SCIENCE UP THE WORLD 15TH INTERNATIONAL STUDENT CONGRESS OF MEDICAL SCIENCES JUNE 3RD - 6TH 2008

Award winners ISCOMS 2007

 Dutch Movir encouragement award: Joyce van der Weijde
 

(The Netherlands) Erasmus MC-Sophia Children Hospital, Rotterdam

Abstracts title: Is an observation period required for infants born through meconium-stained amniotic fluid?

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 Best poster presentation: Sheila Bingkasan
 

(Ireland) National university of Ireland, Galway

Abstract title: Is ulna length an alternative to height in estimating body mass index(BMI)?

  
   
 Best oral presentation: Thomas Kelley
 

(United Kingdom) University of Manchester

Abstract title: Ubiquitinated pathological lesions in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (FTLD) are defined by the TAR DNA-binding protein, TDP-43
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 Best abstract:   
 - Clinical sciences: Marianne Koenraads
 

(The Netherlands) University Hospital Maastricht

Abstract title: Loss of gut wall integrity during non-abdominal surgical trauma in children

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 - Basic sciences: V.Todorovic
 

(Slovenia) University of Ljubljana

Abstract title: The effect of extracellular matrix proteins on resistance to apoptosis and cathepsin B and L expression in glioma cell lines.

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 - Health sciences and primary care: Musa Basir Sami
 

(United Kingdom) Stroudley Walk Centre, St Bartholomew’s and the Royel London Hospital School of Medicine and Dentistry

Abstract title: To investigate the effectiveness of liquid based cytology vs. pap smear for cervical cancer screening in the United Kingdom, primary care practice

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 First yearstudents award: Steef Sinkeler
  (The Netherlands) University Medical Center Groningen - Abstract title: Higher extracellular volume determines anaemia in renal transplant recipients, independent of GFR   
   
 Audience award: Chee Peng Hor
 (Ireland) National university of Ireland, Galway – Abstract title: Analysis of recombinant human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) integration sites in human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs)  
   
  Best Plenary presentation: Matthew Anthony Kirkman
 

(UK) The Medical School, University of Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

Abstract title: Somatoform dissociation and somatosensory amplification are differentially associated with attention to tactile modality following exposure to threatening body-related stimuli

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