We were engaged by the SfTI (Science for Technological Innovation) National Science Challenge team to help them develop and run a ‘mission lab’ for biosecurity in New Zealand.

The purpose of the mission lab is to bring together a wide range of researchers, industry representatives, and selected personnel from key government agencies to work together to explore, map out, and then prioritise and agree potential biosecurity research areas for SfTI, and then form these into a cohesive research programme to be funded by the government.