Beginning ScientistsSeptember 2002 allocationThe 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. Twenty five applications were received. The successful applicants are: Glenn Bayne, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Canterbury, IAU Colloquium 191: The environments and evolution of double and multiple stars, 3 - 7 February 2003, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico Alistair Black, Plant Science Department, Lincoln University, 11th Australian Agronomy Conference, 2 - 6 February 2003, Geelong, Victoria, Australia Natilene Bowker, School of Psychology, Massey University, IASTED International Conference on Information and Knowledge Sharing, 18 - 20 November 2002, St Thomas, US Virgin Islands Carissa Fonseca, Department of Anatomy with Radiology, The University of Auckland, American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2002, 17 - 20 November 2002, Chicago, Illinois, USA Mary Gower, Chemistry Department, University of Canterbury, 225th American Chemical Society National Meeting, 23 - 27 March 2003, New Orleans, USA Paul Gribben, School of Environmental and Marine Science, The University of Auckland, Aquaculture Europe 2002, 16 - 19 October 2002, Trieste, Italy Patrick McHugh, Department of Pathology, Christchurch School of Medicine, The 10th World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics, 9 - 13 October 2002, Brussels, Belgium Catherine Middleton-Hardie, Department of Medicine, The University of Auckland, Annual Meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR), 20 - 24 September 2002, San Antonio, Texas, USA Michael Hii, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Canterbury, 5th International Symposium on Kiwifruit, 15 - 20 September 2002, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, P.R. China Marilyn Lim, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Canterbury, The Voice Foundation's 32nd Annual Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice, 4 - 8 June 2003, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Amanda Lorier, Department of Physiology, The University of Auckland, Society for Neuroscience 32nd Annual Meeting, 2 - 7 November 2002, Orlando, Florida, USA Lynden Miles, Department of Psychology, University of Canterbury, Society for Personality and Social Psychology 4th Annual Meeting, 6 - 8 February, 2003, Universal City, Los Angeles, California Stephen Rate, Botany Department, University of Otago, Ecology 2002 Conference, 2 - 6 December 2002, Cairns, Australia Rebecca Walker, Department of Psychology, University of Otago, Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), 24 - 27 April 2003, Tampa, Florida, USA Emma Willcock, Department of Psychology, University of Otago, (1) Society
for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition 2 - 6 July 2003, Aberdeen, Scotland
and (2) Psychology and Law: International, Interdisciplinary Conference, 7
- 12 July 2003, Edinburgh, Scotland
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