What makes life work?
Biochemists find out how the molecules in living things work. By unravelling the secrets underlying fundamental biological processes, we can find innovative approaches to challenges in medicine, biotechnology and agriculture.
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17 Apr 2025
Otago Department of Biochemistry annual student academic awards
The Department of Biochemistry, te Tari Matū Koiora, is proud to announce the winners of the annual department student a...
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09 Apr 2025
Whānau at the forefront for researchers
Whānau is at the heart of cancer research projects set to be undertaken by three Otago scholarship recipients.
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20 Mar 2025
Otago Biochemists support Silver Science
For some it was their first time back in a classroom for over sixty-five years, but that didn’t stop participants in a r...
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18 Mar 2025
Batten Disease research efforts recognised
Professor Stephanie Hughes’s work on a rare childhood disease has been nationally recognised.
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18 Mar 2025
Learning more about a rare form of Parkinson’s disease
If the community around us isn't strong, then we struggle to function to the best of our ability and the same can be sai...
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17 Mar 2025
Otago Biochemist explores Antarctic waters
Walls of sea ice, penguins and whales, mountains, history, and creatures from the icy deep - just a selection of what Em...
