Microbiology and Immunology Otago @microtago
The Department of Microbiology and Immunology boasts innovative and internationally recognised research in the areas microbiology, immunology and virology. micro.otago.ac.nz Dunedin, New Zealand Joined June 2019-
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At our weekly seminar Dr Htin Lin Aung discussed the challenges and successes of employing transdisciplinary approaches to eliminate tuberculosis in countries such as Myanmar. Thank you to all who attended this seminar and to Dr Aung for sharing his research and outreach with us!
Thank you Stephanie Waller for presenting your PhD research with the department yesterday! Congratulations on such an engaging talk and for the submission of your thesis. We look forward to seeing where your research takes you in the future 🦠
This week we were privileged to hear from Dr Andrew Highton at our departmental seminar! Dr Highton took us on a journey through gut immunology and its relation to IBD and Crohn's disease as well as an interesting look into his current organoid research! Thank you Dr Highton 🧫
Introducing our new Head of Department - Associate Professor Joanna Kirman! “It’s an honour to be the first female HoD for Microbiology & Immunology and I’m excited to be able to lead and support the fantastic students and staff who are part of this Department” @idgjo
Professor Jemma Geoghegan (Webster Family Chair in Viral pathogenesis) will give her Inaugural Professorial Lecture AND Carl Smith Medal Lecture on Monday at 5pm in Archway 4. Make sure not to miss this rare event! More information in the link below: otago.ac.nz/news/events/ca…
Congratulations to the Fineran Laboratory on their groundbreaking publication! Their research on microbial defence systems has been published in nature (see below) and nature podcasts. Podcast: nature.com/articles/d4158… Publication: nature.com/articles/s4158…
Congratulations to Professor Bruce Russell on a very intriguing IPL on Tuesday. If you missed it keep an eye on the UoO youtube for the recording next week, and if you would like to know more about the parasitology laboratory check out the link below: micro.otago.ac.nz/our-people/tea…
Join us tomorrow for a seminar by Professor Joe Trapani, Head of the Cancer Immunology Programme at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, titled "Small Molecule Inhibitors of Lymphocyte Perforin". otago.zoom.us/j/785276986?pw…
Join us in Castle 1 today at 5:30pm to hear Professor Bruce Russell's IPL titled "Jungle Fever". Within M&I, Bruce focusses on Vivax malaria as well as parasitic threats to Aotearoa including cryptosporidiosis and avian malaria. More info and livestream: otago.ac.nz/news/events/in…
Great seminar today by Dr Rebecca French titled "Putting viruses in their place: The drivers of viral diversity on an isolated New Zealand island." This study has many implications for future research in viral ecology and disease emergence. Thank you for sharing your research!
More congratulations this week to Associate Professor Jaydee Cabral, Dr Noelyn Hung and Dr Adel Mekhail for being awarded the Translational Research Grant for developing intervention for pre-stage cervical cancer! otago.ac.nz/otagobulletin/… Cabral Lab: micro.otago.ac.nz/our-people/tea…
Huge congratulations are also in order for Professor Jemma Geoghegan, the Webster Family Chair in Viral Pathogenesis, who has been awarded the Rowheath Trust Award and Carl Smith Medal! Check out the Geoghegan lab micro.otago.ac.nz/our-people/tea… List of awardees otago.ac.nz/wellington/abo…
Congratulations are in order for both Dr Simon Jackson and Dr Matthew McNeil from M&I who have been awarded the Early Career Awards for Distinction in Research! Full list of awardees: otago.ac.nz/wellington/abo… Dr Jackson micro.otago.ac.nz/our-people/tea… Dr McNeil micro.otago.ac.nz/our-people/tea…
Another fantastic seminar yesterday by Professor Joel Tyndall titled "Targeting HtrA protease: systematic modification to potential new antibacterial leads"! Thank you for taking the time to visit us over in M&I and thank you to all who attended
New research from the department! The McLellan laboratory published research in Immunology and cell biology titled "Sleeping Beauty kit sets provide rapid and accessible generation of artificial antigen-presenting cells for natural killer cell expansion" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/im…
Very interesting seminar yesterday by A/Prof Crid Fraser from the Department of Marine Sciences titled “Dispersal and disturbance shape global patterns of biodiversity”. To read more about what the Fraser lab is researching, check out their website: ceridwenfraser.com
So happy to co-lead with @DrHHNZ and an amazing team an @MBIEsci programme to develop #phage solutions for primary industries. @otago @UCNZ @microtago
Congratulation to Jaydee Cabral and Sarah Saunderson for their publication in Biomedical Materials titled “Development and optimisation of hydroxyapatite-polyethylene glycol diacrylate hydrogel inks for 3D printing of bone tissue engineered scaffolds.” iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108…
Congratulations David Muñoz from M&I for being awarded his PhD with an "Exceptional Thesis" titled "The CRISPR conflict: strategies for defence and anti-defence”. His research was under the supervision of Professor Fineran (Primary), Dr Hampton and Associate Professor Gardner.
The School of Biomedical Sciences Symposium was filled with fascinating talks and poster sessions! Congratulations to all involved, especially our two prize winners Hazel Sisson (left), first in the 10 minute talk section and Stephanie Waller (right), first in the poster section!
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Delighted to see our company Amaroq’s good news about partnering with GeneCrypt anonymising patient data, hence supercharging Amaroq’s pipeline by accessing more patient data sets. Well done CSO Dr Sarah Diermeier (Biochemistry)! odt.co.nz/business/joint…
Our new paper is out today! @EricTopol beat me to it. Some cool investigative work integrating epi and genomics, with @nick_eichler @TaraSwadi @tomdevine97 @Joepdl et al. @ESRNewZealand @microtago @minhealthnz
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One of our past students, Zoe MacClure, recently participated in the Coast to Coast and got second in the Open Women category! Zoe did a summer studentship in Kemp lab and completed a double degree in Microbiology and Geology last year! Well done and congratulations! E mihi ana!
Congratulations to Ros Kemp and Bruce Russell who have been promoted to the position of Professors this year! We are lucky to have you in our department! Read all about the requirements to achieve this promotion here: otago.ac.nz/otagobulletin/… Mīharo pai tō mahi!
Lab #LunchTimeRun 🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♂️🏃♀️🏃♂️ taking a break from 🔬🧬👨💻👩💻👩🔬🧑🔬
Read their winning paper here: A jumbo phage that forms a nucleus-like structure evades CRISPR–Cas DNA targeting but is vulnerable to type III RNA-based immunity nature.com/articles/s4156…
Congratulations to the members of our department who won awards at the Otago School of Biomedical Sciences annual prizegiving Xochitl Morgan - Emerging Teacher Award Sonya Mros - Research Support – Strategic Contribution Award Fineran lab - Paper Of The Year Award Ka pai tō mahi
A big congratulations to Megan Coleman on winning the Award for Exceptional Performance by Professional Staff as well as the Vice-Chancellor’s Supreme Award! Congratulations Megan and thanks for everything you do for the department!
Yesterday our 400-level students presented their final talks for their dissertation projects. Prizes were handed out to the best talks of the day. Congratulations to: 1. Bridget Lamont 2. Mariana Traslosheros Reyes & Deborah Yung 3. Alaska Kotan Well done guys! Ka pai tō mahi!
Congratulations to Hamish Angus, who has been awarded his PhD; “Crohn's disease: an in vitro analysis of T lymphocyte function and response to commensal microbes”. Hamish has won a scholarship with Teach NZ and is beginning a career in teaching! Ka pai tō mahi!
Congratulations to our very own @DrHtinLinAung who is one of five recipients of this year’s University of Otago Early Career Awards for Distinction in Research! E mihi ana! Read about Htins research and the award here: otago.ac.nz/news/news/otag…
Another successful #InternationalSerratiaDay @microtago!
Some footage from this year's #InternationalSerratiaDay, celebrated on September 1st 🎉 It may not be as popular as #InternationalMicroorganismDay (yet) but we think our dress code makes up for that!
Congratulations @tomdevine97 for receiving @FulbrightNZ #science and #innovation award. The Aung Lab is proud of you 👏🙌🤜🤛 👍@microtago @otago #indigenous #tuberculosis #TB #Matekohi #Māori
Congratulations Ali Hosseini Rad (McLellan Lab), who has just submitted his PhD thesis: "Enhancing persistence and memory of CAR T cells". Congratulations Ali! Ka pai tō mahi!
Another great work story today. We took Dr Ashley Bloomfield on a tour of our labs and introduced him to some of our #COVID19 response team.
Congratulations @DrHtinLinAung who has been appointed on the @otago Division of Health Sciences Early and Mid-Career Researcher @EMCR_OtagoHS_NZ management group. Well done Htin! Looking forward to hearing about your work with this amazing team.
Honoured to be appointed on @otago Division of Health Sciences @EMCR_OtagoHS_NZ. Look forward to working together with these amazing people for EMCR
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