Congratulations to Matt McNeil (from Peter Fineran's lab) for his PhD thesis "Characterisation of the conserved hypothetical proteins SdhE and YgfX in Serratia 39006" which was recently placed on the Health Sciences Divisional List of Exceptional PhD theses.
Saleha Shahar today won first place in the Infectious Diseases Section of the NZ International Science Festival "Science as Art" photo competition. This prize was supported by the Webster Centre for Infectious Disease. For other winners, click here.
The New Zealand Branch Meeting of the Australasian Society of Immunology was held in Dunedin June 28-29, featuring Anne Kelso (WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza), Troy Randall (University of Alabama at Birmingham) and Richard Vile (Mayo Clinic). Congratulations to:
Congratulations to Andy Highton (Kemp Lab), Brooke Dobson (Griffin Lab) and Corinna Richter (Fineran Lab), who were all awarded Prof Sandy Smith Memorial Scholarships this week. These scholarships are administered by the Dunedin Basic Medical Sciences Course Trust and are awarded to students whose research has application to microbiology in relation to medicine.
Congratulations to all of our students who graduated in the weekend:
Congratulations to Alex McLellan, Ros Kemp, and our new recruit, Jo Kirman (starting June 2012) for their recent success in the Lotteries Health Research funding round.
Congratulations to Julie Weaver and Chris Rodgers who both received OSMS awards - Julie for DIstinguished Teaching Fellow / Professional Practice Fellow, and Chris for Distinguished Research Support Staff.
The Department of Microbiology and Immunology held a Research Retreat at the Crown Mill on October 28th. The research retreat was a chance to see the depth of research in the Department and included talks and poster presentations from most people in the Department.
Congratulations to Dr Heather Brooks who received a best lecturer award for her teaching in both the 2nd year and 3rd year medicine courses at the recent Otago University Medical Students’ Association (OUMSA) Teaching Excellence Awards.
