{"id":4,"date":"2017-05-30T13:25:38","date_gmt":"2017-05-30T01:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/ams\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2023-10-11T14:51:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T01:51:41","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/ams\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list alignright wp-block-latest-posts\"><\/ul>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1079\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Applied-Molecular-Solutions_home-slider_02-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Applied-Molecular-Solutions_home-slider_02-edited.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Applied-Molecular-Solutions_home-slider_02-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Applied-Molecular-Solutions_home-slider_02-edited-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Applied-Molecular-Solutions_home-slider_02-edited-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Applied-Molecular-Solutions_home-slider_02-edited-1536x863.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aims, Vision, and Objectives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<p>The Unitec Institute of Technology Applied Molecular Solutions Research Centre uses molecular tools and genetic data to transform our understanding of the world around us.<br>By using existing technologies, and working to develop and validate new ones, we can address problems raised by the industries and communities that we work with.<\/p>\n<p>Techniques which allow for the rapid identification of organisms from small samples of biological or environmental material are being used to characterize biological communities, reconstruct food webs, describe the physiology of animals, and to understand how genes function in given ecological situations. 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