The Otago Medical School Research Society’s 263rd Scientific Meeting is the 2022 PhD Student Award
This will occur between 5.00 – 7.30 pm on Wednesday 17th August 2022 in the Barnett Lecture. In person attendance is welcomed, but you may also join by zoom (details below).
Ten PhD students will present their work. Presentations will be 8 minutes long, with 4 minutes for questions.
A panel of judges willl award the best speaker with $1000, sponsored by The Otago Postgraduate Medical Society. The runner-up will be awarded $500, sponsored by the Otago Medical Research Foundation.
Please join us to celebrate our emerging health researchers. Refreshments will be served from approximately 7pm.
Our speakers are listed below (in confirmed speaking order)
| Time (approx) | Speaker | Title | Co-Authors | Departments |
| 5:00 | Ian Liddle | Covalent chromenopyrazole chemical tools for the cannabinoid type 2 receptor. | M Glass2, JDA Tyndall3, AJ Vernall1 | Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, , Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Otago, Dunedin, School of Pharmacy, University of Otago, Dunedin |
| 5:12 | Rakesh Bastola | Impact of lung fluid components on absorption of medication. | PM Young2,3, SC Das1 | 1School of Pharmacy, University of Otago; 2Woolcock Institute of Medical Research and Discipline of Pharmacology, Sydney Medical School; 3Department of Marketing, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University. |
| 5:24 | Panagiotis Papaioannou | Lactation-induced desynchronization of the hypothalamic tuberoinfundibular dopaminergic neurons. | J. Yip2, T. Georgescu3, S. Bunn4. | 1 Centre for Neuroendocrinology Department of Anatomy, University of Otago, Dunedin. |
| 5:36 | Anastasia Labudina | Using a zebrafish stem cell model to understand the molecular basis of Cornelia de Lange Syndrome. | G Gimenez1, S Ketharnathan2, J Antony1, JA Horsfield1. | 1Department of Pathology, University of Otago, Dunedin, 2Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) ,Ottawa, Canada. |
| 5:48 | Sung Kyong Lee | Association between parent’s childhood self-control and intergenerational tobacco smoking | RJ Hancox2, AR Gray 3 | 1-2 Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Otago Medical School, 3 Biostatistics Centre, Division of Health Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin. |
| 6:00 | Break | |||
| 6:10 | Mifra Faiz | Elevated Ca2+ flux plays a vital role in type I calreticulin mutations. | M Kalev-Zylinska2, T Kleffmann1, R Day1, EC Ledgerwood1. | 1Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ, 2Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, University of Auckland, NZ. |
| 6:22 | Sarah McQueen | Alpha-ENaC overexpression in MDAMB231 breast cancer cells reduces cell migration and proliferation. | HE Cunliffle2 and FJ McDonald1 | Department of Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, Department of Pathology, Dunedin School of Medicine |
| 6:34 | Kushan Gandhi | A Focused Ultrasound-Mediated Drug Delivery System for Parkinson’s Disease | Jason Gray1,2, John N.J. Reynolds1,2 | 1Department of Anatomy, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, Brain Health Research Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin |
| 6:46 | Caitlin Berry-Kilgour | Decellularised seaweed as a novel biomaterial for treatment of skin wounds. | I Oey2, JD Cabral3, GC Dowd4, LM Wise1 | Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Food Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited, Nelson. |
| 6:58 | Chitra Krishnan | Evaluating the suitability of Electrolysed Oxidising Water as a denture disinfectant. | KC Li, KM Lyons, GR Tompkins, RD Cannon. | John Walsh Research Institute, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Otago. |
Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi
(With your basket, and my basket, the people will be well)
Zoom details: https://otago.zoom.us/j/93962079842?pwd=WGhER0lIWklzQlVEKytSTjZXWUVvQT09
Meeting ID: 939 6207 9842
Password: 510059
