Gene Drives
Award for using DNA to better understand plants & animals
12 Nov 2020
Geneticist Neil Gemmell has won the 2020 Hutton Medal for using DNA & new genomic technologies to better understant plants & animals. Audio
Gene drive systems and conservation
17 Nov 2017
There's been a warning from scientists working in the field of genetic technologies, about its use in conservation. University of Otago's Professor Neil Gemmell, one of the authors of the article… Audio
Gene drives: not a silver bullet for killing pests
11 Nov 2017
Gene drives offer a way to hack the traditional inheritance process to make sure a specific trait is passed on to the next generation. Could they be used to get us to Predator Free 2050? Audio
We need to talk about gene drives and gene editing
27 Apr 2017
Genetic tools will help New Zealand meets its aim of being Predator Free by 2050 - but we need to understand what they are and have a public conversation about their use. Audio