Otago Biochemistry in the news

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  • Summer Student Prizes
  • 20/05/2013
  • Two students in this department, Jessica Craig and Abdul Aziz Ben Aiderus, have been awarded prizes from the Dean's Advisory Committee for their Summer Studentship project reports. Read more »
  • Psa Controversy
  • 28/02/2013
  • Poulter
    A research group led by Assoc Prof Russell Poulter has today published a paper showing that the kiwifruit vine disease Psa entered this country from China. Read more »
  • Lifetime Achievement Award
  • 08/02/2013
  • johnLifetime
    Last night, at the Otago School of Medical Sciences awards ceremony, Associate Professor John Cutfield received a Lifetime Achievement Award. Read more »
  • Tina Edgar wins Award
  • 08/02/2013
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    Tina Edgar, who has been Warren Tate's technician for many years, last night won the Otago School of Medical Sciences Research Support Award for 2012. Read more »
  • 2012 Prizewinners
  • 07/02/2013
  • The 2012 University prizes in Biochemistry went to the following students: Mervyn Smith Prize in Biochemistry - Abigail Burgess Edson Prize in Biochemistry (300-level) - Demi Poynter Edson Prize in Biochemistry (400-level) - Abdul Bin Aiderus George Petersen Prize in Biochemistry - Ben Peters Read more »
  • Paper showcased by FEBS Journal
  • 24/01/2013
  • The paper "Structure and activity of exo-1,3/1,4-β-glucanase from marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas sp. BB1 showing a novel C-terminal domain" by Yoshio Nakatani, Susan M. Cutfield, Nathan P. Cowieson and John F. Cutfield, has been selected by editor Alexander Wlodawer to be included in the latest virtual issue of FEBS Journal. This issue showcases the best contributions published by the journal in the field of structural biology.  Read more »
  • Two new professors
  • 21/12/2012
  • Professors Parry Guilford and Julian Eaton-Rye are among the 24 newly promoted professors the University announced yesterday. Read more »
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