Monday 15 April 2013

Ritchie Centre student success at Fetal and Neonatal Workshop in Barossa Valley

Students of the Ritchie Centre have shown their brilliance at the recent Fetal and Neonatal Workshop of Australia and New Zealand, winning 4 of the 8 prizes awarded at the meeting.

Stacey Ellery took out the best student presentation prize with her talk "Maternal Creatine Supplementation Protects the Neonatal Spiny Mouse Following Birth Asphyxia, but what are the Effects on the Mother?"

Domenic LaRosa took out the runner up best student presentation prize with his talk "Maternal dietary creatine supplementation prevents changes in diaphragm muscle function 1 month after asphyxia at birth?"

Melinda Dolan was the runner up for the most outstanding short oral and her presentation "Determining the role of glucocorticoids in inflammation-induced fetal lung maturation using glucocorticoid receptor knockout mice", was noted for having the most complicated experimental design!

Justin Lang won the best response to a question prize.

Congratulations to these students and all of the Ritchie Centre students who showcased the excellent research being conducted at the centre.

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