Sally Furniss
Well-known member
The National Centre for Biosecurity and Infectious Disease is a collaboration between four New Zealand scientific and government agencies, Biosecurity New Zealand (a division of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry), Crown Research Institutes AgResearch and Environmental Science and Research (ESR) plus state-owned enterprise AsureQuality.
The national centre will link on a single site:
http://www.ncbid.govt.nz/about_us.cfm
The national centre will link on a single site:
- the existing Biosecurity New Zealand Investigation and Diagnostic Centre (previously referred to as MAF's National Centre for Disease Investigation)
- new ESR laboratories and staff
- AsureQuality's biosecurity facilities currently at Wallaceville
- AgResearch's infectious disease diagnostic team
http://www.ncbid.govt.nz/about_us.cfm