Tuesday, 6 October 2020
The Department's Green Team organised a group of staff, students and whānau from to attend a Christchurch City Council spring maintenance volunteer day at Eastside bush over the weekend.
Thursday, 24 September 2020
Members of the Centre for Free Radical Research and Mackenzie Cancer Research Group presented at the Canterbury Comprehensive Cancer Centre’s (C4) Information Afternoon on 23 September 2020.
Monday, 27 July 2020
A number of staff and students from the Department were recognised at the University of Otago, Christchurch Academic Awards Ceremony held in the Rolleston Lecture Theatre on 24 July 2020.
Tuesday, 25 February 2020
A new video about the University of Otago, Christchurch campus features and number of past and present members of Pathology and Biomedical Science.
Monday, 3 February 2020
Two members of the Department have been featured on the front page of The Press’ Mainlander section and on the Stuff website over the weekend in an article about the changing nature of cancer research.
Monday, 27 January 2020
The Mackenzie Cancer Research Group featured in last week’s issue of the NZ Listener in an article highlighting their research into cancer and obesity.
Tuesday, 29 October 2019
Assistant Research Fellow Lucia Sinclair from the Cancer Society Tissue Bank won the Best Rapid Fire Presentation prize at the 17th Australasian Biospecimen Network Association (ABNA) conference last week.
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).
Monday, 5 August 2019
Robotic spiders and endometrial cancer – two very different topics, but two very happy graduate students.
Wednesday, 24 July 2019
A record number of Christchurch staff were presented with the campus’ highest award for research excellence at this year’s celebration of campus success and spirit.
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.
Monday, 1 July 2019
Associate Professor Logan Walker from the Mackenzie Cancer Research Group has received HRC project funding to investigate the impact of germline copy number varation on endometrial cancer risk.
Tuesday, 5 March 2019
Christchurch breast cancer researcher Dr Vanessa Lattimore will represent New Zealand at the taekwondo World Championships in Manchester this May.
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, 17 December 2018
Our staff won multiple awards in the Best Christmas Decoration Competition held at the annual UOC Staff Christmas Afternoon Tea on 14 December 2018.
Friday, 14 December 2018
Logan Walker is one of 40 academic staff at the University of Otago who has been promoted to associate professor.
Tuesday, 13 November 2018
University of Otago, Christchurch postgraduate student Leah Butt has been selected for New Zealand’s national hockey team, the Black Sticks.
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Pathology and Biomedical Science researchers Associate Professor Anitra Carr and Dr Logan Walker gave lectures at parliament this week in an event organised by the University of Otago’s OZONE Group showcasing early career researchers.
Tuesday, 28 August 2018
Jessika Wise, PhD candidate, wins the 2018 Rutherford Poster Prize offered by the Health Research Society of Canterbury.
Tuesday, 10 July 2018
Three University of Otago, Christchurch, staff members have been recognised for their global work with appointments and awards from key groups relating to cancer, tissue banking, and immunisation.
Tuesday, 20 March 2018
The Mackenzie Cancer Research Group have dusted off their superhero capes to participate once again to raise money at the Cancer Society's Relay for Life at Rolleston over the weekend.
Thursday, 1 March 2018
The three Otago departments which this week won awards for fostering postgraduate research culture share a common approach: they make their postgraduate students a priority.
Thursday, 1 February 2018
Two Department of Pathology and Biomedical Science staff members have been promoted to Research Associate Professors from today.
Wednesday, 31 January 2018
Dr Margaret Currie has been appointed at as Associate Dean (Postgraduate Studies) at the University of Otago, Christchurch.
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.
Thursday, 7 September 2017
In a pilot study, breast cancer patients are wearing Fitbits to record their activity so PhD student Rebekah Crake can explore the impact of exercise on chemotherapy response.
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.
Thursday, 17 August 2017
A group of cancer researchers from the University's Christchurch campus have shared their favourite recipes to raise money for charity.
Tuesday, 15 August 2017
An innovative cancer research technique from the Mackenzie Cancer Research Group was featured on TVNZ's 1News last night.
Tuesday, 20 June 2017
A PhD student at the University’s Christchurch campus is not only researching the grading system for the stages of cancer, but has also raised almost $3000 for Bowel Cancer NZ – all inspired by her father’s battle with the disease.
Thursday, 15 June 2017
University of Otago researchers have been awarded more than $24M in new health research funding to support their world-class studies aimed at improving New Zealanders’ health and well-being.
Monday, 29 May 2017
A University of Otago, Christchurch, discovery of missing DNA in women who develop breast cancer at a young age could hold the key to helping them beat the disease.
Friday, 5 May 2017
The Mackenzie Cancer Research Group attracted almost 400 people in Ashburton to an information evening hosted by the local Cancer Society and the Canterbury Comprehensive Cancer Centre (C4) last night.
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.
Thursday, 27 April 2017
A team of cancer researchers from the University’s Christchurch campus has raised almost $20,000 for the Cancer Society over the past five years by dressing up as superheroes and competing in the charity’s Relay for Life event.
Friday, 10 March 2017
Department of Pathology staff and research groups won a number of awards at the UOC 2017 Academic Welcome.
Friday, 27 January 2017
Summer student Linda Buss has won the 2016-17 Best Laboratory Prize for her project, Can we slow down breast cancer using vitamin C?
Friday, 20 January 2017
Understanding the role of genetic changes, or mutations, to breast and ovarian cancer risk is the focus of Dr Logan Walker, from the University of Otago, Christchurch. His ultimate aim is to develop genetic screening tools that identify those most vulnerable to getting cancer so they can make informed decisions about treatment options.
