{"id":2649,"date":"2017-09-11T17:51:39","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T07:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/?post_type=wimr_news&p=2649"},"modified":"2024-09-30T18:26:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T08:26:44","slug":"wimr-researcher-wins-australian-women-in-endocrinology-outstanding-abstract-award","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/news\/wimr-researcher-wins-australian-women-in-endocrinology-outstanding-abstract-award\/","title":{"rendered":"WIMR researcher wins Australian Women in Endocrinology Outstanding Abstract Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to WIMR research student Sing-Young Chen who won an Australian Women in Endocrinology Outstanding Abstract Award for her oral presentation at the Endocrine Society of Australia Annual Scientific meeting.<\/p>\n

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Sing-Young received the award for her research investigating how a high-fat diet affects beta-cell gene expression\u00a0in vivo<\/em>; an important step towards preventing and treating type 2 diabetes.<\/p>\n

Sing-Young said she hopes her research can highlight how a high-fat diet influences beta-cells to positively or negatively produce insulin.<\/p>\n

\u201cDiabetes develops when pancreatic beta-cells cannot release enough insulin to control blood glucose levels.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy examining high fat diet-fed mice, we can measure how these stresses affect beta-cell gene expression and resulting insulin production\u00a0in vivo<\/em>,\u201d Sing-Young explained.<\/p>\n

Sing-Young\u2019s research uses a novel technique known as TRAP \u2013 Translating Ribosome Affinity Purification \u2013 to isolate beta-cells in the pancreas.<\/p>\n

\u201cCells in the pancreas are very diverse. Pancreatic islets contain all of the insulin producing cells in the body, but islets are only 1-2% of a normal pancreas and beta-cells are only 50-70% of islets.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has previously been difficult to study beta-cells without disrupting the rest of the pancreas.<\/p>\n

\u201cUsing the TRAP method, I am now able to isolate these cells and extract the mRNAs specifically from beta-cells,\u201d Sing-Young said.<\/p>\n

Sing-Young also acknowledged and thanked her supervisors Professor. Jenny Gunton and Dr. Michael Swarbrick for their contribution to her research.<\/p>\n

“I am grateful for their mentorship throughout my research project. They have taught me not only facts, but also how to think like a scientist,\u201d Sing-Young said.<\/p>\n

The Annual Scientific Meetings of the Endocrine Society of Australia and the Society for Reproductive Biology was held over four days at Perth Convention & Exhibition Centre.<\/p>\n

The meeting brought together 700 delegates and national and international speakers representing a variety of specialties including endocrinology, cell and molecular biology, reproductive biology, gynaecology, pharmacology and rheumatology.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a student, attending the annual conference is a great opportunity to meet other researchers and learn more about what research is being done in the field nationally and internationally,\u201d Sing-Young concluded.<\/p>\n

Sing-Young is completing her honours degree through the University of Sydney.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to WIMR research student Sing-Young Chen who won an Australian Women in Endocrinology Outstanding Abstract Award for her oral presentation at the Endocrine Society of Australia Annual Scientific meeting. Sing-Young received the award for her research investigating how a high-fat diet affects beta-cell gene expression\u00a0in vivo; an important step towards preventing and treating type […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2650,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"categories":[19],"class_list":["post-2649","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cat-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/2649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}