University of Otago

The University of Otago in Dunedin is New Zealand’s oldest university.

Turning non-recyclable personal protective equipment into water and vinegar

A devastating emerging disease that kills tens of thousands of people each year needs urgent investment

Stimulating humans’ sense of smell to prevent conditions such as Alzheimer’s Disease

Opening the door to new navigation technologies via quantum turbulence on a silicon chip

University of Queensland researchers have combined quantum liquids and silicon-chip technology to study turbulence for the first time, opening the door to new navigation technologies and improved understanding of the turbulent dynamics of cyclones and other extreme weather. Professor Warwick Bowen, from UQ’s Precision Sensing Initiative and the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems said

Opening the door to new navigation technologies via quantum turbulence on a silicon chip

Samoan communities pragmatic and positive approach to impending climate changes

The resilience of Samoan communities in the face of climate change is providing a blueprint for other nations to follow, according to Samoa and Otago researchers. It is one of the first studies to examine Samoa’s grassroots ability to adapt to climate change, and its authors warn officials risk ignoring village expertise at their peril.

Samoan communities pragmatic and positive approach to impending climate changes

Slowing agricultural methane emissions is vital for the ongoing health of the planet and sustaining economies

An international research collaboration has made an important discovery in the quest to help lower global agricultural methane emissions. The team has identified new processes that control methane production in the stomach (rumen) of sheep and other ruminants. Specifically, they determined the microbes and enzymes that control supply of hydrogen, the main energy source for

Slowing agricultural methane emissions is vital for the ongoing health of the planet and sustaining economies

Call for for a global moratorium on heritable genome editing

A University of Otago bioethicist has added his voice to a global plea for a moratorium on heritable genome editing from a group of international scientists and ethicists in the wake of the recent Chinese experiment aiming to produce HIV immune children. In an article in the latest issue of international scientific journal Nature, Professor Jing-Bao

Call for for a global moratorium on heritable genome editing

Seneca Valley Virus could be the next breakthrough cancer therapy

Seneca Valley Virus sounds like the last bug you’d want to catch, but it could be the next breakthrough cancer therapy. Now, scientists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) and the University of Otago have described exactly how the virus interacts with tumors — and why it leaves healthy tissues alone. The

Seneca Valley Virus could be the next breakthrough cancer therapy

First 3D colour X-ray of a human

What if, instead of a black and white X-ray picture, a doctor of a cancer patient had access to colour images identifying the tissues being scanned? This colour X-ray imaging technique could produce clearer and more accurate pictures and help doctors give their patients more accurate diagnoses. This is now a reality, thanks to a

First 3D colour X-ray of a human

Breakthrough Quantum Hard Drive Holds Data 100 Times Longer

Say hello to the world’s first solid state quantum hard drive. Storing data in a state of quantum entanglement could hold enormous promise for securing our online information, but right now we can only maintain these states for a short time before the entanglement fails. An Australian research team has found a way to store

Breakthrough Quantum Hard Drive Holds Data 100 Times Longer

Otago researchers invent handheld DNA diagnostic unit

A revolutionary handheld and battery-powered DNA diagnostic device invented at the University of Otago is poised to become a commonly used field tool for rapidly detecting suspected viruses or bacteria in samples while also determining the level of infection. The breakthrough device, dubbed Freedom4, will be unveiled today at the Queenstown Molecular Biology main meeting.

Otago researchers invent handheld DNA diagnostic unit

No returning to Eden: Researchers explore how to restore species in a changing world

Reversing the increasing rate of global biodiversity losses may not be possible without embracing intensive, and sometimes controversial, forms of threatened species management, according to a New Zealand zoologist and colleagues writing in the leading international journal Science. In a review article appearing in today’s edition, Professor Philip Seddon of the University of Otago and his

No returning to Eden: Researchers explore how to restore species in a changing world

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Pacific PhD candidate follows in father’s footsteps at Cambridge
University of Otago PhD candidate Wanda Ieremia-Allan would spend Sunday afternoons delivering 'O Le Sulu Samoa' newspaper as a young girl.
New funding will boost RNA research into vaccines and other healthcare treatments
Victoria University of Wellington and Waipapa Taumata Rau – University of Auckland, have been named as co-hosts of a government-funded Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) Development Platform.
Fifty years of mahi – a milestone for the University of Otago, Christchurch
Kia Mau' – a call to come together and hold tight to one and all – is the chosen theme to celebrate 50 years of medical education and research excellence this year at the University of Otago, ...
Otago appoints Ron Lister Chair in Geography
A geographer whose career has focused on ensuring those who are marginalised, vulnerable, and discriminated against are made visible and included, has been appointed the new Ron Lister Chair in ...
Scholarship for Ozone Hole research
A University of Otago PhD candidate has been chosen as the only person from Aotearoa NZ to receive a $10,000 Australian scholarship and 50,000 hours of computing time, which she will put towards her ...

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Opinion: New Zealand universities are not normal Crown institutions – they shouldn't be 'Tiriti-led'
"By wanting to become 'Tiriti-led', Otago [University] has decided it is part of the Crown party to this agreement." ...
Drug Discovery & Development
The Master of Science degree program in Drug Discovery & Development (DDD) offers students the opportunity to understand, evaluate and engage with the entire process of drug discovery and development.
NZ universities are not normal Crown institutions – they shouldn’t be ‘Tiriti-led’
Otago University has followed Massey in aspiring to be a “Tiriti-led” institution. But this implies being on the Crown side of the partnership – which is not where a university should be.
University of Otago
Nine in ten of all deaths in New Zealand are caused by non-communicable diseases such as heart disease and diabetes. Better use of research evidence could save lives and healthcare dollars. About ...
New discovery sheds light on very early supermassive black holes
Astronomers from the University of Texas and the University ... the most extreme galaxies known in the very early universe. The discovery of the galaxy and the black hole at its center provides ...