Careers: A life-long love affair with parasites - Video Clip

Dr Warwick Grant is a scientist at AgResearch and has spent most of his scientific career studying parasites.

Location: Focus Stories > Biological control of possums > Video Clips

ERMA: What is it? - Video Clip

AgResearch scientist Dr Warwick Grant explains what ERMA does and why it is important.

Location: Focus Stories > Biological control of possums > Video Clips

Warwick Grant - Person

Warwick initially trained as a geneticist and moved into parasitology shortly after completing his PhD.

Location: About Biotech > People and Careers

Biocontrol - Theme

Biological control or biocontrol is the use of one organism to control the numbers of another.

Location: Themes

Careers: Working with animals - Video Clip

Brian traps possums, cares for them and undertakes a number of observations and lab procedures for the biocontrol research programme at AgResearch. Here, Brian tells us what he likes most about his work.

Location: About Biotech > Video clips

Biocontrol: useful links - Useful Links

This is a list of additional resources for the Biocontrol theme and information sheets.

Location: Themes > Biocontrol

Why do we need ERMA? - Video Clip

Manuka Henare and Val Orchard explain why it is so important that ERMA monitors and controls new organisms.

Location: Themes > Biocontrol > Environmental Risk Management Authority

Environmental Risk Management Authority - Video Conference

The Environmental Risk Management Authority or ERMA regulates new organisms and hazardous substances in New Zealand.

Location: Themes > Biocontrol

Biotechnology for a better future, Part 3 - Video Clip

Biotechnology has the potential to create better healthcare, improved foods, better and safer agriculture, and cleaner industrial processing.

Location: Themes > New Zealand views on biotech > Video clips

DNA tests identify animal kingdom killers - News Item

DNA tests adopted from human forensics are being used to identify killers in the animal kingdom, which can then help efforts to protect New Zealand’s most endangered species.

Location: News and Events > News Archive > 2008 Archive