Volker Nock: drilling down into kauri dieback

University of Canterbury Engineer Dr Volker Nock has been awarded a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship to speed research into containing kauri dieback and myrtle rust. In both cases fungal pathogens infect the tree by growing long arms, known as hyphae - which are a bit like pressurised drill bits. Volker explains to Kathryn Ryan how he and associate Professor Dr Ashley Garril are learning to blunt the force of the infection with a lab on a chip approach.