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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.

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GO Annual Symposium – POSTPONED


As usual, the Symposium will highlight the fantastic research being done by GO members from around the country through presentations, posters and awards.

Date: New date TBC (tentatively 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 will open closer to time.

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.

Full details of the awards can be found here: Award Details.


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Oxford Nanopore Technology Workshop

Join us at Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka, Dunedin, for a one day Oxford Nanopore Technology symposium. This event, jointly hosted by Genomics Aotearoa and the Genetics Otago ONT hub, will feature research talks highlighting different ONT use cases, a technical sequencing demonstration and an EPI2ME workshop.

This is an in-person event being held on Friday, December 6th at the Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka / University of Otago campus.

Registration for this event is free of charge.

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This event is sponsored by ONT, and is supported by the Otago Genomics Facility.

Contact tyler.mcinnes@otago.ac.nz for any queries.


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CRISPR Workshop

This event is designed to cater to the diverse community of researchers at the University of Otago who are using or interested in using the CRISPR-Cas diagnostics toolkit. We warmly welcome everyone to attend.
For the workshop, you will need a laptop with either a macOS or a Windows operating system (with Windows Linux subsystem installed). Optionally, it would be advantageous if you have Geneious Prime software installed (a free trial time can be obtained on the official website)

Date: Wednesday 13th December 2024
Time: 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Venue: Hunter Centre, Room 1.18
Programme: CRISPR-Dx Programme

Please register your attendance using the button below. The workshop will only go ahead if >10 people register, with a cap limit of 20. A final decision will be delivered on December 4th if it goes ahead with the corresponding detailed programme.

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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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Pathology Department Seminar – Prof. Greg Anderson 1:00 pm
Pathology Department Seminar – Prof. Greg Anderson @ D'Ath Lecture Theatre
Feb 4 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
athology Department Seminar Series for 2022 begins this Friday 4th February. Our speaker will be Prof. Greg Anderson from the Centre for Neuroendocrinology & Department of Anatomy (University of Otago) who will present a seminar entitled “A neuronal circuit for[...]
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Pathology Department Seminar – Karen Reader 1:00 pm
Pathology Department Seminar – Karen Reader @ D'Ath Lecture Theatre
Feb 11 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Our Pathology Department Seminar Series for 2022 continues as a Research Forum this Friday 11th February. The Forum will be hosted by Dr. Karen Reader- Operations Manager, Otago Micro and Nanoscale Imaging (OMNI). Karen will be presenting on “Tools for your[...]
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Biostatistic Centre: Introductory Biostatistics for Health Researchers 9:00 am
Biostatistic Centre: Introductory Biostatistics for Health Researchers @ Room G33, AdamsBuilding
Feb 14 @ 9:00 am – Feb 15 @ 4:30 pm
Biostatistic Centre: Introductory Biostatistics for Health Researchers @ Room G33, AdamsBuilding
This two-day course is a fun introduction to the appropriate application and interpretation of biostatistical concepts for people working in clinical research with no formal statistical training. The focus will not be on carrying out analyses, but rather on understanding[...]
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Biostatistic Centre: Stata Software Workshop 9:00 am
Biostatistic Centre: Stata Software Workshop @ Hercus CAL Lab, Dunedin south campus
Feb 16 @ 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Biostatistic Centre: Stata Software Workshop @ Hercus CAL Lab, Dunedin south campus
This is a hands-on workshop, based in a computer lab, aimed at researchers and research students who need to use statistical software for their research. The Biostatistics Centre recommends Stata as an ideal software package for many health sciences researchers.[...]
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Biostatistics Centre: Regression Modelling 9:00 am
Biostatistics Centre: Regression Modelling @ Room G33, Adams Building,
Feb 17 @ 9:00 am – Feb 18 @ 4:30 pm
Biostatistics Centre: Regression Modelling @ Room G33, Adams Building,
This 2-day course provides an introduction to regression modelling approaches. The scope of the course runs from basic principles of regression methods, deciphering the output of statistical analyses, and the practicalities of running these various regression methods. As part of[...]
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Pathology Department Seminar: Prof. Alex McLellan 1:00 pm
Pathology Department Seminar: Prof. Alex McLellan @ D'Ath Lecture Theatre
Feb 18 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Prof. Alex McLellan from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology (University of Otago) will present a seminar entitled “Genetically engineered lymphocytes for the treatment of solid cancers”  at our Pathology Department Seminar Series on Friday 18th February 2022. The seminar[...]
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Biostatistics Centre: Longitudinal Modelling 9:00 am
Biostatistics Centre: Longitudinal Modelling @ Room G33, Adams Building,
Feb 21 @ 9:00 am – Feb 22 @ 4:30 pm
Biostatistics Centre: Longitudinal Modelling @ Room G33, Adams Building,
Longitudinal studies are common in health-related areas. These studies require appropriate statistical analyses that account for the correlated nature of the data. This two-day course provides an introduction to a range of common approaches for modelling longitudinal and correlated data.[...]
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