20. III ISLB Annual Congress Liquid Biopsy, October 22nd 2021, Best Abstract Award-Third place: Victoria Tserpeli, Dora Londra, Lydia Giannopoulou, Paul Buderath, Ioanna Balgkouranidou, Nikolaos Xenidis, Stylianos Kakolyris, Kitty Pavlakis, Theodoros Rampias, Sabine Kasimir-Bauer and Evi S. Lianidou "Prognostic significance of DNA methylation in primary tumors and plasma cell-free DNA in high-grade serous ovarian cancer".

19. 5th Advances in Circulating Tumor Cells: “Liquid Biopsy in its best” (ACTC 2021), Kalamata, Greece. Poster Award: Martha Zavridou, Areti Strati, Evi Lianidou "Development and standardization of a comprehensive liquid biopsy molecular analysis protocol".

18. 4rd Advances in Circulating Tumour Cells (ACTC) 2019, Corfu, Greece. Poster Award: D.Stergiopoulou, A.Markou, E.Tzanikou, L.Oomen, J.Broekmaat, A.Tibbe, V.Georgoulias, E.Lianidou. "Detection of PIK3CA hotspot mutations in single circulating tumor cells using a combination of NAPA (NaME-Pro-assisted ARMS) and Droplet Digital PCR".

17. AACR Takeda Oncology Scholar-In-Training Award 2018: AACR 2018: 109th Annual Meeting of American Association of Cancer Research (AACR), Chicago IL, USA, (to support attendance of Lydia Giannopoulou) L. Giannopoulou, S. Mastoraki, I. Chebouti, A. Strati, K. Pavlakis, S. Kasimir-Bauer, E.S. Lianidou. "ESR1 methylation in primary tumors and paired circulating tumor DNA of patients with high-grade serous ovarian cancer".

16. AACR Takeda Oncology Scholar-In-Training Award 2018: AACR 2018: 109th Annual Meeting of American Association of Cancer Research (AACR), Chicago IL, USA, (to support attendance of Sophia Mastoraki) S. Mastoraki, A. Strati, E.Tzanikou, M. Chimonidou, E. Politaki, A. Voutsina, A. Psyrri, V. Georgoulias, E. Lianidou. "ESR1 methylation: A liquid biopsy-based epigenetic assay for the follow up of patients with metastatic breast cancer receiving endocrine treatment".

15. 3rd Advances in Circulating Tumour Cells (ACTC) 2017, Rhodes, Greece. Poster Award: E.Tzanikou, A. Markou, A. Ntzifa, E. Politaki, G. Koutsodontis, A. Psyrri, V. Georgoulias, E. Lianidou. "Detection of ESR1 D538G mutation in Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) and circulating Tumor DNA (ctDNA) samples of breast cancer patients".

14. 2nd Advances in Circulating Tumour Cells (ACTC) 2014, Rethymnon, Crete, Greece. Poster Award: M. Chimonidou, A. Strati, N. Malamos, V. Georgoulias, E. Lianidou. "Comparison of SOX17 promoter methylation status in primary tumors, Circulating Tumor Cells and Cell Free DNA and evaluation of its prognostic significance in breast cancer".

13. 9th International Symposium on Minimal Residual Cancer (ISMRC), Paris, France. Young Investigator travel grant 1st Prize (to support attendance of Maria Chimonidou) M. Chimonidou, A. Strati, N. Malamos, V. Georgoulias, E. Lianidou. "DNA Methylation of Tumor Suppressor and Metastasis Suppressor Genes in Circulating Tumor Cells and corresponding circulating tumor DNA".

12. AACR - GlaxoSmithKline Outstanding Clinical Scholar Award: AACR 2013: 104th Annual Meeting of American Association of Cancer Research (AACR), Washington D.C., USA, (to support attendance of Areti Strati) A. Strati, V. Georgoulias, E. Lianidou. "Prognostic significance of Stem cell and EMT phenotype in Circulating Tumor Cells". 

11. 1st Advances in Circulating Tumour Cells (ACTC) 2012, Athens, Greece. Poster Award: A. Strati, O. Hoffmann, A. Markou, K. Parisi, S. Kasimir-Bauer, E. Lianidou. “Comparison of three molecular assays for the detection of circulating tumor cells in breast cancer”

10. AACR Suzan Komen Scholar-in-Training Award 2011, AACR 2011: 102nd Annual Meeting of American Association of Cancer Research (AACR), Orlando, FL, USA, (to support attendance of Athina Markou) Athina N. Markou, Areti Strati, Nikos Malamos, Vassilis Georgoulias, Evi Lianidou. “Molecular characterization of circulating tumor cells in breast cancer by liquid bead array hybridization assay”.
 
9. AACR 2008: AACR – AstraZeneca International Scholar-In-Training Award: AACR Special Conference: Targeting the PI3-kinase Pathway in Cancer, November 11-14, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, (to support attendance of Panagiotis Vorkas) Panagiotis Vorkas, Vassilis Georgoulias, Evi Lianidou. "Development of a highly sensitive method for the detection of somatic mutations of the PIK3CA gene, using High Resolution Melting Curve Analysis. Application in Formalin-Fixed Parafin Embedded Breast Tissues".
 
8. AACR 2008: Avon Foundation International Travel Award: 99^th Annual Meeting of American Association of Cancer Research (AACR), San Diego, USA, (to support attendance of Athina N. Markou) Athina N. Markou, Areti D. Strati, Loukas Kaklamanis, Maria Kafoussi, Stathis Stathopoulos, Vassilis Georgoulias, Evi S. Lianidou. "Evaluation of the prognostic significance of mature miR-10b expression in early breast cancer".
 
7. AACR 2008: Avon Foundation International Travel Award: 99^th Annual Meeting of American Association of Cancer Research (AACR), San Diego, USA, (to support attendance of Areti D. Strati) Areti D. Strati Athina N. Markoy, N. Malamos, Dimitris Mavroudis, Vassilis Georgoulias, Evi S. Lianidou. "TWIST1 expression in circulating tumor cells of early breast cancer patients".
 
6. AACR 2008: Avon Foundation International Travel Award: 99^th Annual Meeting of American Association of Cancer Research (AACR), San Diego, USA, (to support attendance of M. Kioulafa) M. Kioulafa, L. Kaklamanis, E. Stathopoulos, V. Georgoulias and E. S. Lianidou. "Prognostic significance of RASSF1A, CST6 and KLK10 methylation status in early breast cancer".
 
5. AACR 2005: Avon Foundation - AACR International Scholar-in training grant: 96^th Annual Meeting of American Association of Cancer Research (AACR), Anaheim, California, USA, (to support attendance of A. Stathopoulou) A. Stathopoulou, M. Ntoulia, M. Perraki, S. Apostolaki, N. Malamos, D. Mavroudis, V. Georgoulias, E. S. Lianidou. "An improved real-time RT-PCR method for the quantitative determination of CK-19 mRNA positive cells in peripheral blood of breast cancer patients". 
 
4. 18^th International Congress of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, 2002. Excellent Poster Award: Stathopoulou, A. Gkizi, E. Lianidou, D. Mavroudis, V. Georgoulias, S. Derdas, N. Malamos. "Real time quantification of CK-19 positive cells in peripheral blood of breast cancer patients".
 
3. 18^th International Congress of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, 2002. Excellent Poster Award: K. Angelopoulou, A. Spiropoulou, A. Stathopoulou, D. Dimitroulopoulos, K. Tmakidis, D. Xinopoulos, E. Paraskevas and E.S. Lianidou. "Development of a novel RT-PCR luminometric hybridization assay for human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) active transcript".
 
2. 1^st Congress of the World Society for Breast Health, Istanbul, 22-26 Sept. 2001. Best Investigator’s Award: Konstantopoulou I., A. Ladopoulou L. Ioannidou-Mouzaka, A.C. Schofield, C. Kroupis, A. Pantazidis, I. Tsiagas, S. Armaou, E. Lianidou, C. Tsionou, E. Efstathiou, G. Nasioulas, N.E. Haites, G. Fountzilas, N. Pandis and D. Yannoukakos. “BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation analysis in Greek patients with family history of breast/ovarian cancer”
 
1. 5^th International HSBCR Congress, Athens, 2001. First Poster Award: Ladopoulou A., I. Konstantopoulou, L. Ioannidou-Mouzaka, C. Kroupis, A. Pantazidis, S. Armaou, E. Lianidou, C. Tsionou, E. Efstathiou, N.E. Haites, G. Nasioulas, D. Skarlos, G. Fountzilas, N. Pandis and D. Yannoukakos. “Germ line BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in Greek patients with family history of breast/ovarian cancer”.