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.
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.
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.
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Department of Biochemistry Seminar
12:00 pm
Department of Biochemistry Seminar
@ New Biochem Seminar Room
Mar 3 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Professor Robert Korneluk, University of Ottawa: ‘Targeting the Inhibitors of Apoptosis (IAPs) for Cancer Immunotherapy’
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Department of Biochemistry Journal Club
12:00 pm
Department of Biochemistry Journal Club
Mar 6 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Please refer to the below pdf for details of speakers each week. Journal Club S1 2020
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Visiting Chaffer Fellow, Dr Patrick Sullivan Special Lecture
4:00 pm
Visiting Chaffer Fellow, Dr Patrick Sullivan Special Lecture
@ Barnett Lecture Theatre
Mar 10 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
 Psychiatric Genomics Consortium – What have we achieved and where are we going? Dr Patrick Sullivan Dr. Sullivan is the Yeargan Distinguished Professor in the Department of Genetics and Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He[...]
Genetics and the Developing Brain
5:30 pm
Genetics and the Developing Brain
@ Hutton Theatre
Mar 10 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
Changes in our individual book of life – our DNA – can alter who we are and cause disease. Identifying and understanding changes in our DNA, and how they lead to conditions affecting brain development, is of immense importance. In[...]
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Department of Pathology, Special Seminar
1:00 pm
Department of Pathology, Special Seminar
@ D'Ath Lecture Theatre
Mar 11 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Associate Professor Elin Gray Edith Cowan University, Perth Title TBC. This special seminar is being held in conjunction with the EUG Symposium to be held on the 13th March.
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EUG Symposium and Workshops
Department of Pathology, Special Seminar
1:00 pm
Department of Pathology, Special Seminar
@ D'Ath Lecture Theatre
Mar 12 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Dr Felicity Newell QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane “The genomics of melanoma subtypes” This special seminar is being held in conjunction with the EUG Symposium to be held on the 13th March.
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Department of Biochemistry Journal Club
12:00 pm
Department of Biochemistry Journal Club
Mar 13 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Please refer to the below pdf for details of speakers each week. Journal Club S1 2020
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CRISPR Hub Meeting
11:00 am
Anatomy Department Seminar
1:00 pm
Anatomy Department Seminar
@ D'Ath Lecture Theatre
Mar 17 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Dr Brad Hurren (Department of Anatomy) “What is the ASERT group all about?” and Mr Tapekaoterangi Hakopa (Department of Anatomy) “Te Mātauranga Māori o te tinana – understanding the human body in te reo Māori/with a Māori world view.”
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Botany Department Seminar
12:00 pm
Botany Department Seminar
@ Betts workroom
Mar 18 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Professor Graham Wallis Department of Zoology, University of Otago Going under down under? Molecular data provide no evidence for complete inundation of New Zealand during the Oligocene Marine Transgression. The last 25 years have seen heated debate over whether there[...]
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Department of Biochemistry Journal Club
12:00 pm
Department of Biochemistry Journal Club
Mar 20 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Please refer to the below pdf for details of speakers each week. Journal Club S1 2020
Pathology Department Seminar
1:00 pm
Pathology Department Seminar
@ D'Ath Lecture Theatre
Mar 20 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Presented by Professor Birgitta Tomkinson, visiting academic from Uppsala University. The title of her talk will be “Tripeptidyl-peptidase II: An interesting enzyme involved in intracellular protein turnover, antigen presentation, MS and more”,
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Department of Biochemistry Journal Club
12:00 pm
Department of Biochemistry Journal Club
Mar 27 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Please refer to the below pdf for details of speakers each week. Journal Club S1 2020
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