29 May 2025
Our new Executive Council has been focused on enhancing member value, ensuring you receive maximum benefit from your membership while we deliver what matters most to you.
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18 March 2025
In this issue Insights from our Executive Director Reflecting on our journey from 2017—when NZBIO faced financial challenges and joined the NZTech Group—to today is truly remarkable. Four years of … Continue reading "2 new CRISPR tools overcome the scariest parts of gene editing"
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12 February 2025
In this issue Insights from our Executive Director As we kick off the year, BioTechNZ is already moving full speed ahead with exciting developments in the biotech sector. There is … Continue reading "2 new CRISPR tools overcome the scariest parts of gene editing"
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16 December 2024
It has been a landmark year for BioTechNZ and our members. Let's take a moment to reflect on the progress and achievements of 2024!
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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 "2 new CRISPR tools overcome the scariest parts of gene editing"
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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 "2 new CRISPR tools overcome the scariest parts of gene editing"
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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 "2 new CRISPR tools overcome the scariest parts of gene editing"
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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 "2 new CRISPR tools overcome the scariest parts of gene editing"
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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
Fonterra Cooperative Group is confident the complexity of cow milk will always trump plant-based alternatives, which the Prime Minister's chief science adviser Peter Gluckman sees as posing an "existential threat" to the country's economic fortunes. Gluckman threw down the gauntlet in a keynote s
October 14, 2017
Wellington New Zealand October 12 2017: Oritain, a company that detects food fraud using “fingerprints” in the chemical compositions of plants, soils, water and animal feed, is New Zealand’s Biotechnology Company of the Year. Oritain, which grew out of Otago University, works with compan
October 12, 2017
New Zealand may need to reconsider its approach to genetically modified crops to respond to the economic threat presented by synthetic milk and meat, the Prime Minister's chief science adviser, Sir Peter Gluckman, has suggested. Gluckman told the NZBio biotechnology conference in Wellington that
October 12, 2017
Only 2 weeks until entries close for the Value of Medicines Award 2017. The national award is open to any researchers, professors, clinicians, students or academics that have completed research in this area in the last 24 months. Key details of this year’s award are: The application process
September 26, 2017
A handheld gadget used to scan for diseases in the sci-fi series Star Trek could soon become reality, with a new Kiwi study targeting our high rates of skin cancer. In New Zealand, where skin cancer rates are four times that of the UK and US, one person dies from the disease each day on average.
September 26, 2017