Royal Society of New Zealand Travel Grants

March 2006

The Royal Society of New Zealand has recently allocated funding to enable 28 students enrolled for their PhD degrees at New Zealand Universities to attend their first overseas science or technology conference, summer school or workshop. Forty-eight applications were received. The successful applicants are:

Sasha Anagnostou, Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, The University of Auckland, ENDO 2006 (Endocrinology Society Meeting), 24 – 27 June 2006, Boston, USA

Louise Bicknell, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health / Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, International Congress for Human Genetics, 6 – 10 August 2006, Brisbane, Australia

Gabrielle David, Department of Chemistry, University of Otago / Iso-trace NZ Ltd, 18th International Symposium on the Forensic Sciences, 31 March – 9 April 2006, Fremantle, Australia

Gregory Francis, Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury / Syft Technologies Ltd, International Mass Spectrometry Conference 2006, 27 – 31 August 2006, Prague, Czech Republic

Renee Gordon, Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, The University of Auckland, 4th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR), 29 June – 1 July 2006, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Rebecca Henry, Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology / Department of Anatomy with Radiology, The University of Auckland, 5th Forum of European Neuroscience, 8 – 12 July 2006, Vienna, Austria

Olivia Holland, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Auckland / Landcare Research, Twentieth European Immunogenetics and Histocompatibility Conference, 8 – 11 June 2006, Oslo, Norway

Renata Kowalczyk, Department of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry / School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, 16th International Conference on Organic Synthesis (ICOS-16), 11 – 15 June 2006, Merida, Jucatan, Mexico

Esben Kristensen, Department of Zoology / Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, Symposium on the ecology of freshwater fish: state of the art and future prospects – II , 12 – 16 June 2006, Leon, Spain

Shane Lal, Department of Chemistry, The University of Auckland, 97th AOCS Annual Meeting & Expo, 30 April – 3 May 2006, St Louis, Missouri, USA

Cushla McGoverin, Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, 20th International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy, 20 – 25 August 2006, Yokohama, Japan

Tennille Mares, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Canterbury / Solid Energy, 2006 International Coalbed Methane Symposium, 22 – 26 May 2006, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA

Jennifer Miles, Liggins Institute, The University of Auckland / National Research Centre for Growth and Development, 88th Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society, 24 – 27 June 2006, Boston USA

Jason Myers, School of Geography and Environmental Science / Department of Sociology, The University of Auckland, Second Interdisciplinary Conference on Emotional Geographies, 25 – 27 May 2006, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Emma Newcombe, School of Biological Sciences / Leigh Marine Laboratory, The University of Auckland, 7th International Temperate Reef Symposium, 26 June – 1 July 2006, Santa Barbara, California, USA

Sarah O’Neill, Department of Psychology, University of Otago, Association for Psychological Science, 18th Annual Convention, 25 – 28 May 2006, New York, USA

Sophie Parker, Department of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, 18th Annual Convention for the Association of Psychological Science, 23 – 28 May 2006, New York, USA

Rachel Parkinson, School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington / ESR, Australia New Zealand Forensic Science Society (ANZFSS)18th International Symposium of the Forensic Sciences, 1 – 9 April 2006, Fremantle, Australia

Nilangani Pathirana, Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Massey University / Crop & Food Research, 8th International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology, 20 – 25 August 2006, Adelaide, Australia

Tamsin Pointon, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago / AgResearch, 11th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME 11), 20 – 25 August 2006, Vienna, Austria

Hayley Reynolds, Bioengineering Institute / School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, The 5th World Congress of Biomechanics Conference, 29 July – 4 August 2006, Munich, Germany

Callum Smits, Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, (1) 23rd European Crystallographic Meeting, 6 – 11 August 2006, Leuven, Belgium, and (2) Multi-Protein Complexes Involved in Cell Regulation, 18 – 23 August 2006, Cambridge, England

Amy Tannahill, Department of Psychology, University of Waikato, 32nd Annual Association for Behavior Analysis Conference, 26 – 30 May 2006, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Darren Ward, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland / Landcare Research, XV Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects (IUSSI), 30 July – 4 August 2006, Washington DC, USA

Rachel Wilkie, Department of Pathology, Christchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences, 13th Biennial Congress of the International Society for Free Radical Research, 15 – 19 August 2006, Davos, Switzerland

Ruth Wirawan, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Otago, ASM Conference on Streptococcal Genetics, 18 – 21 June 2006, St Malo, France

Catherine Wong, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland / AgResearch, 11th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME-11), 20 – 25 August 2006, Vienna, Austria

Haylyn Wong, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, (1) BSPR/EBI Meeting, 12 – 14 July 2006, Cambridge, UK and (2) BioScience 2006, 23 – 27 July 2006, Glasgow, UK