Malaghan Institute of Medical Research
The Malaghan Institute of Medical Research is an independent research organisation situated in the Central Services Building on Victoria University of Wellington’s Kelburn campus. Senior Malaghan Institute staff have joint appointments with the School of Biological Sciences, where they teach and supervise research students.
About the Malaghan Institute
The Malaghan Institute is New Zealand’s premier vaccine and immunology research centre and is a charitable trust. Our scientists are dedicated to the prevention and treatment of cancer, asthma and allergy, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and human hookworm, through the development of more effective immunological based disease therapies. We work closely with hospitals, clinics, universities and Crown Research Institutes throughout New Zealand and have an extensive network of international collaborators.
The Malaghan Institute has strong links with VUW research and academia, in particular Dr Anne La Flamme, who heads our Multiple Sclerosis research programme and Dr Mattie Timmer who co-heads our Immunoglycomics research group.
Our scientists are also collaborating on research projects with Dr Bill Jordan, Dr Lifeng Peng and Prof John Miller of the School of Biological Sciences and Dr Richard Tilley from the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences. Several of our senior research staff are lecturers in the School of Biological Sciences.
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Postgraduate study at the Malaghan Institute
Postgraduate positions are available at the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research. The Institute has an international reputation as a cutting-edge biomedical research and training facility, housing some of New Zealand’s brightest and most creative postgraduate students. We have a long-standing affiliation with New Zealand Universities and are held in high regard as one of the leading organisations for students to complete a Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) in Immunology.
Students who undertake postgraduate research at the Malaghan Institute are sought after around the world because of the intensive training they receive in current cutting-edge technologies and ideas.
At present we have Malaghan PhD graduates working at leading international research Institute’s throughout Australia, Europe and the USA, including the Trudeau Institute, New York; National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, USA; EPFL, Switzerland; and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia.
While completing their PhD, Malaghan students are encouraged to attend international conferences and to visit collaborators laboratories overseas to ensure they keep abreast of the latest developments in their particular field of research.
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For further information
As postgraduate and summer studentship positions become available they are advertised on the Malaghan Institute website. Or you can register your interest in a particular disease area or project by contacting one of our senior research scientists:
Group Leaders
Prof Graham Le Gros Asthma and Allergic Diseases
Prof Mike Berridge Cancer Cell and Molecular Biology
Dr Jacquie Harper Arthritis and Inflammation
Dr Ian Hermans Vaccine Research
Dr Joanna Kirman Infectious Diseases
Dr Melanie McConnell Cell Survival
Prof Franca Ronchese Immune Cell Biology
Dr Bridget Stocker Immunoglycomics
Research Associate
Dr Anne La Flamme Multiple Sclerosis
Senior Research Fellow
Dr Troels Petersen Tumour Immunology
For any general enquiries regarding postgraduate study at the Malaghan Institute please contact the Institute’s Manager of Student Relationships, Dr Joanna Kirman, on +64 499 6914 ext 856 or jkirman@malaghan.org.nz, or visit www.malaghan.org.nz.