Scientists excited new sea sponges off Tauranga could help fight cancer msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Source: University of Waikato
How seaweed can help our agriculture industry, green shipping and electric ferries, sea level rise, aquaculture and how we protect our marine biodiversity are among the topics for discussion at the New Zealand Marine Sciences Society Conference next week.
The University of Waikatoâs Tauranga campus will host 360 scientists between 5 â 8 July, presenting research on how to sustainably harness the economic potential of our marine environment while addressing the restoration of our marine ecosystems and conservation of our marine biodiversity.
The conference: âTitiro whakamuri, kÅkiri whakamuaâ, looking back to move forward, is the first time in two years New Zealandâs marine scientists have been brought together and the first time in 40 years the conference has been hosted in Tauranga.
Thursday, 1 July 2021, 9:53 am
How seaweed can help our agriculture industry, green
shipping and electric ferries, sea level rise, aquaculture
and how we protect our marine biodiversity are among the
topics for discussion at the New Zealand Marine Sciences
Society Conference next week.
The University of
Waikato’s Tauranga campus will host 360 scientists between
5 – 8 July, presenting research on how to sustainably
harness the economic potential of our marine environment
while addressing the restoration of our marine ecosystems
and conservation of our marine biodiversity.
The
conference: “Titiro whakamuri, kōkiri whakamua”,
looking back to move forward, is the first time in two years
Source: University of Waikato
World-leading Tauranga marine scientist, Professor Chris Battershill, will be speaking about the importance of ocean biodiversity and the sustainable management of this important natural resource in a Tauranga Public Lecture Series on April 12.
The free event, held at the University of Waikato Tauranga campus, will reveal how derivatives from sea sponges can fight a variety of cancers and how red seaweed has been used to create drugs for HIV/Aids and potential for treatment of the Covid-19 virus.
The hour-long talk, Drugs from the Sea: Biomedicines, Biodiversity and Biopirates, is billed as a must-attend for those interested in this ground-breaking area of medical and marine science, and for anyone interested in the sustainable management of our ocean resources.
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