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Biography
Professor Renwick Dobson heads up the Dobson Lab, a chemical biology laboratory based at the University of Canterbury.
Research interests
Proteins are biopolymers that do (almost) everything in a cell. Just as life is diverse, so too is the functional repertoire that proteins accomplish. We study how the structure and motion of a protein is linked to its function. We focus on proteins that interact with lipid membranes.
Just as life is diverse, so too is the functional repertoire that proteins accomplish.
Professor Renwick Dobson
In the news
Annual Report
Patenting - Annual Report 2023
April 14, 2024
Patent activity undertaken by our researchers in partnership with their respective Technology Transfer Offices.
Annual Report
2023 Awards - Annual Report 2023
April 13, 2024
MacDiarmid Institute Principal and Associate Investigators and managers who have received awards this year.
Annual Report
MacDiarmid Independent Postdoctoral Fellowships - Annual Report 2023
April 13, 2024
We welcome Dr Caitlin Casey-Stevens, Dr Amy Yewdall, and Dr Bicheng Zhu with Independent Postdoctoral Fellowships.
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Three Independent Postdoctoral Fellowships awarded
May 24, 2023
The MacDiarmid Institute has three new Independent Postdoctoral Fellows.
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Annual Report
Funding successes - Annual Report 2022
April 19, 2023
Funding successes for our investigators and their research programmes during 2022. This funding enables our researchers and collaborators to continue their breakthrough research in advanced materials and nanotechnology.
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2022 MacDiarmid Institute Marsden grant successes
November 3, 2022
MacDiarmid Institute led research received $7.84 million funding in 2022 Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden, the Marsden Fund.
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Annual Report
Journal Covers - Annual Report 2021
June 2, 2022
This page lists the various scientific journal covers that featured MacDiarmid Institute Investigators work in 2021.
Annual Report
Funding successes - Annual Report 2021
May 9, 2022
Funding successes for our investigators and their research programmes during 2021. This funding enables our researchers and collaborators to continue their breakthrough research in advanced materials and nanotechnology.
Annual Report
Funding successes - Annual Report 2020
March 24, 2021
Funding successes for our investigators and their research programmes during 2020. This funding enables our researchers and collaborators to continue their breakthrough research in advanced materials and nanotechnology.
Annual Report
Funding successes - Annual Report 2019
May 26, 2020
Funding successes for our investigators and their research programmes during 2019. This funding enables our researchers and collaborators to continue their breakthrough research in advanced materials and nanotechnology.
News Article
MacDiarmid Institute-led research recieves $4.1 million funding
November 5, 2019
MacDiarmid Institute-led advanced materials and nanotechnology research received $4.1 million funding through the 2019 Marsden Fund.
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Annual Report
New Associate Investigators - Annual Report 2018
April 8, 2019
An overview of the research interests of each of our nine new Associate Investigators.
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Annual Report
2018 funding successes - Annual Report 2018
April 8, 2019
Funding successes for our investigators and their research programmes during 2018. This funding enables our researchers and collaborators to continue their breakthrough research in advanced materials and nanotechnology.
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