Alex Lin receiving his award (left) and Prof Claudine Bonder, President of the AVBS, giving a talk (right)
Congratulations to PhD student Mr Alexander Lin (pictured above), from Dr Ashish Misra’s Atherosclerosis and Vascular Remodelling Unit, who was the Runner-Up for the ‘AVBS Student Young Investigator’ award. His presentation was titled ‘Smooth muscle cells promote fibrous cap thickening in the diabetic atherosclerotic plaque’.
“This was a great conference to present some of my PhD research, and meet Professor Reilly and other vascular biologists studying atherosclerosis,” said Mr Lin.
Assoc Prof Mary Kavurma, Leader of the Vascular Complications Group and Dr Chris Stanley, Leader of the Microvascular Research Group, also attended the meeting.
AVBS is the peak body bringing together Australia's leading scientists working on blood vessels, circulating cells and diseases of the vasculature.
Every year at the Annual Scientific Meeting, cutting-edge fundamental and applied vascular research performed by Australian researchers is disseminated and discussed.
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