We are delighted to share that several of our limits2vision PhD students have recently participated in international and national scientific meetings, and we are especially pleased to report that all participating students received either a prize or a travel grant in recognition of their contributions.

At the biennial ISER26 meeting in Valencia, Alexander Hirsch was awarded a travel grant for his oral presentation, “Glycolytic dysregulation in the rd10 mouse model.”

At the annual NeNa Conference for Young Neuroscientists, held in Würzburg from 16–18 September, three limits2vision PhD students received poster prizes. Katia Ihadadene received first prize, while Irene Biju and Anastasia Chikhladze jointly, since they got the same scoring received second prize.

Their contributions addressed different aspects of metabolism and retinal biology:

Irene Biju: “Single-cell multiplexed and targeted metabolic imaging of the retina”
Katia Ihadadene: “Impact of damaged Bruch’s membrane on RPE metabolism: metabolic analyses of in vitro iPS-RPE models”
Anastasia Chikhladze: “Investigating the effects of lifestyle-associated metabolic stress on iPSC-derived RPE cells”

These recognitions are a wonderful achievement, particularly at this early stage of their research careers, and reflect the high quality and scientific relevance of their work.

Congratulations to Alexander, Anastasia, Irene and Katia on these well-deserved achievements. And keep up the excellent work!