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Postgraduate Retreat<\/span><\/h1>\n

The biennial Postgraduate Retreat featured guest speakers Prof. Lisa Matisoo-Smith (Anatomy), who spoke about her career journey, Dr. Charlotte King (Anatomy), sharing her early career in academia experience and\u00a0Dr. Tom Brew (Pacific Edge, Otago PhD 2021)\u00a0 who gave an insight into the transition from PhD to industry. Participants also had the opportunity to participate in networking activities and provide feedback on future events.<\/p>\n

Date:<\/strong> Monday, 8th September 2025
\nTime:<\/strong> 9:00 am – 1:30 pm
\nVenue:<\/strong> Galaxy Study Room, Arana College
\nOrganising Committee:<\/strong>\u00a0 Milly Morice, Janaki Ghatane, Rebecca Oliver<\/p>\n

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eDNA Mini-Symposium<\/span><\/h1>\n

The eDNA Hub’s first Mini-Symposium, followed by an Alternative Careers Panel. This event provided an opportunity for staff and students involved in eDNA at Otago to connect, share ideas, and explore career options in a relaxed and informal setting.<\/p>\n

Date:<\/strong> Monday, 28th July 2025
\nTime:<\/strong> 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm
\nVenue:<\/strong> Hunter Centre, Room 1.20
\nOrganising Committee:<\/strong>\u00a0 Clare Adams, Phoebe Chapman, Allison Miller, Rebecca Oliver<\/p>\n

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eDNA Metagenomics Workshop<\/span><\/h1>\n

Genetics Otago’s, eDNA and ONT hubs ran a workshop for members with Oxford Nanopore reps on the computational analysis of eDNA data.<\/p>\n

Date:<\/strong> Tuesday, 13th May 2025
\nTime:<\/strong> 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
\nVenue:<\/strong> Hunter Centre, Room G07
\nOrganising Committee:<\/strong> Rebecca Oliver, Clare Adams, Augustine Chen, Phoebe Chapman, Allison Miller
\nFacilitators:<\/strong> Mike Yarski and Andre Sim (Oxford Nanopore Technologies)<\/p>\n

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SENTINEL Workshop<\/span><\/h1>\n

Genetics Otago’s, CRISPR and eDNA hubs ran a SENTINEL workshop for postgraduate students, which aimed to provide hands-on insight on CRISPR-based environmental biosurveillance integrated with Artificial Intelligence for the detection of environmental DNA.<\/p>\n

Date:<\/strong> Thursday, 1st May 2025
\nTime:<\/strong> 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
\nVenue:<\/strong> St David Seminar room F 1.02
\nOrganising Committee:<\/strong> Rebecca Oliver, Ben Dur\u00e1n-Vinet, Tyler McInnes
\nFacilitators:<\/strong> Gracie Kroos (environmental DNA) and Ben Dur\u00e1n-Vinet (CRISPR biosurveillance)
\nProgramme:<\/strong> SENTINEL workshop Flyer<\/a><\/p>\n

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AlphaFold for Geneticists<\/span><\/h1>\n

The AlphaFold for Geneticists workshop introduced participants to the AI tool AlphaFold. Attendees learnt how to run AlphaFold on their chosen variant and interpret outputted results. Led by experts Prof Peter Mace and Dr Adam Middleton, the session provided insight into the strengths and limitations of AlphaFold.<\/p>\n

Date: <\/strong>Monday, 24th March 2025
\nTime:<\/strong> 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
\nVenue:<\/strong> St David Seminar Room F (1.02)
\nOrganising Committee:<\/strong> Rebecca Oliver, Ben Halliday, George Wiggins, Peter Mace, Adam Middleton<\/p>\n

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GO Symposium<\/span><\/h1>\n

The Genetics Otago Symposium once again highlighted the fantastic research being done by GO members from around the country through presentations, posters and awards.<\/p>\n

Date: <\/strong>20th February 2025
\nTime:<\/strong> 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
\nVenue:<\/strong> Biochemistry G13 and St David Lecture Theatre Complex, and via Zoom
\nOrganising Committee:<\/strong> Rebecca Oliver, Louise Bicknell, Logan Walker, Megan Leask and Micheal Knapp<\/p>\n

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Award Winners:<\/strong>
\nGenetics Otago Prize:<\/em> Martin Kennedy
\nStudent Supervisor Award:<\/em> Paul Gardner
\nECR Publication Award:<\/em> Victoria Sugrue
\nPoster Award:<\/em> Meghan Mulligan
\nRunner-up Poster Award<\/em>: Apeksha Bhandarkar
\nScience Communication Award:<\/em> Victoria Sugrue<\/p>\n

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