Genetics Society of AustralAsia
Genetics Society of AustralAsia. Professional organisation for genetics and genomics researchers and educators in Australia, New Zealand & the Asia-Pacific region.
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- Applications are now open for the Genetics Society of AustralAsia’s 2026 awards for achievements in #genetics research & teaching🧬🧑🏫🔬. Awards presented at our annual conference. Pls RT! genetics.org.au/awards/ #PhDchat #ECRchat #WomenInScience #STEMoriginal #LGBTSTEM
- NZ & Aussie & beyond geneticists🧬, apply / nominate your students & colleagues for our 2026 awards for senior, mid & early career scientists, educators, & students! Applications due 11:59pm 28th Feb AEST genetics.org.au/awards/ #PhDchat #ECRchat #WomenInScience #STEMoriginal #LGBTSTEM
- The Genetics Society of AustralAsia MJD White Medal recognises an outstanding contribution to #genetics research by an Australasian scientist. Nominations for the MJD White Medal should come from a member of GSA. Applications due 11:59pm 28th Feb AEST genetics.org.au/awards/#MJDW...
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View full threadThe Jenny Donald Undergraduate Student Conference Award is awarded to assist 3rds year genetics students to attend the annual conference. The GSA committee may elect to offer more than one award in a given year. Applications due 11:59pm 7th May AEST genetics.org.au/awards/#Dona...
- Reposted by Genetics Society of AustralAsiaWhat a cool way to get people engaged with #population #genomics! But why is there no episode on parentage analysis ... ? #Conservation #EvoBio #R #MayTheForceBeWithYou #StarWars #LukeSkywalker @lauradbertola.bsky.social @drobledoruiz.bsky.social @seaprof.bsky.social @robynshaw.bsky.social
- UPCOMING WORKSHOP🚨 dartRverse: Harnessing the Force of R for Conservation Genomics Hands-on training in population genetics and conservation genomics using R and dartR 🧬🌿🦘🐟🐜 📆8–14 March 2026 @ ANU Kioloa Coastal Campus + online participation options Details here: cba.anu.edu.au/news-events/...
- 🚩Reminder! Join us 1–2pm AEDT (3pm NZDT) for our first GSA Jenny Graves Day ECR seminar, celebrating community, mentorship, and incredible genetics research across Australia & New Zealand. Check your emails for the Zoom link! Hope to catch you all at the local social events later🧬
- Big thanks to all our speakers: Natasha Mckean, Kate O'Hara, Lauren Kirn, Toby Kovacs, Alyssa Budd, Patricia Pillay & Victoria Sugrue 💫
- Reposted by Genetics Society of AustralAsiaTL;DR: Even the most advanced language models crumble on first-person false beliefs, showing sharp accuracy drops and revealing that their “understanding” of others’ minds is still shallow pattern mimicry, not genuine epistemic reasoning. www.nature.com/articles/s42...
- Reposted by Genetics Society of AustralAsia🐧We researched one of the world’s rarest #penguins. The yellow‑eyed penguin (aka hoiho/takaraka) isn’t one homogeneous species after all! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... #hoiho #conservation #genomics #birds #nzwildlife #endangered #wildlife #nature
- Reposted by Genetics Society of AustralAsiaWe did a penguin GWAS! Turns out that yellow-eyed penguins (or hoiho) are actually three very divergent groups, which we are calling subspecies www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... @josephguhlin.bsky.social @peterkdearden.bsky.social @annasanture.bsky.social @cegrueber.bsky.social
- 🚩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
- GSA is now on linked in! Follow us at: www.linkedin.com/company/gene...
- 🧬 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!
- Reposted by Genetics Society of AustralAsiaOur other fantastic sponsers include @wilderlab.bsky.social, @geneticsaus.bsky.social and Genomics Aotearoa!!
- 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...
- Reposted by Genetics Society of AustralAsiaGenetics 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
- 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
- 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.
- Reposted by Genetics Society of AustralAsiaThe actual PopGen Power Rangers were revealed at the #GSA2025
- 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.
- Reposted by Genetics Society of AustralAsia@testeeves.bsky.social chats at @geneticsaus.bsky.social about how #genetics could play a role in careful #management of small endangered #bird populations.
- Reposted by Genetics Society of AustralAsiaLibby 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… @geneticsaus.bsky.social
- Reposted by Genetics Society of AustralAsia@sebasalco.bsky.social talks at @geneticsaus.bsky.social about #Hector and #Maui’s #dolphins, including chromosomal inversions which may help keep these species separate… @laninsky.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Genetics Society of AustralAsiaSo proud of Teremoana Porter-Rawiri for doing fungal #eDNA in the #Wairarapa. Restored, unrestored, and remnant sites showed differences, correlating with nitrogen. @geneticsaus.bsky.social
- Reposted by Genetics Society of AustralAsiaMeriam Van Os finds #fish differences in preserved #Kurī (dog) 💩 , showing what some of the diet may have been. #aDNA #eDNA @geneticsaus.bsky.social
- Reposted by Genetics Society of AustralAsia@rebeccakfrench.bsky.social chats about #Kākāpō #disease #transcriptomics, showing that E. coli may correlate with #diseased birds. @geneticsaus.bsky.social
- Reposted by Genetics Society of AustralAsia@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. @geneticsaus.bsky.social
- 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
- A bit of MAGIC spotted in Kathleen's talk at #GSA2025 #AotearoaGSA2025
- Reposted by Genetics Society of AustralAsiaIf 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
- Reposted by Genetics Society of AustralAsiaMegan Leask chats about how we can move towards #culturally competent #precision #medicine in #Aotearoa New Zealand. @geneticsaus.bsky.social
- Megan Leask closing off the Indigenous Early Career Leaders session with her work designing precision medicine for Māori, by Māori. #GSA2025 #AotearoaGSA2025
- Catherine Collins walking with us through the tāhuhu kōrero in DNA. #GSA2025 #AotearoaGSA2025
- 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!
- Reposted by Genetics Society of AustralAsiaWe’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
- Reposted by Genetics Society of AustralAsiaExcited for a week of science at #GSA2025! Have been having a lovely time in Auckland so far and ready to see some cool genetics research over the next few days 😄
- Reminder that we have our next Asia-Pacific Genetics seminar series tomorrow at 4pm NZST during the #GSA2025 award talks. Not able to be here in person? Join online using the poster URL!
- The next online Asia-Pacific #genetics and #genomics Seminar Series will occur on the 9th of July🧬! @cegrueber.bsky.social will discuss her amazing research on preserving biodiversity and ecological resilience using genetic approaches. Please see the attached flyer for details:
- Reposted by Genetics Society of AustralAsiaAlana Alexander chats about how to connect the #Māori world and research, ensuring that Te Ao Māori is protected @geneticsaus.bsky.social
- Reposted by Genetics Society of AustralAsiaFirst chilly jog in Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland and ready for the #GSA2025 - @geneticsaus.bsky.social
- Reposted by Genetics Society of AustralAsiaConner Wātene O’Sullivan chats about the Māori community perspective and some of his outreach in schools as well as precision medicine work. @geneticsaus.bsky.social
- Just three more sleeps until #GSA2025 kicks off in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland! Bring your love of science, your curiosity, and maybe a rain jacket - just in case 🌧️🧬 We can't wait to see you there!
- The next online Asia-Pacific #genetics and #genomics Seminar Series will occur on the 9th of July🧬! @cegrueber.bsky.social will discuss her amazing research on preserving biodiversity and ecological resilience using genetic approaches. Please see the attached flyer for details:
- Join over 210 delegates plus 20 sponsor representatives for our amazing GSA conference 2025! 🧬🥝 Final Registration deadline: Mon 23 June www.gsa-2025.com/registration Check out our schedule of 92 amazing talks plus 39 posters here: www.gsa-2025.com/program
- Reposted by Genetics Society of AustralAsiaWhat impact has the small and bottlenecked population history of Hihi had on relatedness within current populations? Hui Zhen Tan uses genomics to show inbreeding levels are moderately high. #BirdsNZ2025 #consgen
- Reposted by Genetics Society of AustralAsiaInterested in measuring genetic load? We have a new paper out providing a modified version of GERP which is more user friendly in wildlife species and with scripts to automate making input files and pulling out derived alleles in your species #consgen #popgen star-protocols.cell.com/protocols/4202
- Reposted by Genetics Society of AustralAsiaNew preprint out: "A Beginner’s Guide to Structural Variants in Eco-Evolutionary Population Genomics: Everything You Wanted to Know" A primer for anyone curious about digging into structural variants within their study system. Huge thank you to my brilliant co-authors! doi.org/10.22541/au....
- 🚨 LAST DAY: EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION CLOSES TONIGHT! 🚨 Don’t miss your chance to save on #GSA2025 registration — lock in your discount before midnight! 🐟🦘🦠🦟🌳🥝🦎🌱🦕 👉 www.gsa-2025.com
- Reminder: early bird registration for 🧬GSA 2025🧬 closes on the 11th of May! www.gsa-2025.com
- Early bird 🦤 registration has been extended until Monday 26 May 11:59pm NZST! Make sure to register within the next 2 weeks to lock in your spot for GSA 2025 💥
- Only one week left to get your abstracts in for GSA 2025! 🐑🍃🐀🦎🌼🐟🥝🦟🦕🌳💻🦉 No matter your flavour of genetics, you'll find it in Waipapa Taumata Rau (The University of Auckland), Aotearoa (New Zealand) on the 7th - 10th of July! Hope to see you all there! www.gsa-2025.com
- GSA abstract submission has been extended by 1 week! 🚨New Deadline: Monday 14th 23:59 NZST / 21:59 AEST www.gsa-2025.com
- 🚩Reminder: Last day to get your abstracts in for GSA 2025!
- Reposted by Genetics Society of AustralAsiaThe orange-bellied parrot is predicted to go extinct by 2038. We tracked >200 years of genomic erosion. Here’s what we found 🧬🦜 #ConservationGenomics #consgen #popgen onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... pic by Marc Gardner
- 📣GSA 2025 Award winners announced! 📣 All winners will be presenting at 🧬GSA 2025🧬 in Waipapa Taumata Rau (The University of Auckland) in Aotearoa (New Zealand). 🚩Reminder to submit your abstracts by April 7th and register to hear these amazing researchers present their work!
- Congratulations 🏆 Margaret Byrne (Conservation and Attractions, Australia), the winner of the MJD White Medal 2025 for excellence in #genetics research!
- Congratulations 🏆 Catherine Grueber (University of Sydney) @cegrueber.bsky.social, the winner of the Ross Crozier Medal 2025 for a mid-career researcher 5-15 years post-PhD!
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View full threadCongratulations 🏆 Shelley Young (University of Sydney), the winner of the Philip Batterham Conference Prize 2025 for an Honours/Masters student member of GSA!
- Reposted by Genetics Society of AustralAsia1/ Transposable elements are often called "jumping genes" because they mobilize within genomes. 🧬 But did you know they can also jump 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 cells? 🤯 Our new study reveals how retrotransposons invade the germline directly from somatic cells. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... A short thread 🧵👇
- 🚨REMINDER Make sure to register for🧬GSA’s 2025 conference🧬! The conference will be held at Waipapa Taumata Rau - The University of Auckland in Aotearoa - New Zealand 🥝 from 7-10 July 2025. 🚩Abstracts are due in three weeks (7th April) Early bird registration ends 11th May www.gsa-2025.com
- Keynote speakers include Prof Amanda Black 🦠, Prof Alexei Drummond 🌳, Prof Matt Littlejohn 🐄, Prof Cris Print 🩺 and more! The conference will also include an Indigenous Early Career Leaders Session and a Precision Medicine Session. More info here▶️ www.gsa-2025.com/program
- Reposted by Genetics Society of AustralAsia3-y postdoc position in (meta)Genomics of Population Declines elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid.... If you have experience with low-coverage genomic data, care about biodiversity loss, want to understand host-microbiomes interactions, this post is for you! #museomics #ancientDNA #mammals
- Abstract submission and registration for🧬GSA’s 2025 conference🧬is now open! The conference will be held at Waipapa Taumata Rau - The University of Auckland in Aotearoa - New Zealand 🥝 from 7-10 July 2025. 🚩Important dates Abstracts due- April 7 Early bird registration ends- May 11 www.gsa-2025.com
- 🚩REMINDER: Genetics Society of AustralAsia annual awards are currently open - deadline is midnight AEDT on 28th February 2025. 📣 Please consider applying yourself, or nominate or encourage eligible students and colleagues to apply for one of these awards. genetics.org.au/awards/
- Reposted by Genetics Society of AustralAsiaMolly Garrett, Lisette Waits, et al. derived a #GTSeq panel for genotyping low quality tissue from the ESA-listed northern Idaho Ground Squirrel throughout it's extant range. They were able to recover population assignments and diversity stats similar to #RADSeq data, useful for monitoring #consgen
- Reposted by Genetics Society of AustralAsiaWe have a great list of ongoing award, fellowship and grant opportunities that we thought our members might be interested in. 🌍 #conservation #MarineLife #ecology Check it out here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... #conservation #funding #fellowships #awards
- Reposted by Genetics Society of AustralAsiaOut now in @nature.com! Our comprehensive meta-analysis of global terrestrial and marine genetic diversity demonstrates rapid loss of genetic diversity and identifies conservation interventions that could mitigate this process www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧪🌍🦤🧬 #consgen #PopGen
