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20 Mar 2025
Otago Biochemists support Silver Science
For some it was their first time back in a classroom for over sixty-five years, but that didn’t stop participants in a r...
18 Mar 2025
Batten Disease research efforts recognised
Professor Stephanie Hughes’s work on a rare childhood disease has been nationally recognised.
18 Mar 2025
Learning more about a rare form of Parkinson’s disease
If the community around us isn't strong, then we struggle to function to the best of our ability and the same can be sai...
17 Mar 2025
Otago Biochemist explores Antarctic waters
Walls of sea ice, penguins and whales, mountains, history, and creatures from the icy deep - just a selection of what Em...
20 Feb 2025
Govt invests $25m in Otago-led genomics research
A major new investment into genomics research highlights the importance of genomics to New Zealand’s future wellbeing an...
03 Feb 2025
High school students dive into the world of biochemistry
In an exciting week of discovery and hands-on science, over 20 Year 12 and 13 students from across the country participa...
24 Jan 2025
Funding for neurological disorder research
Four Otago researchers have been granted almost $690,000 for their research into neurological conditions.
16 Dec 2024
Otago Biochemistry graduations December 2024
Congratulations to all Department of Biochemistry students who graduated in December. Tino pai rawa atu!
16 Dec 2024
Eleven gain Summer Studentships
Eleven Māori and Pacific Otago students will get a taste of a career in health research over the summer break, thanks to...
10 Dec 2024
A celebration of School of Biomedical Sciences staff
Congratulations to School of Biomedical Sciences staff for considerable success in what was a challenging year.
29 Nov 2024
Leading Thinkers turns 21 – celebrating a unique gift
The idea was to invest in people, to build human capital, not bricks and mortar. And 21 years later that investment cont...
15 Nov 2024
Parasitoid wasps that eat evil weevils, and antidepressants meet heart disease: Otago Biochemistry Marsden Fund awards 2024
This year’s Marsden funding awarded to the Otago Department of Biochemistry again shows the importance of understanding...