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.
GO Annual Symposium – New Date Confirmed!
As usual, the Symposium will highlight the fantastic research being done by GO members from around the country through presentations, posters and awards. We are aware that this date clashes with a couple of other conferences happening in NZ and we apologise if this means you are unable to attend.
Date: Thursday, 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 is now open via the button below. If you had already registered for the event scheduled for December we ask you to please register again so that we have accurate numbers for catering. If you made a payment at that time, this should have been refunded to you – please contact us if you don’t think this has been processed.
Registration will remain open until Monday the 3rd of February, however we hope that by opening now, prior to end of year budget cut-offs, you maybe able to charge the registration fee to any surplus in your 2024 University accounts.
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.
Please note: Award nominations are now open until Monday 3rd February at 5pm.
Full details of the awards can be found here: Award Details.
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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