Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago

Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago The Department of Biochemistry at Otago teaches biochemistry, genetics, plant biotechnology, and more to undergraduate and postgraduate students.

It also hosts cutting-edge research into how life works at the molecular level. The Department provides tuition for students studying Biochemistry as a subject for the Bachelor of Science, the Honours Bachelor of Science and for research degrees (MSc, PhD). As part of the Division of Health Sciences it contributes to the professional school courses in Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, and Medical Lab

oratory Sciences, as well as the degree in Biomedical Sciences. The Department has an active and productive research and postgraduate programme. In an average year there are about 40 PhD, 10 second year MSc and 20 fourth year ( BSc(Hons)) students. Staff publish 90 - 110 papers each year in international journals. The Department is housed in a well-equipped four-level building of approximately 5,400 sq metres. It is well-equipped for research, and houses the Otago Genomics Facility, The Centre for Protein Research, and a new X-Ray Crystallography suite.

04/09/2026

Hey students! Got a startup, side hustle, or project on the go? There's grant money on the table. 💸

Startup Dunedin's Student Pitch Competition is open for semester two, to all Otago Polytechnic and University of Otago students!

Ideas at any stage welcome. We just want to know: what would you do with $500–$1000? What would you test, and where would it get you next?

⏰ Submissions close Tuesday 15 September, 5pm.
🔗 startupdunedin.nz/pitch

Research from the Rare Genetic Disorders Lab has given people around the world an answer to the source of their family m...
02/09/2026

Research from the Rare Genetic Disorders Lab has given people around the world an answer to the source of their family member’s rare genetic neurological condition, and has been published in the prestigious journal The American Journal of Human Genetics

University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka researchers have helped identify the cause of a previously unrecognised neurodevelopmental disorder.

Here's the Otago Biochemistry Rare Disorder Genetics Lab at the recent Human Genetics Society of Australasia - HGSA annu...
02/09/2026

Here's the Otago Biochemistry Rare Disorder Genetics Lab at the recent Human Genetics Society of Australasia - HGSA annual scientific meeting in Ōtautahi Christchurch. Lead researcher Professor Louise Bicknell gave the prestigious Sutherland Lecture in recognition of her outstanding contribution to human genetics

Always a pleasure to hear the 400-level students talk about their research journeys 😊Otago Biochemistry marks 50 years o...
02/09/2026

Always a pleasure to hear the 400-level students talk about their research journeys 😊
Otago Biochemistry marks 50 years of student research presentations

Latest publication from Otago Biochemistry.Designing a multi-epitope vaccine against dengue virus-2 using in silico tool...
02/09/2026

Latest publication from Otago Biochemistry.
Designing a multi-epitope vaccine against dengue virus-2 using in silico tools for expression in plant systems
https://bi.tbzmed.ac.ir/Article/bi-30810

Latest publication from Otago Biochemistry.Black Sheep: Pseudokinases Bucking the Trend to Reveal Non-Catalytic Kinase F...
02/09/2026

Latest publication from Otago Biochemistry.
Black Sheep: Pseudokinases Bucking the Trend to Reveal Non-Catalytic Kinase Functions

Pseudokinases are the catalytically-dead counterparts of protein kinases and, over the past 20 years, have increasingly garnered attention as crucial signaling entities—comprehensively dispelling the...

Latest publication from Otago Biochemistry.Genomic indicators of gene function: a systematic assessment of the human gen...
02/09/2026

Latest publication from Otago Biochemistry.
Genomic indicators of gene function: a systematic assessment of the human genome

Abstract. Proteins and non-coding RNAs are functional products of the genome that are central for crucial cellular processes. With recent technological adv

Oh wow, they all look so grown up!
31/08/2026

Oh wow, they all look so grown up!

Congratulations to all who graduated from the Department of Biochemistry in August. Tino pai rawa atu!

We really enjoyed the Faculty of BMS postgrad Research Symposium last week. Always great to make new connections! Congra...
31/08/2026

We really enjoyed the Faculty of BMS postgrad Research Symposium last week. Always great to make new connections! Congrats to Biochem award winners Jordan Cohen-Ronen (outstanding poster) and Pragya Bradu (2nd, 3-min talks) and also the organisers, including Chantelle Monteith & Rosie Morris

Congratulations to Dr Shilpa Saseendran Nair on her pageant success! She was recently crowned the winner of this year’s ...
27/08/2026

Congratulations to Dr Shilpa Saseendran Nair on her pageant success! She was recently crowned the winner of this year’s Glammon Mrs India Worldwide pageant. Shilpa is a former Otago Biochemistry researcher who is now a postdoc in the Department of Microbiology.
https://newspapers.odt.co.nz/article/6772502017717095

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