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Wednesday 25th November

Session 1 - 10.00

	Chair: Prof Sean McGee	Room CR1
10.00	High-throughput discovery and validation of metabolic health regulators	Harry Cutler University of Sydney	FC44
10.15	The glycemic impact of whey protein ingestion in adults with type 1 diabetes	Giang Dao Deakin University	FC45
10.30	Phosphatidylserine supplementation improves metabolic liver disease and glycaemic control in the presence of suppressed oxidative glucose metabolism	Magdalene K. Montgomery University of Melbourne	FC46
10.45	Exposure to diesel exhaust particulate matter triggers development of multi-organ insulin resistance in otherwise healthy and obese rats	Dino Premilovac University of Tasmania	FC47
11.00	The effect of inadequate sleep on glucose tolerance and mitochondrial characteristics	Hanzhe Li Victoria University	FC48
11.15	CRISPR screening identifies APBB2 as a novel regulator of hepatic lipid metabolism	Jie Lu University of Melbourne	FC49
11.30	Muscle-specific BDH1 overexpression uncovers a potential role for ketone metabolism in systemic metabolic regulation	Oliver Fuller University of Sydney	FC50
11.45	Feeding-regulated glycogen metabolism drives rhythmic liver protein secretion	Meltem Weger University of Queensland	FC51

	Chair: Dr Craig Campbell	Room CR2
10.00	It’s only tech. Designing assessment tasks with emerging tech at scale in med sci undergrad units	Dr Martin Brown University of Sydney	ES4
10.30	Enhancing Student Engagement and Performance Through Regular Invigilated Quizzes: A Course Assessment Redesign	Dr Luli Faber and Wally Thomas University of Queensland	ES5
11.00	Putting the first-year into first-year units – meeting our students where they are	A/Prof. Sarah Etherington Murdoch University	ES6
11.30	Refreshing a Biomedical Curriculum	Dr Scott Clarke Monash University	ES7

	Chair: Dr Noni Frankenberg	Room CR3/4
10.00	Physiological and mitochondrial adaptations of overweight and obese men to high-intensity interval training in hypoxia	Zhenhuan Wang Victoria University	FC36
10.15	Order-dependent effects of combined endurance and high-intensity interval training on mitochondrial adaptations in mouse skeletal muscle	Takeru Inaba University of Tokyo	FC37
10.30	Four weeks of Pycnogenol supplementation may enhance 30 second Wingate peak power output in trained cyclists	Samantha Kucewicz LaTrobe University	FC39
10.45	Comparing the effects of intermittent and continuous exercise on core temperature	Kathleen O’Leary Monash University	FC40
11.00	Physiological adaptations to high altitude: longitudinal assessment of physical fitness in native and migrant university students	Nlma Ouzhu Tibet University	FC41
11.15	Associations between improvements in aerobic capacity and mitochondrial adaptations following 4 weeks of high-intensity interval training in sedentary young women	Hiu Tin Victoria University	FC42
11.30	Physiological effects of environmental change on physical fitness in university students	Jia Li Victoria University	FC43
11.45	Oncostatin-M is inconsistently elevated in blood following endurance exercise and does not significantly affect breast cancer cell proliferation rate in vitro.	Jeremy Drake Deakin University	FC57

Lunch 12.00-12.30

Session 2 - 12.30

	Chair: Dr Benoit Smeuninx	Room CR1
12.30	Investigating transduction efficiency of myotropic adeno-associated viral vectors	Adam Hagg University of Queensland	FC52
12.45	Advancing human models of muscle regeneration through stem cell enrichment	Melinder Gill University of Queensland	FC53
13.00	MK-8722 improves survival and attenuates systemic metabolic dysfunction in a mouse model of colon cancer	Emily Haber University of Melbourne	FC54
13.15	A dual action tetrapeptide analogue of psychrophilic fungal origin: potent inhibitor of human nicotinic acetylcholine receptors with antinociceptive and muscle relaxant activity	Han-Shen Tae University of Wollongong	FC55
13.30	Intramuscular sex hormone concentrations in healthy males and females across the lifespan	Viktor Engman Deakin University	FC56

	Chair: Dr Craig Campbell	Room CR2
12.30	Academic Spaces as Sites of Belonging: How First-Year Anatomy and Physiology Students Connect with Others.	Louise Ainscough University of Queensland	EF7
13.00	Embedding a clinical study in biomedical science teaching: Dual benefits for students and health research	Lisa Akison University of Queensland	EF8
13.30	Promotion of Physiology Education in East Africa by the EASPS	Nchafatso Obonyo East African Society of Physiological Sciences (EASPS)	EF9
14.00	Educator and Student Experience of Using Minecraft Edition in Physiology Education	Ben Perry Western Sydney University	EF10

	Chair: Dr Magda Montgomery	Room CR3/4
12.30	A focus on the liver: Hepatic Sec16b regulates lipid homeostasis by coordinating VLDL secretion and lipid droplet expansion	Prof Bo Wang University of Illinois Urbana Champaign	SS21
13.00	The Brain is activin up	Dr Cait Beddows University of Melbourne	SS22
13.30	A focus on skeletal muscle: Exercise performance in health and disease	Prof Sean McGee Deakin University	SS23
14.00	A focus on the intestine: Intestinal ceramide synthesis in health and disease	Dr Sarah Turpin-Nolan Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences	SS24

AGM and Prizes - 14.45

Afternoon Tea 14.30-14.45

Meeting Close - 16.30

AuPS would like to thank our meeting sponsors

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