Division of Biomedical Sciences ‘Best Papers 2015′ Competition Winners Announced

Congratulations to the winners of the Best Papers 2015 competition of the Division of Biomedical Sciences

1)      Dongdong Fang et al. (2015) Identification of the active components in Bone Marrow Soup: a mitigator against irradiation-injury to salivary glands. Scientific Reports 5:16017

(http://www.nature.com/articles/srep16017)

2)      SeungHwan Lee et al. (2015) Characteristics of spinal microglia in aged and obese mice: potential contributions to impaired sensory behavior. Immunity & Ageing 12:22

(http://immunityageing.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12979-015-0049-5)

3)      Ahmed Al Subaie et al. (2015) Anti-VEGFs hinder bone healing and implant osseointegration in rat tibiae. Journal Clinical Periodontology 42: 688-696

(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcpe.12424/abstract;jsessionid=F92846275D3A34AF7A7660C63DED5493.f04t01)

The best three papers (by a graduate student) are chosen by the BMS Executive Committee that is composed of three students and three Faculty members (names are available on front page of the Division website (https://www.mcgill.ca/dent-biomedical/). Judging criteria was quality of the data, quality of the journal, and potential impact of the findings.

First Place: Dongdong Fang

Second Place: SeugnHwan Lee

Third Place: Ahmed Al Subaie