Congratulations to Dr Khoon Lim for HRC success
Wednesday, 1 July 2020
CReaTE researcher receives a $730k project grant from the Health Research Council of New Zealand to treat avascularnecrosis using novel hydrogels.
New chapter for Healthy Homes as Otago scientists secure more than $26m in HRC funding
Tuesday, 30 June 2020
The University of Otago’s housing and health research programme He Kāinga Oranga will receive just under $5 million from the Health Research Council of New Zealand to continue research to maximise the health and wellbeing gains from housing.
International award for CReaTE researcher
Monday, 15 June 2020
The research excellence of Professor Tim Woodfield is recognised by the the Australasian Society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering (ASBTE).
Our PhD candidates showing resilience in the face of covid-19 restrictions
Friday, 12 June 2020
Three of our completing PhD candidates - Jun Li, Cesar Alcala and Pau Atienza – conduct their end-of-thesis defence under covid-19 restrictions.
It’s International Women’s Day soon and we’re celebrating!
Tuesday, 18 February 2020
It’s International Women’s Day soon and we’re celebrating!
New Postdoctoral Fellow joins the CReaTE research group
Monday, 16 December 2019
The CReaTE research group welcomes the arrival of a new Postdoctoral Fellow.
Thermo Fisher Scientific supports Centre for Bioengineering & Nanomedicine showcase
Wednesday, 13 November 2019
Thermo Fisher Scientific helping to bring you our our free showcase celebrating 10 years of bioengineering at the University of Otago, Wednesday 27 November, on our Dunedin campus.
Centre for Bioengineering & Nanomedicine Showcase: Keynote presentation – it’s all about the journey
Tuesday, 5 November 2019
Keynote speaker Professor Laura Poole-Warren, of the University of New South Wales, will feature in the Centre for Bioengineering and Nanomedicine Showcase celebrating 10 years of bioengineering at Otago.
ISBF Young Investigator Award for University of Otago researcher
Thursday, 24 October 2019
Dr Gabriella Lindberg of the University of Otago takes first place as the ISBF Young Investigator of the Year and is honoured at the International Conference on Biofabrication in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Centre for Bioengineering & Nanomedicine Showcase announced
Monday, 9 September 2019
Celebrate 10 years of Bioengineering at University of Otago at our free showcase event on Wednesday 27 November on Dunedin campus.
Health Sciences Division Travel Award for bone regeneration researcher
Thursday, 15 August 2019
Health Sciences Division Travel Award helps doctoral candidate attend TERMIS-AP and ABMC7 conferences in October this year.
Travel award wins for CReaTE PhD candidates
Tuesday, 13 August 2019
Travel award wins for two PhD candidates help them attend the Queenstown Research Week in September this year.
CMDT emerging researcher award for CReaTE researcher
Thursday, 4 July 2019
CReaTE researcher, Dr Gabriella Lindberg, impresses MedTech colleagues with her exciting, cutting edge development of bioinks and 3D Bioprinting of cartilage.
Campus doors opened to science-keen secondary students
Friday, 21 June 2019
“Discover, Achieve, Research and Engage” was the challenge issued to over 200 secondary school students visiting our campus yesterday, who were dared to imagine a future career in health sciences.
Travel and collaboration ahead for University of Otago researcher
Thursday, 23 May 2019
Christchurch researcher, Dr Gabriella Lindberg, aims to tackle the challenge of controlled oxygen delivery in engineered tissues, aided by her ABSTE Lab Travel Award win.
Otago’s emerging researchers secure more than $1.7 million in HRC funding
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.
Emerging Research First Grant win for tissue regeneration researcher
Thursday, 16 May 2019
Otago researcher, Dr Gabriella Lindberg, has been identified as an emerging research leader in the field of bioink development.
Heartened by Explorer Grant win
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.
Postdoctoral Fellowship win for promising health researcher
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.
Imagine a world where new organs can be printed on demand
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.
First sales confirmed for Otago tissue architects’ new 3D bio-printing technology
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.
Hip, hip hooray for clever Otago bioengineering scientists
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.
ISBF Young Investigator Award for University of Otago researcher
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.
Promising researcher travelling to 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.
The Roger Melick Young Investigator Award goes to CReaTE PhD candidate
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.
Otago PhD candidate winner of Rutherford Poster Prize
Tuesday, 28 August 2018
Jessika Wise, PhD candidate, wins the 2018 Rutherford Poster Prize offered by the Health Research Society of Canterbury.
Otago researchers develop high definition tissue 3D printing resin
Wednesday, 13 June 2018
CReaTE research group's important breakthrough in synthesising viable living tissue is summarised by 3D Printing Industry writer, Beau Jackson.
Bioresin helps print biological tissue
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.
