The Otago Medical School Research Society is proud to announce 267th Scientific Meeting of the Society which will showcase the research performed by 10 University of Otago PhD students. A panel of judges will award $500 to the best speaker, and the runner-up will be awarded $250. This award is sponsored by the OMRF. Awards will be presented by Acting Pro-Vice Chancellor Patricia Priest.
The meeting will occur between 5.00 – 7.30 pm on Wednesday 16th August 2023 in the Barnett Lecture, with an option to attend via Zoom (https://otago.zoom.us/j/92008661912?pwd=OXhVd1dyREI0NEtJWmdrSmFVc0ovZz09)
Our speakers are listed below:
| Time | Speaker | Title | Co-authors | Department |
| 5pm | A/Prof Shyamal Das | Opening Karakia and welcome | ||
| 5.05pm | Nayla Rhein | Spent coffee grounds as a novel biosorbent to remove nitrates from streams. | RJ Rosengren | Pharmacology and Toxicology |
| 5.17pm | Cameron Reddington | Redefining the ASXL PHD as a DNA damage recognition factor. | T Kleffmann, CL Day, PD Mace | Biochemistry |
| 5.29pm | Dhananjie Chandrasekera | The role of pericardial fluid exosomes in diabetic heart disease | R. Shah, I. vanHout, W. DeJonge, R. Bunton, D. Parry, R. Katare | Physiology |
| 5.41pm | Hayley Stent | Biocompatible cross-linking of marine collagen nanofibers for tissue engineering. | MH Cumming, GC Dowd, LM Wise | Pharmacology and Toxicology |
| 5.53pm | Rebecca Lord | Neuronal deletion of STAT3, but not ERK2, causes obesity and delayed puberty onset in mice. | MA Inglis, GM Anderson | Anatomy |
| 6.05-6.15pm | Intermission | |||
| 6.15pm | Fergus Payne | Carbon monoxide release by oCOm-21 enhances calcium sensitivity of the cardiac myofilament. | S Nie, GM Diffee, DS Larsen JC Harrison, JC Baldi, IA Sammut | Pharmacology & Toxicology |
| 6.27pm | Josiah Edwin | What do medical students want in self-help mental health resources ? A focus group study | Cornwall, J, Du Plooy, K | Psychological Medicine |
| 6.39pm | Lucy Thomsen | Clinically relevant drugs modulate the effect of AMB-FUBINACA in male and female mice. | DB Finlay, M Glass, RJ Rosengren | Pharmacology and Toxicology |
| 6.51pm | Margaretha Situmorang | Adolescents’ unhealthy snacking behaviour during the school journey | K Coppell, M Keall, M Smith, S Mandic | Department of Medicine |
| 7.03pm | Anastasia Labudina | Using a zebrafish stem cell model to understand the molecular basis of cohesinopathies. | G Gimenez, M Meier, S Ketharnathan, J Antony, JA Horsfield | Pathology |
| 7.15pm | Acting Pro-Vice Chancellor Patricia Priest | Presentation prizes and closing remarks | ||
Please join us to celebrate our emerging Otago Health researchers. Refreshments will be served from approximately 7.30 pm.
Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi
(With your basket, and my basket, the people will be well)
