Newsletters

In this issue: 

• Saving a species from extinction - kākāpō paper in Nature Ecology and Evolution
• Minister's visit
• Rachel Brooking (list MP based in Dunedin, Otago, Minister for Oceans and Fisheries, and Food 
• DNA & genomics workshop for school teachers
• Advanced genome assembly workshop
• Genomics Aotearoa Seminar Series 
• Ngā Puanga Pūtaiao Fellowships 
• Scholarship opportunity 
• Upcoming bioinformatics training 
• Introducing Genomics Aotearoa post doc Brooke Whitelaw 
• Introducing a new Genomics Aotearoa Indigenous Genomics Platform project  - Molecular characterisation of Māori traditional root crops in Aotearoa as an insurance policy for food security; He wae kai pakiaka (a grounded solution) 
• Asia-Pacific Genetics Seminar Series on our You Tube channel: John Bowman and Tomoko Ohta 

• Genomics Aotearoa Co-Director Peter Dearden responding to the National Party's announcement on revisiting GM restrictions in New Zealand.
• Ang McGaughran (University of Waikato), co-lead of the GA Invasomics project, has been talking about the role of genomics in New Zealand biosecurity.
• DNA and genomics workshop for school teachers organised by Genomics Aotearoa, in conjunction with Pūtahi Manawa (Healthy Hearts for Aotearoa New Zealand - HHANZ). 
• Published paper: Exploring the depth and breadth of the genomics toolbox during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from Aotearoa New Zealand. 
• Thank you to recent Genomics Aorearoa seminar presenters Shannon Clarke, Santiago C. González-Martínez, Thomas Buckley.
• Advanced genome assembly workshop, July 4-6, 2023.
• Metagenomics Summer School 2023. 
• Upcoming bioinformatics training. 
• Queenstown Research Week - Genomics Satellite (August 27-28), BioProtection Satellite (August 31-September 1). 
• The annual MapNet conference is on November 22-24, 2023. 
• eResearch NZ 2024 is coming to Wellington February 7-9, 2024. 
• Introducing Genomics Aotearoa post doc Rebecca Clarke. 

• Professor Mik Black has been appointed as Co-Director of Genomics Aotearoa, working alongside Peter Dearden.   
• Genomics Aorearoa is pleased to welcome a new associate - the Applied Molecular Solutions lab based at Unitec Te Pūkenga in Auckland. 
• Genomics Aotearoa is hosting its Annual Meeting from November 20-22 in Dunedin. 
• Congratulations to Genomics Aotearoa post docs Rebecca Clarke and Rachael Ashby from AgResearch, recipients of Full-Ride Travel Awards. 
• Ko wai ngā rākau rangatira pohutukawa o Mauao? Building agile and informed kaitiaki biosecurity on the maunga.
• Queenstown Research Week – registrations are open.
• Genomics Aotearoa Seminar Series – thanks to Greg Jones and Michael Hoggard.
• Asia Pacific Forum presentation from Guojie Zhang (Adjunct Professor at the Kunming Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences).
• Advanced genome assembly workshop.
• Upcoming training.
• Introducing Genomics Aotearoa post doc Susie Szakats.
• Genomics job opportunity - Post-Doctoral Scientist for eradicating rats in New Zealand.

• Listen to Peter Dearden talk to Kim Hill, Radio New Zealand, about Peripatus (aka velvet worms or ngāokeoke). 
• Event: All the small things.  
• eResearch NZ 2023 conference.  
• Genomics Aotearoa Post Doc workshop.
• Congratulations to Ann McCartney, who received the National Human Genome Research Institute’s (NHGRI) inaugural Staff Award for DEIA Innovation in the Genomics Workforce. 
• The 2023 Genomics Aotearoa seminar series has started with several international researchers.
• Genomics Aotearoa bioinformatics training for April.
• Introducing Zoe Yang, working on a Pangenome Graphs research project to come up with methods for improved variant detection in New Zealand. 

Welcome to the first newsletter for 2023 - read about:

• Director Peter Dearden's new role  
• Genomics Aotearoa's new associates - GeneCrypt Ltd and Wilderlab
• Introducing Thierry Lints  
• All the small things evening
• Exhibition tour this year 
• Media Savvy workshop
• The Early Career Researcher Forum Aotearoa
• Genomics Aotearoa seminar series
• Upcoming bioinformatics training

Season's Greetings from Genomics Aotearoa – read about:

• Genomics Aotearoa Annual Report 2022 
• Brave New World 
• Genome: Science of Life exhibition update 
• Ancient DNA and Dinosaur Day 
• eResearch NZ 2023 registration 
• 11th International Rosaceae Genomics Conference 2023 
• Congratulations to Professor Stephen Robertson 
• Papers published 
• Kākāpō in the spotlight 
• Genomics Aotearoa Seminar Series 
• Genomics events calendar 

In this month's newsletter you can read about:

• Some of the new activities in the Genome: Science of Life exhibition
• Genomics Aotearoa Seminars this month: Liz Ross and Roger Hellens
• eResearch NZ 2023 registrations open
• Some very cool kākāpō genomics discoveries
• Farewell to our VM support coordinator Jacqueline Godfery, who has a new position at Te Papa Tongarewa
• The 11th International Rosaceae Genomics Conference announcement
• Media SAVVY for Māori researchers
• New to our YouTube channel: Kirsten Boggs & Zornitza Stark - Acute Care Genomics
• Genomics events calendar

It's another busy time for genomics in Aotearoa. Read about:

• The return of the Genome: Science of Life exhibition
• Indigenous Genomics Platform (IGP) update - Realising the potential of genomics for swamp maire replanting in the Rangitāne rohe
• Asia-Pacific Genetics Seminar Series: John Bowman November 17
• Genomics Aotearoa Seminars this month: the HPRC (Part II) and Gene editing in crops
• Bioinformatics training: RNA-seq workshop 1 November
• eResearch NZ 2023 call for abstracts
• New to our website
• New Genomics Aotearoa YouTube Channel content
• 25th New Zealand Molecular Ecology Meeting announcement
• Genomics events calendar

In this month's newsletter, read about:

• Indigenous Genomics Platform (IGP) update 
• Te Nohonga Kaitiaki guidelines 
• Genomics Aotearoa Seminar Series 
• September bioinformatics training 
• Genomics Aotearoa YouTube Channel 
• New To Our Website - Amy Vaughan
• Save the date - eResearch NZ 2023 hybrid conference, February 15 to Friday February 17, 2022, University of Waikato
• The Role of the Genome in Biological Invasions November 6-9, 2022
• Australasian Genomic Technologies Association conference October 30-November 2, 2022

Read about:

• Indigenous Genomics Platform update - Nā tō rourou, nā taku rourou: Sharing the benefits of genomics
• Call for convention on Biological Diversity participation
• Call for contributions to Molecular Ecology Resources special issue
• Training news
• Vacancies - five genomics research positions at Bragato Research Institute
• Website updates - introducing postdoctoral researchers Elahe (Eli) Parvizi and Nuzla Ismail
• Genomics Aotearoa seminar series

It's a busy time for genomics in Aotearoa. Read about:

• Highlights from the Genomics Aotearoa annual meeting
• Training news - Another Metagenomics Summer School
• Vacancies at Fonterra and Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington
• Genomics Aotearoa website refresh
• Genomics Aotearoa seminar series
• The new Invasomics Hub
• Upcoming events to note - lots of them!
• How to acknowledge Genomics Aotearoa in your outputs
• Genomics Aotearoa YouTube channel - three videos added this month

A round-up of Genomics Aotearoa news for June 2022.

• Welcome to new Science Leadership team members Shannon Clarke, Heid Dungey and Craig Cary
• Genome: Science of Life at Otago Museum wraps up
• Genomics Aotearoa Annual Meeting last chance to register
• Genomics Aotearoa YouTube Channel
• Genomics Aotearoa Seminar Series
• New To Our Website: Introducing Annie West