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Thursday 25 May 2023
The Health Research Council have just funded a team of Otago Biochemistry researchers to develop a promising new way to treat drug-resistant 'superbugs' by using weapons from the enemies of bacteria in the ‘wild’: naturally-occurring viruses that attack and kill bacteria, known as ‘bacterial eaters’ or bacteriophages.
Wednesday 24 May 2023
Innovative Otago research could help reconstruct breast tissue that cancer patients have lost during treatment.
Friday 19 May 2023
Saane Fakapulia, a Master of Science (Anatomy), student has been awarded the 2022 Richard Kammann Well-Being Prize for her PGDipSci thesis, ‘An in-depth look into the education experiences of Pasifika Anatomy Students’.
Thursday 18 May 2023
Congratulations to all former Biochemistry students graduating this month! Tino pai rawa atu! The department had an informal graduation event on Saturday morning for graduands and their families.
Thursday 11 May 2023
The Otago Department of Biochemistry is proud to announce the winners of the annual student academic awards and scholarships.
Thursday 11 May 2023
A group of about 15 Otago Biochemistry Department members and associates ventured out to an isolated apple tree orchard on the side of Mt Cargill a few Saturdays ago.
Friday 28 April 2023
Congratulations to Otago Biochemistry's Stephanie Hughes who has been promoted to Professor on the back of her career-long devotion to understanding and finding a treatment for Batten disease, a rare, inherited, neurological degenerative disease.
Wednesday 19 April 2023
The remains of 34 unknown early settlers, who have helped further shape the picture of life on Otago’s goldfields, will be laid to rest again this weekend.
Thursday 6 April 2023
University of Otago researchers have discovered new ways to treat antibiotic-resistant strains of tuberculosis (TB), opening the door to new approaches for tackling the disease that kills about 4,000 people a day.
Tuesday 4 April 2023
Biochemistry staff and students and Rangatahi Māori (Māori youth) from across Ōtepoti Dunedin attended ‘Tuia i Hawaiki, tuia i te Uru - Science Wānanga’ held at the Araiteuru Marae recently.
Tuesday 28 March 2023
The late Dr Andrew Bagshaw has had his final scientific research paper published posthumously, a matter of weeks after his tragic death while volunteering as an aid worker in war-torn Ukraine.
Tuesday 28 February 2023
Otago Professor Siân Halcrow is both humbled and excited to win a Fulbright New Zealand Scholar Award.
Wednesday 15 February 2023
Professor Peter Dearden started his new job as head of the Department of Biochemistry at the beginning of February. You may already know him through his research into the genetics of insect development, especially bees. But we thought you’d like learn more about our new boss by way of a quick question and answer session...
Wednesday 18 January 2023
Dr Ben Peters has been providing visiting high school students with a taster of life in an undergraduate biochemistry laboratory this week.
Wednesday 21 December 2022
Congratulations to all former biochemistry students graduating this month! Tino pai rawa atu! The Department is particularly thrilled to see a record number of PhD completions this year, despite the challenges that this cohort has faced with the COVID pandemic. Sixteen former PhD students graduated this year, 10 of them in December.
Friday 16 December 2022
Along with nine other graduands from the Department of Biochemistry, Gemma McLaughlin graduates with her PhD this week. But the journey that Gemma took to get to this point turned out to be very different to the one she thought she would take when she started her PhD study.
Friday 16 December 2022
Dr Sarah Diermeier leads a highly successful group in the Department of Biochemistry that carries out research into cancer and RNA biology. Three former students from Sarah’s research group graduate with their PhDs this week.
Friday 16 December 2022
Scientists, students and professional staff flocked to Biochemistry’s BIG13 (ground floor seminar room) to celebrate the achievements of the past year, forget their frustrations, and to gorge on strawberries during the Department’s annual end of year party.
Friday 16 December 2022
Could seaweed be a part of the next treatment for eczema?
Monday 12 December 2022
Staff from across the School of Biomedical Sciences gathered last week to celebrate the achievements of the past year and find out who won the teaching and research awards for 2022.
Tuesday 29 November 2022
Two of the University of Otago’s leading researchers have been honoured for their huge contribution to science with Royal Society Te Apārangi medals.
Thursday 24 November 2022
Associate Professor Peter Mace was officially presented with the University’s Carl Smith Medal for outstanding research this week at a public lecture and ceremony attended by current and former colleagues, collaborators, and whānau.
Tuesday 15 November 2022
A project investigating new ways to fight deadly bacterial biofilms has won a Marsden Fast-Start fellowship for its lead researcher, Otago biochemist Dr Matthias Fellner.
Monday 14 November 2022
In a series of four lunchtime sessions held over the past few weeks, Otago Biochemistry Master’s degree students have been presenting their research project progress to assembled members of the Department of Biochemistry.
Tuesday 8 November 2022
Over the course of 2022, the Department of Microbiology and Immunology has been celebrating the research of its current PhD candidates.
Friday 4 November 2022
Twenty-four Otago academics were recently announced as successful in their bid for a 2022 Marsden grant, worth a total of almost $19 million.
Thursday 27 October 2022
Nobel prize winner, Professor Martin Chalfie, will be presenting this year's Eccles Lecture on "The continuing need for useless information".
Wednesday 26 October 2022
It is not an easy thing to keep a class of high school students quiet and attentive for 20 minutes. Our 300-level students have recently been sharing their enthusiasm for biochemistry with high school students throughout Dunedin as part of their their second semester assessments.
Tuesday 18 October 2022
Congratulations to our own Michael Black who this year was promoted to Professor on the back of a stellar academic career bringing statistics to biomolecular research. Mik's focus is on using statistics and computational tools to wrangle the huge datasets integral to modern biomolecular research, mainly applied to human diseases such as cancer, but also in agricultural and horticultural research. His ability to form strong collaborations with researchers across many disciplines and places underpins his research success.
Wednesday 12 October 2022
The achievements of five emerging Otago researchers have been recognised at recent conferences.
Wednesday 5 October 2022
Associate Professor Rajesh Katare has been granted funding to research the development of a novel, multi-use, off-the-shelf, biodegradable ulcer patch as an advanced wound-care product.
Tuesday 20 September 2022
Mingling with Nobel Prize winners and connecting with hundreds of other young scientists from around the world is on the cards for two Otago students.
Monday 19 September 2022
University of Otago PhD candidate Francesca Hills is taking a closer look at 'fascinating' emerging infectious diseases.
Wednesday 14 September 2022
PhD candidate Jordon Lima believes that learning te reo Māori enables her and her whānau to reclaim and restore more than just their language, but also their culture, tikanga and Māori way of thinking.
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