Breadcrumbs List.
Liggins Institute
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Researchers awarded total of $7.78m from Health Research Council
2 December 2024
In its latest funding round the Health Research Council has awarded funding to researchers at the University of Auckland.
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Royal Society supports future research leaders
15 November 2024
University of Auckland researchers recognised as future leaders with a total of $6.56m in Royal Society fellowships.
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Research to set children on path to success wins special Marsden funding
6 November 2024
A Marsden Fund Council grant of $3m for a nationwide programme to understand the factors children need to succeed in life is a feature in the 2024 Marsden funding round.
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Sport champ emerges from Auckland steroid study
21 October 2024
Electra Kalaugher was a prem baby and part of the Auckland Steroid Study 50 years ago. She sometimes wonders if the treatment, now standard practice, might have 'helped' her sports career.
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University in top 8 percent globally in THE World University Rankings
9 October 2024
The University of Auckland is No 1 in New Zealand and 152 in the world in the prestigious Times Higher Education World University Rankings for 2025.
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Baby Isla benefits from 60-year Liggins family link
8 October 2024
Holocaust survivor Lewis Bieder donated medications for critical Kiwi research more than 50 years ago. He had no idea it would help millions of babies worldwide – including a member of his family three generations on.
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Impressive showing for Liggins researchers in global impact list
7 October 2024
The 2024 Stanford Elsevier list of the Top Two Percent of Scientists in the world includes six academics from the Liggins Institute, an impressive achievement for a small institute.
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From science fiction to science fact
4 October 2024
Analysis: Robyn May describes how she and her team developed a digital twin of newborn babies, which could help answer questions about why babies born preterm are likely to have cardiovascular problems throughout life.
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How gestational diabetes can affect mental health
26 September 2024
Analysis: NZ should consider adopting Germany’s approach of routinely screening for mental health problems in women who get gestational diabetes writes Phyllis Ohene-Agyei
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From babies' bedsides to bioengineering
4 September 2024
There are many ways to improve outcomes for premature babies, says new Liggins-ABI PhD graduate Robyn May. She chose “sexy maths and statistics”.
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For the good of the babies, we need more milk banks
7 August 2024
Opinion: A national network of well-resourced and properly funded breast milk banks in New Zealand would enhance early life nutrition and provide safe, equitable access to donor milk, says Mariana Muelbert.
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The Liggins legacy
22 July 2024
Hundreds of thousands of babies worldwide owe their lives to the modest scientist who gave his name to the Liggins Institute.