Auckland Medical Research Foundation

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I'm curious to see if we can detect & cure dementia much earlier in life

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Zoe Wolf conducts brain cancer in a scientific laboratory

Dr Brigid Ryan stands in her laboratory
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Dr Ghader Bashiri conducts research to find new antibiotic compounds.

A/Prof Grant Searchfield conducts tinnitus research

Dr Anthony Walters sits in a laboratory viewing microscopic pathology specimens

Dr Cherie Blenkiron sits at a computer

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16

2020 Travel Awards

03

2020 Fellowships

27

2020 Research Projects

65

Total Awarded Grants 2020

Events

Wed 06 Jul
Neuroscientists and our ageing brain
Online Event
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06 Jul, 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm NZST
Online Event
Curious about your ageing brain? Hear from AMRF-funded neuroscientists about the work they're doing to combat dementia, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's disease and more
Thu 07 Apr
Dr Emma Nolan: Why high BMI fuels cancer growth
Online Event
Details
07 Apr, 7:00 pm NZST
Online Event
Hear from Dr Emma Nolan, cancer biologist, on the connections between obesity and breast cancer. Watch video from this event here https://www.medicalresearch.org.nz/2022-online-events
Tue 13 Jul
The quest for improved cancer treatments
AMRF Auditorium, Auckland Medical School
Details
13 Jul 2021, 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
AMRF Auditorium, Auckland Medical School, 85 Park Road, Auckland 1023, New Zealand
A/Prof Mike Hay and Prof Mark Elwood take you from the laboratory bench to the patient bedside and to the pharmaceutical company boardroom in their quest to bring better drugs and therapies to cancer patients.

Upcoming

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