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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eDNA Hub Seminar – Dr Quentin Mauvisseau
1:00 pm
eDNA Hub Seminar – Dr Quentin Mauvisseau
@ D'Ath Lecture Theatre, Hercus Building
Jun 1 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
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RNA-seq data analysis workshop
10:00 am
VISG Seminar Series
11:00 am
VISG Seminar Series
@ Biochemistry Seminar Room G13
Jun 15 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go/events/#VISG%20Seminar%20Series
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ANCIENT DNA – FRIENDS IN FOCUS
12:00 pm
ANCIENT DNA – FRIENDS IN FOCUS
@ Barclay Theatre
Jun 20 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Friends in Focus Dr Nic Rawlence is the Director of the University of Otago’s Paleogenetics Laboratory. He spends his days excavating fossil sites and examining specimens in museum basements, all the while methodically analysing, researching[...]
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ResBaz 2023
ResBaz 2023
@ Online
Jun 26 – Jun 30 all-day
Welcome to ResBaz Aotearoa 2023 40+ free and online digital research skills sessions Designed for postgraduate students, researchers and those that support them in any discipline – all of the Aotearoa NZ research community Register[...]
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