IBRA - International Bone Research Association
Robert Schenk Research Prize
         
  The Robert Schenk Research Prize is an annual award presented in honor of Prof. Robert Schenk, who pioneered the biology of internal fixation and implant healing, and whose life’s work has contributed greatly to the techniques now used clinically in these disciplines.
Worth 30’000.- CHF, this prize is one of the most prestigious in the field. It is awarded for research advancements in bone biology at the basic, applied and clinical levels.
The fourth award will be made in the year 2010. Contributions will be evaluated by an independent Research Committee of the IBRA Association, which will be comprised of international specialists in bone biology, tissue engineering, internal fixation and implantology.

Interested bone researchers are invited to submit their contributions for the Robert Schenk Research Prize 2010 to the IBRA Admitnistration Office by
31. January 2010. The winner will be announced to the media and the prize will be awarded at the next IBRA general assembly in 2010. The winner will be expected to present his/her scientific findings at this meeting.

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Robert Schenk   Prof. Robert Schenk
  During the second half of the twentieth century, Professor Robert Schenk gained a worldwide reputation in the fields of bone biology, fracture healing and implant osseointegration. He conducted pioneering work together with the late Hans Willenegger relating to the bone-healing mechanisms underlying the then emerging and revolutionary technique of internal fixation. His publications dealing with these mechanisms are of everlasting value in medical science.
  Professor Schenk also contributed to our knowledge of enchondral ossification within the growth plate, and, together with Herbert Fleisch, analyzed the effects of bisphosphonate drugs on this organ at a time when these agents were being developed to treat osteoporosis.

Professor Schenk’s appreciation of aesthetics and modern art is reflected in his high-quality and beautiful histological images. It is no coincidence that he published a book in which modern art was compared with the microcosmic world. This unique and outstanding unification of serious and solid science with aesthetics and art was Professor Schenk’s trademark. But also his didactic talent was greatly esteemed by students, surgeons and scientists around the globe.

  


   
 

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