Dr. Ricardo Loret de Mola and Dr. Kanako Hayashi were honored with the award for the best poster at the 4^th European Congress on Endometriosis in Vienna, Austria. The poster entitled “Suppression of inflammatory responses in endometrial lesions by reducing the secretion of cytokines and chemokines” is the result of a collaborative effort between Dr. Loret de Mola a clinical expert in the field of reproductive endocrinology with a special interest in endometriosis and Dr. Hayashi, a discovery science researcher at the SIU Carbondale campus who has years of experience studying female reproductive disorders.