The Otago Medical School Research Society is proud to announcethe 271stScientific Meeting of the Society which will showcasethe research performed by10 University of Otago PhD students.A panel of judges will award $500 to the best speaker (sponsored by OMSRS), and the runner-up will be awarded $250 (sponsored by Mediray).
The meeting will occur between 5.00 – 7.30 pm onWednesday 14th August 2024in the Barnett Lecture theatre, 1st floor Dunedin Hospital.
Our speakers are listed below
Please join us to celebrate our emerging Otago Health researchers.
Time
Presenter
Title
Department
5pm
Prof Shyamal Das (President OMSRS)
Opening remarks and Karakia
President OMSRS
5.05pm
Venus Cahusac de Caux
Impact of AID on sleep in type 1 diabetes for young people with suboptimal glycemia.
Women’s & Children’s Health
5.15pm
LIJO N VARGHESE Varghese
Understanding the role of microRNAs in cardiac ageing
Physiology
5.25pm
Anita Lu
Characterising the role of RNF125 in RIG-I anti-viral signalling.
Biochemistry
5.35pm
Matt Howes
Validating and applying a liver-on-a-chip to address the effects of fructose on steatotic liver disease
Pharmacology & Toxicology
5.45pm
Jildou van der Werf
IL-6 promotor SNP rs1800795 influences macrophage polarisation, colitis and response to emerging therapies.
Pathology
Short interval
6.05pm
Kirstin McDonald
DECIPHERING THE ROLE OF LNCRNAS IN LYSOSOME AND NEURON HEALTH
Biochemistry
6.15pm
Caitlin Berry-Kilgour
Decellularised Ecklonia radiata as a sustainable cellulose matrix for tissue engineering
Pharmacology
6.25pm
Sara Crellin
Novel therapeutic targets in the treatment of bipolar disorder.
Psychological Medicine
6.35pm
Douglas Gaskarth
Microbial metabolite butyrate stimulates an effector programme in CD8+ T cells that boosts anti-tumour function
Microbiology and Immunology
6.45pm
Deanna Beckett
Dental consequences of vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency during pregnancy and early infancy
Women’s and Children’s Health
7pm
Prof Shyamal Das (President OMSRS)
Closing remarks and Karakia
7.10pm
Prof Meghan Gibbons (PVC Health Sciences)
Presentation of prizes
Nāu te rourou, nāku te rourou, ka ora ai te iwi
(With your basket, and my basket, the people will be well)
