.4473. 2. Malvestiti F, De Toffol S, Grimi B, et al. De novo small supernumerary marker chromosomes detected on 143 000 consecutive prenatal diagnoses: chromosomal distribution, frequencies, and characterization combining molecular cytogenetics approaches. Prenat Diagn 2014;34:460–8. DOI:10.1002/pd.4330. 3. Peng S-Y, Chen Y-H, Chou C-J, et al. Cell fusion phenomena detected after in utero transplantation of Ds-red-harboring porcine amniotic fluid stem cells into EGFP transgenic mice. Prenat Diagn 2014;34:487–95. DOI:10.1002/pd.4334. 4. Metcalfe A, Currie G, Johnson J-A, et al. Impact of observed versus hypothesized service utilization on the incremental cost of first trimester screening and prenatal diagnosis for trisomy 21 in a Canadian province. Prenat Diagn 2013;33:429–35. DOI:10.1002/pd.4082. 5. Brinch M, Hatt L, Singh R, et al. Identification of circulating fetal cell markers by microarray analysis. Prenat Diagn 2012;32:742–51. DOI:10.1002/pd.3894.
Prenatal Diagnosis 2015, 35, 515–516
6. Pennings JLA, Kuc S, Rodenburg W, et al. Integrative data mining to identify novel candidate serum biomarkers for pre-eclampsia screening. Prenat Diagn 2011;31:1153–9. DOI:10.1002/pd.2850. 7. Toutain J, Labeau-Gaüzere C, Barnetche T, et al. Confined placental mosaicism and pregnancy outcome: a distinction needs to be made between types 2 and 3. Prenat Diagn 2010;30:1155–64. DOI:10.1002/ pd.2631. 8. Chu T, Burke B, Bunce K, et al. A microarray-based approach for the identification of epigenetic biomarkers for the noninvasive diagnosis of fetal disease. Prenat Diagn 2009;29:1020–30. DOI:10.1002/ pd.2335. 9. Picone O, Simon I, Benachi A, et al. Comparison between ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging in assessment of fetal cytomegalovirus infection. Prenat Diagn 2008;28:753–8. DOI:10.1002/ pd.2037. 10. Cowans NJ, Spencer K. First-trimester ADAM12 and PAPP-A as markers for intrauterine fetal growth restriction through their roles in the insulin-like growth factor system. Prenat Diagn 2007;27:264–71. DOI:10.1002/pd.1665.
© 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
