19 Dec 2018
Biochemistry staff feature in BMS awards
Biochemistry staff feature in BMS awards
18 Dec 2018
Record number of Biochemistry PhD graduations in December
Record number of Biochemistry PhD graduations in December
05 Dec 2018
Drawings of scientists delight Otago Biochemistry staff
Pupils of Portobello School recently sent Otago Biochemistry some fantastic portraits of scientists as thanks for sharin...
28 Nov 2018
Research by Otago graduate highlights magnitude of gender disparity in cardiology
Research by Otago graduate highlights magnitude of gender disparity in cardiology
21 Nov 2018
Māori Health Research Postdoctoral Fellowship for Dr Megan Leask
Māori Health Research Postdoctoral Fellowship for Dr Megan Leask
15 Nov 2018
Marsden Medal carries special significance for Tate
Marsden Medal carries special significance for Tate
13 Nov 2018
Division celebrates rise in Fast-Start Marsden funding
There has been a rise in the number of Division of Health Sciences’ early career researchers being successful in the Mar...
12 Nov 2018
2018 Marsden Funding success for Otago Biochemistry
Congratulations to Professor Catherine Day, Dr Peter Mace and Dr Sol Perez-Santangelo of Otago Biochemistry for their ou...
08 Nov 2018
University of Otago celebrates Marsden Fund success
University of Otago celebrates Marsden Fund success
08 Nov 2018
Farewell to Russell Poulter
On Tuesday afternoon, Associate Professor Russell Poulter gave his valedictory seminar, marking his retirement from an a...
23 Oct 2018
Biochemistry bonanza at Otago Peninsula schools
Otago Biochemists wowed Portobello and Macandrew Bay primary schools last week with a fun introduction to their science...
11 Oct 2018
Otago research shows diet has little influence on precursor to gout
Dietary factors have a far smaller influence on urate levels (a precursor to gout) than previously envisaged, new Univer...
04 Oct 2018
Emerging Otago researchers win Fellowships worth $3.2 million
Emerging Otago researchers win Fellowships worth $3.2 million
02 Oct 2018
Biochemistry master’s student awarded prestigious scholarship to study at Cambridge
Otago Biochemistry’s Stephanie McGimpsey is heading to Cambridge University on a PhD scholarship thanks to the Woolf Fis...
27 Sep 2018
Otago discovery links DNA-packaging proteins and cancer development
Otago discovery links DNA-packaging proteins and cancer development
13 Sep 2018
Otago scientists awarded major funding for innovative research
Otago scientists awarded major funding for innovative research
12 Sep 2018
Otago researchers find answers as to why some people are at risk of gout
Otago researchers find answers as to why some people are at risk of gout
04 Sep 2018
Otago Biochemistry award success at Queenstown Research Week 2018
Congratulations to all members of the Otago Department of Biochemistry who received awards and prizes at the Queenstown...
29 Aug 2018
Otago student takes out national 3MT glory
Otago student takes out national 3MT glory
27 Aug 2018
Cancer Genetics student wins National Master's Three Minute Thesis Competition
A student in Professor Parry Guilford’s Cancer Genetics Lab in the Otago Department of Biochemistry has won the Master's...
27 Aug 2018
Otago Biochemistry’s Professor Peter Dearden finalist for Supervisor of the Year
Biochemistry's Professor Peter Dearden has earned a place as a finalist in the Otago University’s annual Supervisor of t...
23 Jul 2018
Fun with biomolecules at the University of Otago Science Expo
The Department of Biochemistry and Genetics Otago jointly ran an exhibit at the University of Otago Science Expo during...
19 Jun 2018
HRC funding successes for Biochemistry staff
Dr Peter Mace and Professor Sally McCormick have each been awarded more than $1M in the latest round of Health Research...
18 Jun 2018
Biochemistry helps take Lab in a Box to Te Anau
Otago Biochemistry Department helps bring science to the community of Te Anau using Lab in a Box
14 Jun 2018
Professors Guilford and Lamont featured in He Kitenga
Biochemistry researchers featured in He Kitenga
08 Jun 2018
Farewell to Robyn Thomson
Farewell to Robyn Thomson
11 May 2018
Inaugural Joan Mary Anderson Awards announced
Inaugural Joan Mary Anderson Awards announced
09 May 2018
Otago scientist involved in new tool to classify severity of Salmonella
Otago scientist involved in new tool to classify severity of Salmonella
02 May 2018
Out of the lab and on to the stage for Otago student
Out of the lab and on to the stage for Otago student
27 Apr 2018
2018 Marjorie McCallum awards announced
Marjorie McCallum Awards 2018
26 Apr 2018
New Otago Biochemistry lecturer’s research funded by Cancer Society
Dr Sarah Diermeier’s research into breast cancer metastasis has been funded by the Cancer Society.
26 Apr 2018
Pacific Island kids go bananas about biochemistry
Pacific Island children from Dunedin intermediate schools visited the Department of Biochemistry as part of Otago Univer...
24 Apr 2018
New monitoring method could help Māori cancer patients
24 April 2018, Media Release, A simple blood test could provide a significant step to reducing health inequities for Māo...
11 Apr 2018
Biochemistry PhD student already saving Māori lives
A University of Otago biochemistry PhD student is credited with saving lives, thanks to his new research finding a genet...
28 Mar 2018
HRC and Lottery Health funding successes in Biochemistry
Otago Biochemistry's Professor Kurt Krause and Dr Peter Mace were recently awarded research grants from the Health Resea...
27 Mar 2018
Stan Walker helped by Biochemistry research
Stan Walker helped by Biochemistry research: the singer Stan Walker recently shared his roller coaster ride dealing with...
15 Mar 2018
New independently-funded postdoctoral fellows
The Department of Biochemistry has three independently-funded postdoctoral fellows starting research early this year.
28 Feb 2018
Accomplished Biochemistry alumnus presents structure of the spliceosome
Max Wilkinson returned to Dunedin yesterday to give a compelling talk about his exceptional research into the structure...
26 Feb 2018
Department of Biochemistry's glowworm research splashed across the media
Otago Department of Biochemistry research revealing what makes glowworms glow generated wide media interest last week.
20 Feb 2018
Unique chemistry - which one day might help fight serious disease - found in the New Zealand glowworm
University of Otago researchers have helped uncover how New Zealand glowworms produce their glow.
13 Feb 2018
Funding success for brain disease research
Funding success for brain disease research in the Otago Department of Biochemistry
08 Feb 2018
Biochemistry and Plant Biotechnology student awarded University of Otago’s top undergraduate prize
Biochemistry student awarded University of Otago’s top undergraduate prize
16 Jan 2018
2017 Biochemistry Student Prizewinners
2017 Biochemistry Student Prizewinners
09 Jan 2018
University academics receive Fulbright Scholar awards
Two University of Otago academics have received Fulbright New Zealand Scholar Awards to undertake research in the United...