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The Translational Research Immunology Group (TRIG) at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences has much to celebrate after winning five awards at the 30th International Congress of The Transplantation Society (TTS 2024) in Istanbul, Turkey, from 22 to 25 September.

From L-R: Fadi Issa, Nora Atallah and Natasha Rogers
Fadi Issa and Nora Atallah with their award certificates

Nora Atallah and Professor Fadi Issa received a Mentee-Mentor Award, and Oliver McCallion, Sarah Short, Amy Cross and Helen Stark each won a Young Investigator Award.

TTS-FOCIS Basic and Translational Sciences Mentee-Mentor Award

Congratulations to DPhil student Nora Atallah and her supervisor Professor Issa who received the TTS-FOCIS Basic and Translational Sciences Mentee-Mentor Award. This award recognises the excellence of Nora's abstract titled 'Molecular and spatial profiling of GMP-Grade Tregs in kidney transplantation.'

The award celebrate the contributions of basic and translational science to the field of transplantation by recognising the efforts of basic scientists who have advanced our understanding of transplant science/immunobiology and/or treatment of transplant recipients, and the young investigators who will be the future leaders in transplantation.

Young Investigator Award

The Young Investigator Awards are given to recipients who have submitted abstracts to the International Congress of The Transplantation Society and received the highest scores from an international panel of reviewers.

Congratulations to the award winners:

Oliver McCallion (pictured third from the left)

'Spatial transcriptomics of kidney biopsies following adoptive regulatory T cell transfer reveals a marginal zone B cell signature and novel intra-graft immune interactions'

Oliver McCallion with his award certificate

Sarah Short (pictured third from the left)

'Spatial analysis of vascularised composite allografts reveals distinct transcriptional pathways and immune niche dynamics associated with rejection'

Sarah Short with her award certificate

Amy Cross (pictured second from the left)

'Combination therapy of low dose regulatory T cells and low dose IL-2 for transplant tolerance'

Amy Cross with her award certificate

Helen Stark (pictured far left)

'Using spatial proteomics to explore the alloresponse in abdominal wall and small bowel biopsies'

Helen Stark with her award certificate

Further details about the conference and awards are available on the TTS 2024 website