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11 Apr 2025
UOC student wins prestigious American Chemical Society Award
Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Max Yavitt, from the University of Otago, Christchurch’s, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and M...
09 Apr 2025
Whānau at the forefront for researchers
Whānau is at the heart of cancer research projects set to be undertaken by three Otago scholarship recipients.
29 Mar 2025
Study will improve predictions of ice sheet movement
A University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka-led study is developing innovative methods to accurately predict how ice sh...
26 Mar 2025
New Zealand-Germany collaboration will boost studies into obesity
Dr Aline Boer is one of several early career New Zealand researchers about to head to Germany to work on a collaborative...
20 Mar 2025
Aotearoa once home to elephant seals
Southern elephant seals are the “canary in the coal mine” for the Southern Ocean, offering insight into how the ecosyste...
27 Feb 2025
Speaking at World Endometriosis Congress
An Otago PhD candidate has made it through a ‘highly competitive selection process’ to present at an international congr...
27 Feb 2025
Researchers call for end to futile CPR
To reduce unnecessary harm, staff in aged residential care facilities should not be forced to provide chest compressions...
14 Feb 2025
Getting educational frog resource off the ground
A year's work came to fruition for two Otago Master of Science students when a new bilingual resource they spearheaded w...
03 Feb 2025
Revealing underwater secrets with new technique
Scientists from the University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka are hoping their new research technique will help unlock...
30 Jan 2025
Otago scientists discover Antarctic fast ice secrets
University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka scientists have successfully analysed more than 30 years of vital data on the...
27 Jan 2025
Predicting ‘male-time’ with the Androgen Clock
Researchers from the University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka have created a world-first epigenetic tool which has imp...
23 Jan 2025
Study focuses on nitrous oxide use
People know less about recreational nitrous oxide use than they think they do, new University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu...