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2017 Lecture Series: Women in nanoscience

Three MacDiarmid Institute nanoscientists tell their personal stories of life in science, and what it is like being a woman in the physical sciences.

Modified: 21/05/2019, 6:50 am

Created: 7/08/2018, 12:00 am
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Micronutrient profiling of human breast-milk derived exosomes

Frontiers in Genetics paper about studying exosomes derived from human breast milk from MacDiarmid alumni and VUW lecturer Dr Renee…

Modified: 16/06/2019, 1:31 pm

Created: 12/04/2018, 12:00 am
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Dr Carla Meledandri

MacDiarmid Principal Investigator Dr Carla Meledandri runs a busy chemistry lab at the University of Otago, specialising in nanoscale materials.

Modified: 16/06/2019, 1:33 pm

Created: 28/08/2017, 12:00 am
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AMN8: Silver nano particles in gel solution to fight tooth decay

Dr Carla Meledandri, principal investigator of the MacDiarmid Institute at the University of Otago, has found a way to use charged antibacterial silver nanocomposite structures to sterilise dentine prior to the placement of a dental restorative material.

Modified: 16/06/2019, 1:19 pm

Created: 22/03/2017, 12:00 am
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MI Investigators successful in MBIE Endeavour Round 2016 & Smart Ideas

12 of our Investigators were successful in MBIE 2016 Endeavour Round and are involved in both Smart Ideas and Research Programmes.

Modified: 16/06/2019, 1:36 pm

Created: 18/10/2016, 12:00 am
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MacDiarmid scientists win at KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards

MacDiarmid scientists Cather Simpson and Carla Meledandri win at KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards

Modified: 16/06/2019, 1:37 pm

Created: 5/07/2016, 12:00 am
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MacDiarmid Investigator wins at KiwiNet Awards

We congratulate MacDiarmid Principal Investigator Dr Carla Meledandri on winning the Norman F Barry Trust Emerging Innovator Award at the KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards 2016 last night.

Modified: 16/06/2019, 1:36 pm

Created: 5/07/2016, 12:00 am
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Penny Brothers: Exploring surface patterning

Professor Penny Brothers is as proud and enthusiastic talking about her family as she is her science – her screensaver is a beautiful shot of her climbing Mt Aspiring with her son Tristan. She tells me, with some pleasure, that she’s delighted to be the incoming President of both the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry and the New Zealand Alpine Club in 2016.

Modified: 16/06/2019, 1:06 pm

Created: 13/07/2015, 12:00 am
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Bill Williams - the machinery of DNA

Professor Bill Williams explores how understanding biological problems from a physical point of view can help with better treatments.

Modified: 21/05/2019, 6:53 am

Created: 23/02/2015, 12:00 am
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Sally Brooker - environmentally-friendly plastics

Professor Sally Brooker is using metal catalysts to develop cheap, environmentally-friendly plastics for use in a host of applications.

Modified: 5/06/2020, 5:18 pm

Created: 23/02/2015, 12:00 am
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Penny Brothers - finding markers of disease

Professor Penny Brothers has designed molecules that identify chains of sugars on the surface of diseased cells.

Modified: 21/05/2019, 6:54 am

Created: 23/02/2015, 12:00 am
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Geoff Wilmott - attracting and repelling water

From fog harvesters to self-cleaning surfaces, Dr Geoff Wilmott is looking at how water is repelled by and attracted to surfaces.

Modified: 21/05/2019, 6:54 am

Created: 23/02/2015, 12:00 am
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