Thursday, 16 May 2019
An occupational therapist who aims to improve the quality of life for children with disabilities is one of several University of Otago early-stage researchers who have together been awarded more than $1.7 million in Health Research Council funding.
Thursday, 16 May 2019
Otago researcher, Dr Gabriella Lindberg, has been identified as an emerging research leader in the field of bioink development.
Monday, 8 April 2019
$150k support from the Health Research Council of New Zealand enables Otago researcher to explore an innovative synthetic stem cell treatment for cardiovascular disease.
Thursday, 31 January 2019
Dr Steven Cui has won one of two prestigious Career Development Postdoctoral Fellowship awards offered by the Division of Health Sciences, University of Otago.
Monday, 17 December 2018
Thomas Mead of TV's Newshub interviews Dr Khoon Lim, a polymer chemist with the Christchurch Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering (CReaTE) research group about his recent funding success.
Thursday, 13 December 2018
In just its first week on the market an innovative bio-ink has already achieved sales, adding further excitement for the University of Otago team who’ve brought the cutting-edge technology from concept to reality.
Thursday, 22 November 2018
‘Hip, hip, hooray for clever Otago bioengineering scientists’; the Otago Daily Times profiles Dr Khoon Lim’s research and reports on his prestigious Sir Charles Hercus Health Research Fellowship award, amounting to NZ$487,549.
Thursday, 8 November 2018
Dr Khoon Lim of the University of Otago is named second place winner of the ISBF Young Investigator Award and honoured at the International Conference on Biofabrication in Wurzburg, Germany.
Thursday, 13 September 2018
CReaTE's PhD candiate, Cesar Alacala Orozco wins an award from the International Society of Biofabrication, enabling him to attend this year's Biofabrication Conference in Wurzburg, Germany.
Wednesday, 5 September 2018
The ANZBMS Annual Scientific Meeting in Queenstown this year was a successful experience for Jun Li. The PhD candidate with the CReaTE Research Group returned from the conference bearing the Roger Melick Young Investigator Award.
Tuesday, 28 August 2018
Jessika Wise, PhD candidate, wins the 2018 Rutherford Poster Prize offered by the Health Research Society of Canterbury.
Wednesday, 13 June 2018
CReaTE research group's important breakthrough in synthesising viable living tissue is summarised by 3D Printing Industry writer, Beau Jackson.
Monday, 11 June 2018
Physics World magazine summarises innovations in tissue construction recently published by the University of Otago’s CReaTE research group and its collaborators at the University Medical Centre Utrecht in the Netherlands.
Thursday, 1 March 2018
Dr Khoon Lim has been recognised by IOP Publishing for his high quality and timely journal article reviews.
Monday, 29 January 2018
Annabelle Greenwood wins an award for best presentation of laboratory-based research in the University of Otago's 2017-18 Christchurch intake of summer students.
Monday, 11 December 2017
The Press reporter Will Harvie writes about the future of orthopaedic surgery and 3D bioprinting. He interviews Associate Professor Tim Woodfield of the Christchurch Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering (CReaTE) research group at the University of Otago's Christchurch campus.
Thursday, 12 October 2017
Associate Professor Tim Woodfield has developed a 3-day introductory 3D Printing in Medicine course for the local medical community. It will run November 20 to 22 in Christchurch and include talks by international and national experts.
Tuesday, 19 September 2017
The Star article of 18 September 2017 about how University of Otago researchers in the Christchurch Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering (CReaTE) research group explore 3D printing as a technology to help heal broken bones.
Friday, 15 September 2017
Christchurch researchers are growing veins in the laboratory as part of a project aiming to create large 3D-printed pieces of bone for use in orthopaedic surgery.
Tuesday, 15 August 2017
An innovative cancer research technique from the Mackenzie Cancer Research Group was featured on TVNZ's 1News last night.
Thursday, 18 May 2017
Sarah Campbell profiles the research of the Christchurch Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering (CReaTE) research group in her article for IEEE Pulse, a magazine of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.
