In 2017, the Health Campus Immunology, Infectiology and Inflammation is offering prices for the “GC-I³ Paper of the Year”. Please submit your work before 31.12.2017. We are offering three prizes (rewarded with 1000€, 500€ and 250€) and we are looking forward to your submissions!

 The submitted works must fulfill the following criteria:
♦ The work must have been either published or officially accepted in 2017 (no later than 31.12.2017).
♦ The applicant must be the lead author (or a group of lead authors) for the publication, and the publication must have been primarily produced in a facility that is part of the GC-I³.
♦ The GC-I3 must be named in the affiliation.*

An independent commission will vote on the three best works at the start of 2018. Then, all members of the GC-I³ can take part in a secret ballot to determine the order in which the prizes are awarded. The prizes will then be rewarded in February/March during the next general assembly of the GC-I³.

Please send your recommendations by email to Dr. Beyrau no later than 31.12.2017. Required Documentation: a complete PDF of the publication and a short explanation why the publication is especially impactful (max. 300 words, in German if possible).

*Example:
Author A¹
1 Institute of Molecular and Clinical Immunology, Health Campus Immunology, Infectiology and Inflammation, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany

On 23.11.2016, the 4^th Magdeburg Antiinfectives Day took place at Magdeburg’s University Hospital. The discussion topic this year was sepsis. In its March edition, the Ärzteblatt Sachsen-Anhalt reported that the event had a record attendance with more than 170 visitors. The event was organized by Prof. Dr. Dirk Schlüter (member of the GC-I³ board of directors) and Prof. Dr. Gernot Geginat (Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene).