The Tokuji Ikenaka Prizes for Best Poster Presentation
A total of 3 Gold Prizes and 3 Silver Prizes were awarded to the best six poster presentations by young investigators (below the age of 40 or less than 10 years after PhD)
Each Gold prize recipient received a certificate of excellence, a medal and US$300. Each Silver prize recipient received a certificate of excellence and US$200.
The Prize Recipients are:
GOLD AWARD
PS1A-06: PRE-PHOSPHORYLATED TAU BY PKA IS A BETTER SUBSTRATE FOR GSK-3b, BUT NOT FOR CDK5. Shi J. H., Ding S. H., Grundke-Iqbal I., Iqbal K., Gong C.-X., Liu F.
PS1A-01: BACE ACTIVITY AND AMYLOID-b PRODUCTION ARE REGULATED BY RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASES THROUGH ENHANCING BACE INTERNALIZATION. Zou L.
PS2E-16: AXON GUIDANCE IN THE DORSAL DIENCEPHALON. Hendricks M., Jesuthasan S.
SILVER AWARD
PS1A-03: INCREASED EXPRESSION OF PAD2 AFTER REPEATED INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR INFUSION OF SOLUBLE Ab25-35 IN AD MODEL RAT BRAIN: EFFECT OF MEMANTINE. Mohammad A., Yamada M., Kato T.
PS3B-12: DIFFERENTIAL INTERNALIZATION AND RECYLCING OF THE HUMAN SEROTONIN 2A (5-HT2A ) RECEPTOR BY SEROTONIN. Bhattacharya, A., Panicker M. M.
PS3B-10: PHOSPHORYLATION AND REGULATION OF GABAB RECEPTOR SUBUNITS BY 5'-AMP ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE. Kuramoto N., Huang L., Wilkins M. E., Horvath Z., Fairfax B., Couve A., Pangalos M., Cooper E. C., Smart T. G., Moss S. J.