Winner of IZKF Publication Award 2025 – Dr. Laura Bucci

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23. July 2025

We are delighted to announce the winner of this year’s IZKF Publication Prize.

The IZKF administrative office received a total of 25 applications from young scientists in this year’s competition. From these, the KNF and other members selected a winner.

The winner is: Dr. Laura Bucci from the Department of Medicine 3 with the publication “Bispecific T cell engager therapy for refractory rheumatoid arthritis.”

Bucci L, Hagen M, Rothe T. et al. Bispecific T cell engager therapy for refractory rheumatoid arthritis. Nat Med30, 1593–1601 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-02964-1

The official award ceremony will take place on 07.10.2025 as part of the IZKF Postdoctoral Workshop in Hörsäle der Medizin in Erlangen. The prizewinner will also give a presentation in which the award-winning work and current data based on it will be presented.

Congratulations!