Latest news from Biochemistry

25 Jun 2025
Smart Ideas projects set to benefit NZ
Otago projects on glowworms, natural hazards, heart attacks and reconstructive surgery have all received funding from th...

23 Jun 2025
Genetic cause for rare development disorder found
University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka has led international research uncovering a new genetic cause for a rare deve...

28 May 2025
Otago Biochemistry showcases biotech research at primary industries symposium
Biotechnology in the Department of Biochemistry is not just aimed at human health! The department’s involvement in last...

19 May 2025
Otago Biochemistry graduations May 2025
Congratulations to all Department of Biochemistry students who graduate in May. Tino pai rawa atu!

14 May 2025
New BMS Dean blown away by research offerings
Newly appointed Dean of the Otago School of Biomedical Sciences Professor Julia Horsfield is keen to make sure more stud...

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...

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.

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...

18 Mar 2025
Batten Disease research efforts recognised
Professor Stephanie Hughes’s work on a rare childhood disease has been nationally recognised.

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...

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...

20 Feb 2025
Govt invests $25m in Otago-led genomics research
A major new investment into genomics research highlights the importance of genomics to New Zealand’s future wellbeing an...