Published: 4:28PM Friday September 12, 2008
Source: NZPA
The Government will put $40 million over nine years into a consortium aimed at boosting genetic research in New Zealand, Research Science and Technology Minister Pete Hodgson announced on Friday.
The funding, which comes on top of a $205 million four-year boost in this year's budget, would go to a consortium led by Otago University that would help support a wide range of genetic research, he said.
Research subjects would include medicine, health, food production and environmental protection.
"This funding will provide a significant and much needed step-up in genomic research."
Hodgson said the funding would allow for the purchasing of new gene sequencing and data equipment and the recruitment of technical staff.
The consortium, named New Zealand Genomics Limited, would support both public and privately funded genetic research.
It also includes Massey and Auckland universities and crown research institution AgResearch.
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