About the Research Infrastructure Centre

The Research Infrastructure Centre ( RIC ) brings together key research facilities that support health and biomedical research at the University of Otago.

Research Infrastructure Centre management team

Professor Sarah Hook
Research Infrastructure Centre Manager
Email sarah.hook@otago.ac.nz

Jessica Jones
RIC Administrator
Tel +64 3 479 8580
Email j.jones@otago.ac.nz

Operations Managers

Professor Sarah Hook, Acting Otago Genomics Facility ( OGF ) Operations Manager
Email genomics@otago.ac.nz

Dr Torsten Kleffman, Centre for Protein Research (CPR) Operations Manager
Email torsten.kleffmann@otago.ac.nz

Dr Karen Reader, Otago Micro and Nanoscale Imaging ( OMNI ) Operations Manager
Email omni@otago.ac.nz

Scott Rhodes, Biomedical Research Facilities ( BRF ) Operations Manager
Email scott.rhodes@otago.ac.nz

Research Infrastructure Centre's User Groups

The RIC User Groups provides scientific input and advice into the operation and strategic direction of the Research Infrastructure Centre Units.

For information on the User Groups please contact the Chairs:

Biomedical Research Facility
Dr Daniel Pletzer(Chair)
Email daniel.pletzer@otago.ac.nz

Centre for Protein Research
Professor Natalie Hughes (Chair)
Email natalie.hughes@otago.ac.nz

Confocal microscopy
Dr Laura Gumy (Chair)
Email laura.gumy@otago.ac.nz

Electron microscopy
Associate Professor Mihnea Bostina (Chair)
Email mihnea.bostina@otago.ac.nz

Flow cytometry
Dr Kirsten Ward-Hartstonge (Chair)
Email kirsten.ward-hartstonge@otago.ac.nz

Histology
Associate Professor Tania Slatter (Chair)
Email tania.slatter@otago.ac.nz

Otago Genomics Facility
Professor Mik Black  (Chair)
Email mik.black@otago.ac.nz

Research Infrastructure Centre's governance group

The Divisional Research Infrastructure Centre Governance Group (RIC GG) provides strategic oversight to the operations of the Research Infrastructure Centre.

RIC GG members

• PVC Health Sciences (Chair) - pvc.health-sciences.ea@otago.ac.nz
• RIC Director (Deputy Chair) - ric.admin@otago.ac.nz
• Dean Biomedical Sciences (BMS) - bms.dean@otago.ac.nz
• Dean Dunedin School of Medicine (DSM) - dsm.deanpa@otago.ac.nz
• Dean Dentistry - dentistry.dean@otago.ac.nz
• Dean Pharmacy - pharmacy.dean@otago.ac.nz
• HS Associate Dean Research - adresearch.hs@otago.ac.nz
• HS Associate Dean Māori - ADMaori.healthsciences@otago.ac.nz
• HS Associate Dean Pacific