Events

A sculpture commissioned from artist Don Hunter to mark the centenary of the Department of Physiology

Centennial Opening Ceremony
Following the University's Maori Affairs Adviser, Darryn Russell's Maori welcome, Assoc Prof Pat Cragg (Department Head) welcomed staff and students (current and past) and University representatives and delivered a formal toast to 100 year's of Physiology. The University Vice-Chancellor, Prof David Skegg then unveiled the sculpture.
Further information ODT Article (2/5/05)

Luncheon
A time to meet with past acquaintances and with Physiology staff and students while a light luncheon was served.

Participants

Symposium
One hundred years have passed since the first lecture in Physiology was given at the University of Otago Medical School by the first Professor, John Malcolm. Speakers presented talks on the many events that had occurred since then

• Assoc. Prof. Dot Page (formerly Head of History, Otago): “Such a large and important subject: Physiology in the Otago Medical School – an historical overview”
• Emeritus Prof. Douglass Taylor (formerly Professor of Physiology, Otago) “John Malcolm – the first Wolf Harris Professor of Physiology”
• Prof. Ian McDonald (formerly Professor, Queen’s Square Neurology, London) “A Neurologist’s Tale”
• Emeritus Prof. Tony Macknight (Physiology, Otago) “Opening the Black Box – 50 years of Cell Volume and Transport Research”
• Dr. Chris O’Donnell (Univ. Pittsburgh Medical Centre, USA) “Obesity and Sleep: The Cardiorespiratory Effects of Leptin”
• Prof. Allan Herbison & Ms. Lizzy Cottrell (Physiology, Otago) “Transgenics in the Brain – New ways to investigate brain function"

Formal Dinner
Held at Glenfalloch Restaurant

Tour of *Portobello Marine Laboratory & Luncheon

* The Portobello Marine Laboratory is where Sir John Eccles, Nobel Laureate and the second Professor of Physiology at Otago, began his neurophysiological research that later led to the award of the 1963 Nobel Prize

Professor John Malcolm, First Professor of Physiology, 1905-1943

Dr Donald Malcolm (right), Prof Malcolm's son, Assoc Prof Pat Cragg (Physiology, HoD) left.

Sir John C. Eccles, Professor of Physiology, 1944-1951

Mary Eccles visited the Eccles Teaching Laboratories when visiting Dunedin early 2006.

The McIntyre Teaching Laboratories - celebrated on 15 September: Professor of Physiology, 1951-1962

Three generations of the McIntyre family: Margaret McIntyre (right), Rachel Margaret (centre), and Zuni Preece unveiling the portrait of Prof McIntyre (painted by his wife Anne McIntyre).

Professor Douglass Taylor, Professor of Physiology, 1968-1987

Prof Taylor was present at the celebrations

Professor James R. Robinson, Professor of Physiology, 1961-1979
Prof Robinson (left) and Pat Cragg (HoD)

Professor John Hubbard, Professor of Neurophysiology, 1972-1995
Prof Carolyn Burns (far left), Prof Hubbard's wife, was present for the celebrations.