Congratulations to postgraduate students Sharleen Rae
(Biochemistry) and Malinda Tantirigama (Physiology) who won
a first prize award at the University of Otago’s Health
Science Research Forum in October. The theme of the forum
was Innovation Through Collaboration and the poster was
designed to demonstrate how both students' PhD projects
fitted together as part of a wider collaboration between the
Neural Development and Disease lab in Biochemistry, and the
Empson lab in Physiology.
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Welcome to the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Otago.
We are very student friendly and invite you to join us for your education. We have programs for students at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Our staff is passionate about science and the quality of the training our students receive is recognised internationally. After completing our programs, our students have a good track record in academia, industry and the health sciences.
This is the most exciting time in history to study biochemistry because the molecular basis of health and disease is being worked out in biochemistry laboratories around the world. In our Department we have over 40 full-time researchers focusing on diverse areas of biochemistry, ranging from the molecular basis of stomach cancer to finding a new antibiotic with which to treat tuberculosis. We encourage you to browse our site, get to know our research and let us know how we can help you. Read more >>
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22/11/2011
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09/11/2011, University of Otago press releaseThe University of Otago announced today that it will receive funding through Grand Challenges Explorations, an initiative created by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that enables researchers worldwide to test unorthodox ideas that address persistent health and development challenges. Associate Professor Russell Poulter will pursue an innovative global health research project, titled “Activation of latent HIV by cyclic analogues of Tat”.
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07/10/2011
Professor Kurt Krause was in yesterday's Otago Daily Times watching the new PC3 biocontainment facility being hoisted onto the roof of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology with Professors Frank Griffin and Gregory Cook from that department. The purchase of the PC3 facility was initiated by the Webster Centre for Infectious Diseases, of which Professor Krause is the Director, and funded by the university. It will allow our scientists to study the microorganisms that cause infectious diseases such as tuberculosis in safety.
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