Winnaars MMSRC 2011

We proudly present the winners of the Maastricht Medical Students Research Conference 2011:

Verbal presentations:

1st Prize

The Cellular Stress Response of the Brain in Perinatal Asphyxia and Fetal Preconditioning
Kimberly Cox, Evi Vlassaks, Luc Zimmerman, JSH Vles, Danilo Gavilanes

Department of Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Department of Pediatrics and Department of Child Neurology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht (The Netherlands)

The winner received €1000 to use for future research.

2nd Prize

The Relationship Between Venous Thrombosis and Subsequent Arterial Cardiovascular Disease: Causal or Mediated by Common Etiologic Factors?
Rachel E.J. Roach, Willem M. Lijfering, Linda E. Flinterman, Frits R. Rosendaal, Suzanne C. Cannegieter

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) (The Netherlands)

The winner recieved €750 to use for future research.

Poster presentations:

1st Prize

Behavioural Changes in a Transgenic Rat Model of Huntington's Disease
Frédéric Schaper, Rinske Vlamings, Dagmar Zeef, Harry W.M. Steinbusch, Yasin Temel

Department of Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Departments of Neurosurgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht Institute for Neuromodulative Development (MIND); European graduate school of Neuroscience (EURON) (The Netherlands) 

The winner received €500 euro to use for future research.

Audienceprize

Tamoxifen Inhibits Beta Cell Proliferation and Biases Beta Cell Neogenesis Mechanisms in Mouse Pancreas
Bart Legein, Mark Van De Casteele, Harry Heimberg

Researchgroup Beta Cell Neogenesis, Free University of Brussels (Belgium) 

The winner received a €250 euro to use for future research.

KNMG-Limburg Consolidation prize

Exposure to Prenatal Stress and/or Chronic Mild Stress in Adolescence Influences the Rat Serotonergic System in a Sex-Specific Manner
Nicole Leibold, J Prickaerts, E Strackx, M Martinez-Claros, HWM Steinbusch, DLA Van den Hove

Department of Neuroscience, Maastricht University, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, European graduate school of Neuroscience (EURON), Maastricht (The Netherlands)

v.l.n.r. Henri Boersma (voorzitter), Frédéric Schaper (1ste prijs posterpresentatie), Kimberly Cox (1ste prijs orale presentatie), Rachel Roach (2de prijs orale presentatie) en Nicole Leibold (KNMG Consolidation Prize).