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Travel grants for research in the United States
News release from the Royal Society of New Zealand
For immediate release
6 November 2012
Travel grants for research in the United States
Eight New Zealand researchers have won travel grants to initiate research with collaborators in the United States from the 2012 International Mobility Fund.
The travel grants are administered by the Royal Society of New Zealand on behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment to promote international connections within the New Zealand research system.
One of the awardees this year is Mr Ben Knight, Marine Biophysical Scientist at the Cawthron Institute. Mr Knight has been awarded a travel grant to develop links in marine research for the modelling of algal blooms.
These harmful, toxic blooms can occur in areas such as the Queen Charlotte Sound and have a negative impact on the shellfish industry. His work may provide shellfish farmers the specialist knowledge they need to avoid heavy losses to stocks. Mr Knight will spend two weeks at the University of North Carolina’s facilities working with Dr Dennis McGillicuddy on the computational modelling and fluid dynamics of bloom spreads.
The complete list of winners is:
New Zealand
researcher
Project title
American collaborator
Dr Evelyn Sattlegger,
Massey
University
Deciphering the role of a regulatory
protein: Is IMPACT the crossing guard preventing cell
division derailment?
Dr Orna Cohen-Fix,
NIH. Duke University School of Medicine
Dr Vicky Yang Wang,
University of Auckland
Coupling Mitral Valve
with Ventricular Modelling to Investigate Mitral
Regurgitation.
Prof Michael Sacks,
University of Texas at Austin
Mr Ben Knight,
Cawthron
Institute
Bloom simulation modelling of the Toxic
Dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella in the Marlborough
Sounds.
Dr Dennis McGillicuddy,
North Carolina State University
Dr Tom Wheeler,
AgResearch
An
extract of milk that stimulates uptake of vitamin
B12.
Prof Ralph Green,
University of California
Dr Julia Horsfield,
University of
Otago
Modelling human developmental syndromes in
Zebrafish.
Prof Thomas Schilloing,
University of California
Dr Guy NL Jameson,
University of
Otago
Thiolate Activation at Non-Heme Mono Iron
Centres.
Prof David P Goldberg,
Johns Hopkins University
Dr Jie Han,
University of
Auckland
Nylons: a new class of micropollutant
sorbents for water purification.
Prof Benito J. Marinas,
University of Illinois
Dr Rosemary Brown,
University of Otago
Prolactin transport into
the brain
Prof William A Banks,
University of Washington
The International Mobility Fund: United States aims to develop new opportunities for New Zealand researchers in the United States, utilising overseas advances in research, science and technology for the economic, social and environmental progress of New Zealand.
The grants support stays of typically two weeks at an American institution.
The fund runs once a year and will be open again for applications between June to July 2013.
Areas of research eligible for the grants include: biochemical and biomedical sciences, earth sciences and astronomy, humanities, life sciences, mathematical and information science, physical science/engineering, social sciences, and technology development.
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