New antimicrobials through genomics and protein structure.
Rational drug design using protein structure analysis.
High throughput proteomics for novel therapeutics.
Mathematics and engineering to model biological systems.
Peptide based vaccines and novel drug candidates.
Cell signalling pathways in diabetes and metabolic disorders.
Developing cell based immunotherapy for cancer and other diseases.
6 June 2013: Centre members win $29 million in national health research funding round
The Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery is delighted that members of its national research network have received a total of $29 million in the annual Health Research Council of New Zealand funding round; almost half the amount awarded this year.
Biology Teachers Professional Development Day
Following the big turnout at our November 2012 Biology teachers PD the
Maurice Wilkins Centre has decided to hold another such day.
Structure based drug design for tuberculosis. Read about Professor Bill Denny and Dr. Brian Palmer who are developing new agents to treat one of man's oldest and most intractable diseases.
