The Actelion Endothelin Research Awards (AERA) programme congratulates the 2008 award winners:

From left to right: Dr. Judith Maria Löffler-Ragg, Prof. Christian Kähler (AERA
Steering Committee member) and Dr. Magnus Settergren
Judith Maria Löffler-Ragg, MD
Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
“Drug target analysis and interactions of the endothelin system
in adult pulmonary Langerhans´ cell histiocytosis”
Gabriela Riemekasten, MD
Charité University Hospital, Germany
“Evaluation of differential ETA and ETB expression on phenotype
and function of peripheral blood mononuclear cells”
Magnus Settergren, MD
Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden
“The importance of endothelin-1 for myocardial microvascular
dysfunction in patients with type 2 diabetes”
Media Release, 16 October 2008