Highlights
Taking the stage —MWC investigators recognised
MWC Principal and Associate Investigators were awarded international and national recognition for their scientific research and engagement with the community.
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MWC community gathers in Dunedin for 2023 Symposium
MWC Investigators from across the country gathered in Dunedin for the Maurice Wilkins Centre Symposium to hear and discuss MWC strategy, research updates in the core themes of meta
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Structured engagement with Māori taking shape
MWC’s first Māori Engagement Strategy is providing a powerful foundation to propel Māori voices, projects, and researchers for impactful world-leading biomedical research.
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A step towards precision medicine for Māori and Pacific Peoples
Research funded through the MWC Metabolic Health research theme programme has led to the understanding of how a gene variant unique to Māori and Pacific could impact the way first
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PhD research unlocks less-invasive cancer testing
Only a decade ago, tracking cancer tumours with blood tests was the realm of science fiction. Now, MWC Affiliate Investigator Dr Sandra Fitzgerald has a whole technology for detect
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Clinical trials for anti-cancer agent Tarloxotinib
Maurice Wilkins Centre has supported the Tarloxotinib drug development programme over many years. Now, the Phase II clinical stage anti-cancer agent has been acquired by Convert Ph
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New anti-viral based therapies for Covid-19: Protease inhibitors
Researchers at MWC are looking to develop novel inhibitors for SARS-CoV-2 Mpro by leveraging expertise within MWC’s Infectious Disease network for anti-viral drug development.
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MWC lab part of large international effort targeting Acute Rheumatic Fever
Researchers from the University of Auckland (led by Maurice Wilkins Centre Principal Investigator Associate Professor Nikki Moreland and Affiliate Investigator Dr Reuben McGregor)
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Queenstown Research Week Teacher Scholarships
The MWC provided three secondary school science teachers the opportunity to attend the Queenstown Molecular Biology conference in partnership with the Queenstown Molecular Biology
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Awards recognise community engagement by early career researchers
Four early-career MWC-affiliated researchers are recipients of the inaugural Early Career Researcher Award Recognising Science Excellence and Community Engagement, initiated by the
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