Living with radicals
Monday 27 February 2017
PhD candidate Andrew Das presented his exit seminar, Living with radicals: The trouble-maker oxygen and his accomplice superoxide, at the UOC Research Seminar Series today in the Beaven Lecture Theatre.
Exploring the anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties of isothiocyanates
Monday 3 April 2017
PhD candidate Emma Spencer gave her exit seminar, Exploring the anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties of isothiocyanates at the UOC Research Seminar Series today.
Free radical wins the PSOC Best Exit Seminar Award
Friday 22 December 2017
Assistant Research Fellow Dr Emma Spencer from the Centre for Free Radical Research has won the 2017 PSOC Best Exit Seminar award.
Vitamin C researcher speaks at local U3A meeting
Tuesday 28 February 2017
Vitamin C researcher Dr Anitra Carr recently spoke to the Kate Sheppard U3A group about it's use for the prevention and treatment of disease.
Vitamin C: snake oil or cancer and infection therapy?
Wednesday 3 May 2017
Vitamin C researchers from the Department of Pathology presented to a packed audience at the UOC Health Lecture Series last night.
Vitamin C researcher interviewed on Radio New Zealand
Monday 15 May 2017
Vitamin C researcher Dr Anitra Carr from the Centre for Free Radical Research was interviewed by Jesse Mulligan on Radio New Zealand today.
The Science Of... Vitamin C
Monday 28 August 2017
Vitamin C researchers from the Department of Pathology were featured in Radio New Zealand’s The Science Of… series this week.
Protein could play role in invasive melanoma
Tuesday 21 November 2017
Christchurch researchers are studying a protein that could play an important role in the spread of skin cancer to other parts of the body.
The oxidant mystery
Friday 24 November 2017
Professor Mark Hampton has been awarded a three-year grant from the Royal Society Marsden Fund to investigate the role of peroxiredoxin redox relays in cell signalling.
One in 10 New Zealanders over 50 at risk of scurvy because of low vitamin C levels
Friday 10 November 2017
More than one in 10 New Zealanders over the age of 50 have such low Vitamin C levels they run the risk of getting scurvy, according to a University of Otago, Christchurch study.
PhD students win awards at 2017 NZSO Conference
Monday 16 October 2017
PhD students from the Department of Pathology were recipients of the PHARMAC Young Researcher and Oncology Trainee Travel awards at the annual New Zealand Oncology Society Conferece over the weekend.
Marsden Fund backs Otago’s research in best ever round
Friday 3 November 2017
University of Otago researchers have gained around $24m for 33 world-class research projects in the latest Marsden Fund annual round – the University’s most successful round ever.
Free radical alumni return to present at local BIC symposium
Tuesday 19 September 2017
Free radical alumni Drs Kristin Brown and Andrew Cox were invited speakers at the Biomolecular Interaction Centre (BIC) symposium on 18 September.
CMRF funding success for free radical researchers
Friday 13 October 2017
The Centre for Free Radical Research has been awarded two Canterbury Medical Research Foundation (CMRF) Major Project grants in the latest funding round to further their research into melanoma and sepsis.
Linus Pauling Institute's 9th Biennial Diet and Optimum Health Conference
Monday 18 September 2017
Vitamin C researchers Professor Margreet Vissers and Dr Anitra Carr were invited to speak at Linus Pauling Institute's 9th Biennial Diet and Optimum Health Conference at Oregon State University last week.
Young Investigator Award recipient at the 10th Human Peroxidase Meeting
Friday 1 September 2017
Five staff and students from the Centre for Free Radical Research travelled to Colorado to present at the 10th Human Peroxidase Meeting where Dr Nina Dickerhof won the Young Investigator Award.
Free radical professor invited to Thiol Oxidation in Toxicity and Signalling Workshop
Tuesday 19 September 2017
Professor Christine Winterbourn was an invited speaker at the Thiol Oxidation in Toxicity and Signalling Workshop in Sant Feliu de Gioxols, Spain yesterday.
Free radicals at the Mitochondria Satellite Meeting in Queenstown
Friday 8 September 2017
The two day Mitochondria Satellite Meeting at the Queenstown Molecular Biology Meeting was chaired by Professor Mark Hampton and featured presentations from the Centre for Free Radical Research.
Accomplished Scientist Speaker Series features free radical researcher
Thursday 7 September 2017
Dr Nina Dickerhof presented her research into cystic fibrosis at the Accomplished Scientist Speaker Series at the National Jewish Health in Denver USA.
Oxidative stress is associated with lung damage in infants with cystic fibrosis
Monday 14 August 2017
Research Fellow Dr Nina Dickerhof spoke at the UOC Research Seminar about how oxidative stress is associated with lung damage in infants with cystic fibrosis.
