Postgraduate activities
2017 Queenstown Molecular Microbiology meeting poster prizewinners
The Webster Centre encourages young scientists to present their work at research meetings. Meet some of the prize winners.
Premier winners
The Webster Centre was pleased to award the following postgraduate students a Premier poster prize at the the poster session of the Queenstown Molecular Biology Infectious Diseases satellite meeting.
Tom Li, University of Auckland, for his poster entitled Are plants the answer to the global antibiotic resistance crisis?
Bhamini Rangnekar, University of Otago, for her poster entitled A combination of dry powder formulation for treating latent and drug-resistant tuberculosis.
Other prize winners
The Webster Centre was pleased to award the following postgraduate students a poster prize at the poster session of the Queenstown Molecular Biology Infectious Diseases satellite meeting.
Mel Knottenbelt, University of Otago, with her poster entitled Investigating the evolution of teixobactin resistance in Enterococcus faecalis
Ian Monk, the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne, Australia for his poster entitled Phosphatase activity of the essential Histidine Kinase WalK in Staphylococcus aureus.
'Most Translatable' poster prize
The Webster Centre was pleased to award the 'most translatable' poster prize (sponsored by D4 Network) at the Queenstown Molecular Biology Infectious Diseases satellite meeting to Peter Choi, University of Auckland.
Peter Choi, University of Auckland, with his poster entitled Synthetic studies towards the development of less lipophilic drug of bedaquiline.
Postgraduate study
Departmental information
- Information for prospective postgraduate students of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology
- Information for prospective postgraduate students of the Department of Biochemistry
- Postgraduate programmes in the Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington
- Postgraduate programmes in the Department of Pathology, University of Otago, Christchurch
- Postgraduate research opportunities database
University of Otago general information
- Postgraduate study
- PhD: Apply for study
- The Otago Post (Postgraduate newsletter)
Postgraduate travel awards
The Webster Centre for Infectious Diseases supports the development of young scientists by offering grants to assist postgraduate students to attend conferences.
Contact us to apply:
Email james.ussher@otago.ac.nz
Read more about previous winners and their research:
Travel Award winners
Undergraduate study
Undergraduate Summer Scholarships
The Webster Centre for Infectious Diseases supports the development of young scientists by offering Summer Scholarships to undergraduate students.
Contact us to apply:
Email: james.ussher@otago.ac.nz
Read more about previous winners and their research
Read about our previous undergraduate scholarship winners' research.
Visit the University of Otago website for more information and support for students.
Science for secondary schools
Visit Hands-On Science to check out what's coming up next time.