{"id":525,"date":"2025-06-16T16:42:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T04:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/?p=525"},"modified":"2025-06-16T16:42:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T04:42:24","slug":"research-staff-awards-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/research-staff-awards-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Staff Awards 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 274th Scientific Meeting of OMSRS<\/strong>, the 2025 Research Staff Meeting<\/strong>, was held on 11th at the Colquhoun Lecture Theatre. Five early career researchers had their abstracts accepted by the Editorial Panel, and the the overall standard of presentation on the night was extremely high. The presenters were:<\/p>\n

Dr Sai Shyam Vasantharajan, Department of Pathology<\/p>\n

Dr Brendon Roxburgy, School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences<\/p>\n

Dr Jithendra Ratnayake, Department of Oral Science<\/p>\n

Dr Melanie Miller, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health<\/p>\n

Dr Sankalita Ray Das, Department of Biochemistry<\/p>\n

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Research staff presenters pictured with OMSRS President Dr Emily Gray<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Dr Sai Shyam Vasantharajan who presented remotely via Zoom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The judges for the meeting were Prof Rajesh Katere<\/strong> (Department of Physiology), Dr Jerin Mathews<\/strong> (Department of Anatomy) and Dr Kunyu Li<\/strong> (Department of Pathology). The event was generously sponsored by the School of Biomedical Sciences.<\/p>\n

The winner was Dr Sankalita Ray Das<\/strong> from the Department of Biochemistry. (Abstract: S Ray Das<\/u>, R Sullivan, M Ruegg, J Horsfield et al. Recurrent de novo variants in the splicing factor CRNKL1 cause severe neurodevelopmental disorder). Sankalita received $500 in prize money.<\/p>\n

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Winner Dr Sankalita Ray Das pictured with Dr Emily Gray<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The runner-up was Dr Brendon Roxburgh<\/strong> from the School of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Sciences. (Abstract: BH Roxburgh<\/u>, HA Campbell, HD Cotter, MJA Williams, KN Thomas. Hot water immersion, and immersion per se, reduces 24 h blood pressure in people with hypertension). Brendon received $250 in prize money.<\/p>\n

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Runner-up Dr Brendon Roxburgh pictured with Dr Emily Gray<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Congratulations to Sankalita and Brendon, and to all the speakers for their outstanding presentations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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