We are delighted to share that our abstract
“Empowering Patients in Research: Insights from the World’s Largest SYNGAP1 Registry”
has been awarded the Mac Keith Press Best Abstract Award 2025 at this year’s EACD/IAACD Congress in Heidelberg.
This prestigious award honors the highest-rated abstract of the entire congress. With over 1,200 abstracts submitted from more than 80 countries, the selection process is highly competitive. The jury—appointed by Mac Keith Press, the nonprofit publisher of Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology—evaluates submissions based on originality, methodological quality, clinical relevance, and clarity of presentation. Our abstract was selected as the top submission of 2025.
The EACD/IAACD Congress is the world’s largest interdisciplinary conference on childhood disability. Held only every three years in cooperation with the International Alliance of Academies of Childhood Disability (IAACD), the event brings together clinicians, researchers, therapists, and family advocates from across the globe.
The award-winning abstract highlights the patient-centered approach of the SYNGAP1 Registry and its integration into PATRE and the EURAS project, showcasing how families’ active participation can drive scientific discovery in rare diseases.
We accepted the award on behalf of the entire team – but this recognition belongs to all collaborators who contributed their trust, time, and expertise to this shared effort.
A special thank you goes to the many SYNGAP1 families whose commitment made this research possible in the first place.
📎 Read also the official announcement on the EURAS website: