David Y Mason’s Award

The David Mason Award 2024 has been awarded to Leonie Frauenfeld at Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS)/ Hospital Cliníc Barcelona for her project “Unravelling the molecular heterogeneity of CD23+-BCL2R- follicle center lymphomas“. While the pathogenesis of follicular lymphoma with t(14;18) translocations is well known, alternative forms of follicular lymphoma, lacking this translocation are less studied. Dr. Leonie Frauenfeld aims to analyse the clinicopathological features of one of these alternative forms of follicular lymphoma; CD23+BCL2-R- follicle center lymphoma. Her project will include the analyses of copy number alterations, mutational profile and whole exome sequencing with paired normal DNA. The international jury appreciated the high scientific quality and the novelty of the proposal. Moreover, they felt that this research is a good example of the intention of the David Mason Award program: to support a junior scientist to perform innovative research in the ‘spirit’ of David Mason; using novel technology for the benefit of patients.

2022

Luis Alberto Veloza Cabrera

Role of microsatellite instability in the oncogenesis of primary intestinal T-cell lymphomas

2021

Lukas Marcelis

Characterization of EBV+DLBCL microenviroment

2018

Sanjay S. Patel

Correlation of high NPM1 mutant allele burden at diagnosis with minimal residual disease in de novo AML

2016

Darius Juskevicius

Genetic profiling of Hodgkin- and Reed-Sternberg cells of classical Hodgkin lymphoma enriched from archival formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissue

2014

Michiel van den Brandt

The driving force of nodal marginal zone lymphoma: exploring the NF-kappa B pathway