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Genetics Society of AustralAsia @geneticsaus.bsky.social · 10d

🚩Upcoming Asia-Pacific Genetics Seminar:

Remember to tune in tomorrow for our ECR special symposium 🧬 - "Epigenetics in Evolution and Ecology"!

Registration link on poster below

Genetics Society of AustralAsia @geneticsaus.bsky.social · Sep 8

🧬 Upcoming Asia-Pacific Genetics Seminar:
📅 30th September

Join us for the "Epigenetics in Evolution and Ecology" symposium, featuring three outstanding early career researchers who will share their latest discoveries.

👉 Register now using the poster below!

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Genetics Society of AustralAsia @geneticsaus.bsky.social · 23d

GSA is now on linked in!

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Genetics Society of AustralAsia @geneticsaus.bsky.social · Sep 8

🧬 Upcoming Asia-Pacific Genetics Seminar:
📅 30th September

Join us for the "Epigenetics in Evolution and Ecology" symposium, featuring three outstanding early career researchers who will share their latest discoveries.

👉 Register now using the poster below!

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Ang (Angela) McGaughran @angmcgaughran.bsky.social · Aug 12

Our other fantastic sponsers include @wilderlab.bsky.social, @geneticsaus.bsky.social and Genomics Aotearoa!!

Ang (Angela) McGaughran @angmcgaughran.bsky.social · Aug 12

Thanks very much to our new sponsor, @sequench.bsky.social, who will be joining us at the upcoming NZ Molecular Ecology meeting to talk about all things eDNA!

More details here: nzmolecol5.wixsite.com/nz-molecular...

Paige Matheson @paigematheson.bsky.social · Jul 31

Join us for the annual New Zealand Molecular Ecology Meeting, taking place in the beautiful coastal town of Raglan (26-28 November 2025)! 🧬🧬🧬

Registration closes on 30th September and abstracts are due on the 31st of October. Find out more here: nzmolecol5.wixsite.com/nz-molecular...

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accounts-leaving-x.bsky.social @accounts-leaving-x.bsky.social · Jul 16

Genetics Society of AustralAsia (a professional organization for genetics researchers, educators, and professionals across Australia, New Zealand, and the Asia‑Pacific region) moves to Bluesky (2.001 followers on X)

Bluesky: @geneticsaus.bsky.social

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Genetics Society of AustralAsia @geneticsaus.bsky.social · Jul 9

Excellent keynotes this morning from Professor Alexei Drummond and Professor Cris Print on the power of genomics and computational biology in precision medicine and health research.

#GSA2025 #AotearoaGSA2025

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Genetics Society of AustralAsia @geneticsaus.bsky.social · Jul 9

Congratulations to all our #GSA2025 #AotearoaGSA2025 award winners.

Great talks at the GSA award session from @cegrueber.bsky.social, Ashley Jones, Stephanie Waller, and Margaret Byrne.

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Audald Lloret-Villas @audald.bsky.social · Jul 8

The actual PopGen Power Rangers were revealed at the #GSA2025

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Genetics Society of AustralAsia @geneticsaus.bsky.social · Jul 9

Day three of #GSA2025 #AotearoaGSA2025 kicking off with a great plenary session: diving into the world of plants and regulatory genetics with excellent talks by Miloš Tanurdžić and Erika Varkonyi-Gasic.

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · Jul 8

@testeeves.bsky.social chats at @geneticsaus.bsky.social about how #genetics could play a role in careful #management of small endangered #bird populations.

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · Jul 8

Libby Liggins and Claire Rye chat about the #Aotearoa #Genomics #Data #Repository, including how #metadata can be submitted (including #eDNA). They are hoping to take #indigenous #governance to the #Genomic #Standards #Consortium later this year…

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · Jul 8

@sebasalco.bsky.social talks at @geneticsaus.bsky.social about #Hector and #Maui’s #dolphins, including chromosomal inversions which may help keep these species separate…

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · Jul 8

Richard O’Rorke chats about #eDNA from #bugs on #cars at @geneticsaus.bsky.social

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · Jul 8

So proud of Teremoana Porter-Rawiri for doing fungal #eDNA in the #Wairarapa. Restored, unrestored, and remnant sites showed differences, correlating with nitrogen.

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · Jul 8

Meriam Van Os finds #fish differences in preserved #Kurī (dog) 💩 , showing what some of the diet may have been. #aDNA #eDNA

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · Jul 8

@rebeccakfrench.bsky.social chats about #Kākāpō #disease #transcriptomics, showing that E. coli may correlate with #diseased birds.

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · Jul 7

@EmZLCarroll chats about #Tohorā right #whale #conservation #genetics and potential impacts in foraging #habitat #decline. Whale snot and #eDNA can be partnered with long term #datasets for effective #monitoring.

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Genetics Society of AustralAsia @geneticsaus.bsky.social · Jul 8

A bit of MAGIC spotted in Kathleen's talk at
#GSA2025 #AotearoaGSA2025

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Genetics Society of AustralAsia @geneticsaus.bsky.social · Jul 7

Amazing talks in the Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics, and the Human Genetics concurrent sessions today.

Emma Carroll, Isabelly de Lima, Graham McCulloh, Amara Shaukat, Kathleen McLay, & some excellent lightning talks!

#GSA2025 #AotearoaGSA2025

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Nic Rawlence @nicrawlencenz.bsky.social · Jul 7

If you're at #GSA2025 check out Mark de Bruyn's talk today at 5.15pm in OGGB3 on our #ancientDNA research into postglacial recolonization of the Southern Ocean by elephant seals from multiple glacial refugia onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #AotearoaGSA2025 @geneticsaus.bsky.social

Postglacial Recolonization of the Southern Ocean by Elephant Seals Occurred From Multiple Glacial Refugia

Genetic data, alongside historic, archaeological, and subfossil remains, show that Australasian populations of the southern elephant seal have been shaped by range expansions and contractions followi...

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Clare I. M. Adams @clare-edna.bsky.social · Jul 7

Megan Leask chats about how we can move towards #culturally competent #precision #medicine in #Aotearoa New Zealand.

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Genetics Society of AustralAsia @geneticsaus.bsky.social · Jul 7

Megan Leask closing off the Indigenous Early Career Leaders session with her work designing precision medicine for Māori, by Māori.

#GSA2025 #AotearoaGSA2025

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Genetics Society of AustralAsia @geneticsaus.bsky.social · Jul 7

Catherine Collins walking with us through the tāhuhu kōrero in DNA.

#GSA2025 #AotearoaGSA2025

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Genetics Society of AustralAsia @geneticsaus.bsky.social · Jul 7

Amazing start to #GSA2025! Amanda Black and Dawn Lewis opened with beautiful, thought-provoking science.

Indigenous Early Career Leaders Alana Alexander, Jordon Lima, and Conor Watene O'Sullivan shared wonderful projects and reflections on community and communication.

More to come!

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Dovetail Genomics @dtgenomics.bsky.social · Jul 6

We’re excited to exhibit at #GSA2025 in Auckland, NZ! Visit our booth to see how LinkPrep™ tech enables same-day, high-res chromatin interaction maps. Connect enhancers, silencers & more to gene targets. Integrates with ATAC-seq, ChIP-seq, RNA-seq & other omics data. #ChromatinTopology #3DGenomics

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