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, as it transitions to the New Zealand Bioeconomy Science Institute (BSI) Public Research Organisation (PRO).
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.
How we work
The Biotechnologies Group partners with industry to transform bio-based resources into high-value products.
We’re your technical R&D partner, assembling bespoke teams that help you research, scale and manufacture your innovation efficiently, providing the support you need, when you need it.
Bench-Scale Research
Bench-Scale Research Our scientists and engineers will test processes and innovate alongside you to overcome technical challenges and make your idea happen. Even at this stage, we’ll be thinking backwards from manufacturing to lab, making sure your unique product can scale up commercially. This is where your IP is generated and new knowledge is created. Time-based fee structure.
Scale-Up Trial
Bringing together our applied science and engineering scale-up expertise, we will help get your innovation market-ready. This stage is where we scale up processes to make your product ready for demonstrations and the market. We will find ways to scale volumes, speed of scaling, and understand outputs. Time-based fee structure.
Manufacturing
We operate manufacturing at pilot to semi-commercial scale, providing access to facilities so production can scale up with fewer overheads and less risk. Our skilled scientists and engineers will work with the repeatable, quality-controlled process developed at stage 2 to manufacture your unique high-value product, driving value to your business. Output-based fee structure.
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.
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.
"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 to make sure we're following due process and getting these products to market. Callaghan Innovation have been fantastic to work with and it's really rewarding to feel part of a group that's committed to innovation in New Zealand. I 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.
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