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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...

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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...

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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...

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19 May 2025

Otago Biochemistry graduations May 2025


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

Professor Julia Horsfield, new Dean of the School of Biomedical Sciences.

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...

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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...

Professor Stephanie Hughes receives a Rare Disorders Research Award from Cindy Kiro, Governor-General of New Zealand,

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...

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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...

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