15 june 2012 otago bulletin...dr rogelio guedea has won a major literary award for his mexican drug...

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OTAGO BULLETIN ISSUE 11 15 JUNE 2012 FORTNIGHTLY NEWSLETTER FOR UNIVERSITY STAFF AND POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS Poetry scholar awarded Carl Smith Medal and Rowheath Trust Award bestowed Page 7 INSIDE ... Best Hispanic novel win Dr Rogelio Guedea has won a major literary award for his Mexican drug wars novel Page 10 Competing in the dark Energy saving campaigns run and sustainability advocates sought Page 11 Otago awarded $27m HRC funding Microbiology & Immunology senior lecturer Dr Matloob Hu- sain leads one of the 16 Otago research projects awarded funding in the latest annual Health Research Council (HRC) funding round announced last week. Dr Husain’s team is studying the influenza virus biology with a long term-goal of identifying novel anti-influenza drug targets. See the list of other Otago HRC funding recipients on page 6 Photos: Sharron Bennett

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  • OTagO bulleTiniSSue 11 15 JUNE 2012

    FORTNIGHTLY NEWSLETTER FOR UNIVERSITY STAFF AND POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS

    Poetry scholar awardedCarl Smith Medal and Rowheath Trust Award bestowedPage 7

    inSiDe ... best Hispanic novel winDr Rogelio Guedea has won a major literary award for his Mexican drug wars novelPage 10

    Competing in the darkEnergy saving campaigns run and sustainability advocates soughtPage 11

    Otago awarded $27m HRC fundingMicrobiology & Immunology senior lecturer Dr Matloob Hu-sain leads one of the 16 Otago research projects awarded funding in the latest annual Health Research Council (HRC) funding round announced last week. Dr Husain’s team is studying the influenza virus biology with a long term-goal of identifying novel anti-influenza drug targets. See the list of other Otago HRC funding recipients on page 6

    Photos: Sharron Bennett