News from the School of Biomedical Sciences
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11 Jul 2024
Prestigious Royal Society award to neuroprosthetics academic
An Otago researcher investigating an innovative approach to help people manage d...
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11 Jul 2024
Surprise discovery with big scientific potential
An unexpected find has enabled important progress to be made in the battle again...
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08 Jul 2024
Funding awarded to continue critical cancer research
Lung cancer is the greatest single cancer contributor to the life expectancy gap...
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27 Jun 2024
Poutoko Taiea appointments recognise impactful contributions
Six Otago academics have been honoured for their significant research impact and...
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29 May 2024
Understanding and improving weight loss drugs
An Otago academic is investigating the role of intestinal hormones on weight los...
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27 May 2024
HRC awards $3.7 million to Otago researchers
Antibiotic resistance is increasing at an alarming rate, causing global concern....
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22 May 2024
Off-Campus: From laboratories to the ice rink
When Jaydee Cabral first started playing ice hockey in her 30s, never in her wil...
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09 May 2024
Child of A’ua’u, returning home
In a collaborative partnership between the University of Otago and the Mangaian...
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06 May 2024
Modelling the microcosm
Dr Alice Eruera (Ngāpuhi) unlocks the mysteries of our world through the lens of...
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01 May 2024
Otago awarded prestigious PM's science prize
The University of Otago’s HDGC Research Group has received the Te Pūiaki Putaiao...
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11 Apr 2024
If these bones could talk
Otago’s Dr Jade De La Paz has made a career out of unravelling the mysteries hid...
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04 Apr 2024
Hidden worlds of Otago’s new Royal Society Fellows
University of Otago academics awarded Fellowships from the Royal Society Te Apār...
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