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Talking COVID and working with communities to increase vaccination

Talking COVID and working with communities to increase vaccination

18 October 2021

 

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Biology Teacher PD Days are back for 2021

Biology Teacher PD Days are back for 2021

21 June 2021

MWC travelled to beautiful Queenstown to host it's first Biology Teacher Professional Development day for 2021.

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Supporting students affected by COVID-19

Supporting students affected by COVID-19

5 October 2020

The Maurice Wilkins Centre is providing stipend extensions to PhD students whose progress has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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MWC COVID-19 science video translated into Samoan

MWC COVID-19 science video translated into Samoan

3 September 2020

A COVID-19 explanatory science video produced by Maurice Wilkins Centre Deputy Director Professor Peter Shepherd has been translated into Samoan by Fiti Laupua, Annie Tuisuga and Seuseu Dr. Tauati at the Samoa Research Organisation of Samoa (SROS).

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MWC assisting with Samoa’s COVID-19 testing

MWC assisting with Samoa’s COVID-19 testing

5 July 2020

The Maurice Wilkins Centre has been working with the Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa (SROS) to obtain relevant equipment and protocols required for COVID-19 testing in Samoa.

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Getting New Zealand's only COVID-19 lab up and running

Getting New Zealand's only COVID-19 lab up and running

10 June 2020

While most of the country was in lockdown, a small team led by MWC investigators Professor Miguel Quiñones-Mateu and Associate Professor James Ussher were in their University of Otago lab working to isolate the COVID-19 virus from New Zealand patient samples. 

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MWC investigator backs COVID-19 vaccine search

MWC investigator backs COVID-19 vaccine search

27 May 2020

New Zealand scientists have already identified a number of potential COVID-19 vaccine candidates, according to Associate Professor James Ussher, MWC Associate Investigator at the University of Otago.

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COVID-19 antibody testing underway in MWC labs

COVID-19 antibody testing underway in MWC labs

22 May 2020

MWC Principal Investigator Dr Nikki Moreland, Immunologist and Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland, is working with a team of researchers on lab-based COVID-19 antibody tests in a bid to better understand the body's immune response to the virus.

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