{"id":2754,"date":"2018-06-19T21:39:02","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T11:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/?post_type=wimr_news&p=2754"},"modified":"2024-09-30T18:26:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T08:26:42","slug":"westmead-renal-researchers-awarded","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/wimr.org.au\/news\/westmead-renal-researchers-awarded\/","title":{"rendered":"Westmead renal researchers awarded"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four students from our Centre for Transplant and Renal Research were awarded Early Career Research awards at the recent Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand conference in Melbourne.<\/p>\n

The award recognises individuals who have demonstrated commitment and achievement in research during the early stages of their academic career.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what these standout students have been researching.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Ahmer Hameed<\/strong>\u00a0received the award for his work on using normothermic kidney perfusion \u2013 a type of preservation technique \u2013 to better preserve kidneys and increase the numbers of kidneys available to potential transplant recipients.<\/p>\n

Ahmer said he was pleased to receive recognition for his work.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt isan honour to receive the award, as it provides ongoing encouragement for the work I am doing with the rest of my team,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Maryam El-Rashid\u00a0<\/strong>presented research from her Honours year at the Institute. She investigated the role a membrane protein, CD47, plays in autophagy, the process where cells are broken down to enable new cell growth.
\nMaryam explored the role of CD47 in patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) caused by a sudden loss of blood, finding the protein inhibited autophagy, which worsened kidney damage. If the protein is blocked, this could potentially protect the kidneys against damage.<\/p>\n

Maryam thanked her supervisor, Dr Natasha Rogers, for the opportunity to work on the project.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel honoured to be presented this award by TSANZ and I am extremely grateful for all the support my supervisor Natasha Rogers and CTRR have given me during my time at WIMR,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Madhu Prakash\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0research involves understanding the incidence of AKI among kidney transplant recipients. Transplant recipients have an increased risk of AKI due to factors such as immunosuppression. The findings of the study could help the early identification of risk factors for AKI, and possible treatment approaches.<\/p>\n

Madhu said she was pleased that she and her fellow researchers received recognition for their efforts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m delighted at the recognition we have received for our project and hope that our final results will contribute significantly to the scientific community,\u201d Madhu said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very grateful to Dr Natasha Rogers and the team at Westmead Institute for Medical Research for providing me with the opportunity to work on this project.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"\"Yuanfei Zhao\u00a0<\/strong>is investigating the use of xenotransplantation \u2013 the transplantation of organs, tissues and cells from animals to humans \u2013 as a way to manage donor organ shortages. She is using immune cells called memory T regulatory cells or \u2018memory Tregs\u2019 as a way to potentially prevent the rejection of an islet transplant from pigs to mice. If successful, the research could progress to large animal studies.<\/p>\n

Yuanfei echoed her peers and said she felt privileged to receive the award.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an honour to receive the award – it is a positive affirmation on my PhD study. I am particularly grateful for not only my supervisors\u2019 time and immense knowledge, but people in our group who also contribute to it with their help.\u201d<\/p>\n

Congratulations to our students!<\/p>\n

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Ahmer Hameed is supervised by Professor Wayne Hawthorne and Dr Natasha Rogers; Maryam El-Rashid\u00a0and\u00a0Madhu Prakash are supervised by Dr Natasha Rogers; Yuanfei Zhao is supervised by Professor Philip O’Connell.<\/em><\/p>\n

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