NACB Distinguished Abstracts Awards, 2012
The National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry announced 32 winners of the 2012 Distinguished Abstracts Awards for the 2012 AACC Annual Meeting. A group of NACB Fellows selected these abstracts for their scientific excellence from a pool of 888 abstracts accepted for the meeting. Winning abstracts displayed the NACB blue ribbon during the Annual Meeting poster sessions in Los Angeles, CA.
A list of the 2012 winners and abstract titles may be found on the NACB website here.
Congratulations to all authors recognized by these awards, and thanks to the NACB Fellows who participated in the awards selection process.
A count summary of the NACB Distinguished Abstract Awards, inaugurated in 2004, is given in the table below:
Table: History of NACB Distinguished Abstract Awards
Year |
Number of Abstracts |
Pool |
% of Pool |
Country of Origin |
US |
CA |
UK |
Other |
2004 |
16 |
600 |
2.7 |
9 |
|
2 |
5 |
2005 |
25 |
837 |
3.0 |
12 |
3 |
2 |
8 |
2006 |
13 |
629 |
2.1 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
2007 |
14 |
724 |
1.9 |
11 |
|
|
3 |
2008 |
26 |
725 |
3.6 |
15 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
2009 |
22 |
824 |
2.7 |
12 |
1 |
|
9 |
2010 |
25 |
820 |
3.0 |
13 |
3 |
2 |
7 |
2011 |
30 |
742 |
4.0 |
13 |
1 |
0 |
16 |
2012 |
32 |
888 |
3.6 |
17 |
2 |
0 |
13 |
TOTAL |
203 |
6789 |
2.9 |
106 |
15 |
9 |
73 |
AVERAGE |
23 |
754 |
3.0 |
|
|
|
|