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Otago researchers visit the University of Auckland for a collaboration workshop

Otago researchers visit the University of Auckland for a collaboration workshop We were delighted to welcome two visiting researchers from the University of Otago, Dr Mina Rajabi and Associate Professor Jaydee Cabral , to the University of Auckland for a focused two-day workshop and collaboration visit! Mina is a postdoctoral research fellow with a background spanning molecular biology, cell culture, and bioengineering. Jaydee brings expertise in chemistry and biomaterials, including hydrogel design and tissue engineering approaches relevant to biomedical applications. Across the visit, we shared ideas, explored complementary capabilities, and workshopped how our teams can align around future research directions for our TRIP programme. A key highlight was a hands-on human anatomy session supported by Mr Steven Tran, with anatomical models of human temporal bones. Mina and Jaydee also spent time in the lab observing real inner ear anatomy across both human and sheep specimens with Dr...

Inner Ear Meets Biophotonic Physicists!

This week, we had a very exciting workshop in the lab, focused on the ear anatomy. As part of the TRIP program, our new PhD candidate, Suyash Mehta, was joined by Dr. Cushla McGoverin and our summer student, Sherlly Christine. Together, we worked through temporal bone (i.e. the part of skull that includes ear) dissection in sheep in our lab space, while also learning how the sheep ear compares with the human ear through models and short presentations. It was a hands-on way to build confidence with anatomy, and to connect what we see in animal models to what matters for human hearing research. We started by spending two days covering human anatomy, led by Mr. Steven Tran. After that, we had time “playing” (in the best educational sense) with endoscopes, looking through the ear canals of both a human ear model and a sheep ear model with help from Ms Song Paek. From there, we moved into the dissection procedure and practiced the steps needed to extract the inner ear from a sheep skull. ...

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