Beginning Scientists

October 2000 allocation

The Royal Society of New Zealand has recently allocated funding to enable 30 students enrolled for their PhD degrees at New Zealand Universities to attend their first international science or technology conference overseas. Forty nine applications were received. The successful applicants are:

Brian Anderson, Department of Geography, University of Canterbury; Remote Sensing in Glaciology, 4-8 June 2001, College Park, Maryland, USA

Stuart Barnes, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury; Large Lenses and Prisms, 27-30 March 2001, London, UK

Deirdre Brown, Department of Psychology, University of Otago; Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, 19-22 April 2001, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Jennifer Burke, Dairy Nutrition, Massey University; Annual meeting of the American Dairy Science Association, 24-28 July 2001, Indianapolis, USA

Suzanne D'Arth, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Massey University; 17th International Conference on Plant Growth Substances, 1-6 July 2001, Brno, Czech Republic

Cameron Evans, Department of Chemistry, University of Waikato; 10th International Conference on the Coordination and Organometallic Chemistry of germanium, tin and lead, 8-12 July 2001, Talence, France

Angus Forster, School of Pharmacy, University of Otago; Annual meeting of the Association of American Pharmaceutical Scientists, 29 October-2 November 2000, Indianapolis, Indiana

Nigel Gapper, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Massey University; 17th International Conference on Plant Growth Substances, 1-6 July 2001, Brno, Czech Republic

Jared Gribben, School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland; 9th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, 26-31 August 2001, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Christopher Hepburn, Department of Botany, University of Otago; 7th International Phycological Congress, 18-25 August 2001, Thessalonika, Greece

Michael Hyslop, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury; International Symposium on Small Particles and Inorganic Clusters, 10-15 October 2000, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Carissa Jones, Department of Chemistry, Victoria University of Wellington; The 2000 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, 14-19 December 2000, Honolulu, Hawaii

Abigale Loughnan, Department of Botany, University of Otago; 7th International Phycological Congress, 18-25 August 2001, Thessalonika, Greece

Amelia McQueen, Department of Botany, University of Otago; 44th Symposium of the International Association of Vegetation Science, 29 July-4 August 2001, Weihanstephan, Germany

Patricia Mahoney, Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, University of Otago; Society for the Study of Fertility, August 2001, Cambridge, UK and Australian Society for Reproductive Biology, September 2001, Gold Coast, Australia

Benjamin Marsland, Malaghan Institute of Medical Research, Wellington; 11th International Congress of Immunology, 22-28 July 2001, Stockholm, Sweden

Lee Middleton, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Auckland; The 6th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, 4-8 December 2000, Singapore

Nicolette Moir, Department of Mathematics, University of Auckland; SciCADE 2001, 29 July-3 August 2001, Vancouver, Canada

Rhiannon Newcombe, Department of Psychology, University of Otago; Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, 19-22 April 2001, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

William Nicoll, Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago; 27th Meeting of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies, 30 June-6 July 2001, Lisbon, Portugal

Melissa Nicholson, Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Auckland; The 30th annual meeting of the Japanese Society for Immunology, 14-16 November 2000, Sendai, Japan

Noah Russell, Department of Pharmacology, University of Otago; Society for Neuroscience 30th Annual Meeting, 4-9 November 2000, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Stefanie Sharman, Department of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington; Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 13-15 June 2001, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Matthew Shirley, Department of Microbiology, University of Otago; 9th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology, 26-31 August 2001, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Kathy Speed, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikato; Molecular Cell Biology, 10-15 June 2001, New Hampshire, USA

Kimberley Wade, Department of Psychology; Victoria University of Wellington; Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 13-15 June 2001, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Steven Wakelin, Soil, Plant & Ecological Sciences Division, Lincoln University; The 2nd Australasian soilborne disease symposium, 5-8 March 2001, Lorne, Victoria, Australia

Julie Weaver, Department of Microbiology, University of Otago; 13th International Congress for Nitrogen Fixation, 2-7 July 2001, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Robert Winefield, Institute of Technology and Engineering, Massey University; 27th Meeting of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies, 30 June-5 July 2001, Lisbon, Portugal

William Wright, Department of Mathematics, University of Auckland; 2001 Numerical analysis conference, 26-29 June 2001, Dundee, Scotland and SciCADE 2001, 29 July-3 August 2001, Vancouver, Canada