Bial Award in Biomedicine2025 Edition

The Bial Award in Biomedicine 2025 ceremony took place on February 24 at the Abel Salazar Building of the University of Porto, and it was attended by the Minister in the Cabinet of the Prime Minister and of State Reform, Gonçalo Matias, on behalf of the Prime Minister.

The Winning Work

A research work on the role of the gut microbiome in the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapy won the fourth edition of the Bial Award in Biomedicine. The winning team was led by scientists Laurence Zitvogel and Guido Kroemer from Gustave Roussy Institute, France.

“Gut microbiome influences efficacy of PD‑1–based immunotherapy against epithelial tumors”

Authors | Corresponding authors* Bertrand Routy, Emmanuelle Le Chatelier, Lisa Derosa, Connie P. M. Duong, Maryam Tidjani Alou, Romain Daillère, Aurélie Fluckiger, Meriem Messaoudene, Conrad Rauber, Maria P. Roberti, Marine Fidelle, Caroline Flament, Vichnou Poirier-Colame, Paule Opolon, Christophe Klein, Kristina Iribarren, Laura Mondragón, Nicolas Jacquelot, Bo Qu, Gladys Ferrere, Céline Clémenson, Laura Mezquita, Jordi Remon Masip, Charles Naltet, Solenn Brosseau, Coureche Kaderbhai, Corentin Richard, Hira Rizvi, Florence Levenez, Nathalie Galleron, Benoit Quinquis, Nicolas Pons, Bernhard Ryffel, Véronique Minard-Colin, Patrick Gonin, Jean-Charles Soria, Eric Deutsch, Yohann Loriot, François Ghiringhelli, Gérard Zalcman, François Goldwasser, Bernard Escudier, Matthew D. Hellmann, Alexander Eggermont, Didier Raoult, Laurence Albiges, Guido Kroemer* & Laurence Zitvogel*. Published: Science, Volume 359, P91-97, Issue 6371, January, 2018.

Jury

President
Ralph Adolphs
Members
European Research Council
Sarah Bray
Nektarios Tavernarakis

Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities
Helena Canhão*
Fátima Carneiro

European Medical Association
Simon Taylor-Robinson
Guglielmo Trovato
Scientific Board of the Bial Foundation
Hugo Critchley
Menno Witter
Previous winners of the Bial Award
Daniel Pipeleers
Peter St. George-Hyslop

Scientific Journals
Kamran Abbasi - BMJ
Eric Rubin - NEJM

Nominations received:
58

*Prof. Helena Canhão is no longer a member of the Jury, as she was appointed Secretary of State for Science and Innovation of Portugal on 2025.06.06

Learn more about the winning work here.

Watch the full version of the Award Ceremony here.

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