Royal Society of New Zealand Travel GrantsSeptember 2005The Royal Society of New Zealand has recently allocated funding to enable 17 students enrolled for their PhD degrees at New Zealand Universities to attend their first international science or technology conference overseas. Thirty applications were received. The successful applicants are: Sarah Beggs, Department of Psychology, University of Canterbury, Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) Annual Conference, 16 – 19 November 2005, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Anna Brooks, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, 35th Meeting of the Australasian Society for Immunology, 4 – 8 December 2005, Melbourne, Australia Kim Gribbon, Institute of Information Sciences and Technology, Massey University, DELTA 2006 – The Third IEEE International Workshop on Electronic Design, Test & Applications, 17 – 19 January 2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Ziming Guan, Department of Engineering Science, The University of Auckland, INFORMS Annual Meeting, 13 – 16 November 2005, San Francisco, USA Dragana Jankovic, Institute of Molecular BioSciences, Massey University, The 8th Symposium on Lactic Acid Bacteria, 28 August – 1 September 2005, Egmond aan Zee, the Netherlands Jeremy Kennard, Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology / Department of Psychology, University of Otago, 35th Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, 12 – 16 November 2005, Washington DC, USA Joseph Lane, Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, Pacifichem 2005, 15 – 20 December 2005, Honolulu, Hawaii Angus McMorland, Department of Physiology, The University of Auckland, American Society for Neuroscience; Annual Meeting, 12 – 16 November 2005, Washington DC, USA Phillipa Mitchell, School of Geography and Environmental Science, The University of Auckland, Annual Conference of the Royal Geographical Society in association with the Institute of British Geographers, 31 August – 2 September 2005, London, UK Craig Radford, Leigh Marine Laboratory, The University of Auckland / NIWA, The 13th Ocean Sciences Meeting, 20 – 24 February 2006, Honolulu, Hawaii Nicholas Smith, Department of Geology, The University of Auckland, STOMP (Structure, tectonics and ore mineralization processes) Conference, 29 August – 3 September 2005, Townsville, Australia Derik Steyn, Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology, University of Otago, (1) New Horizons in GnRH Research Symposium, 10 - 11 November 2005, Washington DC, USA, AND (2) Neuroscience 2005, 12 – 16 November 2005, Washington DC, USA Karen Stockin, Institute of Natural Resources / Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Massey University, 16th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, 12 – 16 December 2005, San Diego, California, USA Andy Towers, School of Psychology, Massey University, Annual Conference of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making, 12 – 14 November 2005, Toronto, Canada Natasha Willoughby, Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, The University of Auckland, Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Response, 14 –18 September 2005, New York, USA Regan Wisnewski, School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, (1) National Institute in Drug Abuse (NIDA) Mini-Convention: Frontiers in Addiction Research, 11 November 2005, Washington DC, USA AND (2) 35th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, 12 – 16 November 2005, Washington DC, USA Emma Wyeth, Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, American College of Rheumatology 69th Annual Scientific Meeting, 13 – 17 November 2005, San Diego, California, USA
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