TERMIS SYIS-AP Young Investigator Awards
Faced with overwhelming response, the scientific committee led by Prof Michael Raghunath finally arrived at the very difficult decision of shortlisted candidates for the finals. We'd like to take the opportunity to thank all participants for your entries, and to congratulate the following finalists:
Best Oral Presentation
| S. Hsiao | Trophic role of mesenchymal stem cell in tissue engineering |
| David C. Yeo | Vessel hydrodynamics alter embryonic stem cell signaling to affect bioprocess performance |
| Kasuya J | Spatio-temporal control of hepatic stellate cell-endothelial cell interactions for reconstruction of vascularized liver constructs in vitro |
| Kiryu K Yap | Implantation of oval cells as multi-cellular spheroids in a murine in vivo vascularised chamber: A model for liver tissue engineering |
| T.K.H. Teh | Mechanoactive silk scaffold for enhanced mechanotransduction and tenogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells |
| T. Osaki | Electrical cell transfer for engineering capillary-like structures in photocrosslinkable hydrogels |
| MT Lam | Extracellular matrix stem cell-mediated accelerated skin wound healing |
| Y. Liang | Tuning cancer malignancy through 3-dimensional control of stiffness |
Best Poster
| Kawakami, Y | Local delivery of ex-vivo expanded bone marrow cd34 positive progenitor cells using bioscaffold for treatment of unhealing bone fracture |
| Liao, H T | The application of adipose-derived stem cell and composite electrospun membrane |
| Mandal, B | Hierarchical silk scaffolds for intervertebral disc engineering |
| Musson, D | In vitro evaluation of potential scaffolds for musculoskeletal regenerative medicine |
| Sakaguchi, K | Engineered vascularized cardiac tissue in a bioreactor |
| Tan, A | TGFβ1 pulses in fibroblasts- a comparative study |
| Vootukurireddy, S | Establishment of an in vitro skin model to study epithelial regeneration and hair follicle maintenance |
TERMIS SYIS-AP will be giving out prizes to the three best poster and oral papers as follows:-
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Best Poster Paper 1st Prize S$500.00 2nd Prize S$300.00 3rd Prize S$200.00 |
Best Oral Paper 1st Prize S$500.00 2nd Prize S$300.00 3rd Prize S$200.00 |
All young scientists submitting abstracts and who meet all of the following criteria are encouraged to apply:
- Have submitted the abstract for presentation at TERMIS AP 2011,
- Be under 40 years of age at the start of the Conference, and
- Be an SYIS member or qualified to be an SYIS member, defined as undertaking up to 3 years of postdoctoral study.
To apply, please complete and submit the APPLICATION FOR TERMIS SYIS-AP YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARDS form which can be downloaded from http://www.communicationconsultants.sg/termis2011/ by 15th June 2011. An extended abstract of 1 A4 page, graphs and figures allowed, must accompany each application.
Shortlisted applicants, who will be informed via email prior to the commencement of the Conference, will be required to present their work in a separate session specially allocated for competition judging. Shortlisted applicants for the Best Poster Paper Awards will have 5 minutes while shortlisted applicants for the Best Oral paper Awards will have 10 minutes.
A panel of 3 judges will make the final judgement for the awards and winners will be informed in advance. The awards will be presented during the closing ceremony on 5th August 2011.
Applicants will be invited to participate in the following TERMIS SYIS-AP events organised during the Conference:-
Meet-the-Mentor Session Topic, date, venue and mentors to be announced
SYIS Social Networking Further details to be announced