2017 Postgraduate Student Research Awards
Tuesday, 23 January 2018 2:46pm
Congratulations to the following students:
Best Postgraduate Student Paper – Orleans Martey (Rosengren Lab Group)
Most Promising New Researcher (400 Level) – Abigail Bland (Ashton Lab Group)
Developing New Researcher (400 Level) – Stephanie Thwaite (Sammut Lab Group)
Marsden Success for Associate Professor Ivan Sammut and Dr Joanne Harrison
Tuesday, 23 January 2018 3:04pm
Associate Professor Ivan Sammut and Dr Joanne Harrison have obtained a grant for $910,000 from the Marsden Fund.
Professor Rhonda Rosengren and Dr Belinda Cridge have been awarded Seed funding
Tuesday, 23 January 2018 12:19pm
Professor Rhonda Rosengren and Dr Belinda Cridge have been awarded Seed funding for growing toxicology collaborations across the Divisions of the University.
Science Wananga in Hastings
Tuesday, 23 January 2018 2:49pm
Dr Morgayn Read, Risha Singh (PhD student) and Abigail Bland (MSc student) attended the Science Wānanga in Hastings.
Recent Promotion - Dr John Ashton
Tuesday, 23 January 2018 2:53pm
The department would like to congratulate John Ashton on being promoted to Associate Professor.
Professor Paul Smith and Dr Yiwen Zheng receive BRNZ funding
Tuesday, 23 January 2018 2:56pm
Professor Paul Smith and Dr Yiwen Zheng have received two grants from Brain Research New Zealand (BRNZ), in collaboration with other researchers at the University of Otago
Associate Professor John Ashton awarded BMS Academic Staff Support funding
Tuesday, 23 January 2018 3:14pm
Associate Professor John Ashton has been awarded a BMS Academic Staff Support fund of $199,639.
Dr John Ashton appointed Chair of EACD
Tuesday, 23 January 2018 11:09am
Dr John Ashton who has been appointed Chair of the governmental Expert Advisory Committee on Drugs (EACD). This is a ministerial appointment to the committee that decides on the classification of controlled drugs in NZ.
Researcher Dr Belinda Cridge receives MBIE funding
Tuesday, 23 January 2018 10:24am
Dr Belinda Cridge has been awarded a MBIE Nation of Curious Minds grant for the Koneki project - working with Māori youth to use augmented reality to tell their ancestral stories, $19,052.
Augmented reality: an education tool for the future
Tuesday, 16 August 2016 4:22pm
The University of Otago has come up with a clever new learning tool using augmented reality technology that could be a world-first.
Cancer Research Day
Tuesday, 9 December 2014 3:23pm
Together with the Cancer Society of Otago and Southland, we held a Research Open Day on 17 September. The aim of the day was to highlight cancer research within the department to members of the Cancer Society.
Dr Ivan Sammut has been awarded a high value manufacturing and services research fund
Monday, 8 October 2012 10:33am
Dr Ivan Sammut has been awarded a high value manufacturing and services research fund from MSI
