We are pleased to invite you to nominate yourself or another individual for BioTechNZ’s Executive Council. The purpose of BioTechNZ is to raise awareness and increase understanding of biotechnology to enable our nation to embrace the best opportunities biotech has to offer, helping us live better, healthier and more productive lives. To achieve this purpose, BioTechNZ collaborates with others to: Help …
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In this issue Insights from the Executive Director Life Sciences Summit News and events Insights from the Executive Director It’s been a very tough month for many of our BioTechNZ members and communities impacted by the recent devastating weather events in Aotearoa. My thoughts go out to everyone who has been affected and I acknowledge …
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In this issue Insights from the Executive Director BioTechNZ – our focus for 2023 Connect at our events Insights from the Executive Director Do you set New Year’s resolutions? Regardless, if you want to improve your fitness, save more or learn a new language, the key is effective goal setting. Taking time to think about …
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January 12, 2023 The New Zealand life sciences summit in Wellington in March will help break a glass ceiling for the biotech industry, BiotechNZ executive director Dr Zahra Champion says. The summit will look at the challenges and opportunities New Zealand and the world is facing from climate emissions, gene editing, scaling New Zealand tech for the world, …
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We’re on the final countdown to Christmas, just 18 days until 25 December, so what is left on your to-do-list?
07 December 2022
The inaugural March 22-23 event, run by BioTechNZ , will unite Aotearoa’s life sciences and biotech communities across all sectors including agriculture, environment, industrial as well as human health, BioTechNZ executive director Dr Zahra Champion says.
23 November 2022
Earlier this month, I was delighted to attend Bridgewest’s Impact Innovation Conference. While I was there, I wondered why it seems so difficult to grow the biotech sector? Considering we have all the ingredients in New Zealand for a strong biotech sector, it shouldn’t be so hard!
10 November 2022
We’re pleased to officially give advance notice of this must-attend event so that you can save the date in your calendar.
14 September 2022
As a membership-based organisation, BioTechNZ is run by an elected Executive Council and there are vacancies for seven positions in 2022.
30 August 2022
