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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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Advanced workshop: human genome assembly using long-read sequencing platforms 1:00 pm
Advanced workshop: human genome assembly using long-read sequencing platforms @ University of Otago Dunedin Campus
Jul 4 @ 1:00 pm – Jul 6 @ 5:00 pm
Advanced workshop: human genome assembly using long-read sequencing platforms Genomics Aotearoa, in collaboration with New Zealand eScience Infrastructure, is piloting an advanced workshop on human genome assembly using long-read sequencing platforms. This is an in-person workshop hosted at the University of[...]
eResearch @ Otago Day 9:30 am
eResearch @ Otago Day @ Room 117 Commerce Building
Jul 4 @ 9:30 am – 3:00 pm
eResearch @ Otago Day Tuesday 4 July, 9:30am–3:00pm This eResearch-focused event is free for all University staff and postgraduate students. This year’s event will be held in Room 117 of the Commerce Building (Zoom link available) and will focus on[...]
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VISG July Seminar: Dr Ludovic Dutoit 2:10 am
VISG July Seminar: Dr Ludovic Dutoit
Jul 6 @ 2:10 am – 3:10 am
VISG July Seminar: Dr Ludovic Dutoit
The seminar will be held on the 27th of July (note date change), 11 am in St David Seminar Room A and will be given by Dr Ludovic Dutoit of the Department of Zoology, University of Otago. Title: Sex-linked stories[...]
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Imputation workshop at LIC Hamilton 9:00 am
Imputation workshop at LIC Hamilton @ TBA
Jul 7 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
This in-person workshop is jointly hosted by LIC, Genomics Aotearoa and NeSI. It is for New Zealand scientists and will explore genotype imputation techniques.  Genotype imputation is a cost-efficient approach to approximate high-density genotypes or full sequence data from low-density[...]
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Ira Rangahau 2023 9:00 am
Ira Rangahau 2023 @ Terrace Lounge
Jul 10 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Genetics Otago together with Allan Wilson @ Otago is pleased to bring you the third Ira Rangahau Māori Symposium in July 2023. The inaugural Ira Rangahau took place in 2018, spearheaded by Associate Professor Phillip Wilcox (Ngāti Rakaipaaka, Rongomaiwahine, Ngāti[...]
Introduction to Bash Scripting and HPC Job Scheduler Online – Genomics Aotearoa 10:00 am
Introduction to Bash Scripting and HPC Job Scheduler Online – Genomics Aotearoa @ Online Event
Jul 10 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
This online workshop is delivered by Genomics Aotearoa and NeSI, and will be taught from 10:00am-4:00pm NZT on Wednesday the 2nd of August, 2023, and is for New Zealand researchers interested in learning to write scripts and submit jobs to[...]
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GA Training workshop: Intermediate Shell for Bioinformatics 10:00 am
GA Training workshop: Intermediate Shell for Bioinformatics @ Online
Jul 18 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Training workshop: Intermediate Shell for Bioinformatics Tuesday, July 18, 10am – 4pm, online This workshop is hosted by Genomics Aotearoa and NeSI and is for New Zealand researchers interested in progressing their abilities with Shell. The workshop will include: An[...]
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PacBio HiFi Sequencing Experience Tour Roadshow
PacBio HiFi Sequencing Experience Tour Roadshow @ Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin
Jul 24 – Jul 26 all-day
Join us from 24-26 July 2023 in either Auckland, Wellington or Dunedin for the PacBio HiFi Sequencing Experience Tour Roadshow Event. New Zealand is the ninth stop of the PacBio Asia Pacific HiFi Sequencing Experience Tour, to find out how[...]
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Constructing Pangenome Graphs with PGGB online – Genomics Aotearoa 10:00 am
Constructing Pangenome Graphs with PGGB online – Genomics Aotearoa @ Online
Jul 26 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
This online workshop is delivered by Genomics Aotearoa and NeSI, and will be taught from 10:00am-4:00pm NZT on Wednesday the 26th of July, 2023, and is for New Zealand researchers interested in learning to create and work with pangenome graphs.[...]
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VISG July Seminar 11:00 am
VISG July Seminar @ St David Seminar Room A, G.02
Jul 27 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
VISG July Seminar @ St David Seminar Room A, G.02
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