Congratulations to our five academics who have been awarded University of Otago Research Grants (UORG) for 2019. All funding is provided from 1 January 2019 through to 31 March 2020.
Associate Professor Peter Fineran
Jumbo phage nuclei for anti-viral defence evasion
$36,838
Associate Professor Keith Ireton
Identification of human receptors for internalin proteins of the pathogen listeria monocytogenes
$78,872
Associate Professor Ros Kemp
Reversing T Cell Exhaustion in a Mouse Model for Colorectal Cancer
$41,637
Dr Htin Aung
Development of a rapid and cost-effective point-of-care bovine tuberculosis (bTB) molecular diagnostic
$38,929
Associate Professor Alex McLellan
Auto-induction of anti-cancer T cells to enhance patient safety
$59,124
