Beginning Scientists

March 2002 allocation

The Royal Society of New Zealand has recently allocated funding to enable 15 students enrolled for their PhD degrees at New Zealand Universities to attend their first international science or technology conference overseas. Fifty two applications were received. The successful applicants are:

Sarah Baird, Department of Zoology, University of Canterbury, XIth Biennal Meeting of the International Society for Free Radical Research, 17 - 21 July 2002, Paris, France

Andrew Baker, Liggins Institute, The University of Auckland, Stroke - Molecular, Cellular, Pharmacological and Development of New Theraeutics, 9 - 14 March 2002, Taos, New Mexico, USA

Leigh Bull, School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University, The 23rd International Ornithological Congress, 11 - 17 August 2002, Beijing, China

Kelly Burrowes, Department of Bioengineering, The University of Auckland, The Fourth World Congress of Biomechanics, 4 - 9 August 2002, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Kristin Dyet, Microbiology Department, University of Otago/ESR, 13th International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference, 1 - 6 September 2002, Oslo, Norway

Amanda George, Department of Anatomy and Structual Biology, University of Otago, The 14th Biennial Meeting of the Palaeopathology Association, 28 - 31 August 2002, Coimbra, Portugal

Daina Grant, Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, International Conference on Science and Technology of Synthetic Metals, 29 June - 5 July 2002, Shanghai, China

Patricia Johnson, Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, World Congress of Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, 19 - 23 August 2002, Montpellier, France

Michael Joy, Institute of Natural Resources - Ecology, Massey University, The 3rd Conference of the International Society for Ecological Informatics, 26 - 30 August 2002, Rome, Italy

Bronwyn Kivell, School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University, 3rd Forum of European Nueroscience, 13 - 17 July 2002, Paris, France

Joanna McQueen, Department of Biological Sciences, Waikato University/HortResearch, XXVIth International Horticultural Congress, 11 - 17 August 2002, Toronto, Canada

Angela Revell, Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, 73rd European Atherosclerosis Society Congress, 7 - 10 July 2002, Salzburg, Austria

Patrick Rynhart, Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, World Congress on Particle Technology (WCPT4), 21 - 25 July 2002, Sydney, Australia

Paul Sirota, Department of Geography, University of Otago, IGS International Symposium on Physical and Mechanical Processes in Ice in Relation to Glacier and Ice-sheet Modelling, 25 - 30 August 2002, Chamonix, Mont-Blanc, France

Christopher Sumby, Chemistry Department, University of Canterbury, XXXVth International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, 21 - 26 July 2002, Heidelberg, Germany