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.
- GO Annual Symposium
- Zebrafish Hub Annual Meeting
- Oxford Nanopore Technology Workshop
- CRISPR Workshop
- Calendar of Events
GO Annual Symposium
Genetics Otago has partnered with the Australasian Epigenetics Alliance to bring the AEpiA Conference to NZ for the first time, held 1st – 5th December 2024. The GO Symposium will begin with a shared session with the AEpiA delegates on the morning of the 5th of December and will then continue in its regular format for the remainder of the day.
As usual, the Symposium will highlight the fantastic research being done by GO members from around the country through presentations, posters and awards.
Date: Thursday 5th December 2024
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Venue: Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum (for those joining from Christchurch and Wellington – a venue will be confirmed soon).
Programme
A draft programme will be available here soon.
Registration
Registration for this event is now open via the button below.
Abstract submission is part of the registration process, all abstracts must be submitted by no later than 5:00 pm on the 14th of November. Registration will close at 12:00 noon on Wednesday 20th November. Please keep the link provided at the end of your registration to make changes to your responses up until the closing date.
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.
Award nominations close at 12:00 noon on Wednesday 20th November (except for Poster and Science Communication Awards which are at 5 pm 14th of November) and should be submitted by email to go@otago.ac.nz.
Full details of the awards can be found here: Award Details.
Zebrafish Hub Annual Meeting
More details about this meeting coming soon.
Date: Wednesday 27th November 2024
Time: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Venue: Octagonal Room, Dunedin Hospital
Generously sponsored by:
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.
This event is sponsored by ONT, and is supported by the Otago Genomics Facility.
Contact tyler.mcinnes@otago.ac.nz for any queries.
CRISPR Workshop
More details about this CORSAIR Workshop coming soon.
Date: Wednesday 13th December 2024
Time: 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Venue: Hunter Centre, Room 1.19
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 an invaluable opportunity to explore[...]
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 Species-wide genomics of kākāpō provides[...]
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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 selection in genomes. Sign up[...]
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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 sovereignty, as well as key[...]
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