ScienceNZ: AgResearch

Major collaboration in food and biological research

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:56:01 GMT

Two of New Zealand’s leading research organisations, The University of Auckland and AgResearch, have announced a major new collaboration to improve human health through diet.

New Centre for Reproduction and Genomics opens

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:51:01 GMT

AgResearch’s new Centre for Reproduction and Genomics has opened at its Invermay campus near Dunedin.

New Centre for Reproduction and Genomics opens

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:51:01 GMT

AgResearch’s new Centre for Reproduction and Genomics has opened at its Invermay campus near Dunedin.

Support for Science

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:03:05 GMT

AgResearch has worked with the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology to achieve a funding package that will allow a significant reduction in the number of scientific and technical positions that would have been disestablished.

Right royal fellow

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:16:28 GMT

Vet Bryce Buddle has been made a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand, recognising his contributions to science.

Science partnership comes together under one roof

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:54:05 GMT

Scientific teams from AgResearch and the University of Otago will soon come together under one roof, in the new Centre for Reproduction and Genomics (CRG) at AgResearch’s Invermay campus near Dunedin.

Top award for AgResearch

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:49:41 GMT

AgResearch Textiles has won a major international award for its world first machine washable, tumble dryable wool suiting fabric.

First hurdle overcome in finding treatment for ryegrass staggers

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 23:37:29 GMT

Two AgResearch scientists’ groundbreaking research into ryegrass staggers is featuring in the December issue of The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.

AgResearch staff honoured by Royal Society

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:18:51 GMT

A prominent AgResearch Scientist, Dr Bryce Buddle, has been elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society of New Zealand (RSNZ), while AgResearch CEO, Dr Andrew West, received the Thomson Medal for outstanding and inspirational leadership in the management of science.

Facial Eczema DNA test can save dairy industry millions

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:19:17 GMT

New Zealand’s leading DNA animal testing service, Genomnz™, a service of AgResearch, is about to launch a DNA testing service for facial eczema (FE) that could save the dairy industry millions of dollars per year.

Global financial crisis means tough times for biotechnology sector

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:31:40 GMT

AgResearch and Australia’s CSIRO Livestock Industries Division have predicted the global financial crisis could significantly reduce investment in biotechnology and agricultural science.

The wool sector in 2020

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 00:35:14 GMT

A component of AgResearch’s 2020 Science strategy is to assist with the creation of a viable future New Zealand wool industry. The target is to assist the industry double its value by 2020.

Bumble bees bathed for science

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 01:48:15 GMT

AgResearch scientists at Palmerston North's Grasslands Campus are taking animal cleanliness to new heights by bathing their bumble bees. Watch video. (Note: preceded by short advertisement).

AgResearch biotech work to have health focus

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:23:44 GMT

The country's largest science company is entering the business of human health and medicine.

Kudos for science educator

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:49:21 GMT

Award-Winning science educator Elizabeth Carpenter of AgResearch says sharing science with the community is ‘a real buzz’.

Professorial Fellowship marks revival of plant breeding education

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:24:44 GMT

Dr Warren Williams has been appointed as the AgResearch Professorial Fellow in Plant Breeding at Massey University, primarily to support the new post-graduate qualification in plant breeding offered by Massey and Lincoln Universities.

Scientists comment on new genomic research infrastructure

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:53:53 GMT

Several of the country's universities and Crown Research Institutes are pooling their resources in a collaborative national infrastructure designed to accelerate New Zealand's genomic research and technology.

Launch of AgResearch Professorial Chair in Systems Thinking and Practice

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:18:57 GMT

AgResearch and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) are to launch the AgResearch Chair in Systems Thinking and Practice at The University of Queensland.

Scientists' work threatened by anti-GE campaigners

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:25:43 GMT

AgResearch wants approval to carry on its transgenic research and go even further by adding genes to eleven other species. The idea is to produce proteins in their milk that could treat human illness. Watch news report video.

Model set on fire, stabbing at fashion week

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:16:19 GMT

A model was set on fire and a mannequin was viciously stabbed - all in the name of a fashion-world first.