The Star: March 30, 2023

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Christchurch Arena
in Cambridge, the talented t enagers
made sm oth transition to November, so her progre s has
development progra me last
THEY MIGHT not stand out the age group road race national b en remarkable.
riding to and from sch ol championships in Hokitika.
“I was talking t one of my
the roads of New Brighton or Sayers, who lives in Avondale, coaching leagues and we were
Avondale, but Amelia Sykes and capped an unbeaten debut season trying to think: ‘Has an under-15
Shaylah Sayers are already on the as competitive cyclist by securing bike rider ever dominated and
fast track to su ce sful cycling the under-15 time trial and road won everything under-15
car ers.
race on the West Coast over Anzac women’s grade?’ And for the life
After dominating their respective
categories a the track national title haul to eight.
in the past 20 years,” said Sayers’
w ekend, to b ost her national of us we couldn’t think of anyone
championships inside Cycling The 13-year-old only joined coach Te ry Gyde.
New Zealand’s flagship velodrome the Canterbury Track Cycling • Turn to page 5
• By Chris Barclay
DOUBLE TIME: Amelia Sykes defended her under-19 time trial title a the age group road race national championships.
PHOTO (right): GRANT HA RIS PHOTOGRAPHY
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Christchurch Arena
in Cambridge, the talented t enagers
made sm oth transition to November, so her progre s has
development progra me last
the age group road race national b en remarkable.
championships in Hokitika.
“I was talking t one of my
Sayers, who lives in Avondale, coaching leagues we were
ca ped an unbeaten debut season trying to think: ‘Has an under-15
as a competitive cyclist by securing bike rider ever dominated and
the under-15 time trial and road won everything the under-15
race on the West Coast over Anzac women’s grade?’ And for the life
w ekend, to b ost her national of us we couldn’ think of anyone
title haul to eight.
in the past 20 years,” said Sayers’
The 13-year-old only joined coach Te ry Gyde.
the Canterbury Track Cycling • Turn to page 5
The Star Thursday March 30 2023
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NEWS
• By Kurt Bayer
THE AID worker from
Christchurch killed volunteering
in war-torn Ukraine has had a
final scientific research paper
published posthumously, which
has been hailed a breakthrough
discovery in the field of DNA
research.
Dr Andrew Bagshaw, 47, was
killed alongside British volunteer
Christopher Parry, 28, while trying
to rescue an elderly woman
in an area of intense military
action in Soledar, when their car
was hit by an artillery shell in
January.
Now, just weeks after his
death, a new study the geneticist
led during his time as a researcher
within Otago University’s
Department of Anatomy has
been published in the prestigious
journal Nucleic Acids Research.
The study breaks new ground
in showing that DNA sequences
bend and twist in ways which
were previously unknown.
Bagshaw’s paper was supervised
by the Department
of Anatomy’s Professor Neil
Gemmell, who said the findings
are an important technical
discovery, spanning the fields
of genetics, biochemistry and
biophysics, with the potential to
benefit human health in future
years.
“Andrew’s remarkable work
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Aid worker’s legacy a DNA breakthrough
REMEMBERED: People lay flowers to commemorate British volunteer Chris Parry and
Kiwi volunteer Andrew Bagshaw (right), killed in Ukraine.
PHOTO: AP
could lead to a better understanding
of how genetic diseases
arise and how they can be
treated,” he said.
“It also opens up new avenues
for research into the mechanics of
DNA and could ultimately lead to
the development of new technologies
for manipulating DNA.”
He said the paper reflects
the work of someone who was
“exceptionally talented”, able to
synthesise a great deal of information
from subdisciplines and
disciplines that “don’t always
connect as directly as you might
imagine”, to address how DNA
bends and changes, in a new and
innovative way.
“Andrew possessed extremely
strong analytical skills and was
easily one of the most extraordinary
students I have trained,”
Gemmell said.
“This, his final body of work,
is a lasting legacy to a scientist of
immense promise and ability.”
Gemmell says Bagshaw’s work
reveals that DNA is bending in a
way nobody knew about before.
“This new insight is important
because DNA ‘secondary structures’
can affect how genes are
turned on and off, and the way
a DNA sequence is bent influences
its propensity to change or
‘mutate’.”
The paper reveals that DNA
sequences bend more in regions
that are rich in the nucleotides
cytosine and guanine, and bending
is particularly pronounced
at the start of a sequence, the
so-called 5’ end.
Bagshaw also observed where
sequences are predicted to bend
the most is where changes or
“mutations” in the DNA are
more likely to happen. The findings
help establish how DNA
functions, how it changes over
time, how it folds, and how it is
packaged into cells.
Bagshaw, whose death was
confirmed in late January, had
been working as a volunteer in
Ukraine since April last year.
He had completed a PhD in genetics
at Canterbury University
before joining Otago University
Christchurch’s Department of
Pathology and Biomedical Science
in 2008.
His parents Dame Sue and
Professor Phil Bagshaw said they
were “immensely proud” of their
son’s achievements.
But they have been left feeling
that his death is an enormous
loss to the scientific community.
“He was an outstandingly
intelligent fellow and his life was
cut short, which is sad,” said
Phil.
“He was a very gifted person,
very highly intelligent and
very committed to this area of
research.”
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THEY MIGHT not stand out
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Avondale, but Amelia Sykes and
Shaylah Sayers are already on the
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After dominating thei respective
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DOUBLE TIME: Amelia Sykes defended her under-19 time trial title at the age group road race national championships.
PHOTO (right): GRANT HA RIS PHOTOGRAPHY
Jayne and I would like to thank you for the work you’ve done to get us where
we are today. Bit of a blu rea ly. Every step in the proce s has gone into
achieving resul today that exc eded our expectations. The detail and
profe sionalism has b en on point. Staging, photography, the video along
with marketing campaign a leading to a great property to presen the market. These aspects a l se the scene perfectly for the open homes and
visits leading to today’s outstanding auction result. Quiet nigh tonight but
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Templeton hints at
mayoralty bid
No candidate from
The People’s Choice
• By Susan Sandys
It comes as left-leaning The People’s
Choice says it wi l not field a candidate.
CITY COUNCILLOR Sara Templeton is The only candidates confirmed a this
reassessing her previous decision no to stage are fe low city counci lor
stand for the mayoralty.
Phil Mauger, and The Wizard. Former
The Heathcote Ward representative said health board boss David Meates
the city needed a future-focused mayor, is considering standing.
particularly in light of the threat of
climate change.
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