The ISSCR Tobias Award Lecture, started in 2016, is supported by the Tobias Foundation, and recognizes original and promising basic hematology research and direct translational or clinical research related to cell therapy in hematological disorders. The winner presents the Tobias Lecture at the ISSCR Annual Meeting.
Award winner Eaves is an internationally recognized leader and authority on stem cells of the blood-forming system and how their properties change over time and by type. Her discovery of the diversity of blood cell characteristics has been influential in the field, with specific implications for the development of leukemia in patients of different ages.
“Eaves’ contributions to the understanding of blood stem cells have been instrumental to the field,” said Clevers. “Her rigorous approaches to the study of blood stem cell transplants and maintenance have been transformative, and provide valuable insights into many areas of stem cell research now being translated to the clinic,” he said.
Eaves will present her research in Plenary I, on Wednesday 20 June, 13:00-15:10.
