DNA

Senior research fellow at the Liggins Institute, whose work at Gravida, an inter-institutional, inter-disciplinary virtual research network involves new discoveries about cellular organisation. Audio

Adura Onashile is the co-creator and performer of HeLa, a solo show about the woman whose cancer cell sample, taken without her permission, was used as the raw material for some of the most important… Audio

Siouxsie Wiles discusses the world's largest DNA origami created, a soft robot and new genetic discoveries regarding links to disease. Audio

The genetic revolution going on with DNA sequencing technology shrinking in size and in cost. Professor Mike Berridge and David Eccles from the Malaghan Instiutute demo some of the new technology. Audio

The University of Otago is part of an international collaboration carrying out a genome-wide analysis looking for the genes involved in gout, a form of arthritis Audio

Professor Kevin Verstrepen of the University of Leuven is on a team sequencing the DNA of more than 200 different yeasts from all over the world. He's trying to understand how individual genes… Audio

National Geographic's Genographic project visits Gisborne to sample DNA from members of Ngai Tamanuhiri. Audio

Donated heart tissue is being used to delve into what used to be known as junk DNA to indicate genetic risk of cardiac disease. Audio

James Curran is a statistician from Auckland University, whose skills are regularly called on by forensic agencies here, as well as Australia and the UK. Audio

Researchers have found Moa shared a much wide range of foods than previously thought. A team of scientists from Landcare Research used several methods including DNA analysis of coprolites, or fossil… Audio

In a world first, scientists have extracted DNA from the fossilised eggshells of extinct birds - including moa. Audio

Scientists are about to start a mass DNA testing programme to try to idenitify the remains of hundreds of World War 1 Australian and British soldiers killed in one of the conflict's fiercest battles.

Scientists have performed the first DNA-based reconstruction of the extinct moa bird, using pre-historic feathers recovered from Otago. Audio