August 2011

Jasper’s PhD project on the use of nanoparticles in possum biocontrol was highlighted in a video made by the University of Otago to advertise the postgraduate research conducted at in the School of Pharmacy.

“Thinking of a PhD? Think pharmacy”

This video features on the School of Pharmacy web page and you can watch it on YouTube

July 2012

The 39th Controlled Release Society conference was held in Quebec City, Canada and was a great conference. Prof. Thierry Vandamme and myself were the Program Chairs for the vet sessions. Location was great, science was excellent and it was great to catch up with friends again.

Some pretty cute critters in Canada too!

September 2012

When I saw an add for a scientific writing competition to Write Peptides by the company Think Peptides, I thought our work fitted the bill and got to writing.

We were stoked when the piece by Alex Kafka and I entitled “Peptides, polymers and possums” came second!

You can see the other winners here http://www.thinkpeptides.com/writepeptides-winners.html