Connecting Science and Industry: Highlights from the 2025 NZ Wine Centre Scientific Research Conference

From Grape to Glass: Knowledge sharing at Sold-Out event

There wasn’t a spare seat as 85 attendees from across Aotearoa gathered in Marlborough on Monday for the second New Zealand Wine Centre Scientific Research Conference — a one-day event that highlighted the depth and diversity of grape and wine research underway across the country.

Fighting Measles in Senegal with DNAiTECH’s Innovative Diagnostics

From its office at the Marlborough Research Centre’s Grovetown Park, biotechnology company DNAiTECH is making strides in addressing global health inequalities through its groundbreaking innovation in diagnostic testing. Recently, DNAiTECH partnered with the Institut Pasteur de Dakar in Senegal to develop point-of-care diagnostic tests for diseases like measles and rubella.

New Research facility to enable climate resilience research for viticulture & horticulture

MRC’s newest research facility aims to help the viticulture industry to respond to climate change, increase productivity, improve quality and enhance operations.

It will be operated by The New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited.

A teaching annex will be used for industry workshops and for students at Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) studying viticulture and horticultural production.

Take a sneak peek here at the state of the art facility here.