Yearly Archives: 2020

The human gut is home to trillions of microorganisms, and research is finding that this microbiome has important impacts on our health and wellbeing. However, what do you do when you feel that your gut microbiome needs a boost? It is possible to change your microbiome, for both better and worse? University of Canterbury MSc Psychology student Jessica Heaton outlines interesting ways to improve our gut microbiome's bacterial diversity, and how this can impact our physical and mental health.

Are NZ fish oil supplements safe, true to label and can they provide a health benefit? I recently co-authored an article in the New Zealand...

For the past several years, through the NUTRIMUM study, Te Puna Toiora | UC’s Mental Health and Nutrition Research group has been investigating the...

It is often said that pursuing a PhD is a matter of choice, and I couldn’t agree more. It has almost been a year...

One of my favourite groups of New Zealand plants are our native conifers. Most people don’t realise that we have 21 described species and...

Art and science are more intricately linked than we usually imagine. Both are driven by the innate human need to make sense of things....

The GEOL242 lab goes online with a kaleidoscopic new interactive learning experience.

The discipline of town planning spans back to when humans first started to live in permanent settlements. As anyone who has been flatting will...

In late February, University of Canterbury glaciologist Dr Heather Purdie led a field team on a research campaign to Tasman Glacier in the Southern...

Not just a knock on the head A Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is caused by a trauma to the head that can cause damage to...