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07 JAN 03: Massey Scientists contribute to national research

A team of Palmerston North-based scientists will play a lead role in the work of the latest Centres of Research Excellence.

The CoREs are funded by the Government and bring together the country's leading experts to research and collaborate in areas of significance to the development of New Zealand. The centre, announced by Associate Education Minister Steve Maharey recently, is:

•The National Centre for Growth and Development hosted by the University of Auckland, with partners Massey, the University of Otago, with contributions from AgResearch Ltd.

Professor Hugh Blair from the Institute of Veterinary Animal and Biomedical Sciences will lead the Massey contribution to the National Centre for Growth and Development.

The centre will combine basic biomedical techniques with experimental and clinical physiology to develop new preventative and therapeutic approaches to human health, and improve animal productivity in agriculture. Its research will focus on the early periods of life, such as the causes and consequences of low birth weight and prematurity.

Professor Blair says a key benefit will be the bringing together of existing research for analysis and comparison. He expects spin-off gains for agriculture from the study of the longer-term effects of low birth weight. This could include advice to farmers on the choice of animals to be kept for lifetime productivity and intervention to elevate weight or improve future prospects. Also involved will be Associate Professors Steve Morris, Kevin Stafford and Dave West and Dr Patrick Morel, with help from Drs Paul Kenyon, Tim Wester and Associate Professors Tim Parkinson and Duncan Mackenzie.