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Pamela Sheahan presents at the 10th International Symposium on the Maillard Reaction

Pam Sheahan presents July 09Pamela Sheahan, a PhD Student in the Free Radical Group, won a travel grant from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and the Macquarie Group enabling her to present her research at the recent 10th International Symposium on the Maillard Reaction in Queensland, Australia.

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Lucinda McRobb awarded a Heart Foundation grant

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Giving her the opportunity to present her research findings at the 2008 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Shirlene Lim Presents her Research In Austria

Dr Shirlene Lim of the Vascular Immunology Group, has travelled to Seggau Castle in Austria, to present her research findings into the role played by Cytokine cells in the pregnancy disorder known as Preeclampsia.

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Neroli Sunderland wins a Young Investigator Award

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Neroli Sunderland, a PhD Student from the Vascular Immunology Group, has won a Young Investigator Travel Award, allowing her to present her research into high blood pressure in pregnancy at a world congress in Washington DC.

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Awards & Achievements

Dr Fatiha Tabet receives quadruple awards for her HDL Research

  

Dr Fatiha TabetDr Fatiha Tabet, a postdoctoral scientist in the Lipid Research Group, has taken four prizes for her research into the beneficial effects of high-density lipoproteins (HDL), otherwise known as ‘good cholesterol’ on the cardiovascular system.

 

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Elaine Wat Wins Young Investigator Award

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Elaine Wat of the Nutrition and Metabolism Group, won the Award for her research into dairy-milk phospholipids, presented at a conference in Hong Kong.

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Dr David Pattison wins Bruce Reid Young Achiever Award

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Dr David Pattison, of the Free Radical Group, won the Best Paper by a Postdoctoral Scientist, presented at the Awards for Excellence Dinner in November.

 

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HRI Scoops the best of the AAS

A delegation of Postdoctoral Scientists and PhD Students from The Heart Research Institute scooped the best prizes for their research at the Australian Atherosclerosis Society's Annual Scientific Meeting.

 

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November 2009

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