Young Investigator Award 2008

Abstracts Submitted

Sixteen applications were received for this year's Young Investigator Award. The lay titles and lay abstracts can be accessed below.

For Abstract details, click on the application title.

Name	Title	Department
Byrne, James	‘Disrobing a pathogen’: the role of the protein, CpsC, in the production of the pneumococcal overcoat	PhD candidate, Bacterial Pathogenesis Research Institute, Paton Lab, Discipline of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, The University of Adelaide
Chiam, Karen PhD	Mum’s high fat diet during pregnancy may be an early risk factor for prostate cancer in adult rat offspring	PhD (Medicine) awarded in June 2010, University of Adelaide/ Dame Roma Mitchell Cancer Research Laboratories/ Hanson Institute
Cicua-Navarro, Diana	Is snoring really associated with learning difficulties in children?	PhD candidate, Social Sciences (Psychology), School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy, University of South Australia and Sleep Technician Sleep Disorders Unit, Women’s and Children’s Hospital
David, Greta	Pregnancy induced changes to the nerve supply in the rat uterus	Research Assistant, Cardiovascular Neuroscience, Department of Medicine, Flinders University of South Australia Master of Biotechnology by Research completed 2009, Llewellyn-Smith Laboratory, Flinders University of South Australia
de la Haye, Kayla	Fat ain’t phat. And, it might be contagious	PhD Candidate, University of Adelaide and CSIRO Food and Nutritional Sciences
Dunning, Kylie PhD	Fertility preservation for female cancer patients: how burning fat generates the best egg	Postdoctoral Researcher; The Robinson Institute, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Paediatrics and Reproductive Health, The University of Adelaide PhD completed October 2008, Discipline of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Adelaide
Furness, Denise PhD	The causes of common pregnancy complications: predicting in order to prevent	Post-Doctoral Fellow, Placental Development Laboratory, The University of Adelaide PhD completed 2007 - CSIRO Human Nutrition and University of Adelaide
Kopecki, Zlatko	Regulating Flightless I protein in the skin may improve wound healing associated with genetic skin blistering diseases in children	PhD candidate, Discipline of Paediatrics, The University of Adelaide and Women’s and Children’s Health Research Institute
Lie, Shervi	Nutrition around the time of conception determines how metabolic pathways develop in the liver	PhD Candidate, Early Origins of Adult Health Research Group, Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia
McIntyre, Chantelle	Will replacing the defective gene prevent brain deterioration in children with Sanfilippo Syndrome?	PhD candidate, Medicine, University of Adelaide and Genetics & Molecular Pathology, SA Pathology (Women’s and Children’s Hospital)
McLernon, Penelope	Maternal circulating levels of omega 3s during early pregnancy are related to fetal growth in late pregnancy	PhD Candidate (Medicine), The University of Adelaide
Nicholas, Lisa	The impact of maternal obesity and weight loss before pregnancy on the risk of developing metabolic disease in her offspring	PhD candidate, Early Origins of Adult Health Research Group, Sansom Institute for Health Research, University of South Australia
Ong, Zhi	‘Junk-food’ diets during pregnancy increase the infant’s preference for fatty foods	PhD Candidate, Biomedical Science, University of South Australia
Short, Michelle	How teenagers’ sleep is putting them at risk	PhD candidate, School of Psychology, Flinders University
Wang, Kimberley	Being small at birth leads to a vulnerability to heart disease in adult life	PhD candidate, Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia

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