AUT and Helius Therapeutics have partnered on the research and development
14 Sep 2021AUT and Helius Therapeutics have partnered on the research and development of advanced medicinal cannabis products. Auckland-based Helius, which focuses on phytocannabinoid research, has taken on three AUT PhD students to work on the next-generation of cannabis therapeutics.
$300K to develop a new feed for farmed paua in New Zealand
01 May 2018A recent proposal to MPI’s Sustainable Farming Fund (SFF), led by Dr Ali Seyfoddin, successfully secured $300K to develop a new feed for farmed paua in New Zealand. SSF invests in applied research and projects that deliver economic, environmental and social benefits to New Zealand and it is believed that this project will revolutionise the current feed technology in aquaculture by maximising uptake and growth rate of animals while minimising ocean nutrification. AUT’s multidisciplinary paua programme has been looking at many aspects of abalone aquaculture under the leadership of Prof Andrea Alfaro with Ali looking at developing advanced feed technologies and value-added products. This project is co-funded by Moana LTD who were very excited about the preliminary results obtained by AUT’s PhD candidate, Sara Masoomi. Sara has developed a very advanced encapsulated feed technology which is very simple to scale-up and her progress and involvement has been the key for the success of this application. This funding will allow the newly developed feed technology to be tested and trialled in Moana Blue Abalone farm in Ruakaka before being mass-produced.
Optimising detection, diagnostic, prediction and management strategies for NZ aquaculture health
22 Sep 2017Prof. Andrea Alfaro from the School of Science is a Co-Principal Investigator on the successful Cawthron Institute led project titled "Optimising detection, diagnostic, prediction and management strategies for NZ aquaculture health”. This is a very significant grant worth $14,598,200 over the next five years. The AUT team also includes Associate Investigators, Prof. Nikola Kasabov, Associate Professor Fabrice Merien and Dr Ali Seyfoddin as well as Post-Doctoral Fellows with AUT’s part of the grant just over $3.5m.
PANTHER-Erasmus Mundus postdoctoral fellowship in “AUT Drug Delivery”
03 Sep 2017Spanish researcher, Alaitz Etxabide from University of the Basque Country, Spain, has been awarded a PANTHER-Erasmus Mundus postdoctoral fellowship in “AUT Drug Delivery” funded by the European commission. Alaitz will join our group in September 2017.
Her application was under “Power, Renewable Energy and New Energy Sources” titled: Development of gelatin scaffold using 3D printing: Effect of lactose-induced crosslinking reaction on biomaterial properties.
Researcher aims to breathe new life into nose implants
01 Sep 2016Thousands of sinus surgery patients could breathe easier with 3D printed nose implants.
An implant that could comfortably fit into any nose, ease breathing of patients with inflamed sinuses and deliver drugs locally, was outlined at a research showcase at AUT last week.
PhD student Ghada Zidan
01 Jun 2016PhD student Ghada Zidan receives the prestigious AUT VC Doctoral Scholarship. Ghada is supervised by Dr Seyfoddin and Drs Ilva Rupenthal and Carol Greene in AUT and UoA.
PhD student Seyedehsara Masoomi Dezfooli
01 Feb 2016PhD student Seyedehsara Masoomi Dezfooli receives the prestigious AUT VC Doctoral Scholarship. Sara is supervised by Dr Seyfoddin and Drs Andrea Alfaro and Neomi Gutierrez in AUT.