Beginning Scientists

March 2003 allocation

The Royal Society of New Zealand has recently allocated funding to enable 35 students enrolled for their PhD degrees at New Zealand Universities to attend their first international science or technology conference overseas. Seventy applications were received. The successful applicants are:

Kylie Barnett, Department of Psychology, The University of Auckland, Summer Institute, 2003.  The Vivian Smith Advanced Studies Institute of the International Neuropsychological Society. Memory and the Amnesias. 22 June - 19 July 2003, Xylocastro, Greece

Paul Barnett, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, XXVIII International Ethology Conference 2003, 20-27 August 2003, Florianopolis, Brazil

James Baty, Department of Pathology, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine Tenth Annual Meeting, 20-24 November 2003, Seattle, Washington, USA

Danna Challies, School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, Association for Behavior Analysis 29th Annual Convention, 23-27 May 2003, San Francisco, USA

Claire Cooper, Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Science, Massey University/Dexcel Ltd/AgResearch, 2003 American Dairy Science Association/American Society of Animal Science (Joint Meeting), 22-26 June 2003, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Justin Dean, Liggins Institute, The University of Auckland, The Fetal and Neonatal Physiological Society Annual Meeting, 4-8 July 2003, Banff, Canada

Steven Dickinson, Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, 2003 MRS Spring Meeting, 21-25 April 2003, San Francisco, California, USA

Muriel Dufour, Department of Microbiology, University of Otago, International Dairy Federation Conference, 7 - 12 September 2003, Bruges, Belgium

Brendon Dunphy, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, Aquaculture Europe 2003, 8-12 August 2003, Trondheim, Norway

Kirsten Edgar, MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology and the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Single-Walled Nanotube Growth Mechanisms, 27 February - 3 March 2003, Boerne, Texas, USA

Mary Grogan, Department of Psychology, The University of Auckland, The Vivian Smith Advanced Studies Institute of the International Neuropsychological Society Summer Institute, 22 June - 14 July 2003, Greece, and International Neuropsychological Society Conference, 16-19 July 2003, Berlin

Sarah Gaw, Departments of Chemistry and Earth Sciences, University of Waikato, ConSoil 2003, 12-16 May 2003, Ghent, Belgium

Andrew Greer, Animal and Food Science Division, Lincoln University, 19th Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology 10-14 August 2003, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Michael Griffin, School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Fifth European Symposium of the Protein Society, 29 March - 2 April 2003, Florence, Italy

Leigh Harrington, Department of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, The British Psychological Society Annual Conference, 13-15 March 2003, Bournemouth, UK

Craig Irwin, Department of Marine Sciences, University of Otago, Coastal Zone 03, 12-18 July 2003, Baltimore, USA

Christina Ilse, Department of Psychology, The University of Auckland, Joint Meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society and the German Neuropsychological Society, 16-19 July 2003, Berlin, Germany

Melissa Jordan, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland/HortResearch, European Symposium for Insect Taste and Olfaction, 2-6 July 2003, Harstad, Norway

Michael Landman, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikato/ForestResearch, Fifth International Conference on Fate and Effects of Pulp and Paper Mill Effluents, 1-4 June 2003, Seattle, Washington, USA

Jennifer Macleod, Department of Physiology, University of Otago, Sixth IBRO World Congress of Neuroscience, 10-15 July 2003, Prague, Czech Republic

Robert McCormick, Department of Physics, University of Otago, 23rd General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, 30 June - 11 July 2003, Sapporo, Japan

Duane Malcolm, School of Engineering, The University of Auckland, The IFAC Symposium on Modelling and Control in Biomedial Systems, 21-23 August 2003, Melbourne, Australia and the World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, 24-29 August 2003, Sydney, Australia

Janet Manson, Department of Microbiology, University of Otago, The 43rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 14-17 September 2003, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Emma Marks, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, XXXVIII International Ethological Conference, 20-27 August 2003, Florianopolis, SC, Brazil

Norman Mason, Department of Botany, University of Otago, 46th International Association of Vegetation Scientists Symposium, 8 - 14 June 2003, Naples, Italy

Joseph Oliver, School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, British Psychological Society Annual Conference, 13-15 March 2003, Bournemouth, England

Kate Orwin, Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences, University of Canterbury/Landcare, British Ecological Society Annual Symposium, 25-27 March 2003, Lancaster, UK

Patrick Rynhart, Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, 31st Australian Chemical Engineering Conference, 29 September - 1 October 2003, Adelaide, Australia

Aran Sisley, Department of Physiology, The University of Auckland, 2003 International Gap Junction Conference, 23-28 August 2003, Cambridge, UK

Malina Storer, Department of Pathology, Christchurch School of Medicine, Otago University, International Academy on Nutrition and Aging, Second International Meeting, 10-12 July 2003, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, and International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 17-24 July 2003, Toronto, Canada

Deryn Strange, School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, American Psychological Society Annual Convention, 29 May - 1 June 2003, Atlanta, USA; The Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, Biannual Meeting, 2 - 6 July 2003, Aberdeen, Scotland, and 2003 Psychology and Law International Interdisciplinary Conference, 7 - 12 July 2003, Edinburgh, Scotland

Shelly Taylor, Department of Psychology, University of Otago, Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy 37th Annual Convention, 19 - 24 November 2003, Boston, MA, USA

Gareth Thomas, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Canterbury, 2003 EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, 6-11 April 2003 Nice, France

Jeremy Wales, Department of Microbiology, University of Otago, Fundamental Issues in Vaccine Immunology, 12-16 April 2003, Oxford, UK and Modern Vaccines Adjuvants and Delivery Systems, 4-6 June 2003, Dublin, Ireland

Cynthia Wang, Institute of Information and Mathematical Sciences, Massey University, The 13th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference and Exhibition, 25-30 May 2003, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA