Physiology, University of Otago

 

Research

Academic and research staff in the 20 laboratories of the Department are engaged in high quality, internationally-recognised physiological research focussed on the three themes of Cardiovascular & Respiratory Physiology, Cellular & Molecular Neuroscience, and Membrane & Ion Transport. State-of-the-art technologies, including the use of transgenic mouse models, are used to undertake integrative, cellular and molecular investigations aimed at understanding animal and human physiology.

Weekly Seminars: Programme for 2010.

Department's Research Foci:

 

The six laboratories within the focus undertake research on various physiological and pathophysiological aspects of the mammalian cardiovascular and related systems.
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The eight laboratories within the focus undertake integrative molecular and cellular investigations aimed at understanding the development and adult physiology of the central and peripheral nervous systems.
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Within the focus six groups are involved in investigations of the mechanisms and regulation of solute and water movement across cell membranes and resultant pathologies.
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