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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Otago University 3 Minute Thesis Registration
8:00 am
Otago University 3 Minute Thesis Registration
Apr 30 @ 8:00 am – Jun 25 @ 5:00 pm
![]() This entertaining event gives thesis students the chance to present their research to a large audience while competing for a number of generous prizes, with the overall University of Otago Doctoral winner going on to[...]
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Otago University 3 Minute Thesis Registration
8:00 am
Otago University 3 Minute Thesis Registration
Apr 30 @ 8:00 am – Jun 25 @ 5:00 pm
![]() This entertaining event gives thesis students the chance to present their research to a large audience while competing for a number of generous prizes, with the overall University of Otago Doctoral winner going on to[...]
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HEDC Course: Preparing postgraduate students for the oral examination
10:00 am
HEDC Course: Preparing postgraduate students for the oral examination
May 3 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Visit the HEDC Website for details and registration for this event and all other HEDC workshops. Places are limited.
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Fulbright NZ Scholar Award Information Session for academic staff
10:30 am
Fulbright NZ Scholar Award Information Session for academic staff
@ University of Otago Staff Club (downstairs)
May 4 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
![]() Please find attached an invitation to attend the Fulbright NZ Scholar Award Information Session for academic staff on Tuesday, 4 May 2021 at 10.30-11.30am. Please circulate this widely. Penelope Borland, Executive Director of Fulbright New[...]
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Department of Botany Seminar Series
12:00 pm
Department of Botany Seminar Series
@ Benham Seminar Room, Room B215, Benham Building
May 5 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
See attached PDF for details of each weeks seminar: Department of Botany Seminar Programme S12021
Otago Medical School Research Society, 2021 Summer Student Awards
5:00 pm
Otago Medical School Research Society, 2021 Summer Student Awards
@ Barnett Lecture Theatre
May 5 @ 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm
![]() The Otago Medical School Research Society is proud to host our 257th Scientific meeting, the 2021 Summer Student Awards. This will be held on 5th May 2021 at 5pm in the Barnett Lecture Theatre. 10[...]
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Otago University 3 Minute Thesis Registration
8:00 am
Otago University 3 Minute Thesis Registration
Apr 30 @ 8:00 am – Jun 25 @ 5:00 pm
![]() This entertaining event gives thesis students the chance to present their research to a large audience while competing for a number of generous prizes, with the overall University of Otago Doctoral winner going on to[...]
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Department of Botany Seminar Series
12:00 pm
Department of Botany Seminar Series
@ Benham Seminar Room, Room B215, Benham Building
May 12 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
See attached PDF for details of each weeks seminar: Department of Botany Seminar Programme S12021
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Otago University 3 Minute Thesis Registration
8:00 am
Otago University 3 Minute Thesis Registration
Apr 30 @ 8:00 am – Jun 25 @ 5:00 pm
![]() This entertaining event gives thesis students the chance to present their research to a large audience while competing for a number of generous prizes, with the overall University of Otago Doctoral winner going on to[...]
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Microbiology Seminar
12:00 pm
Microbiology Seminar
@ Room 208, 2nd Floor Microbiology Building
May 17 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Assoc. Prof. Caroline Beck Department of Zoology, University of Otago ‘Telling tales of tadpole’s tails’ Tadpoles of the clawed frog Xenopus laevis can regenerate their spinal cord-containing tails, producing a new functional tail in just[...]
Bioethics Seminar – “Who Owns Data? A Critical Analysis of Data Ownership and Data Rights.”
1:00 pm
Bioethics Seminar – “Who Owns Data? A Critical Analysis of Data Ownership and Data Rights.”
@ Bioethics Seminar Room (Room 119), Bioethics Centre, Level 1,
May 17 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Tēnā koutou I tēnei ahiahi, Please find the attached Bioethics Seminar poster for next Monday – 17 May 2021, 1-1:50pm – hosted by Odette Shaw, PhD, titled, “Who Owns Data? A Critical Analysis of Data[...]
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Department of Botany Seminar Series
12:00 pm
Department of Botany Seminar Series
@ Benham Seminar Room, Room B215, Benham Building
May 19 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
See attached PDF for details of each weeks seminar: Department of Botany Seminar Programme S12021
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HEDC Course: Progress reporting for postgraduate supervisors and thesis candidates
2:00 pm
HEDC Course: Progress reporting for postgraduate supervisors and thesis candidates
May 20 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Visit the HEDC Website for details and registration for this event and all other HEDC workshops. Places are limited.
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Matariki Lecture – Professor Ehmke Pohl, Durham University
12:00 am
Matariki Lecture – Professor Ehmke Pohl, Durham University
May 21 @ 12:00 am – 1:30 am
Matariki Lecture – Friday 21 May, 12am-1.30am, via Zoom Professor Ehmke Pohl, Durham University: Virus-X – exploring the structural and functional diversity of the Virosphere In this lecture, the key methods and challenges involved in[...]
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Otago University 3 Minute Thesis Registration
8:00 am
Otago University 3 Minute Thesis Registration
Apr 30 @ 8:00 am – Jun 25 @ 5:00 pm
![]() This entertaining event gives thesis students the chance to present their research to a large audience while competing for a number of generous prizes, with the overall University of Otago Doctoral winner going on to[...]
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Biochemistry Seminar – Emeritus Professor Warren Tate
12:00 pm
Biochemistry Seminar – Emeritus Professor Warren Tate
@ BIG13, Ground floor Biochemistry
May 25 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
![]() Emeritus Professor Warren Tate: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a real disease that has come of age with the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic ME/CFS has remained a mystery lifelong debilitating disease for many years with little[...]
Thirst for Knowledge: From COVID-19 to Vaccine
5:30 pm
Thirst for Knowledge: From COVID-19 to Vaccine
@ Ombrellos Kitchen and Bar
May 25 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
From December 2019, when an outbreak of a pneumonia caused by a novel coronavirus was first recognised in China, to the availability of several effective vaccines less than 1 year later – how did we[...]
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Department of Botany Seminar Series
12:00 pm
Department of Botany Seminar Series
@ Benham Seminar Room, Room B215, Benham Building
May 26 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
See attached PDF for details of each weeks seminar: Department of Botany Seminar Programme S12021
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HEDC Course: Consider your career prospects with a PhD
10:00 am
HEDC Course: Consider your career prospects with a PhD
May 28 @ 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
Visit the HEDC Website for details and registration for this event and all other HEDC workshops. Places are limited.
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Otago University 3 Minute Thesis Registration
8:00 am
Otago University 3 Minute Thesis Registration
Apr 30 @ 8:00 am – Jun 25 @ 5:00 pm
![]() This entertaining event gives thesis students the chance to present their research to a large audience while competing for a number of generous prizes, with the overall University of Otago Doctoral winner going on to[...]
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