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The Challenge
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Exploring the menstrual cycle link to epilepsy
19 December 2023
VIDEO: Dr Rachael Sumner's research focuses on the link of the menstrual cycle to the 40 percent of women with epilepsy. She received an 2023 early career research award.
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Living library of breast cancer cells
19 December 2023
VIDEO: Dr Emma Nolan is building an innovative research platform, a library of breast cancer tumour cells, to build models to test how cancer grows and behaves.
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Gold standard for better birth care
18 December 2023
VIDEO:Professor Caroline Crowther was awarded the University 2023 Research Excellence medal for her work targeting the major causes of maternal and perinatal death and illness.
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Sustainable charging for electric vehicles
13 December 2023
Wenwei Wang received an award for best thesis at the Celebrating Research Excellence Awards 2023. His work explores how to enhance sustainability in the charging of electric vehicles.
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The silent invasion of the sleeper weeds
12 December 2023
Aotearoa has a massive weed problem. While we have a little over 2,300 native plant species, we have introduced over 25,000 species from other countries.
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The science of music
7 December 2023
Dr Samuel Mehr’s work was acknowledged with a 2023 Early Career Research Excellence medal from the University. De Mehr’s research unites cognitive and data science, anthropology and cross cultural approaches to explore why all cultures have music.
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Unique perspectives about Aotearoa and its peoples
7 December 2023
VIDEO: Film maker Professor Annie Goldson received a 2023 University Research Impact Award for her award winning documentaries from Aotearoa.
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The search for the lost chimpanzees of Tenerife
30 November 2023
Associate Professor Javier Virués-Ortega has turned detective to solve the case of long-forgotten chimpanzees who helped redefine how we view animal and human intelligence.
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Diagnostic tool for pilots enhances airline safety
16 November 2023
Dr Maria Treadaway, Faculty of Arts, was awarded a best thesis award for her work to test the language fluency of trainee pilots.
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Better nutrition to support new Pacific mums
14 November 2023
Dr Karaponi Okesene-Gafa received an award for best thesis at the 2023 Celebrating Research Excellence Awards.
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Peter Hunter: pioneering the digital twin
1 November 2023
The founding director of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute Professor Peter Hunter is stepping down. But the work to create a digital twin continues.
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The story behind New Zealand's mRNA platform
3 October 2023
The University is the co-lead of a project of national significance to build a mRNA plaform to spark the next revolution in medical science and healthcare.