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News from the School of Biomedical Sciences

Yusuf Cakmak

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...

The University's Poutoko Taiea, Distinguished Chairs, 2025, with Acting Vice-Chancellor Professor Helen Nicholson are (from left) Professor Tony Ballantyne, Professor Christina Hulbe, Professor Cliff Abraham, and Professor Peter Dearden.

27 Jun 2024

Poutoko Taiea appointments recognise impactful contributions


Six Otago academics have been honoured for their significant research impact and...

Aline Boer

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....

Jaydee Cabral

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...

Prime Minister's science award winners

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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