亚洲天堂's 2nd Annual PostdocSLAM lives up to its name.

The judging panel of three was comprised of Vinay Kamat, Dept. of Anthropology, Stuart Bowyer of the Life Sciences Institute and Laura Cabrera from the Dept. of Neurology. Their task was to select winning presenters based on the criteria of audience engagement, effective communication technique and the clarity and comprehensibility of the material presented.


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L to R: Christopher West (1st place),Evgeniy Panzhinskiy,听Ainara Garde, Nancy Soontiens,

The fellows victorious were:

1st Place: $150 prize
Dr. Christopher West:
From Rodent to Rehab: Exercise Improves Heart Health in Spinal Cord Injury

Runners up: $50 prizes

Dr. Ainara Garde:
The Phone Oximeter: A Screening Tool for Sleep Apnea in Children
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Dr. Evgeniy Panzhinskiy:
Diabetes and Stress
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Dr. Nancy Soontiens:
Storm Surges in the Strait of Georgia
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The other outstanding presenters were:
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Dr. Jason Barker:
3-Minute Guide to Root Decomposition
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Dr. Geetanjal Kharmate:
EXOSOMES:TheTinyBigThing!!
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Dr. Zoe Riches: Pharmaceutical Sciences
Drug Metabolising Enzymes: The Good, the Bad, and the UGTs
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Dr. Nichollas Scott: Centre for High Throughput Biology
Cataloging the Composition of Protein Complexes in a System Wide Manner
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Dr. Cole Vonder Haar:
Assessing Cognitive Dysfunction in a Rodent Model of Traumatic Brain Injury
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Dr. Yin Zhe Ma:
What is Cosmology?

The winner of best Tweet during the event was Doug Latornell, who tweeted: 鈥淩oots decomposing,phone app for apnia, exosomes, stressed beta cells, enzymes,oh my! #postdocs#3MPS@亚洲天堂Postdoc鈥

Congratulations to everyone who presented and all who attended. A special thanks to the judges and to 亚洲天堂's and who organized and supported the event.

The 亚洲天堂 Postdoc Association (PDA) invites you to view posted photos of the event on their facebook page听 () and to follow them on Twitter @亚洲天堂Postdoc to keep up with all PDA news and events at 亚洲天堂.

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Thursday, 22 May 2014