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04 Jul 2023
HRC grants $51 million to Otago researchers
Otago researchers have received a significant $51 million funding boost from the...
27 Jun 2023
DNA discovery may assist in fight against aggressive cancer
In a significant development in the fight against fatal cancers, University of O...
27 Jun 2023
DNA discovery may assist in fight against aggressive cancer
In a significant development in the fight against fatal cancers, University of O...
06 Sep 2022
Researchers scoop top national awards at Queenstown conference
Researchers scoop top national awards at Queenstown conference...
30 May 2022
Gastric cancer research backed by Health Research Council
Two University of Otago research projects which aim to find new ways of treating...
11 Feb 2022
Otago researcher and medical oncologist win national award for cancer research
A University of Otago researcher and a medical oncologist have won the 2021 Roch...
04 Nov 2021
Excellence in teaching, research and service
Excellence in teaching, research and service have been celebrated with the annou...
22 Oct 2021
Otago researchers solve 58-year medical mystery
University of Otago academics have solved a decades-long medical mystery which s...
17 Dec 2020
Diverse Pathology researchers united by Marsden success
Almost a quarter of the $17.5 million in Marsden funding recently awarded to the...
11 Dec 2020
Double delight for graduating couple
Suzan Almomani and her husband Issam Mayyas both received their PhDs at the Univ...
10 Nov 2020
Otago researchers secure $17.5m in Marsden funding
Otago researchers secure $17.5m in Marsden funding...
04 Sep 2020
Dr Louise Bicknell - winner's profile
Dr Louise Bicknell has been named joint winner of the 2020 University of Otago R...
13 Aug 2020
Future research in safe hands at Otago Medical School
Future research in safe hands at Otago Medical School...
29 May 2020
Health of truck drivers and evening TV binge-watchers under Otago researchers’ spotlight
The health and safety of truck drivers and the impacts of evening television bin...
10 Dec 2019
30 new Professors for the University of Otago
30 new Professors for the University of Otago
07 Nov 2019
Events
Upcoming events at the Department of Pathology, Dunedin School of Medicine, Univ...
05 Nov 2019
Otago researchers recipients of inaugural $3m Marsden Fund Award
Otago researchers recipients of inaugural $3m Marsden Fund Award...
30 Oct 2019
From Massachusetts to mass success in Otago, New Zealand
From Massachusetts to mass success in Otago, New Zealand...
22 Oct 2019
Six rising research stars celebrated in annual awards
Six rising research stars celebrated in annual awards...
15 Aug 2019
Dr Karl Iremonger named 2019 Rowheath Trust Award and Carl Smith Research Medal winner
Dr Karl Iremonger named 2019 Rowheath Trust Award and Carl Smith Research Medal...
09 Aug 2019
Otago research shines light on cancer cells
Otago research shines light on cancer cells....
16 Apr 2019
16 April 2019, Discovery of oral cancer biomarkers could save thousands of lives
Discovery of oral cancer biomarkers could save thousands of lives...
04 Mar 2019
Sniffing out prostate cancer in New Zealand
The University of Otago and K9 Medical Detection NZ are working together to inve...
22 Feb 2019
Fulbright Award for GO Director
Fulbright Award for GO Director...
06 Dec 2018
Otago researchers discover information about a gene that helps define us as humans
Otago researchers discover information about a gene that helps define us as huma...
12 Sep 2018
Otago researchers find answers as to why some people are at risk of gout
Otago researchers find answers as to why some people are at risk of gout...
02 Aug 2018
Poppable “cyst” cake wins Bake Your Thesis contest
Poppable “cyst” cake wins Bake Your Thesis contest...
26 Jul 2018
Funds for researcher’s probe into the aggressive biology of breast cancers
Funds for researcher’s probe into the aggressive biology of breast cancers...
25 Jul 2018
Funding for Otago breast cancer research which aims to halt cancer spread
Funding for Otago breast cancer research which aims to halt cancer spread...
03 Jul 2018
Otago scientists make breakthrough in childhood kidney cancer
Otago scientists make breakthrough in childhood kidney cancer...
29 Jun 2018
Otago researchers’ discovery unlocks secrets behind cancer drug resistance
Otago researchers’ discovery unlocks secrets behind cancer drug resistance...
18 Jun 2018
$4.4 million awarded to DSM researchers in HRC funding
DSM was awarded almost 4.4m in Health Research Council funding...
07 Jun 2018
Researchers help save lives in the Pacific
Researchers help save lives in the Pacific...
12 Dec 2017
2017 Graduates' Oath Reading Ceremony
University of Otago Medical School graduates undertake their oath of service...
03 Nov 2017
Marsden Fund backs Otago’s research in best ever round
University of Otago researchers have gained around $24m for 33 world-class resea...
31 Oct 2017
Dean's Bequest recipients 2018
The Dunendin School of Medicine warmly congratulates recipients of the 2017 Dean...
30 Oct 2017
Reproductive race: Males rapidly adjust sperm speed to beat rivals
Joint research by the University of Otago and University of Canterbury has revea...
13 Oct 2017
Health Research Awards' success for Department of Pathology
The Department of Pathology congratulates Associate Professor Julia Horsfield, D...
05 Oct 2017
Two highly promising scientists receive prestigious Rutherford Discovery fellowships at Otago University
Media Release - 5 October 2017 - Two highly promising scientists receive prestig...
31 Aug 2017
Science-inspired exhibition impresses
Science-inspired exhibition impresses...
30 Mar 2017
Inflammation professor a keynote speaker at World Congress and Expo on Pharmaceutics
Professor Madhav Bhatia presented a keynote presentation at the Second World Co...
09 Mar 2017
Major support for Otago health research provided through latest lottery grants
University of Otago researchers have gained more than $2.6m in funding from the...
17 Feb 2017
Vitamin D supplements may protect against the flu and a nasty cold
Taking vitamin D supplements can lower your risk of acute respiratory infections...
27 Jan 2017
Summer Student awarded Best Laboratory Project Prize
Linda Buss was the recipient of the UOC Best Laboratory Project Prize at the UOC...
21 Dec 2016
Epigenetic changes promoting cancer metastasis identified: Otago research
Latest University of Otago research is shedding new light on why and how cancer...
08 Nov 2016
New Marsden funding to probe the science of how genes awaken
University of Otago and University of Auckland researchers are collaborating to...
03 Nov 2016
EDOR member elected Fellow of the Royal Society of NZ
EDOR member Professor Tony Merriman is made a fellow of the Royal Society of New...
31 Oct 2016
Royal Society Award for scientist exchange with China
Professor Madhav Bhatia was the recipient of a Royal Society of New Zealand’s Ca...
28 Oct 2016
Invited lecturer to the Twelfth International Symposium on Respiratory Diseases
Inflammation Research Group leader Professor Madhav Bhatia was invited to delive...
27 Oct 2016
Inflammation professor a keynote speaker at World Congress and Expo on Immunology
Professor Madhav Bhatia was invited as an honourable guest to the World Congress...
07 Oct 2016
Otago researchers probe HPV’s manipulation of immune system
University of Otago researchers have gained fresh insights into how one of the m...
09 Sep 2016
Otago scientists win national medals
Two current and one former University of Otago staff members received medals at...
09 Sep 2016
Otago scientists win national medals
Otago scientists win national medals...
17 Aug 2016
CMRF funding success for a Mackenzie Principal Investigator
Dr Margaret Currie was awarded funding from the Canterbury Medical Research Foun...
22 Jul 2016
Research showcased at Cancer Society Information Evening
The Mackenzie Cancer Research Group showcased some of their research at an infor...
10 Jun 2016
Early Career Awards bestowed upon outstanding researchers
Six up-and-coming University of Otago staff have been announced as this year’s r...
16 May 2016
Gene mutation patterns in melanoma vary from North to South in NZ
South Islanders’ melanomas are significantly more likely than those of North Isl...
11 May 2016
Otago studies supported by Health Research Council
Health Research Council ‘Emerging Researcher First Grants’ have been won by two...
14 Apr 2016
Will eating cake give me cancer?
Dr Logan Walker gave a public lecture discussing a number of cancer myths, answe...
18 Jan 2016
Cancer genetics Principal Investigator on One News
Dr Logan Walker featured in an item about access to genetic testing on TVNZ's On...
08 Dec 2015
HRC Career Development Awards announced
A University of Otago brain cancer researcher has gained a prestigious Sir Charl...
16 Nov 2015
PhD candidate Melanie Grant AMP Scholarship recipient
Melanie's research focus is improving adoptive cell therapy for cancer....
16 Oct 2015
Zebrafish study sheds new light on human heart defects
University of Otago researchers working with zebrafish have published a study pr...
30 Sep 2015
Funding for study on the effects of vitamin C on breast cancer
A Christchurch scientist working to determine whether high dose vitamin C is a v...
17 Sep 2015
Otago health researchers awarded prestigious fellowships
Two University of Otago health sciences researchers have gained prestigious Roya...
09 Sep 2015
Triple success for the Department of Pathology
three researchers in the Department of Oathology enjoy success...
03 Sep 2015
Innovative Otago research supported in science investment round
Five innovative University of Otago-led research programmes are being backed wit...
26 Aug 2015
HPV infection of placentas linked to pregnancy complications
In a landmark study, University of Otago researchers have found that human papil...
17 Jun 2015
Otago announces Early Career Awards recipients
The outstanding contributions of five up-and-coming University of Otago academic...
22 Apr 2015
Health research celebrated at awards
Health research celebrated at awards...
13 Apr 2015
Otago scientist gains grant for innovative gout research
A University of Otago pathology researcher has gained a Health Research Council...
23 Mar 2015
Christchurch campus joins global study into anorexia nervosa genetics
University of Otago, Christchurch (UOC), researchers will today launch the New Z...
01 Oct 2014
Prestigious Rutherford Fellowships won by Otago researchers
Two talented early to mid-career scientists will return to the University of Ota...
03 Jun 2014
Colin Geary Professorial Lecture Series begins
Colin Geary Professorial Lecture Series begins...
18 Mar 2014
Pathology staff shave for a cure
Department of Pathology staff Janine Neill and Justine Farquar today participate...
11 Mar 2014
Health researchers supported by lottery grants
Dunedin School of Medicine researchers have gained over NZ$500,000 in funding fr...
27 Jan 2014
Department of Pathology academic wins Fulbright award
Fulbright New Zealand Scholar Award winner Dr Sarah Young is keen to make use of...
04 Dec 2013
Otago research reveals tobacco’s toll on women’s placentas
Smoking while pregnant causes severe DNA damage to cells in the placenta and sig...
21 Nov 2013
Department of Pathology researcher elected as Royal Society Fellow
Professor Anthony Braithwaite is among the 13 leading New Zealand researchers an...
13 May 2013
Otago cancer researcher gains HRC Explorer Grant
A leading University of Otago researcher has gained Health Research Council (HRC...
05 Dec 2012
Otago scientists win neurological research funding
Three University of Otago scientists have received nearly $300,000 of funding to...
03 Oct 2012
Study clears up speculation about vitamin D reducing colds
Researchers from the University of Otago, Christchurch, are engaged in a large s...
27 May 2011
Better to eat kiwifruit than to take vitamin C supplements
University of Otago, Christchurch, researchers have found that a natural fruit s...
24 May 2011
Otago researchers reveal PAX gene’s role in cancer
19 Jul 2010
Vitamin C plays vital role in battle against cancer
New research from the University of Otago, Christchurch, shows that vitamin C ca...
31 May 2010
Major prostate cancer trial boosted by new funding
The largest ever clinical trial into new treatments for prostate cancer, which k...
16 Apr 2010
New Microscope for University of Otago Zebrafish Facility
17 Sep 2009