Newsletters

Welcome to the Genomics Aotearoa update for May 2022

• Asia-Pacific Genetics Seminar Series
• Genome: Science of Life at Otago Museum
• See you there - Genomics Aotearoa Annual Meeting
• Indigenous Genomics Platform
• Genomics Aotearoa YouTube Channel
• Genomics Aotearoa Seminar Series
• Upcoming Training Staff Changes: Farewell to Ngoni Faya and Welcome to Tyler McInnes
• New To Our Website: Introducing Ben Curran
• Genomics PhD vacancies

Welcome to the Genomics Aotearoa update for April 2022

• Annual Meeting scheduled for 28 June
• Genome: Science of Life exhibition at Otago Museum runs 2-27 May
• Indigenous Genomics Platform update
• Genomics Aotearoa YouTube channel up and running
• Tactical genetic control of rats project announced
• Seminar series updates
• Murray Cox of Massey University awarded RSNZ Fellowship
• Bioinformatics training updates
• Plant Genomes online conference
• Welcome to Annabel Whibley, Genomics Aotearoa research fellow at the University of Auckland
• Vacancies in genomics at Manaaki Whenua, Plant & Food Research and One Health at University of Melbourne

Welcome to the Genomics Aotearoa update for February 2022

• Mid-term review
• Genomics Aotearoa seminar series starts with well known international speaker - Professor Alice Roberts. 
• Te Nohonga Kaitiaki Guidelines for Genomic Research with Taonga Species are now on the Genomics Aotearoa website  
• e-Research NZ 2022 attracted good numbers
• Upcoming bioinformatics training
• Work to improve workflows on GitHub
• Introducing Peter Tsai 
• Genomics Aotearoa annual report available as a hard copy
• Genomics PhD vacancies

Genomics Aotearoa 's first annual report highlighted in the December 2021 issue

• Annual Report
• Revamped Website
• Mid-Term Review
• Genomics Aotearoa annual meeting
• SING Aotearoa
• eResearch NZ 2022 – registration is open
• Indigenous Research Contributions to Molecular Ecology Resources
• Genomics Aotearoa Seminar Series
• Introducing Jian Sheng Boey
• Bioinformatics Training
• New Postdoc: Natalie Forsdick
• Upcoming Events

In the November 2021 update, we welcome Scion as a new partner.

• Welcome to Scion
• Mid-term review
• Annual Report
• Event postponements
• SINGAotearoa 2022
• e-Research NZ 2022
• Genomics Aotearoa seminar series
• Bioinformatics training
• Coming up
  Genomics Aotearoa newsletter-November 2021

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We welcome three new board members in the Genomics Aotearoa update for September 2021

• Three new board members welcomed
• Genomics Aotearoa seminar series
• Postdoctoral position
• eResearch NZ 2022
• Bioinformatics training
• Introducing our post doc – Tom Oosting
• Publications
• New on Sciblogs

We introduce new Vision Mātauranga Manager Tracey Godfrey in the August 2021 update

• Introducing Tracey Godfery
• Events
• Congratulations to Genomics Aotearoa researcher Neil Gemmell 
• New project - Ruatau
• Genomics Aotearoa seminar series
• Bioinformatics training
• Introducing Jordan Lima, a SING Aotearoa intern
• Coming up

The July 2021 update pays tribute to George Peterson - the father of DNA in New Zealand

• Save the date
• George Peterson
• New projects - Invasomics
• YouTube
• Genomics Aotearoa seminar series
• Bioinformatics training
• Media communication workshops
• In the news
• Papers published
• eResearch 2022
• Joint International Symposium of Genetics Society of Australasia and Japan
• Coming up
  Genomics Aotearoa newsletter-July 2021

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Genomics Aotearoa welcomes Jess McLean to the team - see our update for June 2021

• GA team changes - Jess McLean
• New project - Environmental Microbiomes
• Genomics Aotearoa seminar series
• Bioinformatics training
• In the news
• Coming up
• New on Sciblogs - Indigenous Genomic Databases – two case studies

Genomics Aotearoa welcomes Jayashree Panjabi, and farewells Lisa Early and Ange Phillips

• GA team changes 
• New project - Genome Graphs 
• New project - Identifying genetic drivers of Streptococcus pyogenes isolated from children in Aotearoa to better understand disease causality
• Post-doc workshop
• Genomics Aotearoa seminar series
• Congratulations
• Bioinformatics training
• Published papers
• In the news
• Coming up
• New on Sciblogs
  Genomics Aotearoa newsletter-April 2021

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The Genomics Aotearoa update for February 2021 celebrates the success of our first seminar for the year from British geneticist, author and broadcaster, Adam Rutherford, speaking live from the UK. 

• Genomics Aotearoa annual meeting 
• eResearch NZ 2021, Wellington
• SINGAotearoa 2021, Christchurch
• Bioinformatics training
• Genomics training calendar
• Congratulations to Rachael Ashby, AgResearch and Alana Alexander (University of Otago) feature in an Otago Museum women in STEM exhibition   
• Published papers
• In the news
• New on Sciblogs Wasps are forever? The potential to eliminate an invasive pest in New Zealand; permissions withstanding, 
• New on the web - Precision Medicine