Funding for the Biotechnologies group has been extended through to 30 June 2027. The group will continue signing new contracts and delivering its full suite of services to both existing and new customers.
What we do
We are your end-to-end biotech R&D partner for process development, assay development, upstream and downstream processing, and analytical services.
Talk to us about your requirements - We bring together teams with diverse expertise to tackle unique challenges and deliver stronger solutions.
Looking for an R&D partner to transform your natural resource from bench to pilot scale? We have the upstream and downstream facilities alongside the expertise to help scale up your science.
Creating a bio-based solution to rival traditional synthetics? With capabilities spanning microbial screening and scale-up, we can support all your processing needs to make your product
Need support developing functional foods, nutraceuticals, or dietary supplements? From extracting natural active ingredients, secondary processing method development, and analytical services, we’ll guide you in bringing high value ingredients to market.
Ready to accelerate your biotech development? Access protein engineering, bioactivity testing, and bioprocessing expertise in one place. We’ll address your key challenges and help you move from research to product faster.
Want to turn natural byproducts into revenue? We specialise in developing innovative processes to make full use of your resources and convert waste streams into high-value foods, ingredients or biomaterials as part of the Bioresource Processing Alliance.
Want to know more about what makes your product unique? We offer specialised analytical services built on deep expertise in lipids and natural products and extensive experience in solving challenging analytical problems.
Looking for Applied Technologies services?
As you may know, Callaghan Innovation is being disestablished, and funding for Applied Technology services will cease on 30 September 2025. As result, we are no longer accepting new customers or contracts.
If you need guidance on alternative Applied Technologies service providers, please reach out, and we'll do our best assist.
We’ve worked with a number of Callaghan Innovation’s scientists and been very impressed with the experts’ capabilities. The ability to work with them, and to access Callaghan Innovation funding in the early days, has enabled us to progress quickly and to the stage we’re at now, where we’re a serious contender in the plant protein space.
"Being able to access Callaghan Innovation’s expertise in process engineering, particularly at pilot scale, is very valuable to us; carrying out these processes at pilot scale is very expensive, and something small businesses just can’t afford to do themselves.
"Over the last 12 months, we’ve initiated several new projects that will produce some important and near-term commercial results. We simply couldn’t have done any of this without the support of Callaghan Innovation.
"When we have a byproduct we're looking to add value to, and we don't have any expertise around it, it’s really helpful to be able to partner up with Callaghan Innovation. It would have been very expensive for us to do internally.
"Callaghan Innovation have got a great understanding of fermentation and they've been able to guide us make sure we're following due process and getting these products to market. Callaghan Innovation have been fantastic to work and it's really rewarding to feel part of a group that's committed to innovation in New Zealand. I with couldn't recommend them more highly.
"We couldn’t have done this without numerous partnerships, and they [Callaghan Innovation] were always in the background offering us good, sound scientific knowledge and expertise.
"The company’s investment in R&D, and the work carried out with Callaghan Innovation, means the efficacy of our products is underpinned by science, something our customers really value.
"They [Callaghan Innovation] made the difference between doing the R&D and not. We simply could not have completed our science without that support.
"Why work with us?
