Please see the invite to the Manaaki Manawa Cardiac-related Summer Studentship Presentations. We are looking forward to hearing about our students’ projects and celebrating their success in this special event.

Manaaki Manawa

Cardiac-related Summer Studentship Presentations

Event details:

Date:             Monday, 16 February 2026

Time:             10am – 1:45pm

Venue:           Room 503-024

Please join us in person as we celebrate the Manaaki Manawa and Cardiac‑related Summer Studentships. This event is an opportunity to learn about each of their projects, acknowledge the students’ achievements, and recognise the support of their supervisors.

You can find the project title for each presenting student below:

Navab Rezaie

Mechanotransduction Meets Metabolism: Identifying Modulators of Mechanosensitive Channels in the Carotid Body

William Tess

What makes the carotid body tick?

Cole McCarthy

Fuelling the Heart: CoQ10 and Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Diabetes

Emily Parker

Novel mechanisms of diabetic heart disease

Olivia Gibson

A novel anti-arrhythmic drug targeting sympathetic cardiac regulation

Jorja Neate

Sex differences in sympathetic cardiac regulation

Elianor Kapelvich

Sugar rush! Understanding the effects of glucose ingestion on brain blood flow control

We look forward to your participation in this event.

For more information please contact:

a.bhargava@auckland.ac.nz