HealtheX 2013

• First Place: Lucy Goodman

Department: Physiology
Supervisor: Dr Johanna Montgomery
Project: Super resolution imaging of hippocampal Synapses

• Runner Up: Susann Beier

Department: Auckland MRI Research Group
Supervisor: Dr Brett Cowan
Project: Ex-vivo stented coronary artery hemodynamics using 4D flow measurements and computational flow dynamics (CFD)

• Runner Up: Michelle Munro

Department: Physiology
Supervisor: Associate Professor Christian Soeller
Project: T-tubule and junctional protein organisation in JPH2 transgenic mice

• First Place: Nathanael Lucas

Department: Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Supervisor: Associate Professor Andrew Shelling
Project: New Zealand university students’ knowledge of fertility decline in woman via natural pregnancy and IVF

• Runner Up: Kate Dowson

Department: Health Systems
Supervisor: Dr Tim Tenbensel
Project: Subsidisation of after-hours care for children under 6: effects of primary care services

• Runner Up: Danielle Lee

Department: Physiology
Supervisor: Professor Janusz Lipski
Project: The acute effect of the parkinsonian toxin MPTP on nigral dopaminergic neurons

• First Place: Sarbjot Kaur

Department: Physiology
Supervisor: Dr Marie Ward
Project: The contribution of the extracellular matrix to intracellular calcium handling in rat cardiac trabeculae

• Runner Up: Tania Fowke

Department: Physiology
Supervisor: Dr Justin Dean
Project: Hyaluronan and perineuronal nets in neuronal development

• Runner Up: Shelly Lin

Department: Physiology
Supervisor: Dr Srdjan Vlajkovic
Project: The role of P2 receptor signalling in hair cell survival under stress

• Congratulations to Lucy Goodman, winner of the Doctoral Biomedical Science Oral Presentation category, for receiving the AMRF Emerging Researcher Award which grants $5,000 towards travel to share her research with the wider scientific community.

Congratulations to the following top participants who have the opportunity to compete at Exposure.

Oral presentation

Poster presentation