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 have access to technology the rest of the world currently has access to? Special thanks to Dr Revel Drummond, Plant and Food Research and Dr … Continue reading "BioTechNZ Annual Meeting 2023"
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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 to pop it in your calendar now. The NZ government’s decision to set up a biotech regulator will prove a major boost for industries using … Continue reading "BioTechNZ Annual Meeting 2023"
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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 positive about the reception from the new Government and its associated agencies regarding gene technologies regulations and their updating. However, I don’t think we will … Continue reading "BioTechNZ Annual Meeting 2023"
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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 off
August 1, 2023
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June 14, 2023
In this issue Insights from our Executive Director Life Sciences Summit News and events Insights from the Executive Director Thank you to everyone who participated in the inaugural Life Sciences Summit 2023! After so many years of remote working, it was an absol
April 20, 2023
Biotech and life sciences sector are contributing to solving the Aotearoa’s and the world's problems, in such a fast changing world. The benefits of genetic engineering and its place in New Zealand is evolving as climate change and the world economies are relying on life sciences, BiotechNZ ex
March 13, 2023
In this issue Insights from the Executive Director Life Sciences SummitNews 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 thought
March 8, 2023
February 13, 2023 Tāmaki Makaurau - The future benefits of synthetic biology to New Zealand will be a key topic at the life sciences summit in Wellington on March 22 and 23, BioTechNZ executive director Dr Zahra Champion says. Synthetic biology modifies or creates new organisms that can be d
February 13, 2023
In this issue Insights from the Executive Director BioTechNZ - our focus for 2023Connect 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
February 9, 2023
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 cl
January 12, 2023
Scion’s leadership in forestry science, bioplastics research and biotechnology has been celebrated by Scion and its peers at the Science New Zealand Awards. Scientists from all seven Crown Research Institutes and Callaghan Innovation were represented at the ceremony held in Parliament on Tuesd
December 12, 2022