{"id":629,"date":"2026-04-23T16:09:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T04:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/?p=629"},"modified":"2026-04-23T16:10:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T04:10:52","slug":"2026-summer-student-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/2026-summer-student-award\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Summer Student Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

T\u0113n\u0101\u00a0koutou,<\/span>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Otago Medical School Research Society (OMSRS) is proud to announce<\/span>\u202f<\/span>277<\/span>th<\/span>\u202f<\/span>Scientific Meeting of the Society which will\u00a0showcase<\/span>\u202f<\/span>the research performed by<\/span>\u202f<\/span>10<\/span>\u202f<\/span>University of Otago<\/span>\u202fSummer research<\/span>\u00a0students.<\/span>\u202f\u00a0<\/span>A panel of judges will award $500 to the best speaker (sponsored by Otago Medical Research Foundation), and the runner-up will be awarded $250 (sponsored by Faculty of Biomedical Sciences). The scientific meeting is kindly sponsored by Faculty of Biomedical Sciences. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The meeting will occur between 5.00 \u2013 7.30 pm on<\/span>\u202f<\/span>Wednesday 22nd<\/sup>\u00a0April 2026\u00a0<\/b><\/span>\u202f<\/span>in the Barnett Lecture Theatre, with\u00a0an option\u00a0to attend via Zoom.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Join from PC, Mac, iOS or Android:\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/otago.zoom.us\/j\/92653881146?pwd=2quoS59IsFMx2ivkNPu97lvsbN5p5z.1<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Meeting ID: 926 5388 1146\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0Password: 645999<\/span><\/div>\n
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Our speakers are:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hasnula Hewa Babaranda<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Measuring the expression of Heart-enriched miRNA in Diabetic Individuals<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Medicine<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Jacob Jones<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Patterns of walking in patients with venous disease<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Department of Surgery and Critical Care<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Anita Clark<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Investigating responses of preoptic prolactin receptor\u2013expressing neurons to prostaglandin E2 during pregnancy<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Department of Anatomy<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Norah Lee<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Clinical Outcomes and Patterns of Care in Mid-Trimester Pregnancy Loss in Aotearoa New Zealand<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Oranga Wahine<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Nadia Zhou<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Neuronal hyper-excitability leading to seizures in Alzheimer’s disease<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Physiology<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Juno Meyburg<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Bridging the species gap: Pharmacological characterisation of the rat AMY1 receptor and its implications for translation<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Haozhen Li<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Developing an in vitro sheep oviduct model for studying the role of hormone signalling and inflammation in early embryo survival<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Department of Pathology<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Megan Lilly<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Fn14 Promotes Invasive and Migratory Behaviour in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Cells<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Pathology and Molecular Medicine<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Caitlin Goh (zoom)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Acquisition of new dentures fabricated by the University of Otago Faculty of Dentistry<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Faculty of Dentistry\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Kleff Tan<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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The Sexual-Dimorphic Action of PTPN2 in Diet-Induced Metabolic and Reproductive Dysfunction<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Anatomy<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Please join us to celebrate research at Otago<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

N\u0101u\u00a0te\u00a0rourou,\u00a0n\u0101ku\u00a0te\u00a0rourou, ka\u00a0ora\u00a0ai\u00a0te\u00a0iwi\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

(With your basket, and my basket, the people will be well)\u00a0<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

T\u0113n\u0101\u00a0koutou,\u202f\u00a0 The Otago Medical School Research Society (OMSRS) is proud to announce\u202f277th\u202fScientific Meeting of the Society which will\u00a0showcase\u202fthe research performed by\u202f10\u202fUniversity of Otago\u202fSummer research\u00a0students.\u202f\u00a0A panel of judges will award $500 to the best speaker (sponsored by Otago Medical Research Foundation), and the runner-up will be awarded $250 (sponsored by Faculty of Biomedical Sciences). The scientific […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45025,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9686],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-meetings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45025"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/omsrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}