Research Sections
Research within the School of Biological Sciences is organised into 8 sections, each of which comprises several research groups led by individual academic staff members.
With the exception of some aspects of ecology and conservation biology at Tamaki, research laboratories are located in the Biosciences Centre on the City Campus and have ready access to the School’s high tech equipment facilities.
Extensive collaborative links exist between research groups and research centres/institutes, co-located companies and other research partners outside the University including several Crown Research Institutes (CRI’s).
Research themes stretch across all aspects of biological sciences and extend from basic discovery to applied research.
Biodiversity, Biosecurity and Conservation
Our goal is the conservation of New Zealand’s unique biodiversity and ecosystems through the development of world-class research. To this end, research within the BBC focuses upon invasion...
Microbiology
The research interests of this group are wide ranging, and encompass the study of prokaryotic and eukaryotic diversity, industrial, agricultural, environmental, marine, medical and gut...
Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour
Since the time of Darwin evolution has been the primary unifying concept in biology. Research within the Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour Section focuses on the interactions among organisms and...
Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology
The Molecular Genetics and Development Research Group covers the diverse area of human molecular genetics, together with that of developmental biology, using the zebrafish as a model system....
Plant Molecular Science
Postgraduate student opportunities in Plant Molecular Sciences Current interests of the Plant Molecular Science Research group are in the molecular function of genes involved in flowering...
Proteomics & Biomedicine
The research interests of the Proteomics & Biomedicine Research group, led by Professor Garth Cooper, include diabetes, cardiovascular andother metabolic diseases, human immunology, and...
Structural Biology
To understand how biological processes are orchestrated, it is essential to have knowledge of molecular structure. The binding of enzymes to their substrates; the recognition of antigens by...
Wine Science
Identification of strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: A microsatellite database of commercial wine strains This website was established by the Gardner and Goddard labs to summarize our...