17 Dec 2021
Biochemistry Graduation Celebration December 2021
Congratulations to all former students graduating this month with a degree in Bi...
14 Dec 2021
Otago Biochemistry Marsdens 2021 – Lim explores the unknown of turning genes off and on
Four research projects in the Biochemistry Department received prestigious Marsd...
13 Dec 2021
Kuku resilience investigated by Dr Nathan Kenny in latest Marsden Grant research
No one looks at kuku in quite the same way as Dr Nathan Kenny (Ngāi Tahu, Te Āti...
08 Dec 2021
Otago Biochemistry Marsdens 2021 – Nathan’s resilient mussels
Four research projects in the Biochemistry Department received prestigious Marsd...
30 Nov 2021
Otago Biochemistry Marsdens 2021 – Steph and Indranil link RNA with brain disease
Four research projects in the Biochemistry Department received prestigious Marsd...
26 Nov 2021
Otago Biochemistry Marsdens 2021 – Peter and his flexible degradation machine
Four research projects in the Biochemistry Department this year received prestig...
22 Nov 2021
Otago announces Professorial promotions for 2022
Twenty-eight University of Otago academics are being promoted to the position of...
12 Nov 2021
2021 Otago Biochemistry MSc talks
The folks at Otago Biochemistry recently spent two lunchtimes listening to stude...
03 Nov 2021
3 November 2021, Marsden funding helps Otago researchers unlock secrets of ageing
A University of Otago researcher is one step closer to unlocking the secrets of...
14 Oct 2021
TB research will make ‘enormous global health impact’
University of Otago researchers are behind a major scientific breakthrough which...
05 Oct 2021
Otago Biochemistry’s Smart Ideas success with the 2021 Endeavour Fund
Two innovative research projects emerging from the Department of Biochemistry ha...
17 Sep 2021
Otago Biochemistry welcomes Dr Nathan Kenny
Haere mai Dr Nathan Kenny! Nathan joined Otago Biochemistry last week as a brand...
13 Sep 2021
Fiordland endeavours result in significant funding
Ten University of Otago researchers have been named winners of the 2021 Endeavou...
08 Sep 2021
Otago researchers secure significant Endeavour funding
Understanding the future of fjords and their ability to soak up carbon is one of...
01 Sep 2021
45th Meeting of the Biochemistry Department Research Society
For the first time in its 45-year history, the meeting of the Otago Biochemistry...
26 Aug 2021
$1.2 m for research into stomach cancer drug delivery
Professor Parry Guilford and the Cancer Genetics Laboratory have been looking fo...
24 Aug 2021
Professor Neil Gemmell named Dean of School of Biomedical Sciences
Professor Neil Gemmell takes over as Dean of the School of Biomedical Sciences n...
29 Jul 2021
2021 Otago School of Biomedical Sciences Postgraduate Symposium
From biofilms to breast cancer and connective tissue to kākāpō, the annual Otago...
27 Jul 2021
Otago researchers receive more than $13m in Health Research Council funding
Investigating the impact of diabetes on access to cancer services, improving the...
23 Jul 2021
Obituary: Emeritus Professor G. B. Petersen
Obituary: Emeritus Professor G. B. Petersen
20 Jul 2021
Professional Practice Fellow Kaye Wilson Retires
Retirement of Professional Practice Fellow Kaye Wilson
13 Jul 2021
International Science Festival Expo 2021
For most of the past weekend, enthusiastic biochemists and geneticists from Otag...
09 Jul 2021
Dr Sarah Diermeier’s extraordinary achievements recognised with Early Career Award
Dr Sarah Diermeier's excellence and achievements have been recognised with an Ea...
08 Jul 2021
$14m invested in world-leading RNA therapy: University of Otago spinout targeting new cancer treatments
Amaroq Therapeutics, a new biotech start-up spun out of the University of Otago,...
08 Jul 2021
Otago recognises promising early career researchers
Six researchers whose work ranges from investigating pre-schoolers urban experie...
09 Jun 2021
Otago Biochemistry gets newly renovated staffroom
The wait is over. From today everyone in the biochemistry building can enjoy the...
12 May 2021
NZIBO biology stars of tomorrow visit Otago Biochemistry
A select group of New Zealand’s top high school biology students visited Otago B...
12 May 2021
Nicholas Madden – singing for royalty is all in a day’s work
Singing at royal weddings and funerals is literally all in a day’s work for Otag...
10 May 2021
Celebrating our graduate success
Graduates with degrees majoring in Biochemistry or Genetics were invited to a ga...
04 May 2021
Mike Murphy & Rob Smith Postgraduate Scholarships announced.
Mike Murphy & Rob Smith Postgraduate Scholarships announced
29 Apr 2021
2021 Jan Anderson awards announced
Ella Redmond and Nicole Thomson are the winners of the 2021 Jean Mary Anderson A...
22 Apr 2021
Pacific Island kids explore biochemistry
This week, a group of Pacific Island children from local intermediate schools vi...
12 Apr 2021
Otago Biochemistry PhD student wins Freemasons Scholarship
PhD student Megan Taylor has just won the 2021 Freemasons Postgraduate Scholarsh...
01 Apr 2021
Otago Biochemistry welcomes senior lecturer Louise Bicknell and her research group
We are delighted to welcome Dr Louise Bicknell to Otago Biochemistry as a senior...
29 Jan 2021
Obituary: Associate Professor R.T.M. Poulter
Obituary Dr RTM Poulter
19 Jan 2021
2020 Academic awards announced
2020 academic awards for biochemistry students