Frederique and Cushla awarded Marsden grant

Congratulations to Frederique Vanholsbeeck and Cushla McGoverin who have just been awarded a Marsden grant from the Royal Society Te Apārangi to work with Sue MacGlashan and Ashvin Thambyah on developing an ‘mechano-structural’ assessment system for understanding the physiology of joint tissue. Using optical coherence tomography and vibrational spectroscopy, they will assess articular cartilage under compression to allow a better understanding of onset of osteoarthritis. This project will continue the work of Matthew Goodwin's PhD thesis.

The press release form the Royal Society Te Apārangi can be found here;

https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/funds-and-opportunities/marsden/awarded-grants/marsden-fund-highlights/2021-marsden-fund-highlights/finding-the-right-tools-to-understand-the-joints-that-keep-us-going/

and here in Te Reo Māori; https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/funds-and-opportunities/marsden/awarded-grants/marsden-fund-highlights/2021-marsden-fund-highlights/new-rsnz-content-page-28/