Submitted by acore_admin on Wed, 12/16/2009 - 11:45
University of Auckland chemist Associate Professor Michael Hay has become the first New Zealand scientist to receive a grant from a leading international charity for funding cancer research.
Dr Hay and his team at the University’s Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre will use the ₤137,000 ($NZ 290,000) grant from the UK-based Association for International Cancer Research (AICR) to identify molecular targets in kidney cancer tumours that will help them design more effective anticancer drugs.
Submitted by acore_admin on Thu, 10/29/2009 - 09:42
University of Auckland student Zoe Wilson, who is studying for a PhD in organic chemistry, has been selected to attend the 39th St Gallen Symposium in Switzerland.
