Events
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.
Logan Walker IPL
Preparing for the future of genetic health
Logan is a cancer geneticist and the current Associate Dean Research, at the University of Otago Christchurch. His research focuses on understanding the impact of genetic changes on health. After completing post-doctoral training in Australia, and returning to the University of Otago, his research programme was significantly strengthened by being awarded a Sir Charles Hercus Health Research Fellowship (Health Research Council) followed by a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship (Royal Society Te Apārangi).
He is an invited member of several international groups tasked with improving protocols for genetic testing around the world. This work includes developing RNA diagnostic guidelines for both the clinical and research setting, and providing expert advice about the implementation of these guidelines and the interpretation of genetic test results. In collaboration with multiple international consortia, he has also contributed to and led some of the largest genetic association studies to discover inherited DNA copy number changes that increase or decrease susceptibility to cancer.s.
Date: Tuessday, 11th March 2025
Time: 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Venue: Rolleston Lecture Theatre, Christchurch Campus (and via Zoom)
AlphaFold for Geneticists
The AlphaFold for Geneticists workshop will introduce participants to the AI tool AlphaFold. Attendees will learn how to run AlphaFold on their chosen variant and interpret outputted results. Led by experts Prof Peter Mace and Dr Adam Middleton, the session will provide insight into the strengths and limitations of AlphaFold. Further details will be provided to registrants.
Date: Monday, 24th March 2025
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Venue: TBC, Dunedin Campus
This workshop is now full, please email go@otago.ac.nz if you would like to be added to the waitlist.
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[...]
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,[...]
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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[...]
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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[...]
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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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