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Marsden Fund success for AUT

The Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences had two grants approved with total funding of $1.6 million in the 2022 round of Marsden funding.

Breaking bias must take effort

In New Zealand, attracting women into science is a major problem. The issue is retaining and enabling them to advance at the same rate as men.

‘Switching on’ drugs to target disease

To improve drug treatment outcomes and reduce side effects, researchers are looking for ways to more accurately target drugs to work on diseased cells.

Are we gaining or losing native forest?

Ecology professor Sebastian Leuzinger on the question of whether Aotearoa is losing or gaining native forest.

Professor helps on Covid testing

AUT’s Professor Fabrice Merien has been seconded to assist Roche Diagnostics New Zealand increase capacity for COVID-19 testing in New Zealand.

AUT offers medicinal cannabis course

AUT is the first university in New Zealand to offer a comprehensive postgraduate paper on medicinal cannabis from semester 2 (starting July 20).

Quest for the most boring chemical element not so boring

Quest for the most boring chemical element not so boring

62% increase in AUT researchers

Growing expertise to help New Zealand and the world

New podcast celebrates Periodic Table

Professor Allan Blackman from the School of Science joins Radio New Zealand’s Alison Balance for Elemental – a podcast exploring the elements.