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Enriching the PhD and Postdoc experience - Annual Report 2016

Training PhD and Postdoctoral students is a big part of our work and in 2016 we initiated an annual Spring Development Programme, a multi-day student workshop.

Modified: 25 Apr 2019, 2:19 am

Created: 11 Aug 2017, 12:00 am
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Honouring our origins - the Paul Callaghan story - Annual Report 2016

MacDiarmid Institute funding has been pivotal in helping bring about the first documentary about Sir Paul Callaghan, who established the MacDiarmid Institute and was the Institute’s first Director, and played a major role in New Zealand as a scientist, environmentalist, public commentator, lecturer and mentor.

Modified: 25 Apr 2019, 2:22 am

Created: 11 Aug 2017, 12:00 am
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Students share their science - MESA 3-min video competition - Annual Report 2016

This year the MacDiarmid Emerging Students Association (MESA) challenged MacDiarmid students and researchers to produce a three minute long video clip presenting their research to the general public (on a level that could be enjoyed and understood by a curious teenager).

Modified: 25 Apr 2019, 2:36 am

Created: 11 Aug 2017, 12:00 am
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MESA bootcamp – an adventurous academic experience - Annual Report 2016

The MacDiarmid Emerging Scientists Association (MESA) ran its fifth annual three-day bootcamp - an adventurous academic experience in a remote location at the Forest and Bird Lodge on Mt Ruapehu.

Modified: 25 Apr 2019, 2:30 am

Created: 11 Aug 2017, 12:00 am
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Clustering for impact - Annual Report 2016

The Cluster Symposium 2016 took place in Christchurch on 28-29 November 2016, with the scientific programme spanning two full days and including eight sessions on cluster-related science.

Modified: 25 Apr 2019, 2:18 am

Created: 11 Aug 2017, 12:00 am
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Building a new science audience - partnering with The Spinoff - Annual Report 2016

We are delighted to have been able to help The Spinoff set up a science section - for the chance to get lively-written science stories in front of The Spinoff’s young and engaged (and growing) audience.

Modified: 25 Apr 2019, 2:17 am

Created: 11 Aug 2017, 12:00 am
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The science of stuff we use to make things - Annual Report 2016

In 2016 MacDiarmid Investigators again traveled to six regional centres in New Zealand to deliver public science lectures entitled A Materials History of the World - which covered materials history both within western science and from the perspective of indigenous Pacific materials heritage and culture and looked to the future impact of materials science has on our lives.

Modified: 25 Apr 2019, 2:35 am

Created: 11 Aug 2017, 12:00 am
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Discovering nanoscience - Annual Report 2016

The MacDiarmid team inspired us, as Māori and Pacific youth, to get out there and keep discovering - the possibilities are endless.

Modified: 25 Apr 2019, 2:19 am

Created: 11 Aug 2017, 12:00 am
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Internationally engaged - Annual Report 2016

Perhaps one of the best validations for our science is the number and calibre of international scientists and universities wishing to collaborate.

Modified: 25 Apr 2019, 2:23 am

Created: 11 Aug 2017, 12:00 am
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Mapping our spin-outs, and other stories – read our 2016 Annual Report

Links to a range of pages in HTML format from the MacDiarmid Institute's 2016 Annual Report. The full Anual Report is also available as a PDF.

Modified: 16 Jun 2019, 1:35 pm

Created: 11 Aug 2017, 12:00 am
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