Video Conferences
Video conferencing is a way for students and industry representatives to engage with one another and share experiences and knowledge. Over 100 New Zealand schools have video conferencing facilities available, while others may access them through tertiary institutions.
Please contact us at enquiries@biotechlearn.org.nz to find out more.
Recent Video conferences
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Nutrigenomics
Diet, health and genes. It's all brought together in a new area of research, called nutrigenomics. In this video conference, experts Lynn Ferguson and Jim Kaput explore with Year 10 students some of the impacts that this research may have on society.
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Bacteria to the rescue
In this video conference, find out how bacteria are being used to fight sore throats.
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The Harakeke Project at Industrial Research
Stephen Tauwhare, a research scientist at Industrial Research Limited, participated in a video conference with four secondary schools to talk about the Harakeke Project at Industrial Research Limited and how scientific knowledge can be combined with traditional Māori knowledge.
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Environmental Risk Management Authority
The Environmental Risk Management Authority or ERMA regulates new organisms and hazardous substances in New Zealand.
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Fish into face cream and algae into paint – what is NIWA up to?
Dr Vicky Webb leads a team of scientists at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) in the search for useful chemicals found in organisms living in the ocean. She is a molecular biologist, which she says means "I look at molecules, tiny little things. I look for useful things you can get from organisms from the sea".
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Dr Love's zebrafish
Dr Don Love and his team at Auckland University are using zebrafish to investigate heritable diseases like Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
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Karen Farley's Cosmetics
Karen Farley launched her own natural skincare range in 2006.
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Pig organ transplants
In this video conference, find out why and how we might use pig organs to help people.
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Using a worm to reduce possum numbers
A parasitic worm that naturally infects possums could be the key to controlling possum numbers in New Zealand.
