Trojan Horse Award 2023
27th ETH Nanoparticles Conference (NPC)
June 10-14, 2024
During combustion processes, toxic, partially carcinogenic substances are released, especially from vehicles and industrial processes. Nanometer-sized soot particles provide much surface area for the adsorption of other compounds. "Loaded" soot changes in the atmosphere by photo-chemistry. When inhaled by humans, it translocates through our lungs into the human organism, which affects cells and the entire organism. This is what is meant by the "Trojan Horse" phenomenon, which shall be highlighted by this dedicated award that recognizes insightful research that increases knowledge in this field.
This dedicated award is recognized by SFr 2,000 (approx. $2,200 U.S.) in prize money.
The winner of this year's Trojan Horse Award was:
xxx, xxx
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Many congratulations to xxx for winning the 2024 Trojan Horse Award!
Sponsor
Dr. med. Otto Brändli, Swiss Lung Foundation, kindly sponsored the 2023 Best Poster Awards. According to its website, the Swiss Lung Foundation "Aims to increase and disseminate knowledge regarding the causes and consequences of air pollution to address one of the major problems of today's civilization. Its goal is to help people who are sick caused by pathogens or pollutants contained in the air they inhaled, and to find ways to improve air quality outdoors, in homes and at workplaces. It supports research and promotes scientific work in the areas of social and preventive medicine."
