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04 Jul 2022
Mood, appetite, and breathing – 3 new projects at the Centre
Professor Dave Grattan, Dr Rosie Brown, Dr Sharon Ladyman and Dr Teodora Georges...
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28 Jun 2022
When female brains listen too much to testosterone
Dr Caroline Decourt from the Anderson group has won the 2022 OMSRS Research Staf...
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03 Jun 2022
What have fat and wounds in common?
Associate Professor Alexander Tups has been awarded an Explorer Grant by the New...
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26 May 2022
Publication Prize for PNAS Paper
Dr Teodora Georgescu has won the 2021 HNNA publication award in the postdoc cate...
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17 Dec 2021
Two awards at PSNZ Prize Forum
At the 2021 Prize Forum of the Physiological Society of New Zealand (PSNZ) Dr Jo...
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23 Nov 2021
CNE PhD Prize for microglia research on polycystic ovary syndrome
PhD student Aisha Sati from the Campbell group has won the 2021 CNE PhD Prize fo...
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15 Nov 2021
Three Marsden grants for the Centre
Drs Rosie Brown, Sharon Ladyman, and Joon Kim have received Marsden Fund grants...
![Greg Anderson and Caroline Decourt Sept 2021_thumb](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0021/321483/greg-anderson-and-caroline-decourt-sept-2021_thumb-832835.jpg)
16 Sep 2021
MBIE support for development of new mammal-specific pest eradication strategy
Prof Greg Anderson and Dr Caroline Decourt have received MBIE funding for develo...
![Mohammed Rizwan Dave Grattan Jenny Clarkson Alex Tups June 2021_thumb](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0027/329616/mohammed-rizwan-dave-grattan-jenny-clarkson-alex-tups-june-2021_thumb-831241.jpg)
28 Jul 2021
Two HRC project grants for the Centre
Researchers around Professor David Grattan from the Centre for Neuroendocrinolog...
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27 Jul 2021
27 July 2021, Otago proud to pledge to openness in animal research
The University of Otago is proud to be an inaugural signatory of an agreement wh...
![Kristina Smiley and Teodora Georgescu March 2019_thumb](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0027/324639/kristina-smiley-and-teodora-georgescu-march-2019_thumb-707012.jpg)
24 Jun 2021
OMSRS Speaker Prize for parental behaviour research
CNE postdocs Kristina Smiley and Teodora Georgescu take home first and second pl...
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03 Dec 2020
Researchers find “missing link”
Otago researchers have found the “missing link between stress and infertility”.
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27 Nov 2020
CNE PhD Prize for research on the reward of motherhood
Judith Swart from the Rosie Brown lab won the 2020 CNE PhD Prize for her PhD the...
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27 Nov 2020
Distinguished Researcher Award for Associate Professor Rebecca Campbell
The School of Biomedical Sciences of the University of Otago has awarded Associa...
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23 Nov 2020
CNE awarded for Postgraduate Research Culture Excellence
The CNE has been awarded the University of Otago’s 2019 Postgraduate Research Cu...
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11 Nov 2020
Three Marsden grants for the CNE
Drs Karl Iremonger, Kristina Smiley and Joe Yip have received Marsden grant fund...
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02 Nov 2020
Unusual suspect: Could deficient 'brain glue' make you infertile?
Dr Elodie Desroziers has been awarded the Hercus Fellowship by the New Zealand H...
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07 Sep 2020
Breastfeeding hormone makes new fathers better dads
Breastfeeding hormone makes new fathers better dads. Study from the University o...
![Dave Grattan and Rosie Brown June 2020_thumb](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0029/318728/dave-grattan-and-rosie-brown-june-2020_thumb-739470.jpg)
01 Jul 2020
Why mothers care: New study on how pregnancy hormones change the brain
Dr Rosie Brown and Prof Dave Grattan receive funding for a new project investiga...
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17 Jun 2020
Positive stress - emerging researcher wins prize for stress studies
Dr Joon Kim from the Iremonger lab has been awarded the emerging researcher priz...
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26 Feb 2020
Zebrafish study continues to attract awards
Kaj Kamstra from the Tups Lab won the young investigator award for his PhD thesi...
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20 Nov 2019
Carl Smith Medal for Karl Iremonger
Senior lecturer Karl Iremonger has been awarded the University of Otago’s Rowhea...
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12 Nov 2019
A lactation hormone in males?
Prof Dave Grattan and Dr Rosie Brown have attained Marsden grant funding for res...
![Kaj Kamstra CNE PhD Prize 2019_thumb](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0022/314806/kaj-kamstra-cne-phd-prize-2019_thumb-723244.jpg)
06 Nov 2019
A fat hormone that regulates blood sugar
The 2019 CNE PhD Prize has been awarded to Kaj Kamstra from the Tups lab for his...
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10 Oct 2019
The brain's control over diabetic hearts
PhD student Shivani Sethi, co-supervised by Prof Colin Brown, wins the OMSRS PhD...
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09 Sep 2019
Sextuple success by CNE trio
CNE members dominate the 2019 HNNA and MedSci meetings during Queenstown researc...
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05 Jul 2019
HRC grant to investigate stress in motherhood
Karl Iremonger and Dave Grattan have received funding from the Health Research C...
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12 Jun 2019
Student success at the 2019 BHRC Symposium
PhD students Bradley Jamieson and Shivani Sethi won awards for their oral and po...
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30 May 2019
Student wins prize for work on zebrafish
Kaj Kamstra, PhD student with Alex Tups wins prize for 3-minute presentation on...
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01 May 2019
CNE student awarded for report on summer research project
Eleni Hackwell from the Grattan Lab has been awarded the Summer Research Scholar...
![Kristina Smiley and Teodora Georgescu March 2019_thumb](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0027/324639/kristina-smiley-and-teodora-georgescu-march-2019_thumb-707012.jpg)
13 Mar 2019
Two postdocs successful in attaining research support
Drs Kristina Smiley and Teodora Georgescu have been awarded project support gran...
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12 Mar 2019
Researcher Profile - Dr Richard Piet
Dr Richard Piet researches how the suprachiasmatic nucleus, the brain’s circadia...
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04 Feb 2019
Researcher Profile - Associate Professor Christine Jasoni
Associate Professor Christine Jasoni is a developmental biologist studying the e...
![Karl Iremonger_thumbnail](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0021/302259/karl-iremonger_thumbnail-702250.jpg)
04 Jan 2019
Researcher Profile - Dr Karl Iremonger
Dr Karl Iremonger’s team work on corticotrophin-releasing hormone (CRH) neurons...
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12 Dec 2018
Researcher Profile - Professor Allan Herbison
Professor Allan Herbison does research on gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)...
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04 Dec 2018
Neurological Foundation awards fellowship to CNE postdoc
Dr Joon Kim from the Iremonger lab has secured 2 years more funding from the Neu...
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04 Dec 2018
Otago researchers discover a promising therapy for improving heart attack survivorship
Otago researchers discover a promising therapy for improving heart attack surviv...
![Dr Rosie Brown_thumbnail](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0024/300768/dr-rosie-brown_thumbnail-697999.jpg)
26 Nov 2018
Dr Rosie Brown is new Sir Charles Hercus Fellow
Dr Rosie Brown has just been awarded the Sir Charles Hercus Health Research Fell...
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19 Nov 2018
A week of prizes, posters and lectures for the CNE
CNE students and postdocs won multiple prizes during a week filled with events l...
![Dave Grattan_thumbnail](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0025/297502/dave-grattan_thumbnail-699268.jpg)
13 Nov 2018
Prof. Dave Grattan new CNE Director
Professor Dave Grattan takes over CNE directorship from Prof. Allan Herbison; As...
![Dr Rosie Brown_thumbnail](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0024/300768/dr-rosie-brown_thumbnail-697999.jpg)
18 Oct 2018
CNE young researcher recognised through early career award
Dr Rosie Brown just won the University of Otago Early Career Award for Distincti...
![R Campbell_thumb](https://www.otago.ac.nz/__data/assets/image/0029/281369/r-campbell_thumb-697550.jpg)
10 Oct 2018
Researcher Profile - Associate Professor Rebecca Campbell
Associate Professor Rebecca Campbell's lab works on the neural circuits that con...
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07 Sep 2018
PhD student receives MacGibbon Fellowship
India Sawyer, PhD student with Professor Greg Anderson, has just been awarded th...
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03 Sep 2018
Researcher Profile - Associate Professor Stephen Bunn
Associate Professor Stephen Bunn performs research on the release of catecholami...
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31 Aug 2018
Smart and looking good - CNE researchers take home range of prizes
CNE researchers won 3 academic prizes at the Medical Sciences Congress at the Qu...
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07 Aug 2018
Researcher Profile - Professor Colin Brown
Professor Colin Brown works on how the brain controls various body functions suc...
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22 Jun 2018
$5 million boost for Otago team’s quest to restore fertility in women with disabling ovary disorder
$5 million boost for Otago team’s quest to restore fertility in women with disab...
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09 Apr 2018
New clues to help restore fertility in women with disabling ovary disorder
Ground-breaking research out of the University of Otago is showing potential to...
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07 Feb 2018
First human trial of potentially game-changing diabetes treatment set to commence
University of Otago researchers are ready to take a significant step in the deve...
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10 Nov 2017
Landmark study from Otago clarifies brain's role in fertility control
Crucial new information about how the brain controls fertility has been unlocked...