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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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GO Annual Symposium – POSTPONED


As usual, the Symposium will highlight the fantastic research being done by GO members from around the country through presentations, posters and awards.

Date: New date TBC (tentatively 20th February 2025)
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Venue: TBC

Programme
A draft programme will be available here soon.

Registration
Registration for this event will open closer to time.

Registration Fee
Due to budget constraints, we will be charging a $50 per person registration fee for all attendees to subsidise the costs associated with the Symposium. We have received confirmation that this registration fee can be paid from S accounts, and if you are in a position to make a donation on top of this fee, we would gladly receive it. However, we do not want the payment to be a barrier to attendance, so if you are not in a position to make a payment, please contact us go@otago.ac.nz.

Payment Methods
Payments from an S account (or other University account) can be journaled to Genetics Otago account GL.10.LH.A14.2541 via your finance associate. Please include the surname(s) of the registrants that the payment covers in the narration.

If you need to make payment using funds from outside the University this can be arranged via the Cashier’s Office. Please contact us for details (go@otago.ac.nz).

Awards
The Annual Genetics Otago Awards including The Genetics Otago Award, Outstanding Mentor Awards, Student Supervisor Award, Publication Awards, Poster Awards and Science Communication Prize will be presented at the conclusion of the Symposium and nominations for these are now open.

All award nominations should be submitted by email to go@otago.ac.nz.

Full details of the awards can be found here: Award Details.


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Oxford Nanopore Technology Workshop

Join us at Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka, Dunedin, for a one day Oxford Nanopore Technology symposium. This event, jointly hosted by Genomics Aotearoa and the Genetics Otago ONT hub, will feature research talks highlighting different ONT use cases, a technical sequencing demonstration and an EPI2ME workshop.

This is an in-person event being held on Friday, December 6th at the Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka / University of Otago campus.

Registration for this event is free of charge.

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This event is sponsored by ONT, and is supported by the Otago Genomics Facility.

Contact tyler.mcinnes@otago.ac.nz for any queries.


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CRISPR Workshop

This event is designed to cater to the diverse community of researchers at the University of Otago who are using or interested in using the CRISPR-Cas diagnostics toolkit. We warmly welcome everyone to attend.
For the workshop, you will need a laptop with either a macOS or a Windows operating system (with Windows Linux subsystem installed). Optionally, it would be advantageous if you have Geneious Prime software installed (a free trial time can be obtained on the official website)

Date: Wednesday 13th December 2024
Time: 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Venue: Hunter Centre, Room 1.18
Programme: CRISPR-Dx Programme

Please register your attendance using the button below. The workshop will only go ahead if >10 people register, with a cap limit of 20. A final decision will be delivered on December 4th if it goes ahead with the corresponding detailed programme.

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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.


Aug
24
Tue
Inaugural Professorial Lecture – Professor Julia Horsfield @ Archway 1 Lecture Theatre,
Aug 24 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

The circle of life: connecting cell division with cell fate

About Professor Horsfield’s research

Julia’s current research originates from her fascination with how cells ‘decide’ what they are going to be in a growing, developing embryo. At the University of Otago, Julia started working on Cohesin, a protein that connects cell division with cell fate decisions. Cohesin controls chromosome segregation during cell division, and it also organises the DNA of non-dividing cells to select genes for expression. Using zebrafish, Julia’s group determined how mutation of Cohesin contributes to human developmental disorders, the “Cohesinopathies”.

Her group also studies how genes first come to be switched on in the embryo by Cohesin-mediated chromatin structure. She was the first to show that mutations in Cohesin may be linked with leukaemia; a finding later confirmed by cancer genome sequencing projects. Her recent work focuses on the mechanism of Cohesin’s contribution to leukaemia, including the sensitivity of Cohesin-mutant cancers to specific drugs.

This lecture will be followed by light refreshments, tea, coffee & juice.

Streaming information for Professor Julia Horsfield’s IPL

This event will be live-streamed, from 5:25pm Tuesday 24 August 2021, at the following web address:

Test your connection to the streaming service here:

Please note: Live streaming does not work with Internet Explorer.

Aug
25
Wed
Department of Botany Seminars @ Room 2.13Physical Education Building,
Aug 25 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Department of Botany Seminars—Semester Two 2021

Wednesdays at 12 noon in the Physical Education Building, 55 Union St West, room 2.13 (unless otherwise stated please see schedule below).

For those who cannot attend in person, you are welcome to join via the Zoom link below: https://otago.zoom.us/j/94239463064?pwd=d051YWFwdVB1bi9FSzBjYzkwNWJBUT09 Password: 807740

Botany Seminars 2021 Schedule

Botany Seminar 21.7.2021 Poster

Botany Seminar 4.8.2021 Poster

Sep
1
Wed
Department of Botany Seminars @ Room 2.13Physical Education Building,
Sep 1 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Department of Botany Seminars—Semester Two 2021

Wednesdays at 12 noon in the Physical Education Building, 55 Union St West, room 2.13 (unless otherwise stated please see schedule below).

For those who cannot attend in person, you are welcome to join via the Zoom link below: https://otago.zoom.us/j/94239463064?pwd=d051YWFwdVB1bi9FSzBjYzkwNWJBUT09 Password: 807740

Botany Seminars 2021 Schedule

Botany Seminar 21.7.2021 Poster

Botany Seminar 4.8.2021 Poster

Sep
8
Wed
Department of Botany Seminars @ Room 2.13Physical Education Building,
Sep 8 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Department of Botany Seminars—Semester Two 2021

Wednesdays at 12 noon in the Physical Education Building, 55 Union St West, room 2.13 (unless otherwise stated please see schedule below).

For those who cannot attend in person, you are welcome to join via the Zoom link below: https://otago.zoom.us/j/94239463064?pwd=d051YWFwdVB1bi9FSzBjYzkwNWJBUT09 Password: 807740

Botany Seminars 2021 Schedule

Botany Seminar 21.7.2021 Poster

Botany Seminar 4.8.2021 Poster

Sep
10
Fri
HEDC workshop: Develop a sustainable job search process
Sep 10 @ 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm

HEDC Professional Development Programme

Develop a sustainable job search process

It’s a job getting a job so make sure that you come to this workshop to share ideas for getting yourself a strategy for finding a meaningful job.

The workshop will be facilitated by Yvonne Gaut, Career Development Centre.

Dates

Friday 14 May, 10.00am-12.30pm

Thursday 8 July, 10.00am-12.30pm

Friday 10 September, 12.30-3.00pm

Registration link: https://corpapp.otago.ac.nz/training/hedc/course/16757/course/0/

Sep
15
Wed
Department of Botany Seminars @ Room 2.13Physical Education Building,
Sep 15 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Department of Botany Seminars—Semester Two 2021

Wednesdays at 12 noon in the Physical Education Building, 55 Union St West, room 2.13 (unless otherwise stated please see schedule below).

For those who cannot attend in person, you are welcome to join via the Zoom link below: https://otago.zoom.us/j/94239463064?pwd=d051YWFwdVB1bi9FSzBjYzkwNWJBUT09 Password: 807740

Botany Seminars 2021 Schedule

Botany Seminar 21.7.2021 Poster

Botany Seminar 4.8.2021 Poster

Sep
22
Wed
Department of Botany Seminars @ Room 2.13Physical Education Building,
Sep 22 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Department of Botany Seminars—Semester Two 2021

Wednesdays at 12 noon in the Physical Education Building, 55 Union St West, room 2.13 (unless otherwise stated please see schedule below).

For those who cannot attend in person, you are welcome to join via the Zoom link below: https://otago.zoom.us/j/94239463064?pwd=d051YWFwdVB1bi9FSzBjYzkwNWJBUT09 Password: 807740

Botany Seminars 2021 Schedule

Botany Seminar 21.7.2021 Poster

Botany Seminar 4.8.2021 Poster

Sep
29
Wed
Department of Botany Seminars @ Room 2.13Physical Education Building,
Sep 29 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Department of Botany Seminars—Semester Two 2021

Wednesdays at 12 noon in the Physical Education Building, 55 Union St West, room 2.13 (unless otherwise stated please see schedule below).

For those who cannot attend in person, you are welcome to join via the Zoom link below: https://otago.zoom.us/j/94239463064?pwd=d051YWFwdVB1bi9FSzBjYzkwNWJBUT09 Password: 807740

Botany Seminars 2021 Schedule

Botany Seminar 21.7.2021 Poster

Botany Seminar 4.8.2021 Poster

Oct
6
Wed
Department of Botany Seminars @ Room 2.13Physical Education Building,
Oct 6 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Department of Botany Seminars—Semester Two 2021

Wednesdays at 12 noon in the Physical Education Building, 55 Union St West, room 2.13 (unless otherwise stated please see schedule below).

For those who cannot attend in person, you are welcome to join via the Zoom link below: https://otago.zoom.us/j/94239463064?pwd=d051YWFwdVB1bi9FSzBjYzkwNWJBUT09 Password: 807740

Botany Seminars 2021 Schedule

Botany Seminar 21.7.2021 Poster

Botany Seminar 4.8.2021 Poster

Nov
5
Fri
Pathology Seminar @ D'Ath Lecture Theatre
Nov 5 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Dr Chi Lynch-Sutherland who will present her exit seminar entitled ‘Repeating the past: do cancers use early developmental repeat elements to drive malignancy?’.

Please see attached for more information.

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