A multi-agency team co-ordinated by Genomics Aotearoa is exploring the rapidly advancing science of genetic-based control for developing crucial new rat suppression technology.
High-quality sequencing of nearly the entire kākāpō population, funded through a Genomics Aotearoa project, is helping New Zealand to manage the health of this critically endangered species.
Genome Graphs are a new international bioinformatics process used to construct pangenomes (the entire gene set of all strains of a species) to better detect gene variation.
Listen to Professor Peter Dearden talk to Kim Hill, Radio New Zealand Saturday Morning on Peripatus, an ancient and fascinating native nocturnal crawling creature
Congratulations to Professor Stephen Robertson, University of Otago, who was awarded the Hercus Medal from the Royal Society Te Apārangi, for research on genetic conditions impacting children and seeking to establish equitable delivery of genomic medicine for Māori.
In association with our exhibition Genome - Science of Life, we present a lively panel discussion Brave New World, Genomics in Aotearoa, Otago Museum on Friday, December 2.
Genomics has become a hot topic thanks to the COVID-19 epidemic. While people might be familiar with genomics-based techniques like contact tracing and PCR testing, the depth of science that underlies these tools is not widely understood.