265th Scientific Meeting of the Otago Medical School Research Society
The Otago Medical School Research Society’s 265th Scientific Meeting is the 2023 Summer Student Award.
This will occur between 5.00 – 7.30 pm on Wednesday 26th April 2023 in the Barnett Lecture. In person attendance is welcomed, but you may also join by zoom (details below).
Ten Summer research students will present their work. Presentations will be 8 minutes long, with 4 minutes for questions.
The Pat Cragg Summer Student award will be presented to the best presentation, along with a prize of $500. The runner-up will be awarded $250.
This award is sponsored by The Otago Medical Research Foundation
Please join us to celebrate our emerging health researchers. Refreshments will be served from approximately 7.20pm.
Our speakers are listed below (in confirmed speaking order)
| Running order | Approx time | Participant | Title | Department | |
| 1 | 17.00 | Cole Melhopt | Retrospective Study of Compliance with Published Acute Severe Colitis Management Guideline in Colectomy Patients | Surgical Sciences | |
| 2 | 17.13 | Nicola Bicknell | Characterising the methylome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains endemic to Aotearoa. | Microbiology and Immunology | |
| 3 | 17.26 | Georgia Keelty | Characterizing transverse tubules in the right atrium of arrhythmic patients | Physiology | |
| 4 | 17.39 | Grace Kelly | Effects of chronic tinnitus on long-term potentiation in the rat hippocampus | Pharmacology and Toxicology | |
| 5 | 17.52 | Storm Voyce-McCulloch | Understanding how peroxiredoxins provide specificity in redox signalling | Biochemistry | |
| ~ 10 min Break | |||||
| 6 | 18.15 | Violina Gunawan | The stability of single-shade composite resins in the oral cavity. | Faculty of Dentistry | via Zoom |
| 7 | 18.28 | Jahman Naish Cochrane | Annual Incidence and Phenotypic Presentation of IBD in Otago New Zealand: a 25-Year Epidemiological Analysis | Otago Medical School | |
| 8 | 18.41 | Samantha Nie | Establishing force-velocity technique on isolated rat cardiomyocytes. | Pharmacology and Toxicology | |
| 9 | 18.54 | Willie Time | Ethnic inequity in academic outcomes at the University of Otago: A 5-year review of academic performance of Pasifika and New Zealand European anatomy students. | Anatomy | |
| 10 | 19.07 | Annie Leen | Identifying a new migraine-relevant receptor: potential paracrine interaction between calcitonin gene-related peptide and the amylin 1 receptor in the parabrachial nucleus | Pharmacology and Toxicology | |
Topic: OMSRS Summer Student Meeting
Time: 5pm – 7.30pm
Zoom Details: https://otago.zoom.us/meeting/94500565637
Passcode: 238091
Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi
(With your basket, and my basket, the people will be well)
