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Upcoming events hosted by or involving Genetics Otago will be listed here. Please check back regularly for updates. A calendar of events that may be of interest to our members can be found at the bottom of this page and in the sidebar of other pages on this site, please note that this includes events hosted outside of Genetics Otago.

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Career Evening


Unsure what you can do with a Genetics, Biochemistry, Neuroscience or Microbiology background? Come along and hear about some avenues from local graduates and employers.

Who should attend? This event is open to all 300 and 400-level students in Genetics, Biochemistry, Neuroscience and Microbiology, as well as interested postgraduate students. The event has limited spaces, please RSVP by Wednesday 18th September to secure your place at this event.

What the event involves? The evening will begin at 6:00 pm with short presentations from the guest speakers, followed by an opportunity to chat and network with the speakers over pizza. Details of speakers will be published here once confirmed.

Date: 25th September 2024
Time: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Location: BI.G13, Biochemistry Building

Programme
Careers Evening Programme_draft 

Please note that the order of speakers is subject to change

Registration
Registration for this event is via Career Hub, please use the button below to be redirected to the registration page.

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Calendar of Events

The below is a calendar of events hosted by GO as well as events hosted by others that may be of interest to our members. If you have an event you would like us to include please contact us here.


Feb
4
Fri
Pathology Department Seminar – Prof. Greg Anderson @ D'Ath Lecture Theatre
Feb 4 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

athology Department Seminar Series for 2022 begins this Friday 4th February. Our speaker will be Prof. Greg Anderson from the Centre for Neuroendocrinology & Department of Anatomy (University of Otago) who will present a seminar entitled “A neuronal circuit for stress-induced infertility”.

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The seminar will be held at the usual time of 1pm in the D’Ath Lecture theatre and accessible over zoom due to the Red Light settings (please contact the organiser for the link). For those attending in person, there will be refreshments provided at 12.45pm (~15min before the seminar). Details of which will be provided closer to the time.

Feb
11
Fri
Pathology Department Seminar – Karen Reader @ D'Ath Lecture Theatre
Feb 11 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Our Pathology Department Seminar Series for 2022 continues as a Research Forum this Friday 11th February. The Forum will be hosted by Dr. Karen Reader- Operations Manager, Otago Micro and Nanoscale Imaging (OMNI). Karen will be presenting on “Tools for your ResearchAn introduction to the Flow Cytometry, Histology, Confocal and Electron Microscope units”. 

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 The forum will be held at the usual seminar time of 1 pm in the D’Ath Lecture theatre and accessible over zoom due to the Red Light settings, contact organisers for link.

For those attending in person, there will be refreshments provided at 12.45pm (~15 min before the seminar). Food will kept for collection in the foyer near the back entrance of the D’Ath lecture theatre. We have a capacity for 50 people in the D’Ath.

Feb
14
Mon
Biostatistic Centre: Introductory Biostatistics for Health Researchers @ Room G33, AdamsBuilding
Feb 14 @ 9:00 am – Feb 15 @ 4:30 pm

This two-day course is a fun introduction to the appropriate application and interpretation of biostatistical concepts for people working in clinical research with no formal statistical training. The focus will not be on carrying out analyses, but rather on understanding the appropriate use of statistical methods, the implications when underlying assumptions are not met, and how to interpret statistical results. Course material will be presented through examples, and all statistical analyses will be performed by the course instructors. There are no software requirements.

Feb
16
Wed
Biostatistic Centre: Stata Software Workshop @ Hercus CAL Lab, Dunedin south campus
Feb 16 @ 9:00 am – 4:30 pm

This is a hands-on workshop, based in a computer lab, aimed at researchers and research students who need to use statistical software for their research. The Biostatistics Centre recommends Stata as an ideal software package for many health sciences researchers. It is reliable, easy to use, has a wide range of commonly used statistical analysis options and produces publication-quality graphics.
This is an introductory level course, no previous experience with the software is necessary. The workshop focuses on the use of software for simple statistical analyses.
Please note, the University of Otago now offers Stata SE FREE to all staff and students.

Feb
17
Thu
Biostatistics Centre: Regression Modelling @ Room G33, Adams Building,
Feb 17 @ 9:00 am – Feb 18 @ 4:30 pm

This 2-day course provides an introduction to regression modelling approaches. The scope of the course runs from basic principles of regression methods, deciphering the output of statistical analyses, and the practicalities of running these various regression methods.
As part of this course you will be encouraged to think about broader study design issues, including how to deal with confounding, interactions and variable selection.

This is an intermediate-level statistics course intended for researchers/research students who need to use regression modelling in their work. Participants should either have completed the Introductory Biostatistics for Health Researchers Course or have equivalent knowledge.

Please note, participants must come with their own laptop with R or SAS or Stata software installed, and be able to import data sets, generate new variables and be confident using the software they have installed. The University of Otago now offers Stata SE to all staff and students.

Feb
18
Fri
Pathology Department Seminar: Prof. Alex McLellan @ D'Ath Lecture Theatre
Feb 18 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Prof. Alex McLellan from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology (University of Otago) will present a seminar entitled “Genetically engineered lymphocytes for the treatment of solid cancers”  at our Pathology Department Seminar Series on Friday 18th February 2022. The seminar will be held at the usual time of 1pm in the D’Ath Lecture theatre and accessible over zoom due to the Red Light settings.

Please contact the organisers for Zoom details.

For those attending in person, there will be refreshments provided at 12.45pm (~15 min before the seminar). Small packed lunches will be available- some sandwiches, choice of chips, popcorn, oaty bars and choice of packed beverages. Food will be kept for collection in the foyer near the back entrance of the D’Ath lecture theatre 😊 . We have a capacity for 50 people in the D’Ath.

Feb
21
Mon
Biostatistics Centre: Longitudinal Modelling @ Room G33, Adams Building,
Feb 21 @ 9:00 am – Feb 22 @ 4:30 pm

Longitudinal studies are common in health-related areas. These studies require appropriate statistical analyses that account for the correlated nature of the data. This two-day course provides an introduction to a range of common approaches for modelling longitudinal and correlated data. Topics covered include descriptive analysis of longitudinal data, linear mixed models, and generalised estimating equations (GEE) for modelling longitudinal data. This course has a strong application focus. You will be learning how to implement these methods using Stata software and interpreting longitudinal results.

This course is designed for quantitative researchers/students who need to have a better understanding of longitudinal models in their work. Participants should have either completed the Regression Modelling course offered in the Centre or have equivalent knowledge in regression modelling for both continuous and discrete data AND have either completed the Stata course offered by the Centre or be familiar with using Stata.

Please note, participants must come with their own laptop with Stata software installed, and be able to import data sets, generate new variables and be able to carry out regression analyses using Stata software.

The University of Otago now offers Stata SE to all staff and students.

Mar
4
Fri
Pathology Department Seminar: Associate Professor Ben Wheeler @ Online
Mar 4 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

This Friday, March 4th Associate Professor Ben Wheeler from the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health (Dunedin) will be presenting the seminar titled “Technology for the management of Type 1 Diabetes – Past, Present, and Future”. Attached is the poster

The seminar will be held at the usual time of 1 pm over Zoom. Please see poster for Zoom details.

Small packed lunches will be available for collection in the ground floor tea room from 12:45 pm onwards.

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We look forward to seeing you on Friday!

Ngā Mihi,
Sunali & Jisha

Mar
9
Wed
Professional DDevelopment Programme for Early and Mid-Career Researchers: Workshop 1 – Mentorship @ Via Zoom
Mar 9 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Are you interested in mentorship as a mentor or mentee? On the 9th of March at 12-1pm the Early and Mid-Career Researchers (EMCR) Committee will be running its first professional development workshop of 2022.

The session is titled ‘Getting the most out of mentorship: Tips for Mentors and Mentees’. We would like to encourage all early and mid-career researchers to join us and learn more about this opportunity. The session will be run over zoom and our guest speaker is Suzy Keene.

Please contact the Organiser for Zoom link details.

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Mar
10
Thu
STEM Women – Australia & New Zealand Careers Event @ Online
Mar 10 @ 2:00 pm – 6:30 pm

STEM Women – Australia & New Zealand Careers Event

I wanted to invite your students to a free virtual careers event, focused on graduate roles and internships, based In Australia & New Zealand.

During the event, students will network live (chat, audio and video!) with graduate employers in different industries, hear insightful presentations from exhibiting companies and ask questions to a panel of women already working in STEM roles!

This event is targeted towards people who identify as female and are studying or recently graduated from, a STEM-related course at university. Students can also apply for graduate roles and internships within the event platform and have skipped interview stages through networking with graduate recruitment teams at our events, so this truly is a unique and exciting opportunity! We have a limited number of places for this free event.

https://stemwomenevents.com/event/5646