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Maurice Wilkins Centre

@MWC_CoRE

A New Zealand Centre of Research Excellence targeting serious human disease, #cancer, #diabetes, #obesity, #rheumaticfever, #tuberculosis.
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MWC members have played key roles in a major international study that has found gout is a chronic illness where genetics is a major cause.
The work published in Nature Genetics was led by researchers from the University of Otago.
For more details see otago.ac.nz/news/newsroom/…
www.otago.ac.nz Study busts myths about cause of gout A major international study has found gout is a chronic illness where genetics is a major cause, rather than lifestyle choices of the sufferer.
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Mīharo! Congratulations to MWC emerging researchers who received HRC 2023 Emerging Researcher First Grant! 🎉
The HRC has just awarded $4.2M in funding to 17 talented emerging researchers. Among them is Dr Kathryn Hally who is investigating the immune response to surgery to find biomarkers that can be used to predict an adverse postoperative recovery. tinyurl.com/4baz6286
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Many congratulations to all MWC investigators who were awarded HRC 2023 Explorer Grants! Ka pai! 👏
Congratulations to the 17 recipients of our 2023 Explorer Grants! This year several grants are focusing on the digital side of health, including one probing alcohol companies’ use of the metaverse to recruit new young drinkers. hrc.govt.nz/news-and-event…
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Our warmest congratulations to Assoc Prof Dianne Sika-Paotonu on winning the Prime Minister’s Science Communication Prize!
PM Science Communicator A/Prof Dianne Sika-Paotonu @dsikapaotonu gives shout out to @smcnz & @royalsocietynz in her acceptance speech and is commended by Dr Ashley for her listening skills as a crucial part of what it means to be a great communicator #NZPMSciPrizes #scicomm
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