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Malaghan Institute

The Malaghan Institute of Medical Research in Wellington is one of a small number of private research organisations in New Zealand. Here Ashna Khan, a Victoria University PhD student affiliated with the institute, uses a rotary evaporator in her 2010 research into new ways to help the immune system destroy infectious diseases.

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Simon Nathan, Research institutions – Research associations and consultancies, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/44990/malaghan-institute (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Simon Nathan, published 10 April 2014, updated 7 May 2026.