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Prizes for Students Presenting Communications (Oral or Poster)*

Meeting	O or P	Name and *Department*	*Authors* and Title of Communication	Issue, page
51^st, Queensland, April, 1990	O	L.R. Martin Pharmacology Melbourne	L.R. Martin, P. Molenaar and R.J. Summers, Binding of [³H] forskolin to adenylate cyclase in guinea pig following chronic exposure to (-)-isoprenaline	21, 13P
	P	R.D. Piper Neurology P.H.H.	R.D. Piper and J.D. Gillies, A personal computer based system for the analysis of time-series data	21, 82P
	P	I. Nitsos Physiology Monash	I. Nitsos, S. Rees and J. Rawson, Ontogeny of Substance P and Calcitonin Gene-related Peptide immunoreactivity in primary sensory neurones in fetal sheep	21, 86P
52^nd, NSW Sept, 1990	O	S.A. Hollingworth Physiology Monash	S.A. Hollingworth, V. Ford, I.R. Young and G.D. Thorburn, The effect of prostaglandin E₂ on the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis in fetal sheep	21, 120P
	O	M.E. Wlodek Physiology Monash	M.E. Wlodek, R. Harding and G.D. Thorburn, The role of fetal urine in fetal and maternal fluid balance	21, 107P
	P	M. Rogers Neuroscience ANU	M. Rogers, I. Hendry and P.W. Gage, Nerve growth factor modulates the action potential afterhyperpolarization in rat sympathetic neurons	21, 177P
54^th, Monash Sept, 1991	O	K.J. Gibson Phys & Pharm NSW	K.J. Gibson and E.R. Lumbers, Renal sodium handling in the immediate post- natal period	22, 119P
	P	C. Rattray-Wood Physiology Monash	Colin Rattray-Wood and Richard J. Lang, A mathematical model of a single smooth muscle cell showing spontaneous electrical activity	22, 173P
	P	A. Mark-Seymour Physiology Adelaide	A.J. Mark-Seymour and G.C. Scroop, The influence of exercise training on blood levels of atrial natriuretic peptide and plasma renin activity during rest and exercise	22, 190P
55^th, Melbourne Feb, 1992	O	G.S. Lynch Physiology Melbourne	G.S. Lych, B.R. Frueh and D.A. Williams, Ca²⁺ and Sr²⁺-activated contractile characteristics of single skinned extraocular muscle fibres from the rabbit	23, 56P
	P	R. Sassoon Phys & Pharm. NSW	R. Sassoon and P.H. Barry, Divalent cations and their effects on Na⁺ currents in olfactory receptor neurons	23, 72P
56^th, Sydney Sept, 1992	O	Kerrie Way Pharmacology Melbourne	K.J. Way and J.J. Reid, Effect of streptozotocin-induced diabetes on nitrergic transmission in the rat anococcygeus muscle	23, 197P
	P	Roger Bralow Pharmacology Melbourne	R. Bralow, K. Thomson and P. Marley, Nicotinic activation of tyrosine hydroxylase is dependent on protein kinase A in intact bovine adrenal medullary cells	23, 211P
57^th, Melbourne Feb, 1993	O	Sally A. Waterman Human Physiology Flinders	S.A. Waterman, M. Costa and S.J.H. Brookes, Development of a method for video image analysis of peristalsis in the isolated guinea-pig small intestine	24, 94P
		Antonio Paolini Physiology Melbourne	A.G. Paolini, W.A. Kunze and J.S. McKenzie, Intracellular responses in ventral striatum to olfactory bulb stimulation	24, 90P
58^th, Adelaide Sept, 1993	O^C	Anna Hammarström Physiology Monash	A.K. Hammarström, H.C. Parkington and H.A. Coleman, M₃ receptor stimulation evokes EDHF release in guinea-pig coronary artery	24, 154P
	O^A	Trevor Lewis Physiology Adelaide	Trevor M. Lewis, Michael J. Roberts and Allan H. Bretag, Kinetic analysis of a high conductance, voltage dependent anion channel from the sarcoplasmic reticulum of amphibian skeletal muscle	24, 142P
	P^A	Jonathon Buckley Physiology Adelaide	J.D. Buckley and G.C. Scroop, Lactate kinetics in the resting forearm during incremental leg exercise	24, 186P
	P^C	Peter Catcheside Physiology Adelaide	P.G. Catcheside and G.C. Scroop, The effect of blood sampling site on the lactate threshold during incremental exercise	24, 187P
59^th, QUT Feb, 1994	O^C	Emma Starritt Physiology Melbourne	E.C. Starritt, R. Snow and M. Hargreaves, Effect of branched chain fatty acid ingestion on plasma ammonia accumulation during exercise	25, 8P
	O^A	Alison Harmer Biol Sci Sydney	A.R. Harmer, M.J. McKenna, J.R. Sutton, D.M. Eager, N.A. Mackay and M.W. Thompson, Plasma potassium concentration regulation is selectively enhanced during intense exercise after sprint training	25, 10P
	P^A	Giuseppi Posterino Zoology Latrobe	G.S. Posterino, G.D. Lamb and D.G. Stephenson, Effects of heparin on excitation- contraction coupling in skeletal muscle of toad and rat	25, 48P
	P^C	Julian Chick Zoology Latrobe	Julian J. Chick and D. George Stephenson, Temperature effects on contractile properties of "catch" muscle fibres from the mussel Mytilus edulis	25, 43P
60^th, Tasmania Sept, 1994	O^C	Sharyn Fitzgerald Emily E. Stewart Renal Lab Baker Institute	Sharyn M. Fitzgerald, Roger G. Evans, Irene J. Christy and Warwick P. Anderson, Nitric oxide synthase blockade and renal vascular responses to noradrenaline and endothelin in conscious dogs	25, 176P
	O^A	Guiseppe Posterino Zoology Latrobe	G.S. Posterino and G.D. Lamb, The reactive disulphide 2,2-dithiodipyridine abolishes excitation-contraction coupling in toad skeletal muscle, by an action on the voltage- sensors	25, 119P
	P^A	Kevin Eager JCSMR ANU	Kevin R. Eager, Lin D. Roden and Angela F. Dulhunty, Characterisation of the cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium release channel and the effects of dithiothreitol on its activity	25, 151P
	P^C	Sharyn Rayner Human Physiol Newcastle	Sharyn E. Rayner and Dirk F. van Helden, The effects of 6-OHDA on the development of sympathetic and sensory nerves innervating the mesenteric arteries of the rat	25, 159P
61^st, Lorne Feb, 1995	O^C	Marie McMahon Anatomy Flinders	A.M. McMahon and C.J. Carati, Lymphatic vessel response to hemodilution is not altered by alpha-adrenergic blockade	26, 30P
	O^A	Virginia Owen Zoology Latrobe	V.J. Owen, G.D. Lamb, D.G. Stephenson and M.W. Fryer, The relationship between the calcium stored in the sarcoplasmic reticulum and the force response to depolarization in skinned fibres from rat muscle	26, 3P
	P^A	L.M. Hobbs CSIRO Hum Nutr Adelaide	L.M. Hobbs, T.E. Rayner and P.R.C. Howe, Dietary fish oil prevents the development of renal damage in salt-loaded hypertensive rats	26, 37P
	P^C	Jennifer Cornish Neuropharmacol Baker Institute	J.L. Cornish and M. van den Buuse, Pressor response and tachycardia induced by central dopamine release in the rat: the involvement of vasopressin	26, 48P
62^nd, NSW Sept, 1995	O^C	Peter Johnson Anat. & Cell Biol Melbourne	P.J. Johnson, J.C. Bornstein, S.Y. Yuan and J.B. Furness, Acetylcholine and tachykinins mediate transmission from sensory neurons in motility reflex pathways in the guinea-pig ileum	26, 189P
	O^A(eq)	Sabine Piller JCSMR ANU	S.C. Piller, G.D. Ewart, G.B. Cox and P.W. Gage, VPR of HIV-I: an ion channel	26, 150P
	O^A(eq)	Gordon Coleman Phys & Pharm NSW	G.T. Coleman, H.G. Zhang, P.D. Mackie and M.J. Rowe, A preparation for monitoring inputs to the central nervous system from intact single afferent fibres supplying the wrist joint	26, 164P
	P^A	Julie Dalziel JCSMR ANU	J.E. Dalziel, B. Birnir, M.L. Tiemey, G.B. Cox and P.W. Gage, Single site mutations in the second transmembrane region in the GABA_A receptor alter desensitisation	26, 220P
	P^C	Zhan Lin Yin Physiology Melbourne	Z.L. Yin and G.J. Dusting, Endothelium-derived nitric oxide function is restored by an antagonist of platelet-activating factor in atherosclerotic rabbit carotid artery	26, 203P
63^rd, WA April, 1996	O^C	Damien Angus Physiology Melbourne	D.J. Angus, M.A. Febbraio, K.F. Howlett, N. Marmy Conus and M. Hargreaves, Effect of heat stress on glucose kinetics during exercise	27, 48P
	O^S	Lynne Turnbull Maths, Physics Comp. & Electron Macquarie	L. Turnbull, G.H. Rossmanith, J.F.Y. Ho and R.L. Ludowyke, Effect of β-adrenergic stimulation on rat cardiac muscle	27, 5P
	P^S	Mariann Zerbes Med & Health Sci Newcastle	Mariann Zerbes and David A. Powis, Capacitative Ca²⁺ entry occurs in bovine adrenal chromaffin cells following depletion of intracellular Ca²⁺ stores either by histamine or caffeine	27, 22P
64^th, Monash Dec, 1996	O^C	Gordon Coleman Physiology & Pharmacology NSW	G.T. Coleman, H. Bahramali, H.Q. Zhang and M.J. Rowe, Characterization of mechanoreceptive afferent fibres that supply the glabrous skin of the hand in the marmoset monkey	27, 215P
	O^S	Ronnie Blazev Zoology Latrobe	R. Blazev and G.D. Lamb, The effect of protein kinase A on depolarization-induced force responses in skinned skeletal muscle fibres of the toad	27, 96P
	P^S	Anita Premkumar Neuroscience JCSMR	A. Premkumar, G. Ewart, G.B. Cox and P.W. Gage, Effects of mutations on channel activity in influenza B virus protein NB	27, 137P
	P^C	Karen Cundasamy Chemistry & Biology VUT	Karen Cundasamy, Susan Bortolotti and Gabriela Stephenson, An electrophoretic study of myosin heavy chain expression in skeletal muscles from rats of different gender and strain	27, 160P
65^th, Adelaide Sept, 1997	O^C	Arianne Antoine Physiology Melbourne	Arianne M. Antoine, Angela M. Reilly, Peter J. Harris and David A. Williams, Effect of angiotensin II on intracellular calcium levels in isolated rat proximal tubules	28, 103P
	O^S	Dianne Hryciw Adv Biomed Stud Uni SA	D.H. Hryciw, G.Y. Rychov, B.P. Hughes and A.H. Bretag, Effects of carboxyl terminus mutations in the skeletal muscle chloride channel ClC-1	28, 49P
	P^S	Joanne Waring Physiology Monash	J.V. Waring and I.R. Wendt, Na⁺/K⁺ pump activity in bladder smooth muscle of diabetic rats	28, 76P
	P^C	Anita Premkumar Neuroscience JCSMR	A. Premkumar, G. Ewan, G.B. Cox & P.W. Gage, Proton permeability of membranes expressing wild type and mutant NB proteins of influenza B virus	28, 73P
66^th, Brisbane Sept, 1998	O^C	Betty Exintaris Physiology Monash	B. Exintaris and R.J. Lang, Nerve-mediated modulation of action potential discharge in a wholemount preparation of the guinea-pig upper urinary tract	29, 48P
	O^S	Linda Mellors Physiology Monash	Linda J. Mellors, George Kotsanas and Igor R. Wendt, Effects of pyruvate on intracellular Ca²⁺ in normal and diabetic cardiac myocytes	29, 219P
	P^S	Amanda Marsh Phys & Pharm NSW	A.C. Marsh, K.J. Gibson, E.R. Lumbers and D. Thomas, Effects of an infusion of insulin- like growth factor I on the fetal kidney and fetal survival	29, 347P
	P^C	Peter Johnson Physiology Melbourne	Peter J. Johnson and Joel C. Bornstein, Blockade of tachykinin NK1 and NK3 receptors inhibits slow synaptic responses in myenteric sensory neurons and reveals inhibitory input	29, 209P
67^th, Newcastle Sept, 1999	O^C	Damien Angus Physiology Melbourne	D.J. Angus, M.A. Febbraio and M.Hargreaves, Glucose kinetics during fatiguing exercise with carbohydrate feeding	30, 51P
	O^S	Edoardo Aromatis Physiology Adelaide	E.C. Aromatis, G.Y. Rychov, D.K. Taylor, S.M. Pyke, A.H. Bretag and M.L. Roberts, Modulation of the gating of rClC-1: structural considerations	30, 57P
	P^S	Rebecca Haddock Neuroscience JCSMR	R.E. Haddock and C.E. Hill, Involvement of multiple signalling pathways in spontaneous rhythmic contractions of rat iris arterioles	30, 77P
	P^C	Glenis Crane Human Physiology Flinders	G.J. Crane, T.O. Neild and S.S. Segal, The spread of hyperpolarizations in microvascular networks of the hamster cheek pouch	30, 89P
68^th, Melbourne Nov, 2000	O^C	Rebecca Starkie Physiology Melbourne	R.L. Starkie, M.J. Arkinstall, I. Koukoulas, J.A. Hawley and M.A. Febbraio, Effect of mode of exercise and CHO ingestion on IL-6 gene expression in human skeletal muscle	31, 78P
	O^S	Robyn Murphy Health Science Deakin	R. Murphy, G. McConell, D. Cameron-Smith, K. Watt, L. Ackland, B. Walzel, T. Wallimann and R. Snow, Creatine transporter protein content, localization and gene expression in rat skeletal muscle	31, 36P
	P^S	Emad Abro Physiology Melbourne	E. Abro, C.D. Griffiths, T.O. Morgan and L.M.D. Delbridge, Regression of cardiac hypertrophy in the SHR by renin-angiotensin system blockade and dietary sodium restriction	31, 84P
	P^C	Jong Sam Lee Human Biology & Human Science RMIT	Jong Sam Lee, Clinton R. Bruce, Lawrence L. Spriet and John A. Hawley, Interaction of diet and exercise on skeletal muscle adaptations and exercise performance in rats	31, 94P
2001	There was no meeting in 2001 because of the IUPS meeting in Christchurch

69^th, Melbourne Nov, 2002	O^S	Leanne Redman Department of Physiology, University of Adelaide	L.M. Redman, R.J. Norman and G.C. Scroop Impact of phase of the menstrual cycle on the lactate threshold	web only
	O^C	James Ryall Department of Physiology, University of Melbourne	J.G. Ryall, D.R. Plant, P. Gregorevic and G.S. Lynch Fenoterol treatment reverses sarcopenia and improves muscle function in aged rats	web only
	P^S	Alex Nicholls Department of Physiology, University of Sydney	A.S. Nicholls, L. Jiang and D.G. Allen Adenosine inhibits angiotensin II activation of the cardiac Na⁺/H⁺ exchanger in rat ventricular myocytes	web only
	P^C	Travis Dutka Department of Zoology, La Trobe University	T.L. Dutka and G.D. Lamb Effect of low ATP concentrations on force relaxation in rat EDL muscle fibres	web only
70^th, Sydney Sept, 2003	O^S	Robert Aughey Centre for Rehabilitation, Exercise and Sports Science, Victoria University of Technology	R.J. Aughey, K.T. Murphy, S.A. Clark, J. Christie, A.G. Hahn, C.J. Gore, A.P. Garnham, C.M. Chow, J.A. Hawley and M.J. McKenna Opposing effects of acute and chronic high intensity exercise on Na⁺K ⁺ATPase activity in skeletal muscle	33, 91P
	O^C	James Ryall Dept of Physiology, University of Melbourne	J.G. Ryall, D.R. Plant and G.S. Lynch, Treatment with the β₂-agonists formoterol or salmeterol produce greater muscle hypertrophy in rats than fenoterol	33, 65P
	P^S	Rebecca Haddock Div. of Neuroscience, JCSMR, Australian National University	R.E. Haddock, T.D. Brackenbury and C.E. Hill, Initiation and coordination of vasomotion in rat cerebral arteries	33, 89P
	P^C	Nicole Rummery Div. of Neuroscience, JCSMR, Australian National University	N.M. Rummery, S.L. Sandow, T.D. Brackenbury and C.E. Hill, Vascular remodeling and changes in cellular coupling during vascular disease	33, 88P
71^st, Sydney Nov, 2004	O^S	Jonathan Schertzer Physiology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic, Australia	J.D. Schertzer and G.S. Lynch Optimizing methods for ectopic expression of protein in murine skeletal muscle	35, 42P
	O^C	Nicole Stupka Physiology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia	N. Stupka, B.J. Michell, D.R. Plant, R.Bassel-Duby, E.N. Olson, B.E. Kemp and G.S. Lynch Increased calcineurin phosphatase activity improves fatigue resistance whilst maintaining specific force in diaphragm muscles from dystrophic mdx mice	35, 46P
	P^S	Enzo Porrello Physiology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia	E.R. Porrello, C.E. Huggins, C.L. Curl, S.B. Harrap, W.G. Thomas and L.M.D. Delbridge Increased angiotensin AT₂ receptor expression is associated with neonatal cardiac growth restriction in a genetic model of adult cardiac hypertrophy	35, 81P
	P^C	Sussana Park Division of Neuroscience, JCSMR, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia	S.B. Park, G.J. Stuart, C.E. Hill and A.T. Gulledge Cholinergic modulation of pyramidal neuron excitability in the prefrontal cortex	35, 100P
72^nd, Canberra Sep, 2005	O^S	Manuel Navaro-Gonzalez Division of Neuroscience, John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.	M.F. Navarro-Gonzalez and C.E. Hill Novel nifedipine-insensitive high voltage activated calcium channels play a role in vascular tone of cerebral arteries	36, 140P
	O^C	Felice Beitzel Basic and Clinical Myology Laboratory, Department of Physiology, The University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia.	F. Beitzel, M.N. Sillence and G.S. Lynch β-adrenergic signalling in skeletal muscle regeneration after myotoxic injury	36, 130P
	P^S	Sonja Kowalczuk School of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia.	S. Kowalczuk, A. Bröer, M. Munzinger, N. Tietze, K. Klingel and S. Bröer Molecular cloning and characterisation of the mouse ‘system IMINO’ transporter	36, 80P
	P^C	Chris Fowler Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, The University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia.	C.J. Fowler, K. Ngui, B. Hunne, D. Poole, J.B. Furness and C.B. Neylon Protein kinase A inhibits cell growth induced by overexpression of IK channels	36, 75P
73^rd, Brisbane Sep, 2006	O^S	Wade Kruger School of Biomedical Science, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia.	W.A. Kruger, G.R. Monteith and P. Poronnik Muscarinic agonist-induced recruitment of plasma membrane Ca²⁺ ATPase (PMCA) to the membrane involves the PSD95/Dlg/ZO-1 (PDZ) scaffold Na⁺ H⁺ exchanger regulatory factor 2 (NHERF-2)	37, 66P
	O^C	Felice Beitzel Basic and Clinical Myology Laboratory, Department of Physiology, The University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia.	F. Beitzel, M.N. Sillence and G.S. Lynch nhibition of β-adrenergic signalling impairs functional repair of rat skeletal muscle after injury	37, 56P
	P^S	Soohyun Lee School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia	S. Lee, P.A. Dawson, A.K. Hewavitharana, P.N. Shaw and D. Markovich Increased acetaminophen hepatotoxicity in the Nas1 and Sat1 sulfate transporter null mice	37, 87P
	P^C	Enzo Porello Department of Physiology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia	E.R. Porrello, C.L. Curl, S.B. Harrap, W.G. Thomas and L.M.D. Delbridge Is neonatal myocardial apoptosis a prelude to cardiac hypertrophy in the hypertrophic heart rat?	37, 107P
74^th, Newcastle Dec, 2007	O^S	Trent Reardon School of Medical Sciences (F13), Bosch Institute, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.	T.F. Reardon and D.G. Allen Iron accelerates skeletal muscle fatigue at 37°C	38, 170P
	O^C	Isuru Jayasinghe Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, 85 Park Road, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand.	I.D. Jayasinghe, M.B. Cannell and C. Soeller Visualization of the 3-D distribution of proteins involved in cardiac excitation-contraction coupling using a novel optical approach	38, 153P
	P^S	Wayne Anderson School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia and the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI)	W.B. Anderson, B.A. Graham, P. Jobling, P.A. Tooney, A.M. Brichta, and R.J. Callister, Differential inhibitory signalling in the superficial and deep dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord	38, 120P
	P^C	Fernanda Gravina School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia and the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI)	F.S. Gravina, K. Ryan, M.S. Imtiaz, S.L. Sandow, R. Smith, H.C. Parkington and D.F. van Helden Inhibitors of mitochondrial function disrupt uterine pacemaking	38, 119P
	P^C	Melissa Walsh School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia and the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI)	M.A. Walsh B.A. Graham, A.M. Brichta, and R.J. Callister Maturation of neuron excitability and membrane conductances in the superficial dorsal horn of the mouse spinal cord	38, 121P
	P^C	Stephney Whillier Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia	S. Whillier, J.E. Raftos and P.W. Kuchel The ability of the red blood cell to synthesise glutathione in type 2 diabetes mellitus, and the implications for disease management	38, 83P
75^th, Melbourne Dec, 2008	O^S	Stefan Gehrig Department of Physiology, The University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia.	S.M. Gehrig, J.D. Schertzer, J.E. Church and G.S. Lynch Local insulin-like growth factor binding proteins are essential for successful skeletal muscle regeneration	39, 63P
	O^C	Linlin Ma Sansom Institute, University of South Australia.	L. Ma, G.Y. Rychkov, E.A. Bykova, J. Zheng and A.H. Bretag FRET study of C-terminal movements of the cytoplasmic tail of human skeletal muscle chloride channel, hClC-1, during gating	39, 27P
	P^S	Nathan Scrimgeour Department of Physiology, University of Adelaide	N.R. Scrimgeour and G.Y. Rychkov, Store independent activation and properties of Orai3/STIM1 mediated current	39, 116P
	P^C	Helena Viola School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, University of Western Australia	H.M. Viola, E. Ingley, P.G. Arthur and L.C. Hool Identifying the site of the source of reactive oxygen species within the mitochondria after transient exposure of cardiac myocytes to hydrogen peroxide	39, 74P
2009	The 2009 meeting was delayed until the joint meeting with ANS January 2010
76^th, Sydney Jan, 2010	O^S	Heshan Peiris Department of Human Physiology,Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia	H. Peiris and D. Keating The role of an endogenous inhibitor of calcineurin in the regulation of glucose homeostasis and islet function	40, 56P
	O^C	Jordan Willcox Department of Biomedical Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada	J.M. Willcox, C.L. Murrant and A.J.S. Summerlee, Relaxin induces differential arteriolar dilations and gap junctionally mediated upstream arteriolar dilations	40, 75P
	P^S	Ivana Kuo Neuroscience Program, John Curtin School of Medical Research, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia	I.Y. Kuo, V.S. Seymour, S.L. Sandow, A. Ellis and C.E. Hill Non-L-type calcium channels contribute to cerebrovascular function	40, 40P
77^th, Adelaide Dec, 2010	O^S	Noni Larkins Dept. Zoology, La Trobe University, Victoria.	N.T. Larkins, R.M. Murphy & G.D. Lamb Properties and amounts of heat shock proteins in skeletal muscle	41, 202P
	O^C	S. Carbone Human Physiology and Centre for Neuroscience, Flinders University, Adelaide.	S.E. Carbone, D.A. Wattchow, N.J. Spencer and S.J.H. Brookes Gap junction coupling between smooth muscle cells modulates responses to inhibitory motorneurons and exogenous ATP	41, 146P
	P^S	D. Mehra Disc. Human Physiology, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW	D. Mehra, D.F. van Helden, H.S. Hwang, B.C. Knollmann & D.R. Laver Inhibition of cardiac Ca2+ release channels as therapy for arrhythmia	41, 88P
	P^C	J. Heide Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute , Darlinghurst 2010, NSW.	J. Heide, S.A. Mann & J.I. Vandenberg Characterization of a novel hERG potassium channel isoform upregulated in schizophrenia patients	41, 61P
78^th, Perth Nov, 2011	O^S	Daniel Chaston Blood Vessel Lab., JCSMR, The Australian National University, ACT	D.J. Chaston,1 B.K. Baillie,1 K.I. Matthaei2 and C.E. Hill, Signalling through endothelial connexin40 modulates the myogenic constriction of arteries and regulates blood pressure	42, 7P
	O^C	Michaela Kreissl Neurogenetics, Children's Hospital Westmead, University of Sydney, NSW	M. Kreissl, B. Ilkovski, K.N. North and N.F. Clarke, Phosphorylation of tropomyosin – response to sarcomeric stress?	42, 80P
	P^S	Noni Larkins Dept. Zoology, La Trobe University, Victoria.	N.T. Larkins, R.M. Murphy & G.D. Lamb Phosphorylation of small heat shock proteins in response to heat stress	42, 20P
	P^C	Susan Morton Dept. Translational Bioscience and Neuroscience,, JCSMR, The Australian National University, ACT.	S.K. Morton, B.K. Baillie, C.E. Hill and K.I. Matthaei, A simple and reliable method for testing transgene zygosity using quantitative real-time PCR	42, 46P
79^th, Sydney Dec, 2012	O^S	Michaela Kreissl Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney, NSW	M. Kreissl, C. Ottenheijm, K.N. North & N.F. Clarke, Mutations in the α-tropomyosin-slow gene (TPM3) cause sarcomeric dysfunction in slow muscle fibres	43, 185P
	O^C	Anne Harasta Translational Neuroscience Facility, Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, NSW	A.E. Harasta, M. Schneider, R. Spanagel, G.D. Housley & M. Klugmann, Septal glucagon-like peptide 1 receptors (GLP-1Rs) mediate the behavioural effects of cocaine	43, 113P
	P^S	Christine Dixon University of Queensland	C.L. Dixon, A. Keramidas, P. Sah & J.W. Lynch, Using artificial synapses to investigate GABA_A receptor kinetics	43, 68P
	P^S	Jeremy Pinyon Translational Neuroscience Facility, Department of Physiology, School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, NSW	J.L. Pinyon & G.D. Housley, Evaluation of auditory nerve fibre recruitment by eABR via cochlear implant stimulation in the guinea-pig model	43, 87P
80^th, Geelong Dec, 2013	O^S	Adam Hagg Laboratory for Muscle Research & Therapeutics Development, Division of Cell Signalling and Metabolism, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC	A. Hagg, C.E. Winbanks, R.E. Thomson, T.D. Colgan, H. Qian, G.S. Lynch & P. Gregorevic, AAV mediated over-expression of the β2-Adrenoceptor promotes skeletal muscle hypertrophy	44, 140P
	O^C	Tahnee Kennedy Basic and Clinical Myology Laboratory, Department of Physiology, The University of Melbourne, VIC	T. Kennedy, K. Swiderski, S.M. Gehrig, R. Koopman, K.T. Murphy, M.A. Febbraio & G.S. Lynch, Investigating the effect of heat shock protein 72 induction on the dystrophic pathology of mdx and dko mice	44, 138P
	P^S	Chanchal Chandramouli Cardiac Phenomics Laboratory, Department of Physiology, The University of Melbourne, VIC	M.E. Reichelt, C. Chandramouli, Z. Chan, K.M. Mellor, R.H. Ritchie, C.L. Curl & L.M.D. Delbridge, Elevated cardiac AngII exacerbates structural and mechanical diabetic myocardial pathology in normotensive mice	44, 45P
	P^C	Robert Barker Department of Zoology, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC	R.G. Barker, C. van der Poel, R.M. Murphy & D. Horvath, Taurine supplementation can improve tibialis anterior force production and muscle architecture: A comparison between the 28 and 70 day old mdx mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy	44, 55P

*Separate prizes are awarded, for the best oral and the best poster communication. From the 58^th Meeting, two prizes have been awarded in each category, sponsored for Meetings 58 to 62 by Blackwell Scientific Publications and styled the CEPP prize (indicated ^C) and by Astra Pharmaceuticals (Astra prize, indicated ^A). For Meetings 63 onward the co-sponsors are Blackwell Scientific Publications (prize indicated ^C) and SDR Clinical Technology (prize indicated ^S).