Animal Care Technician – Perth, Australia
Ozgene is seeking a full-time graduate animal technician with a Bachelor of Science or certificate IV in veterinary …
Advances in antitumour immunity
An important function of the immune system is its ability to recognise and attack foreign cells without damaging …
Sending ‘Hobit’ on a quest
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are more aware than ever how exposed our bodies are …
COVID-19 update
With all the uncertainty of COVID-19, we hope you are safe and in good health. …
CRISPR knockout & knock-in mice
The potential of CRISPR technology is very exciting, but there are some limitations to its usefulness and drawbacks …
Insights into cancer research
Many of our customers work in the field of cancer research. We would like to share two recent …
Speed – Quality – Value
Ozgene is and has been on a journey of continuous improvement. …
Getting into “the Flow” – Yarigai – Ikigai – Lebensfreude
I was still digesting Yuval Harari’s book “Homo Deus” when I started to read Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s book “Flow …
Innate immunity insights
Our immune system consists of innate and adaptive subsystems working together. …
It shouldn’t be this hard by Ken Snyder
Are you struggling with Lean implementation? I’d like to share a blog by Ken Snyder that may be …
Epigenetics and the brain
Psychiatric conditions are often caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors. …
On the road again
It doesn’t seem very long since my previous trip but I find myself on the road again. Perth …
Shedding light on EPP
While most of us enjoy a sunny day, people suffering from erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) have a less pleasant …
Lean – an objective or intersubjective reality?
A friend of mine asked recently: “What do you want me to present at a Lean conference?” I …
Insights into pluripotency
Embryonic Stem (ES) cells are pluripotent; they are able to develop into any cell type in an embryo …
Aloha – taking a break from Organisational Excellence
You may not know that Ozgene is a family business. I recently attended the State Conference of Family …
Cancer vaccines
Cancer vaccines are currently the focus of numerous research groups worldwide. …
Handel, Toyota and Homo Deus
I recently chaired a lunch time discussion on ‘Standard Work – the Basis for Scientific Thinking’ at the …
Revisiting Niemann-Pick Type C
Back in 2011, Ozgene created two mouse models for the Hempel family, whose twin daughters suffer from a …
Be mindful at the gemba
Over the past years we have been working on our organisational excellence framework. As a result, we have …
NO to Exercise?
Exercise is good for you. Who hasn’t heard that one before? We know about the benefits of exercise …
New Ebola research
Ebola virus disease is associated with a severe haemorrhagic fever illness with a fatality rate of up to …