Tuesday, 27th November
6th Australian Health and Medical Research Congress 2012
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Pancreatitis
8:30AM - 10:30AM
Tuesday, 27th November
Meeting room 10&11
Chair: James Toouli
Trypsinogen activation in pancreatitis: not such a big deal?
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Craig Logsdon
Nutrition in Pancreatitis
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Richard Turner
Pancreatic fibrosis in alcohol-fed LPS challenged mice is regulated by the TLR4 receptor.
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Minoti Apte
Pluripotency & Reprogramming
8:30AM - 10:30AM
Tuesday, 27th November
Riverbank 3
Chairs: Tiziano Barberi & Christian Nefzger
Systems Biology of Stem Cells
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Huck Hui Ng
Regulation of pluripotency and differentiation in the mammalian male germ line
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Josephine Bowles
Epigenetics in Development
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Emma Whitelaw
Dissecting the molecular events during reprogramming of somatic cells into induced pluripotent stem cells.
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Jose M Polo
Directed reprogramming of committed blood progenitors into repopulating induced haematopoietic stem cells, iHSC
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Sandra Pilat-Carotta
Clinical and Public Research in GI Cancer
8:30AM - 10:30AM
Tuesday, 27th November
Riverbank 1
Chairs: David Watson & Robert Ramsay
The role of epidemiology in gastrointestinal clinical research: Oesophageal cancer observational research as an example.
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Mats Lindblad
The epidemiology of Barrett’s oesophagus and oesophageal cancer
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David C. Whiteman
Gastrointestinal tract toxicity in Gastrointestinal Cancers
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Dorothy M Keefe
Current understanding of appendiceal neoplasms
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Winston Liauw
Vitamin D
8:30AM - 10:30AM
Tuesday, 27th November
Riverbank 2
Chairs: Prue Hart & Rebecca S Mason
DIETARY VITAMIN D
3
EXHIBITS SUBSTANTIAL ANTI-CANCER ACTIVITY IN MOUSE MODELS OF BREAST AND PROSTATE CANCER.
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David Feldman
Vitamin D in Australia – the unanswered questions
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Rachel Neale
Vitamin D and Immunity
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Martin Hewison
‘D’-secting the importance of vitamin D and ultraviolet radiation for the regulation of asthma
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Shelley Gorman
Immune Response to Pregnancy
8:30AM - 10:30AM
Tuesday, 27th November
Halls B/C
Chairs: Juliet Taylor & Roger Yazbeck
The Placenta: The Source of Immune Suppression in Pregnancy?
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Sharon A McCracken
Immunomodulatory actions of ω-3 Fatty acids in pregnancy, the placenta and following preterm birth
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Michael Stark
Relationship between Activin A, anti-angiogenic factors and inflammatory cytokines in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia.
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Seshini Gurusinghe
Sleep and Public Health
8:30AM - 10:30AM
Tuesday, 27th November
Meeting room 10
Sleep and the Public’s Health
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Sarah-Jane Paine
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: implications for cardiovascular and metabolic health
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Doug McEvoy
Obstructive sleep apnea- a burden to public health
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Robert Adams
Sleepiness, long distance commuting and night work as predictors of driving performance
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Lee Di Milia
Neuroendocrinology: Body weight regulation and reproductive health
8:30AM - 10:30AM
Tuesday, 27th November
Meeting Room 8,9
Chairs: Belinda Henry & Peter Mark
Ghrelin as a central regulator of energy metabolism
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Zane B Andrews
Profiling thermogenesis in models of obesity
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Belinda A Henry
Testosterone Therapy in Obese Men
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Carolyn Allan
GROWTH HORMONE PULSATILE PROFILES IN DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES AND METABOLIC STATUES IN MICE
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Chen Chen
Morning Tea
10:30AM - 11:00AM
Tuesday, 27th November
Exhibition Hall
ASMR Research Fund Meeting
10:30AM - 10:45AM
Tuesday, 27th November
Riverbank 1
Edwards Oration
9:45AM - 10:30AM
Tuesday, 27th November
Halls B/C
Chair: Paul Dawson
Male to female seminal fluid signalling – intersexual war and peace with consequences for offspring health
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Sarah Robertson
Plenary (Colin Sibley)
11:00AM - 12:00PM
Tuesday, 27th November
Halls B/C
Chair: Rosemary Keogh
Placenta Not After Birth
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Colin P Sibley
Lunch
12:00PM - 1:30PM
Tuesday, 27th November
Exhibition Hall
MEPSA AGM
12:00PM - 1:30PM
Tuesday, 27th November
Riverbank 3
APC Poster Presentation
12:00PM - 1:30PM
Tuesday, 27th November
Exhibition Hall
Gene Mutation in Endothelial Pancreato-Biliary Tumours with Particular Reference to K Ras Mutation and DPC4 Inactivation.
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Manju D Chandrasegaram
SOMATIC MUTATIONS IN PANCREATIC DUCTAL ADENOCARCINOMA USING AMPLICON SEQUENCING FROM FORMALIN FIXED PARAFFIN EMBEDDED TISSUE
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Jeremy L Humphris
Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Can high quality be achieved in a low volume tertiary care centre?
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Adeeb Majid
Identification of an Oncogenic Role for SOX9 in Pancreas Cancer and its association with known pathways of tumorigenesis
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Amanda Mawson
VESICLE-ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN 8 (VAMP 8) IS A SNARE REQUIRED FOR VACUOLISATION IN MODELS OF ACUTE PANCREATITIS
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Roya Safi
Falciform ligament abscess from left sided portal pyaemia following malignant obstructive cholangitis
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Leigh R Warren
ASA Poster Presentations
12:00PM - 1:30PM
Tuesday, 27th November
Exhibition Hall
Within-breath sensory triggers of respiratory arousal in obstructive sleep apnoea
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Benjamin Foxwell
Self Reported Snoring in Hypertensive Disease of Pregnancy
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Annette J Robertson
Supine avoidance therapy in supine-predominant snorers
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Jamie B. Yeo
ACCG/ProbeNet Poster Presentations II - Colorectal
12:00PM - 1:30PM
Tuesday, 27th November
Exhibition Hall
Repression of Dicer expression by hypoxia
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Kanchana V Bandara
South Australian rural patients with metastatic colorectal cancer have equivalent outcomes to their metropolitan counterparts
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Vy T Broadbridge
The effect of vertical inhibition of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR pathway on colon cancer stem cells
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Jiezhong Chen
Claudin-1 expression is elevated in colorectal cancer precursor lesions harboring BRAF V600E mutation
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Kim Fung
Investigating the link between obesity and colorectal cancer
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Desma M Grice
Histone deacetylase inhibition reveals competing roles for members of the oncogenic miR-17-92 cluster in colorectal cancer cells
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Karen J Humphreys
A PHASE IB STUDY OF SECOND-LINE THERAPY WITH PANITUMUMAB, IRINOTECAN AND EVEROLIMUS (PIE) IN METASTATIC COLORECTAL CANCER (mCRC) WITH KRAS WILD TYPE (WT)
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Amanda R Townsend
Oral iron supplementation promotes inflammation and colorectal carcinogenesis in a mouse model of colitis-associated cancer
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Debbie Trinder
ESA Poster Presentations
12:00PM - 1:30PM
Tuesday, 27th November
Exhibition Hall
Clinical Outcomes for the Obese Hospital Inpatient
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Emma Brook
Impaired glucose tolerance in mice conceived by in vitro fertilisation and ovarian stimulation following high fat diet
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Miaoxin Chen
Preterm neonates display a relative decrease in innate anti-inflammatory capacity following TLR stimulation.
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Nicolette A Hodyl
Correlation between testosterone levels and bone density in Malaysian men.
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Soelaiman Ima-Nirwana
Palliative bypass for small bowel carcinoid with mesenteric mass and vascular encasement – A case study
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Anand D Nathan
Differential expression of glucocorticoid receptors: A possibility of imparting glucocorticoid resistance in male fetal placental unit in pregnancies with asthma
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Zarqa Saif
ASSCR AGM
12:30PM - 1:00PM
Tuesday, 27th November
Riverbank 2
Professional Development Workshop
1:00PM - 3:00PM
Tuesday, 27th November
Meeting Room 8,9
Free Communications - ASSCR
1:30PM - 3:00PM
Tuesday, 27th November
Riverbank 3
Chairs: Kharen Doyle & Cecilia Prele
Modeling neuroinflammation in Parkinson’s disease using pluripotent stem cell-derived human midbrain dopaminergic neurons
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Brigham J Hartley
Rac1 activity mediates smooth muscle differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells on high creep substrates
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Jessica E Frith
Yap
controls stem/progenitor cell proliferation in the mouse postnatal epidermis
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Annemiek Beverdam
Generation of mesenchymal stem cells from induced pluripotent stem cells for use in periodontal regeneration
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Kim Hynes
Enhancing implanted cell survival in
in vivo
tissue engineering
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Geraldine Mitchell
Biology and clinical trials of human placenta-derived mesenchymal stromal cells
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Kerry Atkinson
Free Communications - APC Pancreatic Cancer
1:30PM - 3:00PM
Tuesday, 27th November
Meeting room 10&11
Chair: Phoebe Phillips
Sirtuin 1 Critically Regulates Acinar to Ductal Metaplasia and Supports Cancer Cell Maintenance in the Pancreas
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Ilse Rooman
Advancing personalized medicine strategies for pancreatic cancer using relevant preclinical models (avatars).
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Marina Pajic
A fast track recovery program significantly reduces hospital length of stay following uncomplicated pancreaticoduodenectomy
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Mehrdad Nikfarjam
Development of an
in vitro
assay to screen new gene aberrations identified through genomic analysis of pancreatic tumours as possible drivers of early carcinogenesis
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Andreia V. Pinho
Molecular Pathological Phenotypes and Outcome in Adenocarcinoma of the Ampulla of Vater
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David K Chang
HK Muller and Kumar Awards
1:30PM - 3:00PM
Tuesday, 27th November
Riverbank 2
Chairs: Michele Grimbaldeston & Scott Byrne
Activating the Tasmanian devil's Immune Response to Target DFTD
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Gabriella K. Brown
UV Skin Protection by Dopachrome Tautomerase
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Stephen A Ainger
Effect of Nicotinamide on UV and Arsenic induced DNA damage.
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B C Thompson
Mast cell protease 4 limits skin pathologies associated with chronic UVB
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Houng H Taing
ZnO Nanoparticle-Induced Cytotoxicity Requires Particle-Cell Contact and Intracellular Zinc Ion Release
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Cenchao Shen
Nicotinamide for skin cancer chemoprevention
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Andrew C Chen
Free Communications - ASMR Miscellaneous
1:30PM - 3:00PM
Tuesday, 27th November
Halls B/C
Chairs: & Jane Girling
Alteration of zinc and zinc transporter metabolism in a type 2 diabetic db/db mice model.
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Mariea Bosco
Alzheimer’s disease associated serum glycoproteins inhibit innate phagocytosis of non-opsonized particles and apoptotic cells by human monocyte/macrophages
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Ben J Gu
EVALUATION OF FRAILTY INDICES FOR THE PREDICTION OF ADVERSE POST-HOSPITAL OUTCOMES IN OLDER PERSONS
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Elsa Dent
Enterochromaffin cells release serotonin (5-HT) with synaptic kinetics
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Ravinarayan Raghupathi
Anit-proBDNF antibody promotes axonal regeneration after spinal cord injury
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Ying (Annie) Sun
Drug resistance acquired by changes in gene expression
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Adam C Palmer
Free Communications - ProbeNet/ACCG
1:30PM - 3:00PM
Tuesday, 27th November
Riverbank 1
Chair: Toby Phesse
Autophagy induction is a Tp53 and Tor-independent cell survival response in a zebrafish model of disrupted ribosome biogenesis
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Joan K Heath
The CSF-1 Receptor Fashions the Intestinal Stem Cell Niche
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Robert G. Ramsay
Validation of biomarker panel for the early detection of colorectal cancer (CRC) in blood.
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Leah J Cosgrove
A signalling network regulating intestinal homeostasis and adenoma formation
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Markus Germann
Therapeutic interference with mTorc1 restricts inflammation-associated and Stat3-dependent gastrointestinal tumourigenesis
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Matthias Ernst
Site-specific phosphorylation of MCC impacts upon diverse cellular functions in the colon.
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Maija Kohonen-Corish
BISPHOSPHONATE USE AND THE RISK OF COLORECTAL CANCER: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
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Juliana Andrici
Down regulation of miR498 in colorectal cancers and its role in regulating major cellular events
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Vinod Gopalan
ARE PATIENTS WITH RESECTABLE RECTAL CANCER BETTER OFF IN THE ERA OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY CARE?
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Vy Broadbridge
Afternoon Tea
3:00PM - 3:30PM
Tuesday, 27th November
Exhibition Hall
Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm
3:30PM - 5:30PM
Tuesday, 27th November
Meeting room 10&11
Chair: Ross Smith
Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm (IPMN)
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Masao Tanaka
Not available at time of print
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Ian Norton
Surgery for IPMN
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John Chen
Haematropoiesis
3:30PM - 5:30PM
Tuesday, 27th November
Riverbank 3
Chair: Hayley Ramshaw
Hematopoietic stem cell heterogeneity
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Connie Eaves
Activity of a Heptad of Transcription Factors is Associated with Stem Cell Programs and Clinical Outcome in Acute Myeloid Leukaemia
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John Pimanda
Cytotoxic therapies significantly alter the composition of the cells comprising murine haematopoietic stem cell niches.
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Louise E Purton
Circulating N-cadherin levels are a negative prognostic indicator in patients with multiple myeloma
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Andrew Zannettino
Photoimmunology and Innate Immunity
3:30PM - 5:30PM
Tuesday, 27th November
Riverbank 2
Chairs: Gary Halliday & Vivienne Reeve
UV-induced immune regulation
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Karin Loser
Can mice be trusted? Conservation and divergence in toll-like receptor 4-regulated gene expression in primary human versus mouse macrophages
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Kate Schroder
Mast Cells and Vitamin D3: A ‘D’-lightful Regulatory Interaction
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Michele Grimbaldeston
How Does Sunlight Protect Us From Autoimmune Diseases?
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Scott Byrne
Differential photoprotective effects of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 and a low calcaemic deltanoid
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Katie M Dixon
Inflammation in the periphery and dendritic cell progenitors in the bone marrow
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Prue H Hart
Sleep and Pregnancy
3:30PM - 5:30PM
Tuesday, 27th November
Halls B/C
Chairs: Naomi Rogers* & Rosemary Keogh
Sleep Disordered Breathing During Pregnancy; Do Interventions Improve Maternal and Fetal Outcomes?
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Louise O'Brien
What are the potential consequences of circadian rhythm disruption during pregnancy?
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David Kennaway
Getting off beat: Circadian rhythm changes during pregnancy
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Peter Mark
Maternal sleep-disordered breathing and foetal outcomes
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Maree Barnes
Genetics of Gastrointestinal Cancers
3:30PM - 5:30PM
Tuesday, 27th November
Riverbank 1
Chairs: Joan Heath & Michael Michael
Gastric Cancer - Linking Genomic Heterogeneity to Clinical Outcomes
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Patrick Tan
Not available at time of print
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Andrew Barbour
The Serrated Neoplasia Pathway in Colorectal Cancer
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Vicki Whitehall
Not available at time of print
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LAWRENCE LAPOINTE
The impact of obesity on reproductive and neonatal health
3:30PM - 5:30PM
Tuesday, 27th November
Meeting Room 8,9
Chairs: Michael Stark & Nicolette Hodyl
Obesity and weight management in polycystic ovary syndrome
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Lisa Moran
The long-term consequences of perinatal diet for weight gain and coping with stress and immune challenge
We are what we ate
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Sarah Spencer
Developmental programming of obesity – what can be done in the early life period ?
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Mark Vickers
Parental obesity and health of offspring: a role for the father?
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Julie A Owens
ASMR Poster Presentations II
5:30PM - 6:30PM
Tuesday, 27th November
Exhibition Hall
Potential biomarkers of chemotherapy-induced diarrhea: A clinical study of intestinal microbiome alterations; inflammation and circulating matrix metalloproteinases
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Noor Al-Dasooqi
New platinums structurally and functinally different than cisplatin
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Laila Arzuman
Potential Role of Short Tandem Repeats in Disease Processes
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Katherine A. Bolton
Apoptotic regulators in the ear: Key factors in hearing loss
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Rachel A Burt
RELEASE OF ESTERIFIED BUTYRATE IN PARTICIPANTS WITH FAMILIAL ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS
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Julie M Clarke
The identification of markers that distinguish human fetal and maternal MSC derived from the term placenta
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Celena F Heazlewood
Mechanosensitivity of viscerofugal neurons in guinea-pig colon
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Tim J Hibberd
Novel Candidate Protein Biomarkers for Human Gastric Cancer
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Julia M Humphries
Determination of cell proliferation post-irradiation using clonogenic and xCELLigence assays.
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Mohammad Johari Ibahim
Timing Is Important In Medication Administration-A Timely Review of Chronotherapy Research.
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Gagandeep Kaur
The impact of genetic predictors of drug dependence on neuroimmune and endocrine markers
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Stephanie Kershaw
Improving Protein Detection Using IR-Based Quantitation
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Mark Kraschnefski
Nerve Fibre Density in Peritoneal Lesions of Endometriosis in a baboon (Papio Anubis) Model of Endometriosis
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Frank Manconi
LIPID LOWERING EFFECT OF
PIPER SARMENTOSUM
WATER EXTRACT ON OVARIECTOMY-INDUCED OBESE RATS
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Nur Azlina Mohd Fahami
Investigating Undetected ATM Dysfunction in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia
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Krisanda Mole
Synergistic Effect of Genistein and Sodium Butyrate on UGT1A8 Gene Expression, and the PPARγ Possible Role
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Siti N Mubarokah
Biotin triazoles represent a new class of antibiotics for tuberculosis.
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Ashleigh S Paparella
SerpinB2 is present on microparticles and inhibits tumour metastasis
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Wayne A Schroder
Selective expression of synaptic proteins, α-synuclein, cysteine string protein-α, synaptophysin, synaptotagmin-1, and synaptobrevin-2 in vesicular acetylcholine transporter-immunoreactive axons in the guinea-pig ileum
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Dale F Sharrad
A genome-wide CNV association study of Australian HNPCC/Lynch syndrome patients
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Bente A Talseth-Palmer
Type-I interferon signaling is pro-inflammatory in models of Parkinson’s disease
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Juliet M Taylor
Characterisation of the Xenogeneic Immune Response to Microencapsulated Fetal Pig Islet-Like Cell Clusters Transplanted into Immunocompetent C57BL/6 Mice
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Vijayaganapathy Vaithilingam
Epstein Barr virus (EBV) and high risk human papillomavirus (HPV) in breast and prostate cancers
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Noel J Whitaker
The search for urinary biomarkers in women with endometriosis
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Fred T K Wong
GM feed and its effect on the stomach mucosa of rat
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Irena M Zdziarski
Matrilin-3 interacts with chondrogenic differentiation growth factor TGF-b1 during spontaneous differentiation of ATDC5 cells
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Fiona H Zhou
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