The Otago Medical School Research Society’s 263rd Scientific Meeting was held on 17th August. The occasion was marked by 10 excellent presentations from PhD candidates across the Health Science disciplines (pictured below)
From left to right: Chitra Krishnan, John Walsh Research Institute, Faculty of Dentistry
Kushan Gandhi, Department of Anatomy, Brain Health Research Centre, Anastasia Labudina, Department of Pathology, Sung Kyong Lee, Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Rackesh Bastola, School of Pharmacy, Panagiotis Papaioannou, Centre for Neuroendocrinology Department of Anatomy, Ian Liddle, Department of Chemistry, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Sarah McQueen, Department of Physiology, Caitlin Berry-Kilgour, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Mifra Faiz, Department of Biochemistry (not pictured)
Congratulations to the winner, Sarah McQueen for Alpha-ENaC overexpression in MDAMB231 breast cancer cells reduces cell migration and proliferation,
and to the runner-up Kushan Gandhi for A Focused Ultrasound-Mediated Drug Delivery System for Parkinson’s Disease
Sarah (left) and Kushan (right) pictured here with the President of OSMRS, Assoc. Professor Gisela Sole
First and runner-up prizes were kindly sponsored by The Otago Postgraduate Medical Society and the Otago Medical Research Foundation respectively.
