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Sci Fi/Sci Fact: Spiderman's Web

Dr Paul Hume chats about how spider silk might have Spiderman-like capabilities in real life.

Modified: 20/06/2024, 9:17 pm

Created: 17/06/2024, 9:11 pm
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Sci Fi/Sci Fact: Venom and the Spiderman Symbiote

Dr Paul Hume talks about symbiotes, such as the one that created lethal enemy Venom in the Spiderman franchise.

Modified: 20/06/2024, 6:20 pm

Created: 24/05/2024, 5:35 pm
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2023 Marsden grant success

Congratulations to our long list of Marsden winners this year - it's wonderful to see the talent being recognised with Fast-Start grants, and those at the next career stage with their first Standard grants, and especially great to see the strong thread of materials for sustainability running through this list.

Modified: 19/12/2023, 6:04 pm

Created: 3/11/2023, 4:21 pm
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New Zealand researchers use world-first technology to discover how melanin protects skin from UV radiation

NZ researchers have used world-first tech to discover how melanin protects the skin from UV radiation, findings could lead to better sunscreens & longer-lasting paints.

Modified: 13/12/2023, 9:40 pm

Created: 17/10/2022, 10:41 am
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Science for a sustainable future

The 2021 Regional Lecture Series was able to go ahead in-person this year, with the theme of Science for a Sustainable Future.

Modified: 21/12/2022, 1:34 pm

Created: 27/05/2022, 2:27 pm
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Science for a Sustainable Future - Nelson (11 November)

Prof Sally Brooker and Dr Paul Hume talk about the new research programmes, our Institute, and what the start of the new contract means for us.

Modified: 4/11/2021, 2:47 pm

Created: 4/11/2021, 2:26 pm
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Materials: Fact or Fiction - Spiderman's Silk

Postdoctoral fellow Dr Paul Hume looks into the science behind Spiderman's Silk on RNZ Nights.

Modified: 15/05/2020, 5:56 pm

Created: 1/05/2020, 9:08 am
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Element of the Week - Caesium (Cs)

Postdoctoral Fellow Dr Paul Hume introduces the element Caesium on RNZ's Nights Element of the Week.

Modified: 24/01/2022, 4:03 pm

Created: 2/08/2019, 9:35 am
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Independent Postdoctoral Fellows - Annual Report 2018

An overview of the research interests of each of our six new Independent Postdoctoral Fellows.

Modified: 30/05/2019, 4:09 pm

Created: 8/04/2019, 12:40 am
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2018 funding successes - Annual Report 2018

Funding successes for our investigators and their research programmes during 2018. This funding enables our researchers and collaborators to continue their breakthrough research in advanced materials and nanotechnology.

Modified: 16/03/2022, 4:05 pm

Created: 8/04/2019, 12:37 am
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Dr Paul Hume

Paul completed his PhD in chemistry at the University of Auckland before moving to the University of Nottingham Centre for Sustainable Chemistry, where he studied organic solar cell materials. After first returning to the University of Auckland, he joined Te Herenga Waka | Victoria University of Wellington as a MacDiarmid Institute Research Fellow working in the ultrafast spectroscopy group led by Professor Justin Hodgkiss.

Modified: 19/03/2025, 11:48 am

Created: 23/03/2019, 8:39 pm
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