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.
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Department of Microbiology Seminar – Ben Te Aika
12:00 pm
Department of Microbiology Seminar – Ben Te Aika
@ 208, 2nd Floor Microbiology Building
Nov 2 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
12:00 Noon, Monday, 2nd November Room 208, 2nd Floor Microbiology Building 720 Cumberland St Ben Te Aika Vision Matakuranga Co-Ordinator, Genomics Aotearoa, ‘Indigenous (Māori) Ethics’ The workshop will look to increase understanding of Matauraka Maori[...]
|
The 2020 Rowheath Trust Award and Carl Smith Research Medal Lecture
5:30 pm
The 2020 Rowheath Trust Award and Carl Smith Research Medal Lecture
@ Burns 1 Lecture Theatre
Nov 3 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
The joint winners of the 2020 Rowheath Trust Award and Carl Smith Research Medal Lecture Dr Louise Bicknell and Associate Professor Anne-Marie Jackson will present their talks at 5:30pm on Tuesday 3 November in Burns[...]
|
Pathology Special Seminar – ‘He Tapu Te Whare Tangata (the sacred house of humanity)’
1:00 pm
Pathology Special Seminar – ‘He Tapu Te Whare Tangata (the sacred house of humanity)’
@ D'Ath Lecture Theatre, Hercus Building
Nov 4 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
We have a special seminar from Dr Jane MacDonald and colleagues based at the Centre for Women’s Health Research, Wellington Faculty of Health, Victoria University of Wellington. They will present ‘He Tapu Te Whare Tangata[...]
OMSRS Masters and Honours Student Speaker Awards
5:00 pm
OMSRS Masters and Honours Student Speaker Awards
@ Barnett Lecture Theatre
Nov 4 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
 The OMSRS Masters and Honours Student Speaker awards, and Annual General Meeting will be held on 4th November 2020 at 5pm in the Barnett Lecture Theatre. 10 speakers have been selected from a range of[...]
|
Department of Pathology Seminar – Dr Xochitl Morgan
1:00 pm
Department of Pathology Seminar – Dr Xochitl Morgan
@ D'Ath Lecture Theatre, Hercus Building
Nov 6 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Departmental seminar series continues with Dr Xochitl Morgan from Microbiology & Immunology. Her seminar is entitled ‘Understanding ecosystem dysfunction in inflammatory bowel disease’. Please see attached for more information: Morgan_poster
|
|||
|
MapNet 2020
11:30 am
MapNet 2020
@ Via Zoom
Nov 16 @ 11:30 am – Nov 17 @ 3:30 pm
You are warmly invited to attend MapNet 2020, a free online conference across three ~90 minute sessions on Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 November 2020. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Mātauranga and Te[...]
|
||||||
|
Department of Pathology – Special Seminar
11:00 am
Department of Pathology – Special Seminar
@ D'Ath Lecture Theatre, Hercus Building
Nov 23 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
We have special seminar on Monday 11 am by Dr Veronika Sander, from the University of Auckland titled “Using human kidney organoids to study acute kidney injury”. Location is the D’ Ath Hercus building. Seminar[...]
|
||||||