School of Science
Research at AUT's School of Science is focused on key scientific issues with regional and global significance. The common theme connecting all research areas is sustainability – in the broadest sense as it relates to environmental and human health. Our research is closely allied to teaching and learning opportunities at undergraduate and postgraduate level within the school. Research is organised in three thematic areas:
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Implications of Urbanization for Artisanal Parrotfish Fisheries in the Western Solomon Islands
(John Wiley & Sons, 2010)Increasing migration into urbanized centers in the Solomon Islands poses a great threat to adjacent coral reef fisheries because of negative effects on the fisheries and because it further erodes customary management ... -
Examining the Role of Human Perceptions During Cetacean Stranding Response in New Zealand
(Elsevier BV, 2022)Cetacean strandings often elicit significant media attention and public engagement. However, how human perceptions of such events may influence decision-making during strandings response is poorly understood. To address ... -
Relational and Collective Excellence: Unfolding the Potential of Pacific Early Career Researchers
As Pacific early career researchers (ECRs), relational interconnections and engagement are at the heart of our collective responsibilities to each other. Although we share a mutual responsibility to our research communities ... -
Simultaneous Extraction, Derivatisation and Analysis of Varietal Thiols and Their Non-volatile Precursors From Beer
(Elsevier, 2022)Varietal thiols are important contributors to the aroma profile of a wide range of beverages including beer. A methodology for the simultaneous extraction and subsequent analysis of the varietal thiols 3-sulfanylhexan-1-ol ... -
Interfacial Colloidal Assembly Guided by Optical Tweezers and Tuned Via Surface Charge
(Elsevier, 2022)Hypothesis: The size, shape and dynamics of assemblies of colloidal particles optically-trapped at an air–water interface can be tuned by controlling the optical potential, particle concentration, surface charge density ... -
Lipid Biomarkers in High-altitude Geysers With Resemblance to Hesperian Surfaces on Mars (El Tatio, Chile)
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Aidi Injection, a Traditional Chinese Medicine Extract, Reverses Gefitinib Resistance in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Cells
(Elsevier BV, 2021)Introduction Aidi injection is a traditional Chinese medicine containing multiple anti-tumour and immunomodulatory phytochemicals. While it synergistically enhances the efficacy of conventional chemotherapy in patients ... -
SHON Expression Predicts Response and Relapse Risk of Breast Cancer Patients After Anthracycline-based Combination Chemotherapy or Tamoxifen Treatment
(Springer Nature, 2019)Background: SHON nuclear expression (SHON-Nuc + ) was previously reported to predict clinical outcomes to tamoxifen therapy in ERα + breast cancer (BC). Herein we determined if SHON expression detected by specific monoclonal ... -
Bioactive Components and Anticancer Activities of Spray-Dried New Zealand Tamarillo Powder
(MDPI AG, 2022)Tamarillo fruit contains many phytochemicals that have beneficial therapeutic and nutritional properties. Spray-drying is widely used to preserve fruit puree in powder form. However, to obtain high-quality fruit powder, ... -
Editorial: Development of Functional Foods From Marine Sources
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Mapping the Green-Lipped Mussel (Perna canaliculus) Microbiome: A Multi-Tissue Analysis of Bacterial and Fungal Diversity
(Springer, 2022)Poor health and mortality events of the commercially important and endemic New Zealand green-lipped mussel (Perna canaliculus) pose a threat to its industry. Despite the known importance of microbiomes to animal health and ... -
Distinct Microbiota Composition and Fermentation Products Indicate Functional Compartmentalization in the Hindgut of a Marine Herbivorous Fish
(John Wiley & Sons, 2022)Many marine herbivorous fishes harbour diverse microbial communities in the hindgut that can play important roles in host health and nutrition. Kyphosus sydneyanus is a temperate marine herbivorous fish that feeds predominantly ... -
Application of CRISPR-Cas9 System to Study Biological Barriers to Drug Delivery
In recent years, sequence-specific clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-CRISPR-associated (Cas) systems have been widely used in genome editing of various cell types and organisms. The most ... -
Tamarillo Polyphenols Encapsulated-Cubosome: Formation, Characterization, Stability during Digestion and Application in Yoghurt
Tamarillo extract is a good source of phenolic and anthocyanin compounds which are well-known for beneficial antioxidant activity, but their bioactivity maybe lost during digestion. In this study, promising prospects of ... -
Effect of In Vitro Gastrointestinal Digestion on Amino Acids, Polyphenols and Antioxidant Capacity of Tamarillo Yoghurts
Laird’s Large tamarillo powder is high in protein (10%) essential amino acids (EAAs), gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and polyphenols (0.6% phenolics plus anthocyanins) and fibre 25%. This study aimed to investigate, using ... -
Simultaneous Quantification of Organic Acids in Tamarillo (Solanum betaceum) and Untargeted Chemotyping Using Methyl Chloroformate Derivatisation and GC-MS
<jats:p>Sixteen organic acids were quantified in peel and pulp of Amber, Laird’s Large and Mulligan cultivars of tamarillo using GC-MS. Fourteen of these compounds had not previously been quantified in tamarillo. An ... -
Comparison of Microwave and Conventional Heating on Physicochemical Properties and Phenolic Profiles of Purple Sweetpotato and Wheat Flours
(Elsevier BV, 2022)The hydrothermal treatment assisted with microwaves on physicochemical properties and phenolic profiles of purple sweetpotato flour and wheat flour was studied and compared with those of conventional heat treatment. Both ... -
The Effects of Spray Drying Conditions on the Physical and Bioactive Properties of New Zealand Tamarillo (Solanum betaceum) Powder
This research investigates the effect of spray drying conditions on the chemical and physical characteristics of tamarillo powders encapsulated with either maltodextrin (MD), gum arabic (GA), or a combination of both ... -
Fostering Children’s Participation in Disaster Risk Reduction Through Play: A Case Study of LEGO and Minecraft
(Springer, 2021)This article focuses on children’s participation in disaster risk reduction. It draws on a 2018 study done in New Zealand with 33 school children who conducted participatory mapping with LEGO and the video game Minecraft ... -
The Environmental Impact of Landfill Fires and Their Contaminant Plumes at the Chunga Landfill Site, Lusaka, Zambia
The management of solid waste is recognised as a challenging activity with respect to the environment, particularly within rapidly growing urban centres in Lower Income Countries. This paper examines the issue of ...