Awards and certificates

2015 – The Polish Biochemical Society has granted Prof. Alicja Nauman and Adam Master with Boleslaw Skarzynski Award (2015)  for the best article published in a quarterly journal “Postepy Biochemii”, in year 2014, entiled: "Molecular mechanisms of protein biosynthesis initiation -biochemical and biomedical implications of a new model of translation enhanced by the RNA hypoxia response element (rHRE)". Postepy Biochem. (ISSN: 25033541) 2014;60(1):39-54. Review. PubMed PMID: 25033541. Article PDF [en]  PDF [pl] , Skarzynski Award Certificate: PDF,,  Laureates: link [en] 

2015 – Team Prize awarded by the Director of the Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education for the articles:
1) Epigenetic regulation of thyroid hormone receptor beta in renal cancer. PLoS One. 2014 May 21;9(5):e97624 by Wojcicka A, Piekielko-Witkowska A, Kedzierska H, Rybicka B, Poplawski P, Boguslawska J, Master A, Nauman A. and
2) Regulatory feedback loop between T3 and microRNAs in renal cancer. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2014 Mar 25;384(1-2):61-70 by Boguslawska J, Piekielko-Witkowska A, Wojcicka A, Kedzierska H, Poplawski P, Nauman A. PDF

2012 – Team Prize awarded by the Minister of Health for the article in PlosOne, 2011 MiR-224 targets the 3’UTR of Type 1 5’Iodothyronine Deiodinase Possibly Contributing to Tissue Hypothyroidism in Renal Cancer by Boguslawska J, Wojcicka A, Piekielko-Witkowska A, Master A, Nauman A. Publication  PDF

2010 – Poland’s Ministry of Health Award for research, published in Thyroid. 2009 Oct;19(10):1105-13: Disturbed expression of type 1 iodothyronine deiodinase splice variants in human renal cancer, by Piekielko-Witkowska A, Master A, Wojcicka A, Boguslawska J, Brozda I, Tanski Z, Nauman A. PDF 

2009 – European Thyroid Association (ETA) award.
Master A1, Wojcicka A1, Poplawski P1, Piekielko-Witkowska A1, Boguslawska J1, Brozda I1, Wiliams GR2 and Nauman A1. Short oligodeoxynucleotides (dGoligos) targeting of the THRB gene 5'-UTR markedly increase the efficiency of TRβ protein translation - a therapeutic potential of sense/antisense based dGoligos as Gibb's free energy modulators of 5'-UTR stem-loop structure. 34th Annual meeting of the European Thyroid Association (ETA) 05-09.09.2009. Lisbon, Portugal. Acta Medica Portugesa, 2009; 22; 4(11); s.13. Session OP18 link. Research organizations: 1The Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, ul. Marymoncka 99/103, 01-813 Warsaw, Poland. 2Molecular Endocrinology Group, Imperial College London, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London, W12 0NN. The research was conducted based on the methodology developed within grant no. Dz.3.4/ML/2/05, ZPORR at Laboratory of Genetics BioTe21 Adam Master, Krakow, Poland. 

This work was represented in Lisbon by Dr. Wojcicka (session OP18) link receiving the BRAHMS Young Investigators' Award. The BRAHMS Young Investigators' Award was granted by the European Thyroid Association (ETA) to young scientists for extraordinary achievements in thyroid research. The award was conferred by the ETA until 2010 and was later continued under a different name.

Adam Master has also been awarded many times as a leader of Laboratory of Molecular Medical Biology of BioTe21 link 

2009 – Leaders of the Polish National Health Care System (OSOZ) - main award 2009 in the category of medical innovations, aimed to acknowledge individuals and  institution whose involvement and undertakings bring about a significant quality improvement of the health care in Poland in 2009. 2009.04.16, Warsaw, PL.

2009 – Leaders of the Polish National Health Care System (OSOZ) - main award 2009 in the category of medical innovations, aimed to acknowledge individuals and  institution whose involvement and undertakings bring about a significant quality improvement of the health care in Poland in 2009. 2009.04.16, Warsaw, PL.

2008 – Distinction of BioTe21 in the main category of the top Laboratory of the year 2008 – a competition organized by Kronenberg Foundation Award of Citi Bank. The foundation's mission is to provide assistance to programs promoting the public good in the fields of education and local development. 2008.11.18, Warsaw, PL. 

2005-2010 - GEDNAP (German DNA Profiling Group) certificates in terms of genetic analysis of 18 somatic STRs + a sex marker as well as unique certificates of mtDNA sequence analysis of variable mtDNA-HVI and mtDNA-HVII regions, and a certificate for biological microtraces identification. The above-mentioned certificated ensure the highest quality of analysis performed by Adam Master, as well as certainty in terms of yielded results. The GEDNAP’s reliability tests are recommended by, among others, ENFSI (European Network of Forensic Science Institutes).