AuPS/Combio Brisbane 2006 Meeting
Prize Winners
The Society established the A.K. McIntyre Prize for members of the Society
'who are judged to have made significant contributions to Australian
Physiological and/or Pharmacological Science over their predoctoral and early
postdoctoral years'.
The 2006 prize was awarded to:
Paul Gregorevic
Department of Neurology
The University of Washington School of Medicine
Student Oral Presentation Prizes were awarded jointly to Wade Kruger and Felice Beitzel
Wade Kruger
School of Biological Sciences,
University of Queensland
Abstract:
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)
Proc. AuPS 37:
66P
The prize was presented by Dr Peter Kenny, on behalf of SDR Clinical Technology, the
sponsor of the prize.
Felice Beitzel
Dept of Physiology,
University of Melbourne
Abstract:
F. Beitzel, M.N. Sillence and G.S. Lynch,
Inhibition of β-adrenergic signalling impairs functional repair of rat
skeletal muscle after injury
Proc. AuPS 37: 58P
The prize was presented by David Adams, the president of AuPS.
Student Poster Presentation Prizes
First prize was awarded to:
Soohyun Lee
School of Biological Sciences,
University of Queensland
Abstract:
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
Proc. AuPS 37: 87P
The prize was presented by Dr Peter Kenny on behalf of SDR Clinical Technology, the
sponsor of the prize.
The second prize was presented to:
Enzo Porello
Department of Physiology,
University of Melbourne
Abstract:
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?
Proc. AuPS 37: 107P
The prize was presented by David Adams, the president of AuPS.
