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Communication award for Auckland scientist

29 November 2012

The New Zealand Association of Scientists has this week awarded the Science Communicators Award for 2012 to Dr Siouxsie Wiles from The University of Auckland and Maurice Wilkins Centre.

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Centre celebrates national research honours

21 November 2012

The Maurice Wilkins Centre is delighted that four of its investigators – Professors Margaret Brimble, John Fraser and David Williams and Dr Richard Furneaux – received prestigious awards at the annual Research Honours Dinner in Auckland this evening.

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Secondary school book award for principal investigator

16 November 2012

Maurice Wilkins Centre principal investigator Professor Peter Shepherd and co-author Rachel Heeney, Head of Biology at Epsom Girls Grammar School, won the Best Book or Series in Secondary Publishing award at the Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) Educational Publishing A...

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Investigator named “Science bright spark”

15 January 2012

Associate Professor Michael Hay, a member of the Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre and a Maurice Wilkins Centre investigator, has been named by New Zealand’s North & South magazine as amongst the country’s 2011 “science bright sparks”.

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Investigator receives New Year Honour

1 January 2012

The Maurice Wilkins Centre is delighted that one of its principal investigators, Distinguished Professor Margaret Brimble, was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to services in the 2012 New Year Honours.

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