News from the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences
23 Sep 2026
Hormone-disrupting chemicals found in range of water sources
A study has found chemicals which can impact fertility and reproductive health are contaminating both natural and drinki...
18 Sep 2026
Tauira giving back through Tāmanu programme
What started as an opportunity to gain real-life experience inside a biomedical research laboratory has become a full-ci...
10 Sep 2026
Scavenging linked to virus variety in wild birds
The scavenging behaviour of many wild birds plays an important role in the type, number and variety of viruses they have...
08 Sep 2026
Sharing Science in the Solomons
A three-person team, led by Associate Professor Greg Walker from Otago’s School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, has just r...
07 Sep 2026
Biomedical students’ research in the spotlight
One of the highlights of the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences (BMS) calendar is its student-lead research symposium, showc...
07 Sep 2026
From microbes to Mrs India Worldwide
Competing in an international beauty pageant is about as far away from working a microbiology research lab in Dunedin as...
03 Sep 2026
New disease gene discovery provides answers to families
University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka researchers have helped identify the cause of a previously unrecognised neuro...
31 Aug 2026
Opportunity to pitch work a ‘milestone’ for researcher
An Otago researcher who is on a mission to restore function in people affected by brain disorders has won the opportunit...
20 Aug 2026
Otago research improving life for Crohn’s disease patients
Research at the University of Otago I Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka looking at why some Crohn's disease patients don’t respond to...
20 Aug 2026
PhD graduand develops tool that could protect Aotearoa's biosecurity
It might take a village to raise a child, but it can also take a community to help a PhD candidate graduate, as Benjamín...
19 Aug 2026
From golfing scholarship to exploring the gut lining
Mikayla King (Tūhoe) was devastated when the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown meant she had to leave the college she was studying...
05 Aug 2026
Otago receives $1.2 million for innovative research
Eight Health Research Council (HRC) Explorer Grants have been awarded to University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka kair...