Tuesday 5 November 2019
University of Otago researchers are the recipients of an inaugural Marsden Fund Council Award worth $3 million to investigate genetic predisposition to metabolic diseases like diabetes and gout among Pacific people.
Thursday 31 October 2019
The Health Research Council has awarded 23 University of Otago researchers $3.8 million in Career Development Awards.
Monday 2 September 2019
Staff and students participated in the fifth annual symposium for the Department of Pathology and Biomedical Science last week.
Friday 23 August 2019
Three Pathology and Biomedical Science research fellows have been awarded 2019 Major Project funding grants from the Canterbury Medical Research Foundation (CMRF).
Thursday 22 August 2019
Dr Leon Smyth joined the Centre for Free Radical Research back in February through the support of a Philip Wrightson Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Neurological Foundation of New Zealand.
Friday 5 July 2019
The Centre for Free Radical Research showed high school students recordings from live cell microscopy showing human human neutrophils hunting down and engulfing bacteria at the University of Otago, Christchurch’s D.A.R.E event last month.
Thursday 4 July 2019
The University of Otago, Christchurch recently opened its doors to more than 200 Canterbury secondary school students to showcase the campus and options for a career in health science.
Tuesday 16 April 2019
Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Andrew Das presented his research at the Cancer and Epigenetics Gordon Research Conference held in Italy last week.
Monday 15 April 2019
Professor Margreet Vissers was invited to speak about the latest vitamin C research at the Cancer Society’s Living with and beyond cancer workshop in Greymouth on Saturday.
Friday 29 March 2019
Senior Research Fellow Dr Nina Dickerhof from the Centre for Free Radical Research has received a notable entry placing in the 2019 Otago Bulletin Page Photo Competition.
Tuesday 26 February 2019
PhD student Citra Praditi presented her PhD entrance seminar on Monday at the UOC Research Seminar Series in the Rolleston Lecture Theatre.
Monday 18 February 2019
Three senior staff members from the Department of Pathology and Biomedical Science presented at the Vitamin C 2019 Symposium in Auckland last week.
Monday 28 January 2019
Summer student Heath Ryburn was awarded the Best Laboratory Presentation at the UOC Summer Studentship Final Presentations last week for his project on mycobacterial resistance to neutrophil oxidants.
