February 11 is International Day of Women and Girls in Science – a day established by the United Nations to recognise the critical role women and girls play in science and technology, and to promote full and equal access to and participation in science for women and...
Tell us a little bit about your research, what do you do? I work with rat models of memory impairment. The lab that I am a part of looks at localised damage to structures within the memory circuit and how that presents behaviourally. My project has been exploring...
Tell us a little bit about your research, what do you do? What do you enjoy most about your work? I am very interested in multi-scale research, examining the effects of disease and treatment from the level of individual connections between brain...
Tell us a little bit about your research, what do you do? I have created a health compass, and I am creating a new sleep programme for babies. How did you get interested in (neuro)science? I really fell into science, because my PhD supervisor is in science....
Tell us a little bit about your research, what do you do? What do you enjoy most about your work? I primarily research the cognitive and neuropsychiatric issues that people who have Parkinson’s disease may face as the disease progresses. Currently, I...
Tell us a little bit about your research, what do you do? My research focuses on understanding how the immune cells of the brain, called microglia, change in neurodegenerative diseases. Microglia normally function to help the brain heal from damage and/or...
A Brain Research New Zealand funded collaboration - Prof Ruth Empson, Prof Mike Dragunow, Assoc Prof Stephanie Hughes and Dr Andrew Clarkson PhD student Manju Ganesh (University of Otago) recently won the Sir Grafton Elliot-Smith Poster Award at the 2019 Australasian...
A University of Otago undergraduate student has received a prestigious scholarship to continue the work of researchers from the Psychology Department. Jordan Quensell has been awarded a Brain Research New Zealand Pacific Summer Research Scholarship to extend stair...
In 2019, Brain Research New Zealand once again awarded Māori Summer Research Scholarships. These scholarships aim to support Māori students in completing a 10-week neuroscience research project at one of our four partner universities. We have received impressive...
Dr Meg Spriggs wasn’t always interested in science. “At school I was very much an arts kid,” she says, “and I dropped science in fifth form.” But during her psychology undergraduate at the University of Otago everything changed. Meg was introduced to EEG...
In a world first, Dr Makarena (Margaret) Dudley has described Māori understandings and experiences of the ageing brain and dementia. Her research highlights the importance of cultural identity, oranga wairua (spiritual wellbeing) and whānau support for caring for...
Dr Anne-Marie Jackson (Ngāti Whātua, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Kahu o Whangaroa, Te Roroa), Associate Investigator at BRNZ, has just received the Royal Society Te Apārangi Te Kōpūnui Māori Research Award. The award is given to recognise innovative Māori research with...