The Moynihan prize won by staff of the University of Nottingham

The Moynihan prize is the most prestigious scientific prize awarded by the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland at their annual international congress. The Congress took place at Liverpool this year. The prize consists of £1,000 together with a medal, and is presented to the author of the best research work delivered at the International Surgical Congress. This year there were over 1000 abstracts submitted of whom 6 were short-listed for the prize by the associations scientific committee.

The winning research paper was entitled "Cellular Mechanisms Underlying the Protective Eeffects of Preoperative Feeding: A Randomized Study Investigating Muscle and Liver Glycogen Content, Mitochondrial Function and Gene Expression" and was authored by the following:

Sherif Awad - SpR/Clinical Lecturer in Surgery, Division of GI Surgery, NDDC BRU,
Dumitru Constantin-Teodosiu - Principal Research Fellow, Metabolic Physiology Group, School of Biomedical Sciences,
Despina Constantin - Research Fellow, Metabolic Physiology Group, School of Biomedical Sciences,
Kenneth CH Fearon - Professor of Surgery, University of Edinburgh,
Brian J Rowlands - Emeritus Professor of Surgery, University of Nottingham,
Ian A Macdonald - Professor of Metabolic Physiology, Metabolic Physiology Group, School of Biomedical Sciences,
Dileep N Lobo - Associate Professor & Reader in Surgery, Division of GI Surgery, NDDC BRU.