Tuesday 16 April 2013

BMS YIS Prize Winners

Best Abstract: Patricia Kelly (University of Ulster)
“Improved vascular morphology in a mouse model of alzheimer’s disease treated with LiraglutideTM.”

Best Oral: Naveed Akbar (University of Dundee)
“Cholesterol exacerbates cardiovascular disease in a model of chronic inflammation.”

BMS Poster Prize 1: Nikita Ved (University College London) 
“VEGF165b reduces blood vessel permeability in diabetic retinas“

BMS Poster Prize 2: Salil Srivastava (Kings College London)
“Time-dependent changes in spatial distribution of NRF2 in rat brain after stroke and brain endothelial cells in vitro”

Richard Bright VEGF Trust prize: Muhammad Aslam (Justus Liebig University, Germany).
“AMPK-independent anti-angiogenic effects of AMPK inhibitor Compound C on HUVEC”

Terence Ryan Clinical Poster prize: Katarzyna Kuliga (University of Southampton). “Coherence between tissue blood flux and oxygenation measured using a novel combined laser doppler flowmetry and white light spectroscopy probe”

Moor Instrument prize for Technology and Innovation: Kai Betteridge (University
of Bristol).
“Direct imaging of endothelial glycocalyx surface layer depth in vivo: modifications with enzymatic degradation, and with proteinuria.” 



Prize Winners with BMS President, Stuart Egginton