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HARC session at ASMR (Australian Society for Medical Research) Scientific Meeting 2008

HARC is a long-time supporter of ASMR whose SA Scientific Meeting 2008 was held at Adelaide Convention Centre on 4th June.

A HARC-sponsored Healthy Ageing session, held in the afternoon, hosted six presentations. The scope of these presentations was wide-ranging and included:

• health benefits from a group-based diet and lifestyle modification program in obese adults.
• buccal cells as a non-invasive measurement of nutrient levels and markers of oxidative stress and accelerated ageing.
• alteration of intracortical inhibition in ageing men.
• Vitamin D deficiency's effect on trabecular bone loss and mechanical strength in rat tibias.
• vigorous physical activity and its effect on cardiovascular risk factors.
• immunohistological localisation of sclerostin in human trabecular bone from fragility hip fracture patients.

HARC oral presentation award-winner was Ashleigh Smith, University of Adelaide: Intracortical inhibition is altered in ageing men: The Florey Male Ageing Study

HARC poster prize was shared between Melanie Sulda, Flinders University: Dipeptidylpeptidase (DP) expression in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukaemai (B-CLL); investigation of the use of DPs as prognostic markers for B-CLL and Duminda Kumarasinghe, University of Adelaide: An investigation of underlying molecular mechanisms in primary hip osteoarthritis.

HARC Poster Prize winner - Melanie Sulda with HARC Co-convenor Dr Ian Musgrave	HARC Prize winners - Ashleigh Smith (oral presentation) and Duminda Kumarasinghe (poster presentation) with HARC Coordinator Susan Gravier	HARC prize winners - Melanie Sulda, Duminda Kumarasinghe and Ashleigh Smith flanked by conference organisers Stamatiki Kritas (L) and Cadence Minge (R)