A group of promising researchers from the Department of Physiology had the honour of being awarded several prizes at the Health Sciences Faculty Day 2010. These students form part of a group of postgraduate students studying under Professor AM Joubert. Their studies focus on novel synthesis and evaluation of newly synthesized drugs on cancer cell lines and non-tumorigenic cell lines. These promising research projects also aim at identification of novel targets for anticancer agents.  

Faculty Research Day Awards:

Award for Oral Presentation Basic Sciences to BA Stander  (Second Prize)
Award for Oral Presentation Basic Sciences to Prof AM Joubert  (Second Prize)
Poster Basic Sciences to XX Stander                    (First Prize)
Posters Basic Sciences to BA Stander                 (First Prize)
Posters Basic Sciences to F Joubert                     (First Prize)
Posters Basic Sciences to Prof AM Joubert          (First Prize)
Posters Basic Sciences to MH Visagie                  (Second Prize)
Posters Basic Sciences to Prof AM Joubert          (Second Prize)
Posters Basic Sciences to T Mqoco                       (Third Prize)
Posters Basic Sciences to S Marais                      (Third Prize)
Posters Basic Sciences to Prof AM Joubert          (Third Prize)

2010: Faculty of Health Sciences Gala evening:

Merit Award: best publication – Category: Young researcher Non-clinical

A. Stander, S. Marais, V. Stivaktas, C. Vorster, C. Albrecht, M.-L. Lottering and A.M. Joubert (2009) In vitro effects of Sutherlandia frutescens water extracts on cell numbers, morphology, cell cycle progression and cell death in a tumorigenic and a non-tumorigenic epithelial breast cell line. J. Ethnopharmacol. 124, 45-60

Merit Award: runner-up best publication – Category: Young researcher Non-clinical

V. Thaver, M.-L. Lottering, D. van Papendorp and A. Joubert (2009) In vitro effects of
2-methoxyestradiol on cell numbers, morphology, cell cycle progression and apoptosis induction in oesophageal carcinoma cells. Cell Biochem. Funct. 27, 205-210
 
Click here to view some of the posters that was presented at the Faculty day 2010.