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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Seminar: Invasive species, and the secrets they can teach us about the genetics of local adaptation
12:00 pm
Seminar: Invasive species, and the secrets they can teach us about the genetics of local adaptation
@ Online
Aug 4 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Department of Zoology Friday Seminar: 4th August, 12:00pm, Zoom Invasive species, and the secrets they can teach us about the genetics of local adaptation. Katarina Stuart (School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland) Invasive species present[...]
Species-wide genomics of kākāpō provides transformational tools to accelerate recovery
3:00 pm
Species-wide genomics of kākāpō provides transformational tools to accelerate recovery
@ Online
Aug 4 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Species-wide genomics of kākāpō provides transformational tools to accelerate recovery A reminder about our Genomics Aotearoa seminar, online this Friday, August 4 at 3pm. We welcome Dr Joseph Guhlin (University of Otago) to talk about[...]
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Outlier Analysis Workshop
10:00 am
Outlier Analysis Workshop
@ TBC
Aug 9 @ 10:00 am – Aug 10 @ 4:00 pm
This in-person workshop is delivered by Genomics Aotearoa and NeSI, and will be taught over two consecutive days on 9-10 August 2023 from 10am-4pm NZT. It is for New Zealand researchers interested in signals of[...]
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Indigidata Aotearoa Network Launch
9:00 am
Indigidata Aotearoa Network Launch
Aug 21 @ 9:00 am – Aug 24 @ 5:00 pm
There are 20 fully funded positions available on the program. The program is open to Māori (tauira, kaitiaki, kaipakihi) who want to better understand the opportunities and challenges associated with māori data science, māori data[...]
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