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Prizes for Post-Doctoral (PD) & PhD student (Ps) Publications*

Meeting PD or Ps Name &
Affiliation 		Authors &
Title of Publication 		Journal
2004, Sydney PD Robyn Murphy, Zoology, University of La Trobe, Victoria Murphy R.M., Stephenson D.G. & Lamb G.D. (2004). Effect of creatinine on contractile force and sensitivity in mechanically skinned single fibers from rat skeletal muscle. American J Physiol, Cell Physiology 287(6): C1589-95.
Ps Christopher van der Poel Zoology, La Trobe University, Vic. van der Poel C, and Stephenson DG. Reversible changes in Ca2+activation properties of rat skeletal muscle exposed to elevated physiological temperatures. J Physiol (London). 544(3):765-76
Ps Nathan Absalom Garvan Institute of Med Res. Sydney, NSW Absalom, N.L., Lewis, T.M., Kaplan, W., Pierce, K.D. & Schofield, P.R. (2003). Role of charged residues in coupling ligand binding and channel activation in the extracellular domain of the glycine receptor. J Biol Chem 278, 50151-50157.
2005, Canberra PD Paul GregorevicMuscle Mechanics Laboratory, Department of Physiology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia. P. Gregorevic, D.R. Plant, N. Stupka, &G.S. Lynch, (2004) Changes in contractile activation characteristics of rat fast and slow skeletal muscle fibres during regeneration. J Physiology (London), vol. 558, no. 2, pp. 549-560,
Ps James RyallBasic and Clinical Myology Laboratory, Department +of Physiology, The University of Melbourne. Victoria Ryall JG, Plant DR, Gregorevic P, Sillence MN, Lynch GS (2004). Beta2-Agonist administration reverses muscle wasting and improves muscle function in aged rats. J Physiol 555, 175-188
2006, Brisbane PD No award
Ps Julian Saboisky Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Randwick, Sydney 2031 Saboisky JP, Butler JE, Fogel RB, Taylor JL, Trinder JA, White DP, Gandevia Schwann cell.Tonic and phasic respiratory drives to human genioglossus motoneurons during breathing. J Neurophysiol. 2006 Apr 95(4):2213-21. Epub 2005 Nov 23. [PMID: 16306175]
2007, Newcastle PD Renae Ryan
Nat. Inst. Neuro. Disease and Stroke, NIH, USA. 		Ryan RM and Mindell JA. The uncoupled chloride conductance of a bacterial glutamate transporter homolog. Nature Str. & Mol. Biol. (2007) 14, 365-71
2008, Melbourne PD Jonathan Schertzer
Physiology, The University of Melbourne 		Schertzer JD, Gehrig SM, Ryall JG and Lynch GS. Modulation of IGF-I and IGFBP interactions enhances skeletal muscle regeneration and ameliorates the dystrophic pathology in mdx mice. Am J Pathol (2007) 171: 1180-1188
Ps Sonja Kowalczuk
School of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Australian National University, ACT. 		S. Kowalczuk, A. Bröer, N. Tietze, Jessica, M. Vanslambrouck†, J.E.J. Rasko, S. Bröer. A protein complex in the brush-border membrane explains a Hartnup disorder allele. FASEB (2008) 22:2880-2887.
2010 (Jan), Sydney PD Robyn Murphy,
Zoology, La Trobe University, Victoria, 		Murphy RM, Lamb GD. Endogenous calpain-3 activation is primarily governed by small increases in resting cytoplasmic [Ca2+] and is not dependent on stretch. (Epub 2009 Jan 4). J Biol Chem. (2009) 284(12):7811-9.
Ps Mastura Monif,
Physiology, University of Melbourne, Victoria. 		M. Monif, C.A. Reid, K.L. Powell, D.A. Williams. The P2X7 receptor drives microglial activation and proliferation: a trophic role for P2X7 receptor pore. (Pub. 25 Mar 2009). J. Neuroscience (2009) 29(12):3781-91
2010 (Dec), Adelaide PD Song Zhang
Health Research, Pharmacy & Med Sci., University of South Australia. 		Zhang S, Rattanatray L, MacLaughlin SM, Cropley JE, Suter CM, Molloy L, Kleemann D, Walker SK, Muhlhausler BS, Morrison JL, McMillen IC. Periconceptional undernutrition in normal and overweight ewes leads to increased adrenal growth and epigenetic changes in adrenal IGF2/H19 gene in offspring. (Epub 6 Apr 2010). FASEB J. (2010) 24(8):2772-82
Ps Natasha Behrendorf
School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland. 		N Behrendorff, M Floetenmeyer, C Schwiening, P Thorn. Protons, co-released during secretion, are a negative feedback extracellular messenger and contribute to the early tissue damage in secretagogue-induced pancreatitis. (Pub. Aug 2010.) doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2010.07.051
2011, Perth PD Joshua Edwards
School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland 		Edwards JN, Blackmore DG, Gilbert DF, Murphy RM, Launikonis BS. Store-operated calcium entry remains fully functional in aged mouse skeletal muscle despite a decline in STIM1 protein expression. (Epub 3 May 2011). Aging Cell 2011, 10(4):675-85. doi: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2011.00706.x.
Ps Kimber Mellor
Physiology, University of Melbourne 		Kimberley M Mellor, James R Bell, Morag J Young, Rebecca H Ritchie, Lea MD Delbridge. Myocardial autophagy activation and suppressed survival signaling is associated with insulin resistance in fructose-fed mice. (Pub. 6 Mar 2011). J. Mol. Cell. Cardiology (2011) 50:1035-1043.

*Post-Doctoral publication prize: An annual award for the best original paper published by an AuPS member during their first 4 postdoctoral years.
* PhD student publication prize: An annual award for the best original paper published by an AuPS member during the course of their PhD studies.

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