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NZIC announces two winners of 2017 MWC Prize for Chemical Science

16 November 2017

Professor Jadranka Travas-Sejdic, University of Auckland, and Associate Professor James Crowley, University of Otago, have both been awarded the 2017 Maurice Wilkins Centre Prize for Chemical Science, as announced by the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry.

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Dr Htin Lin Aung awarded major fellowship for TB research

Dr Htin Lin Aung awarded major fellowship for TB research

1 November 2017

University of Otago microbiology and immunology researcher Dr Htin Lin Aung has been awarded a $500,000 Sir Charles Hercus Health Research Fellowship by the Health Research Council (HRC) that will enable him to continue his work combatting tuberculosis (TB) at local and inte...

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Royal Society Te Aparangi awards Callaghan Medal to Professor Peter Shepherd

Royal Society Te Aparangi awards Callaghan Medal to Professor Peter Shepherd

14 October 2017

Professor Peter Shepherd, Deputy Director of the Maurice Wilkins Centre, has been awarded the Callaghan Medal for pioneering activities to increase the understanding of science by the New Zealand public.

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Dr Aniruddha Chatterjee awarded Rutherford Discovery Fellowship

Dr Aniruddha Chatterjee awarded Rutherford Discovery Fellowship

13 October 2017

MWC Affiliate Investigator Dr Aniruddha Chatterjee of the University of Otago is one of only ten recipients across the country to be awarded a 2017 Rutherford Discovery Fellowship.

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Professor Garth Cooper conferred Doctorate in Science by Oxford

12 September 2017

Garth Cooper, Professor of Biochemistry and Clinical Biochemistry at the University of Auckland’s School of Biological Sciences, and a founding Principal Investigator of the Maurice Wilkins Centre, was recently conferred a Doctor of Science (DSc) degree by the Medical Scienc...

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Professor Peter Shepherd receives NZSO Translational Research Award

12 September 2017

Professor Peter Shepherd, Professor of Cell Signalling at the University of Auckland and Deputy Director of the Maurice Wilkins Centre, recently received the New Zealand Society of Oncology (NZSO) 2017 Translational Research Award.

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Professor Margaret Brimble receives IUPAC Service Award

Professor Margaret Brimble receives IUPAC Service Award

12 August 2017

Distinguished Professor Margaret Brimble, a Principal Investigator at the Maurice Wilkins Centre and Director of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Auckland, received an Appreciation of Service Award during the recent International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (...

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