ADS Pincus Taft Young Investigator Award
Tracks
Stream 4
Thursday, August 24, 2023 |
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
Room E2 |
Speaker
Miss Charmaine Cheung
Student
Westmead Institute for Medical Research
Mr Weikun Huang
PhD Student
University of Adelaide
Effects of a bitter tasting substance, denatonium benzoate, on pancreatic hormone secretion
4:15 PM - 4:30 PMBiography
Weikun is currently a PhD candidate at Adelaide Medical School, The University of Adelaide. His work focuses on understanding the secretion of islet and gut hormones in health and type 2 diabetes through a combination of clinical and basic studies with the development of innovative research platforms.
Ms Matilda Longfield
Phd Candidate
University of Sydney
Evaluating the utility of a rapid murine model for ‘impaired’ skin wound healing in diabetes
4:30 PM - 4:45 PMBiography
Matilda Longfield has recently been awarded her PhD in the faculty of medicine and health at the university of sydney. Her research has focused on diabetes-related foot ulcers within the Greg Brown Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Laboratory under the primary supervision of Professor Stephen Twigg.
Mr Muhammad Shamoon
PhD Student
Australian National University
Knock-out of the neutral amino acid transporter gene Slc6a19 prevents diet-induced diabetes in male NODk mice
4:45 PM - 5:00 PMBiography
Mr Muhammad Shamoon is a PhD student in Professor Christopher Nolan's laboratory for endocrinology research. Mr Muhammad Shamoon currently investigating targeting hyperinsulinemia (caused by hyperresponsiveness of the islet b-cell to nutrient overload) through dietary intervention to prevent and treat type 2 diabetes.
Miss Elisha Siwan
PhD Candidate
University of Sydney
Immunophenotyping Reveals Immune Dysregulation in Diabetes Complications
5:00 PM - 5:15 PMBiography
Elisha Siwan is a final stage PhD candidate at the University of Sydney, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Department of Endocrinology. The focus area of the presented research is diabetes complications and its associated systemic inflammation.
Dr Josephine Yu
Postdoctoral Researcher
Westmead Institute for Medical Research
Enhancing the Benefits of Exercise Using a Novel HIF1α Mutant Mouse Line
5:15 PM - 5:30 PMBiography
Josephine is an early career postdoctoral research fellow at the Westmead Institute for Medical Research. She completed her PhD in 2021. Her research focuses on treatments for obesity and type 2 diabetes, particularly with exercise in animal models.
Chairperson
Kylie Deng
PhD Candidate
Charles Perkins Centre / University of Sydney
Ross Laybutt
Associate Professor
Westmead Institute for Medical Research