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ERUS18: Inaugural John Wickham Award goes to Claude Abbou
Prof. Claude Abbou is the winner of the first John Wickham Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions to robotic surgery. The prize was awarded in Marseille, at the 15th Annual EAU Robotic Urology Section meeting, ERUS18. The award was presented by...
ESUR18 convenes top experts in urological research
Brainstorm with internationally-known urologists and scientists from diverse fields, and receive the latest updates in urological research during the 25th Meeting of EAU Section of Urological Research (ESUR18), organised in collaboration with the EAU Section of Uropathology (ESUP). Prof....
ERUS18: A push for enhanced patient recovery programme
The fifteenth annual meeting of the EAU Robotic Urology Section is taking place this September in Marseille, on France’s Mediterranean coast. We spoke to Dr. Jochen Walz (Marseille, FR), chairman of the ERUS18 Local Organising Committee and de facto...
ESUT18-IEA: “Live Surgery from Across the Globe”
The EAU Section of Uro-Technology (ESUT) is set to host its sixth meeting in Modena, Italy this coming spring, together with the Italian Endourological Association (IEA). On May 24-26, 2018 delegates can expect a complete update on the technology...
Call for Applications: EAU RF Unveils New Seeding Grant
The EAU Research Foundation (EAU RF) is announcing a new seeding grant, with the aim of supporting highly innovative and original research by a junior investigator. The call for applications is currently open, with the deadline closing on March...
Call for Applications: €4,000 grant for research in renal transplantation
The EAU Section of Transplantation Urology (ESTU) will award a €4,000 grant to support the research and projects in the field of renal transplantation. Through this Call for Applications, the ESTU aims to promote basic, clinical and translational research...
EAU18 Scientific Programme: From precision medicine to future prospects
Organising a five-day congress with a Scientific Programme that addresses the extensive scope of international urology can be daunting. Not for Prof. Arnulf Stenzl, Chair of the EAU Scientific Congress Committee, and his team who had brainstormed and planned...
Antibiotic stewardship: A crucial task to counter multidrug-resistant bacteria
For decades, antibiotics have been our primary weapon to treat bacterial infections. Today, we face one of the biggest challenges of our times: we are having difficulties curing infections caused by bacteria, which were once susceptible to the action...
ERUS17: Robotic Section attracts both young and experienced urologists
The fourteenth meeting of the EAU Robotic Urology Section in Bruges, Belgium represented an informal 10th anniversary: a return to Belgium where the first meeting of an independent ERUS took place. The scope and scale of the meeting was...
Call for Abstracts: ESUI Vision Award 2018
The EAU Section of Urological Imaging (ESUI) is calling for abstracts for the ESUI Vision Award 2018, which will be given to the first author of the most innovative imaging study published in urology during the last year. The...
PCa17: What to expect in future prostate cancer management
The number of promising biomarkers at different molecular levels are increasing, accompanied by numerous testing in the market, but cancer experts say independent and prospective validation is crucial to help the medical community eventually provide optimal care to cancer...
ESU introduces new urolithiasis e-course in collaboration with EULIS
The EAU Education Online course Introduction to Upper Urinary Tract Endoscopy for Stones is the latest installment to a series of highly-informative e-courses designed to equip junior urologists and to refresh the more experienced with the latest in ureteroscopic stone...