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26 April 2007	US Department of Agriculture approves release of transgenic pink bollworm moths on up to 120 acres of cotton in Arizona.
19 March 2007	Oxitec has developed a strain of mosquito with the key features required to control the yellow fever mosquito, the the principal urban vector of dengue, chicangunya and yellow fever viruses.
5 March 2007	5 March 2007 Oxitec was selected for the Fast Company Magazine's 6th annual "Fast 50". Oxitec's method for controlling disease-spreading mosquitoes was chosen as one of the top 50 most promising profit-driven solutions for what ails the planet.
18 Feb 2007	Oxitec announces new technology that will allow production of male-only populations of insect pests
8 Jan 2007	Oxitec is pleased to announce the appointment of two new senior scientists. Dr Martha Koukidou  has joined the fruit fly control team, and Dr Krisztian Magori has joined the mosquito control team as a senior mathematical / economic  modeller.
16 Oct 2006	Dr Andrew McKemey joins Oxitec's Business Development team.
28 Jun 2006	Oxitec runner-up in the Oxford and South East award for Innovation in Enabling Biotechnology, 2006
25 Jun 2006	Oxitec announces technical breakthrough
28 Mar 2006	Ann Kramer joins Oxitec as Head of Business Development

News Archive

1 Dec 2005	OCP named Venture Capital House of the Year 2005
19 Oct 2005	The Martin and Audrey Wood Enterprise Awards 2005
29 June 2005	New Technique to Control Killer Disease Offered Multi Million Dollar Funding
8 June 2005	Oxford Capital Partners leads second round investment in Oxitec
1 May 2005	Oxitec wins Small Business Research Initiative grant

Events

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Western Orchard Pest & Disease Management Conference, Portland Oregon, 10-12 January 2007

9th Exotic Fruit Fly Symposium
25 & 26 April 2007,  Fresno, California.

XV1th International Plant Protection Congress, Glasgow, October 2007

International Congress of Insect Biotechnology & Industry (ICIBI 2007),  19-24 August, 2007, Daegu, Korea..

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