Congratulations to the School of Medical Sciences prize winners of the 13th annual HealtheX Conference held on the 13th of September 2019. The conference was sponsored by Auckland Medical Research Foundation (AMRF), Maurice and Phyllis Paykel Trust (MPPT), FMHS Postdoc Society, FMHS PGSA, and the Liggins Institute
ORAL DOCTORAL CATEGORY
AMRF Doctoral Oral Presentation Runner Up Award
Alana Whitcombe, Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology
Title: The Group A Streptococcus antigen SpnA, combined with bead-based immunoassay technology, improves streptococcal serology
Supervisor: Dr Nikki Moreland
Second Runner Up Doctoral Oral Presentation Award
Yukti Vyas, Department of Physiology
Title: Could zinc supplementation from the beginning of brain development prevent Autism-associated behavioural-deficits in Shank3-knockout mice?
Supervisor: Associate Professor Johanna Montgomery
From left: Alana Whitcombe and Yukti Vyas
POSTER CATEGORY
AMRF Best Poster Presentation Award
Molly Abraham, Department of Physiology
Title: The Role of Hyaluronan in Developing Hippocampal Neurons
Supervisor: Associate Professor Justin Dean
First Runner Up Poster Presentation Award
Seung A Han, Department of Physiology
Title: 3-dimensional structural analysis of the sheep round window membrane
Supervisor: Professor Peter Thorne
Second Runner Up Poster Presentation Award
Bhavya Chawdhary, Department of Anatomy and Medical Imaging
Title: Miniaturized wireless optoelectronic subdermal implants: a novel device for the optogenetic stimulation of hippocampal neurons
Supervisor: Dr Andrea Kwakowsky
From Left: Molly Abraham, Seung A Han and Bhavya Chawdhary
ELEVATOR PITCH CATEGORY
Maurice and Phyllis Paykel Trust Best Elevator Pitch Presentation Award
Lewis Clarke, Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology
Title: Characterising the Antibody Response to a Novel Staphylococcus aureus Vaccine
Supervisor: Dr Ries Langley
FMHS PGSA Second Runner Up Elevator Pitch Presentation Award
Tiger Aspell, Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology
Title: Characterization of four novel putative virulence factors in Group A Streptococcus
Supervisor: Associate Professor Thomas Proft
From Left: Lewis Clarke and Tiger Aspell