Congratulations Young Investigators Competition ~Best Paper~ First place Lun-De Liao, Yu-Hang Liu, Aishwarya Bandla1, Ji Min Ling, Hsin-Yi Lai, You-Yin Chen and Nitish V. Thakor Sensory Stimulation-Induced National Neuroprotection in Hyperacute Phase University of of Ischemic Stroke – A Multimodal Singapore Imaging Study Second place Hsi-Chin Wu, J.Y. Lin, S.Y Hsieh, T.W. Wang and J.S. Sun Third place Ting-Yi Wang, Kiara A. F. Bruggeman, Rebecca K. Sheean, David R. Nisbet, Clare L. Parish Development and Characterization of Tatung University Magnetic Bioceramic Nanocrystals for Intracellular Hyperthermia Characterisation of the stability and bio-functionality of tethered proteins on bioengineered scaffolds: implications for stem cell biology and tissue repair The University of Melbourne Image based simulation for liver tumor ablation by focused ultrasound National Taiwan University Getting Stiffer-a Potential Biophysical Marker for Cancer Diagnosis and Therapeutic Targets Academia Sinica Fourth place Maxim Solovchuk, T.W.H. Sheu and M. Thiriet Fifth place Tsung-Hsien Wu Ming-Long Yeh Sixth place C.M. Lo, R.F. Chang, C.S. Huang and W.K. Moon Computer-aided Diagnosis of Breast National Taiwan Tumors using Textures from Intensity University Transformed Sonographic Images Honorable mention award Baiquan Su, Zhan Shi, Hongen Liao A Laser Ablation End-effector with Multiple Degrees of Freedom for Minimally Invasive Surgery Tsinghua University Honorable mention award X. Chen, D.Y. Zhong, F. He, Z.P. Luo Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Soochow Mesenchymal Stromal Cells University Promoted by Acoustic Vibration