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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Genomics Aotearoa Seminar Series: “Privacy and the World of DTC – Data Breaches are already happening”
3:00 pm
Genomics Aotearoa Seminar Series: “Privacy and the World of DTC – Data Breaches are already happening”
@ Online
Mar 8 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Genomics Aotearoa is pleased to announce its Friday seminar series starts with Andelka Philips and Jan Charbonneau (University of Tasmania) on Friday, March 8 at 3pm, talking on “Privacy and the World of DTC –[...]
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Genomics Aotearoa Seminar Series: “Seeing evolution through a cladistic blindfold; the challenges of thinking about evolving lineages in a world of taxa.”
10:00 am
Genomics Aotearoa Seminar Series: “Seeing evolution through a cladistic blindfold; the challenges of thinking about evolving lineages in a world of taxa.”
@ Online
Mar 22 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
On Friday March 22 at 10 am we present another international speaker – Ronald Jenner, Principal Researcher at the Natural History Museum in London. Ronald researches the evolution of animal venoms and the conceptual history of phylogenetics, and is[...]
Genomics Aotearoa SEMINAR: Seeing evolution through a cladistic blindfold; the challenges of thinking about evolving lineages in a world of taxa
10:00 am
Genomics Aotearoa SEMINAR: Seeing evolution through a cladistic blindfold; the challenges of thinking about evolving lineages in a world of taxa
@ Online
Mar 22 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
SEMINAR: Seeing evolution through a cladistic blindfold; the challenges of thinking about evolving lineages in a world of taxa Tēnā koutou katoa We are pleased to invite you to our first Genomics Aotearoa seminar for 2024,[...]
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