A team led by Professor Greg Cook has this week published findings in the prestigious US journal PNAS that help to explain why mycobacteria are so hardy.
Microbiology and Immunology staff and students have had great success in the Otago School of Medical Sciences Photo Competition. Gemma Laws won both the Student Prize and the Gut Health Network Prize, the Webster Centre award went to Vernon Ward and a new category, Te Ao Maori, for the prize that best represented the Maori World, was awarded to Ros Kemp. Michael Petridis and Judith Bateup's entries were both awarded Highly Commended.
University of Otago’s Carl Smith Medal and Rowheath Trust Award have been awarded this year to two early career researchers who have already made important international contributions to their disciplines.
The department extends a big congratulations to Microbiology and Immunology graduate Clare Burn, who has received a Fulbright Science and Innovation Graduate Award.
While undergraduate students were enjoying their mid-semester break, students from seven high schools around Dunedin had the opportunity to take their place in the department’s teaching lab.
Microbiology and Immunology’s Professor Gerald Tannock has received a funding grant of $250,000 for a joint New Zealand-Singapore project which will investigate the link between weaning food patterns and obesity.
Congratulations to Kirsten Ward-Hartstonge, who received a Todd Foundation Award for Excellence (University), which will allow her to pursue her research on the immune response in colorectal cancer. Kirsten is a Master's student in Ros Kemp's Lab.
Congratulations to Andy Highton who won 1st equal in the poster session at the Australasian Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics Development Meeting in Melbourne last week. Andy is a PhD student in Ros Kemp's lab, and is using a new vaccine delivery system to protect against colorectal cancer.
Congratulations to Kirsten Ward-Hartstonge who has won a Brenda Shore Award for Women. This award provides Kirsten, in Ros Kemp's lab, with funding for her project "Effector Regulatory T Cells in Colorectal Cancer".
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