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Oxford, 26 October 2006. Oxitec is pleased to welcome Dr Andrew McKemey to its Business Development team. Andrew has a BSc. from Bath in Applied Biology, an MSc. in crop protection from the University of Bristol and a PhD in Invertebrate Ecology from the University of Cardiff. He is joining us from Insect Investigations Ltd. in Cardiff, where he was Head of Field Studies. There he was responsible for running contract research insect control trials including efficacy and regulatory studies.  

Head of Business Development, Ann Kramer, commented  “Andrew will be a valuable addition to Oxitec as more of our insects move on from the laboratory into field tests.”

 

News

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

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. (more)

 

18 February 2007

Oxitec announces new technology that will allow production of male-only populations of insect pests

 

8 January 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 October 06

Dr Andrew McKemey joins Oxitec's Business Development team.

28 June 06
Oxitec runner-up in the Oxford and South East award for Innovation in Enabling Biotechnology, 2006

25 June 06
Oxitec announces technical breakthrough

Events

Meet us at -

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

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

 

Third International Meeting on "Molecular and Population Biology of Mosquitoes and Other Disease Vectors". 13 - 20 July 2007. Kolymbari, Crete, Greece

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

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