MICHAEL FOUNDATION - the Epilepsy Foundation

Katja Kobow
2021

Birgit Frauscher and Stéphanie Baulac
2019

Boris Bernhardt
2017

Jeanne Paz
2015

Ding Ding
2013

Eleonora Aronica
2011

Ivan Soltesz and Hrissanthi Ikonomidou
2009

MICHAEL LECTURE

The MICHAEL PRIZE will be officially awarded at the International Epilepsy Congress. The prize winners also present their research results in a separate lecture within the scope of the scientific program. The "Michael Lectures" have become a permanent and well-respected part of the international congresses.

Michael Lecture 2021

PD Dr. Katja Kobow:
"Towards DNA methylation-based disease classification in focal epilepsy"

[34^th International Epilepsy Congress 2021, ONLINE]

The lecture was held (online) on August 29, 2021 at the ILEA-IBE International Epilepsy Congress.

Watch here the video of the award symposium .

Michael Lecture 2019

Dr. Birgit Frauscher:
"Sleep, Oscillations, and background EEG in human focal epilepsy"

and

PhD Stéphanie Baulac:
"Navigating from germline to somatic mutations in the mTOR pathway landscape"

[33^th International Epilepsy Congress 2019, Bangkok, Thailand]

Michael Lecture 2017

Dr. Boris Bernhardt:
"Neuroimaging and connectome analysis of temporal lobe epilepsy: from hippocampal subfields to large-scale networks"

[32^nd International Epilepsy Congress 2017, Barcelona, Spain]

Michael Lecture 2015

Dr. Jeanne Paz:
"Closed loop optogenetic control of epileptic seizures"

[31^st International Epilepsy Congress 2015, Istanbul, Turkey]

Michael Lecture 2013

PhD MPH Ding Ding:
"Premature mortality risk in people with convulsive epilepsy: Long follow-up of a cohort in rural China."

[30^th International Epilepsy Congress 2013, Montreal, Canada]

Michael Lecture 2011

Dr. Eleonora Aronica:
"Focal Lesions in human epilepsy: a molecular and neuropathological perspective"

[29^th International Epilepsy Congress 2011, Rome, Italy]

Michael Lecture 2009

Dr. Hrissanthi Ikonomidou:
"Antiepileptic Drugs and the Developing Brain"

and

Dr. Ivan Soltesz:
"Epileptogenesis in Carbon and Silicon Brains"

[28^th International Epilepsy Congress 2009, Budapest, Hungary]