Congratulations to Associate Professor Peter Fineran, Associate Professor Keith Ireton and Dr Xochitl Morgan who have all had projects funded by the School of Biomedical Science's Dean's Bequest fund.
Congratulations to all the current and former students of the department who had their degrees conferred on Saturday.
The 2016 achievements of staff of the School of Biomedical Sciences were recognised at the annual awards function last night, with three from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology receiving awards.
A study led by Associate Professor Alex McLellan and first-authored by PhD student Morad-Remy Muhsin has revealed that chemotherapy stimulates the release of tiny vesicles from the surface of cancer cells that cause blood to clot.
The annual Department of Microbiology and Immunology Research Celebration, held last Friday, was an opportunity for staff, students and invited speakers to come together to share and discuss the exciting scientific research being produced by the department.
Dr Htin Lin Aung, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Cook Lab, is leading the first joint Myanmar-New Zealand health research project, as a part of his mission to improve diagnostic procedures and develop a better treatment for multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis (Tb).
Each year the department awards prizes to the students who received the highest total grades in the BSc and BSc(Hons) programmes. Textbook publisher McGraw-Hill also kindly donates book vouchers that are awarded to the highest-ranked 200-level students in the second semester papers. Congratulations to the 2016 winners!
Bacteria can boost their own immune systems by “talking” to each other, as shown by a surprising new research finding led by a team from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology's Fineran Lab. The findings have appeared today in the international journal Molecular Cell.
Congratulations to Adrian Patterson and Bridget Watson, both PhD students in the Fineran Lab, who have received awards for their poster submissions at recent conferences.
Professor Greg Cook, Professor Clive Ronson and Dr Yoshio Nakatani have all been successful in their grant applications, making 2016 a very successful year for the Department in securing Marsden funding. A total of $1,875,000 has been awarded to fund the three research programmes. Dr Ros Kemp and Dr Jo Kirman were also successful in receiving funding for their joint project with Associate Professor Thomas Proft of the University of Auckland.
