The NRP Neuroscience Prize for Best Student Presentation, ASMR, June 3rd 2011

June 20th, 2011

The NRP was well represented at The Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) symposium on Friday 3rd June at Curtin University, and there was strong competition for the best student presentation in the neuroscience category. Nevertheless, the judges (Prof Kathryn Hird, Dr Sarah Etherington and Asst. Prof Jenny Rodger) were unanimous in deciding the winner. Prof Sarah Dunlop, President of the Australian Neuroscience Societyand Chair of UWA's Neuroscience Discipline, presented the NRP Neuroscience Prize to Honours Student Gurkiran Kaur Flora for her outstanding paper 'The role of cyclophilin A and CD147 in glioblastoma pathogenesis'.

Gurkiran is based at the Australian Neuromuscular Research Unit (ANRI). Second authors on the paper she presented are Prof Vance Matthews, Assoc. Prof Bruno Meloni, Prof Neville Knuckey and Dr Sherif Boulos.

The prize was announced at the ASMR Dinner, Perth Convention Centre, on Friday 10th June. Congratulations again, Gurkiran!

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Louise Goodes
Executive Officer
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Email: louise.goodes@waimr.uwa.edu.au