Lastest wastewater results highlight ongoing detection of COVID-19
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The latest interactive map and dashboard(external link)of COVID-19 wastewater sampling locations throughout New Zealand includes the results of all tests taken up to...
Fiordland marine science expedition a bittersweet journey
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ESR microplastics expert Dr Olga Pantos recently set sail from Milford Sound on a week-long scientific voyage to understand just how prevalent microplastics...
ESR’s Ryan Willoughby wins public relations award
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ESR’s Ryan Willoughby wins big at public relations awards
ESR Senior Communications Advisor, Ryan Willoughby is the 2021 PRINZ Young PR Practitioner of the...
ESR finds decrease in syphilis, gonorrhoea and chlamydia
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Newly released data from ESR shows the number of reported cases of syphilis, gonorrhoea and chlamydia dropped in the first half of 2020.
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Seeking Wellington whānau for $11 million international flu study
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Wellington households with at least one child aged under 20 are needed to join WellKiwis Household, a game-changing seven-year study led by the...
ESR and Air New Zealand partner on COVID-19 saliva testing study
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An ESR study investigating testing for COVID-19 in saliva has been given the green-light to commence in January.
Funded by ESR, the study will...
ESR microplastics expert takes science to the sea
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Christchurch-based ESR Senior Scientist Olga Pantos and Research Assistant Hayden Masterton set sail out of Tāmaki Makaurau in June 2021 and headed north...
Expert Opinion: Why studying the origins of SARS-CoV-2, its variants and relatives matters
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Professor Mike Worobey is used to whodunnit stories when it comes to viral origins.
The University of Arizona sleuth’s most recent paper in the...
Study unpacks the New Zealand experience of COVID-19 during the first wave
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The international profile of New Zealand’s COVID-19 pandemic response has been raised once more by an ESR-led study(external link) published in the Lancet...
Study confirms wastewater provides critical, early warning, for community outbreaks of COVID-19
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A unique study led by the Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR) with Watercare and the University of Auckland confirms the benefit...
Women in Science series | ESR
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Sarah Bakker has always been someone who enjoys questioning things. Ultimately, it was this curiosity that led her into a career in science...
ESR scientists showcase benefits of collaboration for rapid-DNA sequencing
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A group of ESR scientists want communities to collaborate on the application of real-time, cost-effective DNA analysis outside of the laboratory.
ESR senior Scientist...
