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First Place in the Postdoctoral Category for Poster Presentations, Research Day 2013
May. 2013
Dr. Charles Mays III from the Westaway lab won the 1st place prize in the postdoctoral Poster Presentations for the Department of Medicine Research Day 2013. His abstract title was "Preclinical Down-Regulation of PrPC Precursor Suggests a Fundamental Mechanism for the Slow Progression of Prion Infections." Charlie also received an award at the AD/PD meeting in Florence in March. Congratulations!
News on Edmonton Journal
Mar. 2013
Dr. Sim's interview with Edmonton Journal on prion diseases. And also on the U of A's ExpressNews.
Newcap News Segment on Prion Disease (Youtube)
Nov. 2012
Newcap news segment on Prion Disease. And our own Dr. Sim's section.
Accolades for Recipient of AIHS Fellowship Award
Jun. 2012
Dr. Charles Mays won the Postgraduate Fellowship Award from Alberta Innovates Health Solutions. The AIHS Training and Early Career Development Programs focus on the development of the trainee to gain broad experience within the health research environment to facilitate success in launching careers in academia, industry and government. The proposed project supervised by Dr. David Westaway is designed to further investigate the underlying mechanism for the downregulation of Shadoo during prion disease.
Oral Presentation 1st Prize on Research Day
May. 2012
Ms. Mahua Maulik won the Oral Presentation 1st Prize at the Department of Medicine Research Day. Congratulations!
Accolades for Recipient of AIHS Studentship
Feb. 2012
Mr. Yanlin Wang won the Studentship Award from Alberta Innovates Health Solutions. His study will provide an insight how regulation of endosomal-lysosomal functions by IGF-II receptor can influence Alzheimer's disease pathology
Graduate Student Best Poster Award on Research Day
May. 2011
Ms. Mahua Maulik won the Graduate Student Best Poster Award at the Department of Medicine Research Day, 2011. Mahua is a Doctoral student under supervision of Dr. Satyabrata Kar studying the influence of cholesterol accumulation on APP metabolism and its relevance to Alzheimer's Disease.
Accolades for Recipient of Alberta Innovates Studentship
Mar. 2011
Robert Mercer, M.Sc., was awarded a Full-time Studentship from Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions (formerly AHFMR) in the March 2011 award competition. Robert is a doctoral student under the supervision of Dr. David Westaway and Dr. Satyabrata Kar studying the physiological role of the prion protein. These Studentships enable academically superior students to undertake full-time research training in the basic biomedical sciences or in clinical research.
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