Safe swimming and drinking water resources created by ESR Māori scientist and Mahia tamariki
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ESR Māori Impact Scientist Georgia Bell (Ngāti Maniapoto, Pare Hauraki and Ngāti Pu) has inspired pupils from Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te...
Ninety percent of New Zealand covered by ESR’s latest results of wastewater samples for...
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The number of wastewater treatment facilities providing samples to ESR for testing for SARS-CoV-2 RNA, the virus which causes COVID-19, has increased by almost 300 percent and now covers over 90 percent of the...
ESR wastewater testing identifies COVID-19 in some Auckland regions
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ESR’s testing of wastewater samples collected on Monday 16 August and Tuesday 17 August from four Auckland wastewater treatment plants have returned positive...
Ngāti Toa youth get first peak inside ESR labs
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The group of Porirua rangatahi (youth) toured ESR’s Kenepuru-based health, mircrobiology, and toxicology labs, it was their first time behind the gates.
They were...
ESR team take supreme award at science awards
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ESR’s COVID-19 team has been named the Supreme Award Winner at the Science New Zealand Awards 2020.
The awards celebrate the achievements of all...
Māori engineer brings Mātauranga expertise to ESR strategic science panel
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Dr Kēpa Morgan, innovator, academic, professional engineer and former Iwi chief executive has been appointed to the Strategic Science Advisory Panel of the...
ESR Summer Holiday Hours 2020/2021
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ESR Health Laboratories and Consultancy Services close at 5 pm on Wednesday 23 December 2020, and re-open at 8 am on Tuesday 5...
New Zealand study highlights successful COVID-19 vaccination programme will help save lives
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A major study of health outcomes finds a highly effective vaccine and high total uptake will be required to help mitigate high numbers...
Nanopore sequencing supports probiotic development
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Probiotics are specific strains of live bacteria or yeast proven to have a beneficial effect on health. They are commonly consumed in yoghurts...
Regular results of COVID-19 wastewater testing reported
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The wastewaster of eighty locations throughout Aotearoa New Zealand was tested over the week ending 8 January and highlighted new detections of the...
DNA Expert Professor Michael Bunce To Join ESR As Principal Genomics Scientist
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Internationally renowned genetics expert Professor Michael Bunce is joining the Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR) as Principal Scientist Genomics Lead to...
Interactive dashboard helps predict outcomes of COVID-19 vaccine strategies
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ESR has unveiled an interactive dashboard which seeks to forecast the outcomes of a range of possible models for New Zealand’s COVID-19 response.
The...
