Join us in the geothermal wonderland of Rotorua for four days of cutting-edge molecular science, early-career development workshops, educational talks and plenary presentations form international guests.

Between sessions, explore the city’s 200 km of walking and mountain biking tracks, experience some of the stunning geological attractions or relax at award-winning cafes.

Rydges Rotorua, 10 Tryon Street 

Whakarewarewa, Rotorua

Shuttle bus

Register for the free shuttle Auckand Uni/ Aiport <—> Rotorua

First-in-first-served (16 seats)

Shuttle sign up

Tues 11th Nov Departure:

  • Auckland University 11:00 am

  • Auckland Domestic airport 11:30 am

Fri 14th Nov Arrival:

  • Auckland Domestic airport 3:00 pm (15:00)

  • Auckland University 5:45 pm (17:45)

POSTER ABSTRACT and REGISTRATION OPEN

Confirmed Plenary Speakers

The NZSBMB covers a broad area of interest, including evolutionary biology, enzymatic mechanisms, structural biology, and cell biology (among many others), and our members affiliate with academia, industry and education.

At the 2025 conference, talks with education and mātauranga themes will be interwoven throughout different sessions and we welcome abstracts on these topics.

“We have heavily discounted registration costs for students and educators (incl. teaching fellows) and discounted costs for postdoctoral fellows. ”
— Please see Registration for details.

Sponsors

Gold sponsors

 

Silver sponsors

 

Bronze sponsors

 

Other Sponsors

Organising committee

  • Dr William Kelton & Dr Adele Williamson , University of Waikato

    Session chairs

  • Ghader Basheri (University of Auckland), Protein Structure and Function

  • Matthew Sullivan (University of Auckland), Molecular Biomedical Sciences

  • Chelsea Vickers (University of Waikato), Enzymes and the Environment

  • Peter Mabbit (SCION), Signalling, Redox, and Biochemistry

  • Paul Gardner (University of Otago), Nucleic acids and genomics