21 Dec 2017
Farewell to Dr Peter Stockwell
Peter Stockwell retires from the Department of Biochemistry at the end of 2017. We held a farewell function on the 7th D...
05 Dec 2017
Biochemistry and Microbiology & Immunology research celebrated
The first joint Microbiology & Immunology and Biochemistry Research Celebration, held last Friday at the Dunedin Town Ha...
04 Dec 2017
Otago researchers gain new insights into inflammatory signalling mechanisms implicated in cancer
Otago researchers gain new insights into inflammatory signalling mechanisms implicated in cancer 4 December 2017 Media R...
23 Nov 2017
Seize opportunities urges Distinguished Research Medal recipient
Seize opportunities urges Distinguished Research Medal recipient
22 Nov 2017
Biochem on the road with Lab in a Box
Miriam Sharpe and Shar Rae-Whitcombe of the Department of Biochemistry were on the road with Lab-in-a-box last week, bri...
06 Nov 2017
Marsden Fund success for Biochemistry
Three researchers from the Department of Biochemistry were successful in the latest round of Marsden funding.
04 Oct 2017
Otago biochemists help Cure Kids
Cure Kids is supporting research by Department of Biochemistry Scientists Professor Iain Lamont and Dr Stephanie Hughes...
03 Oct 2017
Parry Guilford to receive Otago’s highest honour
Parry Guilford to receive Otago’s highest honour
03 Oct 2017
World-leading cancer geneticist to receive Otago’s highest honour
Media Release- World-leading cancer geneticist to receive Otago’s highest honour - 3 October 2017
25 Sep 2017
US video shines light on Otago research into the mystery of how glowworms glow
Otago Department of Biochemistry glowworm bioluminescence research was recently showcased internationally on a US public...
20 Sep 2017
Local research featured on USA's National Public Radio website
Research into glowworm bioluminescence by Department of Biochemistry researchers has been featured on the website of Nat...
19 Sep 2017
Otago scientists awarded major funding for innovative research
Otago scientists awarded major funding for innovative research
14 Sep 2017
MBIE funding success for Biochemistry researchers
Four Biochemistry Department researchers have been awarded grants in the 2017 MBIE Endeavour Funding Round
13 Sep 2017
Professor Krause receives Catalyst funding from RSNZ
Professor Kurt Krause, Webster Centre Steering Committee member, receives Catalyst funding from Royal Society Te Apãrang...
31 Aug 2017
Science-inspired exhibition impresses
Science-inspired exhibition impresses
22 Aug 2017
PM visits Otago to celebrate graduands and genomics
PM visits Otago to celebrate graduands and genomics
21 Aug 2017
Prime Minister visits Department of Biochemistry
Prime Minister visits the Otago Department of Biochemistry
18 Aug 2017
18 August 2017 Otago to lead $35m new advanced genomics platform
18 August 2017 - Otago to lead $35m new advanced genomics platform - Media Release
15 Aug 2017
Department of Biochemistry alumnus wins Massry Prize
An alumnus of the Otago Department of Biochemistry, Professor Rob Knight, has been jointly awarded the 2017 Massry Prize...
07 Aug 2017
Dr Bryony Telford: Class Act in ODT
Class Act profile: Bryony Telford
07 Jul 2017
Clean sweep of NZSBMB poster prizes for Biochemistry
PhD student Priya Philem took out the first prize in the NZSBMB student poster competition at the GSA/NZSBMB conference...
21 Jun 2017
Stomach cancer programme part of HRC funding haul
A five-year programme to examine ways of reducing the burden of stomach cancer in New Zealand has received support in th...
15 Jun 2017
Three HRC grants for Biochemistry
Biochemistry staff have been awarded three Health Research Council grants totaling over seven million dollars in the mos...
05 Jun 2017
Dr Wayne Patrick gives award lecture.
Dr Wayne Patrick gives award lecture.
01 Jun 2017
Cardiovascular killer protein probed by Otago researchers
Probing the molecular breakdown of a little-known “killer” lipoprotein, responsible for many cases of heart disease and...
24 May 2017
New insights gained into genetics of gout in Māori and Pacific people
Newly identified gene variants contribute to explaining why Māori and Pacific people have the highest rates worldwide of...
12 May 2017
Māori Division of Sciences graduating students
See a full list of Maori Division of Sciences graduating students, May 2017
12 May 2017
Freemasons Scholarship for Sean Boult
Freemasons Scholarship for Sean Boult
10 May 2017
New funding for Otago immunotherapy breast cancer research
A University of Otago biochemistry researcher has been awarded nearly $200,000 to study the potential of immunotherapy t...
02 May 2017
Michael McManus Award for Best Student Paper for 2017
Congratulations are in order for Ben Peters, a PhD student in Lynette Brownfield's laboratory. Ben has won the NZSPB (Ne...
28 Apr 2017
Antibiotic Emergency
Read Professor Kurt Krause's comments in Antibiotic Emergency article in NZ Listener in April 2017
13 Apr 2017
Professor Kurt Krause appears in University of Otago Magazine
Professor Kurt Krause appears in the University of Otago Magazine 'Infectious Research'
31 Mar 2017
Otago’s Agricultural expertise on display at Field Days
Otago’s Agricultural expertise on display at Field Days
09 Mar 2017
Major support for Otago health research provided through latest lottery grants
University of Otago researchers have gained more than $2.6m in funding from the Lottery Grants Board to support studies...
03 Mar 2017
Treatments better than antibiotics need developing “now”
New Zealanders should not be complacent because we have fewer antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens than elsewhere in...
28 Feb 2017
Otago discovery sheds new light on several disease processes
New light on a key factor involved in diseases such as Parkinson’s disease, gastric cancer and melanoma has been cast th...
22 Feb 2017
Hanns Möhler Doctoral Scholarship
Hannah Best, who is a PhD student in the laboratory of Dr Stephanie Hughes, has been awarded the 2017 Roche Hanns Möhler...
17 Feb 2017
Otago gains funding to engage young minds with science
Four University of Otago initiatives are among the latest projects to be successfully awarded a total of $2m in the 2017...
20 Jan 2017
Hands on at Otago
Hands on at Otago