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FMHS researcher is NZ Young Scientist of 2007
Jessie Jacobsen, a PhD student in The University of Auckland’s Department of Anatomy
with Radiology, has been named New Zealand’s Young Scientist of the Year for 2007
for her work on Huntington’s disease. Jessie is one of four University of Auckland
students chosen as outstanding scientists in this year’s MacDiarmid awards from
the 120 entries into the award competition.
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Claire French PhD Student named Young Scientist of 2006
On behalf of the Faculty we would like to congratulate Claire French, PhD student
in the Department of Anatomy with Radiology who is the overall winner of the McDiarmid
Young Scientist of the Year Award. The award was presented to Claire by the Honourable
Steve Maharey, Minister of Research, Science and Technology, at a dinner held at
Sky City in Auckland. Claire’s research on “Differentiation of skin, buccal and
vaginal epithelial cells” is being supervised by Associate Professor Cynthia Jensen
and Dr Sue McGlashan. Douglas Eliot and Sue Vintiner of ESR are also advisors for
her research.
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