DNAiTECH IS GROWING WITH TWO NEW STAFF MEMBERS IN SEPTEMBER
Leeann Kerr has joined us in September, having recently arrived from Northern Ireland. Leeann’s laboratory experience is extensive, she...
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GRADUATE OPPORTUNITY AT DNAiTECH
DNAiTECH is looking for a recent graduate to work with us on our next generation biotechnology programs. We are a biotech company based...
DNAiTECH and Kauri Dieback
As a young teenager, I remember our parents taking us to the Waipoua forest to see Tāne Mahuta. This giant kauri tree in the Waipoua...
POINT OF CARE PATHOGEN DETECTION FOR THE HONEY INDUSTRY
Point-of -care diagnostics (POC) is the holy grail of diagnostic testing, enabling the primary end-user to test for pathogens at the...
DNAiTECH Student Workshop at Kokako Lodge
The Kokako Lodge at Hunua Falls was an awesome venue for our recent Tamaki College DNAiTECH student workshop. Our group consisted of 24...
LOW COST MICROFLUIDICS FOR PATHOGEN DETECTION
How do we perform DNA based tests in the field? The problem is those fiddly little PCR tubes, the accurate dispensing of multiple...
JUSTICE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
Environmental Justice (EJ) is a social movement to address the unfair exposure of poor and marginalized communities to harm associated...
LAMP: Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification
This weekend the New Zealand Government and Air New Zealand announced a partnership to trial new COVID-19 tests based on LAMP technology...
POINT OF CARE DIAGNOSTICS USING DNAiTECH
For disease detection and treatment, rapid point-of-care diagnostics brings obvious advantages over lab-based screening, particularly for...
Teachers Workshop Auckland 2021
Two successive lockdowns in Auckland threatened to stymie our plans for our first DNAiTECH workshop in the northern regions. However on...
Beyond LAMP
The DNAiTECH was developed for LAMP (Loop-mediated isothermal amplification) of nucleic acids with an operational temperature range of...
Teachers learning to use DNAiTECH
For two days -15th -16th September 2020 we ran our first DNAiTECH professional learning development program in Christchurch. Teachers...
Workshop for Teachers, Christchurch 2020
Our first teachers workshop will be facilitated in Christchurch on 15-16th September, 2020. DNAiTECH aims to assist secondary teachers to...
NEWS UPDATE: DNA PURIFICATION IN-FIELD
DNAiTECH allows for DNA testing outside the fully equipped molecular biology laboratory. In-field DNA testing is the most demanding...
GENERATION 2 DNAiTECH INSTRUMENT
The generation 2 DNAiTECH instrument is now available. While it looks identical to the original instrument it now has onboard lithium ion...
Curious Minds Grant for 2020
Curious Minds Grant for the development and running of a student workshop using DNAiTECH technology at Haeata College in Christchurch.