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 Early Career Researcher meeting
8:00 am
Genomics Aotearoa Early Career Researcher meeting
@ Wellington
May 1 @ 8:00 am – May 2 @ 5:00 pm
Genomics Aotearoa is again holding its annual meeting of postdocs and early career researchers, organised by Training Coordinator Tyler McInnes. This year’s meeting in Wellington on May1-2 spans two days and includes a diverse spread of workshops and[...]
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Genomics Aotearoa: Single-Cell RNA-seq Analysis Workshop
9:00 am
Genomics Aotearoa: Single-Cell RNA-seq Analysis Workshop
@ Online
May 8 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
This workshop, taught by Professor Mik Black, will introduce skills and tools required for the analysis of single-cell RNA-seq data (scRNA-seq data) in R. The workshop will be taught online over four half-days, on May[...]
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Genomics Aotearoa: Single-Cell RNA-seq Analysis Workshop
9:00 am
Genomics Aotearoa: Single-Cell RNA-seq Analysis Workshop
@ Online
May 9 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
This workshop, taught by Professor Mik Black, will introduce skills and tools required for the analysis of single-cell RNA-seq data (scRNA-seq data) in R. The workshop will be taught online over four half-days, on May[...]
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Genomics Aotearoa: Single-Cell RNA-seq Analysis Workshop
9:00 am
Genomics Aotearoa: Single-Cell RNA-seq Analysis Workshop
@ Online
May 15 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
This workshop, taught by Professor Mik Black, will introduce skills and tools required for the analysis of single-cell RNA-seq data (scRNA-seq data) in R. The workshop will be taught online over four half-days, on May[...]
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Genomics Aotearoa: Single-Cell RNA-seq Analysis Workshop
9:00 am
Genomics Aotearoa: Single-Cell RNA-seq Analysis Workshop
@ Online
May 16 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
This workshop, taught by Professor Mik Black, will introduce skills and tools required for the analysis of single-cell RNA-seq data (scRNA-seq data) in R. The workshop will be taught online over four half-days, on May[...]
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SEMINAR: Epigenetic clocks for age prediction
3:00 pm
SEMINAR: Epigenetic clocks for age prediction
@ Online
May 31 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
A reminder about this week’s Genomics Aotearoa seminar, online Friday, May 31 at 3pm. We welcome Dafni Anastasiadi (Plant and Food Research). Dafni will be talking on Epigenetic clocks for age prediction. Please invite colleagues[...]
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