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Scope 37
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Top Honour for Young Scientist
For her groundbreaking research into the development of designer vaccines for the treatment of cancer, Malaghan Institute PhD student Dianne Sika-Paotonu was named winner of the HRC Advancing Human Health and Wellbeing category of the 2008 MacDiarmid Young Scientist of the Year Awards. Read More
Taking our cancer vaccine to the next level
In the first of its kind for Wellington, the Malaghan Institute is combining its expertise in immunology and oncology with the engineering research institute Industrial Research Limited (IRL) to unlock the enormous commercial potential of our cancer vaccine. Read More
International award for anti-inflammatory research
Malaghan Institute scientists Dr Jacquie Harper and Professor Mike Berridge were key members of a team of marine and cell biologists and chemists from around New Zealand recently awarded the prestigious Arthur E Schwarting Award for best paper published in the international Journal of Natural Products in 2007. The paper describes the discovery of two novel natural compounds from a sea squirt found in New Zealand’s coastal waters that halt the development of inflammation. Read More
The changing face of Malaghan MS research
After almost 11 years at the helm of theMultiple Sclerosis Research Group, Associate Professor Thomas Bäckström (pictured left) is leaving the MalaghanInstitute to take up a position at Novo Nordisk in Denmark. Novo Nordisk is a world leader in diabetescare, producing insulin for half of the European and USA diabetic markets. Read More
Pillar of Immunology
Pioneering research published by Malaghan Institute Director Professor Graham Le Gros early on in his career, has received the highest of honours by being selected as a “Pillar of Immunology” by international leaders in the field. To date there have only been 30 such research papers (out of the many 100,000’s going back to the 1960s) that have been awarded this prestigious title. Read More
Betty Fleet - a volunteer profile
The first thing that struck me when I met the Fleets in early 2007 was their wonderful sense of humour and passion for life. Betty and her husband Alan have been tireless volunteers for the Malaghan Institute for over seven years and they prove that you don’t have to be Bill Gates in order to make a difference for an organisation. Betty tells me that the reason they became volunteers in the first place is “because it makes us happy to be able to contribute in a meaningful way to causes that we really believe in. We can’t give away millions of dollars, so we give away our time.” Read More
Fundraising News
Supporter Survey, Malaghan in the News, Upcoming Events, Grants Received (Apr 08 - Sept 08), Sign up for Buzz & Earn Donation Dollars, Scope 36 Donations. Read More
