MEDSCI NZ 2016


MedSci 2016 Programme at a glance

Monday 29th August 2016

 

 

6.00 pm – 6.30 pm

Opening: Peter Shepherd, Queenstown Research Week Chair

6.30 pm – 8.00 pm

QRW Lecture: Professor John Gurdon (Nobel Laureate)

8.00 pm

QRW Social

Tuesday 30th August 2016 – Societies Day

9.00 am – 10.00 am

MedSci Plenary Lecture: David Eisner, The University of Manchester, UK, ÔCalcium in the heart in health and diseaseÕ

10.00 am – 10.30 am

Morning Tea

10.30 am – 12.30 pm

Session 1A

 

Session 1B

 

Session 1C

 

12.30 pm – 1.30 pm

Lunch

1.30 pm – 3.30 pm

Session 2A

 

Session 2B

 

Session 2C

 

3.30 pm – 4.00 pm

Afternoon Tea

4.00 pm – 6.00 pm

Session 3A

 

Session 3B

 

Session 3C

 

6.00 pm – 7.30 pm

Combined MedSci & QMB Poster Session + Mixer

Wednesday 31st August 2016 – Symposia Day

9.00 am – 10.00 am

MedSci Plenary Lecture: Javier Stern, Augusta University, USA, ÔSynaptic and non-synaptic mechanisms regulate autonomic-neuroendocrine integration in the hypothalamusÕ

10.00 am – 10.30 am

Morning Tea

10.30 am – 12.30 pm

Symposium 1A (PSNZ)

Stress responses in cardiac and skeletal muscle

Symposium 1B (CNE)

Neurosecretion: the bigger picture

12.30 pm – 1.30 pm

Lunch and MedSci AGM

 

1.30 pm – 3.30 pm

Symposium 2A (PSNZ)

Interventional approaches targeting the sympathetic nerves in cardiovascular disease

Symposium 2B (IBT)

Respiratory Diagnostics and Therapies

3.30 pm – 4.00 pm

Afternoon Tea

 

4.00 pm – 6.00 pm

Symposium 3A (ABI)

State-of-the-art computational modelling tools developed to solve physiology problems

Symposium 3B (NZSE)

Female reproduction: control of oocyte development and ovulation

6.00 pm

Closing

 

6.00 pm

Fashionomics

7.00 pm

Combined MedSci & QMB Dinner + Prize-giving