30 September 2024
Kia ora, In this issue Insights from our Executive Director The more I work in this role the more excited I am about the convergence of once-siloed technologies across multidisciplinary … Continue reading "$242,000 to Tairāwhiti Community Group for Erosion Control"
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03 September 2024
In this issue Insights from our Executive Director During the last month there has been plenty of discussion in the media regarding gene technologies – should our companies and researchers … Continue reading "$242,000 to Tairāwhiti Community Group for Erosion Control"
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02 September 2024
We can’t wait to reconnect at Aotearoa New Zealand’s 2025 Life Science Summit – Uniting biology and technology to unleash potential. 18-19 March, 2025 at Tākina Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre. Click here … Continue reading "$242,000 to Tairāwhiti Community Group for Erosion Control"
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21 June 2024
It has been another busy month for biotech. More than 35 Kiwis travelled to the BIO International Convention in San Diego.
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06 March 2024
In this issue Insights from our Executive Director This year feels like it’s going to be a fast game, but a good game for the biotech sector! I am incredibly … Continue reading "$242,000 to Tairāwhiti Community Group for Erosion Control"
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A Tairāwhiti group looking to optimise the sustainable growth and harvest of Kānuka is set to receive up to $242,000 from the Ministry for Primary Industries for its erosion control benefits. Hikurangi Bioactives Limited Partnership, a majority community-owned charitable company, is looking to
December 8, 2017
An AgTech startup in New Zealand, Engender Technologies has created a new microfluidic and photonic technology to sort livestock sperm by sex to enrich X chromosome-bearing bull sperm cells. The new technology uses lasers to orient sperm cells and look inside those sperm cells as well as separate
December 6, 2017
When Kiwi rat killing expert Doctor James Russell was told his research was being sized up for United States military funding, he wasn't surprised. "The US military - they have very long fingers. Even through the universities in New Zealand, they have a representative that comes around and just a
December 4, 2017
We've been hearing a lot about this technology over recent years - yet the concept has been about for half a century. The concept of a synthetic gene drive was devised almost 50 years ago by Christopher Curtis who proposed rearranging genetic material to "drive" anti-pathogenic genes into wild sp
December 4, 2017
Living Cell Technologies Limited has filed a provisional patent for pericyte protective agents titled “PERICYTE PROTECTIVE AGENTS FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS INCLUDING NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES, CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES AND OTHERS”. The invention in this provisional patent arises from
November 8, 2017
Several years ago, scientists discovered a technique known as CRISPR/Cas9, which allowed them to edit DNA more efficiently than ever before. Since then, CRISPR science has exploded; it’s become one of the most exciting and fast-moving areas of research, transforming everything from medicine to
October 25, 2017
New Zealand will be left behind if the country doesn't embrace the future of meat and milk, says columnist and former Federated Farmers Whanganui president Rachel Stewart. "I think we're going to get blindsided very soon, and Fonterra's not really waking up to it," Stewart said on Media
October 24, 2017
Follow the link to listen to Andrew Pattersons interview with Dr Clyde Smith starts at 22:30 Andrew's feature guest this week is NZ born research scientist Dr Clyde Smith who has been based at Stanford in the US for the last decade. They discuss the growing concern regarding antibiotic-resistant
October 23, 2017
After conquering the movie industry, Sir Peter Jackson is now focusing on the plant-based protein business. Earlier this year he and director James Cameron set up a company called PBT New Zealand, standing for plant-based technology. Both have been tight-lipped over what they intend to achieve.
October 23, 2017