by EllenR | Sep 29, 2020 | DCSAs, In the news
Professor Michael Bunce, the EPA Chief Scientist, joined Bryan Crump on RNZ to talk about environmental DNA. Like ‘genetic breadcrumbs’, eDNA is left behind as critters pass through (or over) the substrate, and allows scientists to survey the species composition...
by EllenR | Sep 24, 2020 | COVID-19, DCSAs, In the news
EPA Chief Scientist Professor Michael Bunce says Aotearoa New Zealand’s genomic sequencing is top rate, but we need to make sure we are getting genetic sequence from every Covid-19 sample to close any gaps in our genomic surveillance. Listen to Mike’s...
by EllenR | Sep 24, 2020 | COVID-19, DCSAs, In the news
While genome sequencing has played an increasingly important role in responding to the COVID-19 outbreak in Auckland, “[w]ith the value of hindsight, there are aspects the genomic researchers could have done better,” according to a report released by EPA Chief...
by EllenR | Sep 23, 2020 | COVID-19, DCSAs, In the news
Genome sequencing has played an important role in our response to the latest COVID-19 outbreak in Auckland. New Zealand Herald science journalist Jamie Morton reports on the rapid review released today which finds that our genomics efforts are “world...
by juliet | Sep 23, 2020 | COVID-19, DCSAs, From the OPMCSA
Kia ora koutou, Many have become familiar with a new term over the recent COVID-19 outbreak in Aotearoa New Zealand – ‘whole genome sequencing’. Genome sequencing creates a ‘genetic fingerprint’ of the COVID-19 virus that has infected an individual. It can tell us...
by EllenR | Aug 17, 2020 | DCSAs, From the OPMCSA
Interventions across primary and secondary education are urgently needed to address declining literacy levels and persistent inequity, according to a new report. The evidence summary, titled ‘The literacy landscape in Aotearoa New Zealand’, is authored by Professor...