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Dr Ofa Dewes appointed Member of The New Zealand Order of Merit

Dr Ofa Dewes appointed Member of The New Zealand Order of Merit

5 June 2023

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Dame Margaret Brimble wins top Royal Society of Chemistry award

Dame Margaret Brimble wins top Royal Society of Chemistry award

15 July 2022

Distinguished Professor Dame Margaret Brimble’s large body of pioneering work in chemistry was internationally recognised recently by the Royal Society of Chemistry.  

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Endeavour funding for research led by Professor Dame Margaret Brimble

Endeavour funding for research led by Professor Dame Margaret Brimble

17 September 2020

A research project led by Distinguished Professor Dame Margaret Brimble, MWC Deputy Director at the University of Auckland, has been awarded over $9 million from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) 2020 Endeavour Fund.

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MWC researcher awarded Toloa Tertiary Scholarship

MWC researcher awarded Toloa Tertiary Scholarship

7 March 2020

In early March 2020, the Ministry for Pacific Peoples awarded a Toloa Tertiary Scholarship to Ms Zanetta Toomata, a University of Auckland student actively involved with various MWC research studies. 

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Margaret Brimble recognised by Zonta

Margaret Brimble recognised by Zonta

8 November 2019

Distinguished Professor Dame Margaret Brimble FRS, Principal Investigator at the Maurice Wilkins Centre, University of Auckland, has been awarded a Zonta New Zealand Women of Achievement Award for 2019 by the Zonta Club of Auckland.

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Dame Margaret Brimble inducted into the ACS MEDI Hall of Fame

Dame Margaret Brimble inducted into the ACS MEDI Hall of Fame

4 September 2019

Distinguished Professor Dame Margaret Brimble has become the first New Zealand woman to be inducted into the American Chemical Society Division of Medicinal Chemistry Hall of Fame.

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Professor Margaret Brimble becomes a Dame

Professor Margaret Brimble becomes a Dame

15 January 2019

Distinguished Professor Margaret Brimble, Principal Investigator at the Maurice Wilkins Centre at the University of Auckland, was recently named a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Year Honours.

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Professor Emily Parker elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi

Professor Emily Parker elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi

1 November 2018

The Royal Society Te Apārangi has just announced that it has appointed Professor Emily Parker, a Principal Investigator at the Maurice Wilkins Centre based at the Ferrier Institute, Victoria University of Wellington (VUW), as a Fellow.

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