Royal Society of New Zealand Travel Grants

March 2004

The Royal Society of New Zealand has recently allocated funding to enable 36 students enrolled for their PhD degrees at New Zealand Universities to attend their first international science or technology conference overseas. Eighty-one applications were received. The successful applicants are:

Kelly Arnott, Department of Psychology, University of Otago, 4th International Conference on Early Psychosis, 28 September - 1 October 2004, Vancouver, Canada

Alison Arrow, Department of Psychology, The University of Auckland, Society for the Scientific Studies in Reading 11th Annual Meeting, 27-30 June 2004, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Quentin Atkinson, Department of Psychology, The University of Auckland, Evolution of Language: Fifth International Conference, 2004, 31 March - 3 April 2004, Leipzig, Germany

Rebecca Batchelor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury/NIWA, SPARC (Stratospheric Processes and their Role in Climate) 3rd General Assembly, 1-6 August 2004, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

David Burger, Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Waikato, International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology 29th Annual Congress, 8-14 August, Lahti, Finland

Hamish Campbell, Department of Pathology, University of Otago, Molecular Biology of DNA Tumor Viruses Conference 2004, 13-18 July 2004, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Erin Cawston, Department of Pathology, University of Otago, Federation of European Neuroscience Societies Forum, 10-14 July 2004, Lisbon, Portugal

Andrew Clarke, Institute of Molecular BioSciences, Massey University / New Zealand Institute for Crop and Food Research, Evolution Conference 2004, 26-30 June 2004, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

David Cordes, Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, 36th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, 18-23 July 2004, Merida, Mexico

Maria Crawford, Department of Psychology, University of Otago, Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment and International Neuropsychological Society (ASSBI/INS) 7-10 July 2004, Brisbane, Australia

Andrew Cridge, Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Ninth Biannual Conference on Translation Control, 7-12 September 2004, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA

Zoe Dewson, Institute of Natural Resources - Ecology Group, Massey University, NABS 2004, 6-10 June 2004, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Scott Fairhall, Department of Psychology, The University of Auckland, The Vivian Smith Advanced Studies Institute of the International Neuropsychological Society, 20 June - 17 July 2004, Xylocastro, Greece

Ruwani (Kumari) Fernando, Department of Psychology, University of Otago, (1) International Association of Relationship Research Biennual Conference, 22-25 July 2004, Madison, Wisconsin, USA and (2) American Psychological Association Annual Conference, 28-31 July 2004, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Boaz Habib, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, The University of Auckland, 2004 ASME Heat Transfer/Fluids Engineering Summer Conference, 11-15 July 2004, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Jade Hollis-Moffatt, Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Immunology of Diabetes Society Conference (IDS-7), 28-31 March 2004, Cambridge, UK

Yao-chun (Robert) Huang, Department of Anatomy with Radiology, The University of Auckland, XIIIth International Vascular Biology Meeting, 1-5 June 2004, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Kathryn Hutchinson, Institute of Animal, Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, (1) 7th Budapest Workshop of Young Endocrinologists: Regulatory Proteins in Metabolism and Reproduction, 28 June-2 July 2004 and (2) 5th International Congress on Farm Animal Endocrinology, 4-6 July 2004, Budapest, Hungary

Joanna James, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Auckland, 10th International Federation of Placenta Associations Meeting, 25-29 September 2004, Asilomar, California, USA

Mick Kearney, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland/NIWA, Australasian Aquaculture 2004, 26-29 September 2004, Sydney, Australia

Stefan Krechowec, Liggins Institute, The University of Auckland, 86th Annual Meeting of The Endocrine Society, 16-19 June 2004, New Orleans, USA

Derek Chun-Kit Lee, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Auckland, IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference Spring 2004, 17-19 May 2004, Milan, Italy

Alexandra Lo, Department of Physiology, University of Otago, 12th International Conference, Inflammation Research Association, 3-7 October 2004, New York, USA

Anna McCarthy, Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury/ESR, 20th Royal Australian Chemical Institute Organic Conference, 4-8 July 2004, Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Tony Meyer, Institute of Information and Mathematical Sciences, Massey University, (1) American Association for Artificial Intelligence (Doctoral Consortium) 2004, 25-29 July 2004, San Jose, California, USA, (2) First Conference on Email and Anti-Spam (CEAS), 30-31 July 2004, Mountain View, California, USA, (3) Third International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC), 1-3 September 2004, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

Thomas Niederberger, Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Waikato, American Society of Microbiology Conference on Extremophiles 2004, 19-23 September 2004, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, USA

Miriam Sharpe, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, The Eighteenth Symposium of the Protein Society, 14-18 August 2004, San Diego, California, USA

Joanne Simons, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland/HortResearch, IPGSA Conference 2004 - 18th International Conference on Plant Growth Substances, 20-24 September 2004, Canberra, Australia

Karl Spinks, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Canterbury, IAVCEI General Assembly, 14-19 November 2004, Pucon, Chile

Sonia van der Sar, Department of Chemistry, University of Canterbury, 11th International Symposium on Marine Natural Products, 4-9 September 2004, Sorrento, Italy

Chanel Taylor, Psychology Department, University of Otago, The 9th International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders, 17-22 July, 2004, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Vicky Tsang, School of Biological Sciences and Department of Molecular Medicine, The University of Auckland, Society for Neuroscience 34th Annual Meeting, 23-27 October 2004, San Diego, California, USA

Gareth Vaughan, Department of Earth Science and Department of Mathematics, The University of Waikato, Civil Engineering in the Oceans VI, 20-22 October 2004, Baltimore, USA

Bevan Weir, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland/Landcare Research, 14th International Congress on Nitrogen Fixation, 28 October-1 November 2004, Beijing, China

Jonathan Williman, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, DNA Vaccines, 17-19 November 2004, Monte Carlo, Monaco

Lily Yang, Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, The University of Auckland, 12th International Congress of Immunology, 18-23 July 2004, Montreal, Canada