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Outside of work, Sara is a DIY enthusiast and a keen, if not terrible, surfer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531658005248-J9FF39GRZPKSYCBOM4J7/Miles+Benton.png Miles Benton Miles is a a computational geneticist interested in all facets of biology and technology. He currently works in the Genomics Research Centre at Queensland University of Technology as a PostDoc Research Fellow. In 2014 he completed a PhD exploring the underlying genetic susceptibility to obesity and metabolic disorders in the Norfolk Island population isolate. His main areas of interest are Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics. His current work involves the creation of methods to deal with, and analyse, large genomic data sets, including the incorporation of multiple layers of both phenotypic and genomic data. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531658046538-NEG48I8EDDHYZDMOWJRE/Dr+David+Chagne.png Dr David Chagne A Senior Scientist with Plant and Food Research since 2004, Dr Chagné’s research focuses on the application of genetic mapping and genomics to elucidate the genetic control of important plant characters, with a strong underpinning interest in the study of DNA variations in plant genomes.David has catalogued single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the apple and pear genomes and identified markers linked to significant traits, including fruit antioxidant content, red flesh and peel, crispness and aroma and further designed a SNP assay that has been used to accurately predict fruit quality of young apple seedlings using genome-wide selection, years before they first set fruit. He is also an honorary senior research fellow at the University of Otago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531659219938-T1NCO35TC4IF1IIMEVVV/Michelle+Thunders.png Michelle Thunders Michelle Thunders is a Senior Lecturer in Pathology and Molecular Medicine currently working at the University of Otago, Wellington in the Department of Pathology. She obtained both a BSc (Hons) and PhD in Human Genetics from University College London and has worked in a variety of academic institutions in the UK and in NZ. She is a strong believer in inclusive genetics education and making knowledge accessible, actionable and meaningful to all. Her research interests are in the analysis of sequencing data, both RNA and epigenomic, to understand health, risk and disease pathogenesis at a molecular level. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531657925990-395KLJTAGG1ZFEDKISTC/NickA.png Dr Nick Albert Nick first started at Plant & Food Research in 2003 as a summer student, based in Palmerston North. He continued his studies in partnership with Plant & Food, completing both an MSc and PhD in Plant Molecular Biology. Nick re-joined Plant & Food Research in 2014, after a few years away undertaking postdoctoral research. His research interests include gene regulation, flower colour and how plants protect themselves from environmental stresses. He was recently awarded a Faststart Marsden grant to investigate how a gene silencing mechanism has evolved and contributed to speciation in the genus Antirrhinum (snapdragons). He has extensive expertise in the gene regulation mechanisms that control anthocyanin pigmentation and the production of other flavonoid compounds, including flavonols and condensed tannins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531691747820-S4LTF37629SQYZA7BYC9/Bobby+Brooks+.jpg Bobby Brooks Ngāti Maniapoto, Tainui, Ngāpuhi Bobby completed his Bachelor and Masters of Science by the age of 21 before completing a Māori internship in environmental economics as a part of a Graduate Diploma in Economics. At Motu, Bobby worked with Suzi Kerr and the Motu environmental economics team on a review of the Afforestation Grants Scheme. Bobby then took a position as policy and research analyst at the Federation of Māori Authorities, which fosters economic advancement for Māori. Bobby began studying towards his PhD in chemistry at Oxford University in October 2011, having been awarded the Sir Robert Mahuta Scholarship. He has recently returned to NZ while his PhD gets marked and has had roles with NZ Data Futures Partnership and NZ Police. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531691864183-RSHT1348EQ88VJN1YTHI/Alby+Marsh.jpg Alby Marsh Alby Marsh has responsibility to lead Te Râranga Ahumâra in supporting the social, environmental, economic and cultural aspirations of Mâori by developing research programmes that foster mutually beneficial relationships and deliver real benefit and impact for Mâori. To advance effective business and engagement opportunities with Mâori. The primary focus being to develop strategic relationships with Iwi and Hâpu by encouraging high growth Mâori business and partnering key investors in Mâori research, science and technology. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531659296683-0M3LL91169XSUGFXNYL1/Donna+Marie+Warren+Ngati+Toa+Rangatira.png Donna Marie Warren Ngati Toa Rangatira Ko Whitireia te Maunga Ko Parirua te Moana Ko Kenepuru te Awa Ko Tainui te Waka Ko Ngati Toa Rangatira te Iwi Ko Takapuwahia te Marae Ko Donna-Marie Hinekoto Warren toku ingoa. I have been employed with ESR for 17 years in the Health Group Sector as part of the Laboratory Services providing assistance in various duties from Specimen Reception, Media Preparation and delivery of Samples and Stores based at Kenepuru Science Centre. Also teaching Waiata and Ukulele on a fortnightly basis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531691978636-PW2B1WN17JKJYUEPZY6J/Aroha+Mead.jpeg Aroha Mead Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou Aroha Te Pareake Mead is from Aotearoa, New Zealand. Aroha has been the global Chair of the IUCN Commission on Environment, Economic and Social Policy and a Senior Lecturer in Māori Business, Victoria Management School, Victoria University of Wellington. She has been involved in indigenous cultural and intellectual property and environmental issues for over 30 years at tribal, national, Pacific regional and international levels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531659151785-VQNPBDTU27PMY0CXZ4GS/Dr+Phil+Wilcox+Ngati+Rakaipaaka.png Dr Phil Wilcox Ngati Rakaipaaka Dr Wilcox is a Senior Lecturer in the University of Otago’s Department of Mathematics and Statistics, and has experience in applied genomics and statistical genetics. He is the current convenor of MapNet a NZ-wide collective of gene mapping scientists and the Project Leader of the Virtual Institute for Statistical Genetics. Dr Wilcox also established Te Aroturuki, a group of Maori scientists and advisors who developed a process to assist Western research scientists engage with Maori communities. He is formally a Kaihautu Maori in both the Biological Heritage National Science Challenge and the BioProtection Research CoRE, and is a mandated spokesman for Ngati Rakaipaaka regarding the Rakaipaaka Health and Ancestry Study. He has worked on genetics of plant species (particularly forest trees) and humans diseases. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531692273003-8IFY3SE0PY7K4IZYGJZE/Joseph+Yracheta+.jpg Joseph Yracheta P’urhepecha and Tarahumara Indians Joseph Yracheta is an Indigenous American and a working researcher at the Lakota community-based company called Missouri Breaks Industries Research, Inc. (MBIRI). Currently enrolled in the DrPH program at Johns-Hopkins, he works at the intersection of Environmental Health and Genomics. He graduated from the University of Washington’s Pharmaceutic Master’s program in 2014. Graduated with a B.S. from Loyola University-Chicago and began his science career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Mr. Yracheta feels that in the burgeoning field of Precision Medicine and Genomics, all Amerindigenous people must engage to ensure return of economic, education and health benefit. The most important outcome would be to encourage & support sustainability of Indigenous culture and sovereignty via the STEM fields. Mr. Yracheta’s origins are from Mexico and his wife and children are enrolled members of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (CRST). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531658641481-03O6MMSN0B6EWZISJTIV/Dr+Donia+Macartney-Coxon.png Dr Donia Macartney-Coxon Dr Donia Macartney-Coxson is a Science Leader in the Health Programme at ESR. She leads a research project in the area of obesity and type 2 diabetes. The team has a particular interest in investigating epigenetic mechanisms, such as DNA methylation and miRNA, as markers of disease to aid in the identification of better targeted treatment options, and increase our understanding of disease. She is part of the Science Leadership Team for the National Science Challenge Healthier Lives – He Oranga Hauora, which was launched in December 2015. 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Greg’s research is focused on identifying markers to aid the detection of cardiovascular diseases. These include testing for inherited (genetic) and environment-induced (epigenetic) changes that can be detected in simple blood tests. His group has a strong clinical emphasis, particularly in the areas of heart disease, aortic aneurysm, peripheral arterial disease and varicose veins. Greg leads an international consortium, with members from over a dozen countries, which is examining the inherited risk factors for abdominal aortic aneurysm. In addition, he is leading a national initiative to equitably improve cardiovascular disease screening in Aotearoa New Zealand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531658998476-UL7CQ5KR6UBVGGAZQZRN/Dr+Katharina+Rucks.png Dr Katharina Ruckstuhl Ngāi Tahu, Rangitāne ki Wairau Dr Ruckstuhl is the Associate Dean Māori at the Otago Business School. 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Her research focuses on the development of biomarkers that can be used for the early detection of disease and as predictors of disease prognosis. Her particular interest is in non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression (such as microRNA and piwi-interacting RNA) and how they are altered in, and contribute to, different diseases. Kirsty completed her post-doctoral studies at Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA investigating how these RNA molecules functioned in Type II diabetes and cardiac disease. She returned to New Zealand in 2017 and is now working with surgeons at Wellington Hospital as a part of the Surgical Cancer Research Group to discover new RNA biomarkers for colorectal cancer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531692412232-5QGDU1808N7EZQZ3VF0O/maui.jpg Associate Professor Maui Hudson Whakatōhea, Ngāruahine, Ngā Puhi Maui is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Maori and Indigenous Studies at the University of Waikato. He is an interdisciplinary researcher with extensive experience across a diverse range of research areas including traditional medicine, indigenous research ethics, interface between indigenous knowledge and science, Maori economic development and Maori health. Maui has been a member of a number of national and institutional ethics committees and was part of the team that developed Te Ara Tika: Guidelines on Maori Research Ethics – A framework for researchers and ethics committee members. He is the principal investigator for Te Mata Ira, a research project exploring Maori views on Genomic research and biobanking, and is a co-convener of the SING-Aotearoa programme. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531692455884-UTTLT3YV293THU5MBUIM/Dr+Simon+Hills+Nga%CC%84ti+Porou.png Dr Simon Hills Ngāti Porou Simon Hills is from and is a Te Tipu Pūtaiao postdoctoral fellow based at School of Agriculture and Environment at Massey University. 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Michael has a Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Science and supports the recruitment and retention of Maori students across the Faculty of Science. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531697225719-UUDQIEYOD6MX8U6SM9UO/Dr+Maren+Wellenreuther.jpeg Dr Maren Wellenreuther Maren is an Associate Professor at Lund University in Sweden and a Senior Scientist at Plant & Food Research. Maren’s research is rooted in evolutionary ecology and is unified by the goal of understanding how adaptive and non-adaptive evolutionary processes interact in nature. Research areas range from evolutionary ecology to genomics and focus on topics such as sexual selection, sexual conflict, local adaptation, polymorphism maintenance and population demography. Whenever possible, he employs complementary approaches at the genomic, phenotypic, ecological and environmental level. His research has societal relevance in relation to the diversity crisis, nature conservation, sustainable development, water and wildlife management and global change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531696729547-D0YYGBP8QO8BHHDY96UM/Dr+Cris+Print.png Dr Cris Print Cris is a Kiwi medical scientist who completed an MBChB at Auckland Medical School. Over the last 10 years Cris has become increasingly interested in the conservative use of bioinformatics to improve our understanding of pathology. He is especially keen on work that brings bioinformatic information together with clinicopathological information and traditional cell biology/transgenic studies. Cris is a keen believer in collaboration between Universities and Pharmaceutical / Biotechnology companies, and has had successful collaborations with several companies including Pfizer Global research and a biotechnology company he co-founded in Japan named GNI Ltd. 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He has applied his research efforts to taxonomic, physiological and biotechnological applications including mineral processing and the bioremediation of industrial effluents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531692607220-T1U2OKCPTJZGIRG1F08O/Dr+Cherie+Blenkiron.png Dr Cherie Blenkiron Originally from the UK and trained at the Universities of Nottingham, Edinburgh and Cambridge, Cherie arrived in New Zealand in 2009. Her area of interest is in non-protein coding RNAs, regulators of many processes that can be disrupted during the initiation and development of cancers. She joined the NETwork! team in 2012 and has been involved in the unravelling of the molecular biology behind the disease https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531696660728-568H97WVTSFVP1K61BW2/Dr+Kate+Parker.png Dr Kate Parker Kate is project manager of the NETwork! Project. Prior to joining the team, Kate was Director of Business Operations, for Proacta, a biotechnology start-up company that focuses on the development of new treatments for oncology that were initially developed at the Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre. Kate has also worked with Auckland UniServices, focusing on commercializing technologies invented at the University of Auckland. Before moving to New Zealand, Kate worked at GlaxoSmithkline in the UK as a member of the Business Projects Team, advising the R&D business on strategic and operational issues. She also spent 5 years at ISO Healthcare consulting (now part of the Monitor Group) and 6 years at CMR International, a not for profit research organization that advises the pharmaceutical industry on issues in international drug development. She has PhD in drug development from the University of Wales(Cardiff) and an MSc in Clinical Pharmacology from the University of Aberdeen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531696475988-XT71BT813TRL3TEH6KK5/Moe.jpg Moe Milne Moe is of Ngati Hine and Ngapuhi descent and lives in Matawaia, Northland with her husband George and their extended family. Moe has been a psychopaedic nurse, general and psychiatric nurse and most of her health work has been in the area of mental health and addictions. From 1988 she taught in Māori language schools and became a resource teacher, working with 14 schools to implement the Māori language curriculum. She later moved back into health and worked in management until 1995, when she began work with the Health and Disability Commissioner, protecting and promoting consumer rights. Moe has been a member of the Health Research Council and is an advisor and interviewer on four research projects which have Māori as the lead investigator including Te Mata Ira. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531696946756-5IDK7OE7GRJLJ94IOONC/Professor+Peter+Shepherd.png Professor Peter Shepherd Peter Shepherd is a Professor at the University of Auckland where his research focusses on type-2 diabetes and cancer. He is also deputy director of the Maurice Wilkins centre which is a NZ wide research group focussing on diabetes, cancer and infectious disease research. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531696368220-FCJ7GZY5G61JPMO39JQQ/Elena+Hilario.png Elena Hilario With more than 15 years at Plant and Food Research, Elena’s main research interests are next generation sequencing technologies (genome sequencing, genotyping by sequencing) and molecular biology. Her strengths are in the development of new methodologies and establishing published ones to support PFR efforts acquiring high quality genomic sequencing data. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531690066708-UH4IYPKA6SJXBW7I0YCL/Bobby+Brooks.png Dr Katrina Claw Katrina (Diné) is a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Washington in the Department of Pharmaceutics. Dr. Claw also works with the Northwest-Alaska Pharmacogenomics Research Network. She obtained her BS in biology and BA in anthropology at Arizona State University; her PhD in genome sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA in 2013, where she was also a National Science Foundation pre-doctoral fellow. Her research interests include human genetics and genomics, pharmacogenomics, health disparities, and the ethical and social implications of genomic research relating to Native American and other indigenous populations around the world. She is Diné (Navajo) and grew up on the Navajo Nation in Many Farms, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531696795886-SD43NVUR6INMRIF3BI4Q/Dr+Katharina+Ruckstuhl+.png Dr Katharina Ruckstuhl Ngāi Tahu, Rangitāne ki Wairau Dr Ruckstuhl is the Associate Dean Māori at the Otago Business School. She is a cross-disciplinary policy researcher in the areas of Māori language, small business, sci-tech innovation, and ‘social licence’ in the mining industry. She contributed a chapter to The Routledge Handbook of Bioarchaeology in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, examining Māori knowledge frameworks in the context of two case studies that involved the return of kōiwi tāngata (ancestral remains). She is currently leading a research team in a national science challenge – Science for Technological Innovation - looking at how sci-tech can better connect with Māori. Katharina has a number of governance, research and other roles for Ngāi Tahu, at both a pan-tribal and for her local hapū of Kāti Huirapa ki Puketeraki. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531696073509-7MM3RPLAMM9U2UR3KP5D/Professor+Andrew+Allan.jpg Professor Andrew Allan Dr Allan has been a plant researcher for 30 years, studying the physiology, cell biology, and genetic makeup of crop plants. Much of his research focuses on new apple and kiwifruit varieties, understanding how the plants will behave in different environments or with different horticultural practices. He is currently focussed on plant signal transduction, with a recent direction towards projects on transcriptional regulation of anthocyanins, carotenoids and chlorophyll in fruits, flowers and vegetables. Professor Allan, an expert in plant molecular physiology, is the Director of the Joint Graduate School in Plant and Food Science, which was established by The University of Auckland and Plant & Food Research in 2010. The graduate school seeks to coordinate postgraduate teaching and research between UOA and PFR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531696893612-YLMWDGSAGUBOHNJ36KPJ/Dr+Nick+Roskruge.png Dr Nick Roskruge Nick Roskruge is of Ātiawa, Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Tama-ariki descent and a senior lecturer and major leader in horticulture and Māori resource & environmental management in the Institute of Agriculture and Environment at Massey University in Palmerston North. Nick is also a research fellow with Lincoln, on the Māori advisory board to several other research institutes and a member of the Statutory Decision Committee for HSNO with the Environmental Protection Authority (Prior to this Tumuaki (Chair) of Ngā Kaihautu Tīkanga Taiao the Statutory Māori reference group for the EPA). In 2013 Nick was the recipient of a Fulbright award and spent several months in the USA based at Cornell University (upstate New York) and involved with a number of other state universities around ethnobotany and potato genomic programmes. Nick is involved in a wide range of Māori centric projects, the most well-known being the National Taewa Māori project, and also Tahuri Whenua (National Māori Horticultural Collective). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531697269279-JI50OOYBUS9ZSDFTUHW6/Dr+Helen+Wihongi.png Dr Helen Wihongi Dr Helen Wihongi (Ngati Porou, Ngapuhi, Te whānau a Apanui, Ngati Hine) is the Waitematā and Auckland DHB Research Advisor Maori. In her role she is responsible for establishing and strengthening relationships with Waitemata and Auckland DHB iwi and Maori partners. She is also involved with the review of clinical research applications across the Auckland and Waitemata DHB providing support researchers to address inequalities within clinical and community settings. Helen completed her doctorate in the Department of Psychology at Waikato University. Her discipline is community psychology with a focus on policy and the impact of policy on health populations, in particular Māori populations. Helen has a strong research and funding background. She sits on a number of clinical and research committees including the AUT Māori Research Facilitation Committee, the Auckland DHB Clinical Ethical Advisory Group and the Cartwright Working Party. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531696120643-9CGG4KWU9OQCK1Z2VQRS/Dr+David+Chagne.png Dr David Chagne A Senior Scientist with Plant and Food Research since 2004, Dr Chagné’s research focuses on the application of genetic mapping and genomics to elucidate the genetic control of important plant characters, with a strong underpinning interest in the study of DNA variations in plant genomes.David has catalogued single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the apple and pear genomes and identified markers linked to significant traits, including fruit antioxidant content, red flesh and peel, crispness and aroma and further designed a SNP assay that has been used to accurately predict fruit quality of young apple seedlings using genome-wide selection, years before they first set fruit. He is also an honorary senior research fellow at the University of Otago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531690386219-JOW8S5PGY7P28YCMI6DD/Kimiora-Henare-1chpc61.jpg Dr Kimiora Henare Kimiora (Te Aupouri, Te Rarawa) is an HRC Eru Pomare Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, based at the University of Auckland. He earned his MHSc in Pathology in 2006, and PhD in Biomedical Science in 2014; both at the University of Auckland. His main research interests include the role of the immune system in cancer and how the immune system can be reinvigorated to fight cancer. Specifically, he is the principal investigator for an HRC-funded project exploring the potential of re-educating macrophages as strategy for cancer therapy. Kimiora also carries out dual biomedical/cultural advisory roles with two nationwide multidisciplinary research projects involving tissue collection, biobanking, genomic research and related data. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531690612807-M00IZ7WTRKZWP8KJQSDM/maui.jpg Associate Professor Maui Hudson Whakatōhea, Ngāruahine, Ngā Puhi Maui is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Maori and Indigenous Studies at the University of Waikato. He is an interdisciplinary researcher with extensive experience across a diverse range of research areas including traditional medicine, indigenous research ethics, interface between indigenous knowledge and science, Maori economic development and Maori health. Maui has been a member of a number of national and institutional ethics committees and was part of the team that developed Te Ara Tika: Guidelines on Maori Research Ethics – A framework for researchers and ethics committee members. He is the principal investigator for Te Mata Ira, a research project exploring Maori views on Genomic research and biobanking, and is a co-convener of the SING-Aotearoa programme. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531654662699-2MKOYL9W2BN7VEWWRA4H/Revel+Drummond.png Revel Drummond Dr Drummond is a molecular biologist working in the field of plant developmental biology, with most of his time spent actively designing experiments and carrying them out in the laboratory and glasshouse. His research at Plant and Food Research, since joining in 2007, is focused on the discovery and functional characterisation of genes involved in strigolactone (SL) hormone biology. More recently he has developed particular technical expertise in LED lighting systems for optimised plant growth and in CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531696176700-4P0S0E9MFR2V8WBWD15F/Alexi+Drummond.jpg Alexi Drummond Alexei completed his BSc (1996) and PhD in Bioinformatics (2002) at the University of Auckland. He then spent 3 years at the University of Oxford doing post-doctoral research in the Department of Statistics and the Department of Zoology before returning to the University of Auckland in 2005 to take up a Lecturership in Bioinformatics in the Department of Computer Science. Alexei’s research interests are centered around probabilistic models of molecular evolution and population genetics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531696261515-IDUDFJFESR91K65ZUXZD/Dr+Keolu+Fox.png Dr Keolu Fox Keolu Fox earned a Ph.D. in Debbie Nickerson's lab in the University of Washington's Department of Genome Sciences. He focused on the application of next-generation genome sequencing to increase compatibility for blood transfusion therapy and organ transplantation. He has a strong background in using genomic technologies to understand human variation and disease. Keolu’s research interests include genome sequencing technologies, genome editing, and indigenizing/democratizing medical research. I am keenly interested in introducing mobile genome sequencing technologies in Indigenous spaces to: 1) re-cast the relationship indigenous communities have with emerging biomedical technologies; and 2) empower Indigenous communities as citizen scientists. Currently I am a postdoc in Alan Saltiel's group at the University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism. My current work focuses on using genome editing technologies to investigate the molecular events involved in chronic inflammatory states resulting in obesity and catecholamine resistance. https://www.singaotearoa.nz/2017-agenda daily 0.75 2018-07-15 https://www.singaotearoa.nz/2017-introduction daily 0.75 2018-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1645587672046-KVUP1TCRYHWF67F0QMSW/2.png workshop 2017 https://www.singaotearoa.nz/workshop-2016 daily 0.75 2022-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531717206027-1CW8PUM6QHFYV8A7V2F8/2016.jpg https://www.singaotearoa.nz/2018-reading-list-1 daily 0.75 2023-01-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1645587014554-3PFB9QUTSNRNES8JWRYM/2.png Reading list https://www.singaotearoa.nz/2016-introduction daily 0.75 2018-07-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1645587672046-KVUP1TCRYHWF67F0QMSW/2.png workshop 2016 https://www.singaotearoa.nz/2016-speakers daily 0.75 2024-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531695599667-S8L0UC1XV175K0W336YN/Dr+Katharina+Ruckstuhl+.png Dr Katharina Ruckstuhl Ngāi Tahu, Rangitāne ki Wairau Dr Ruckstuhl is the Associate Dean Māori at the Otago Business School. She is a cross-disciplinary policy researcher in the areas of Māori language, small business, sci-tech innovation, and ‘social licence’ in the mining industry. She contributed a chapter to The Routledge Handbook of Bioarchaeology in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, examining Māori knowledge frameworks in the context of two case studies that involved the return of kōiwi tāngata (ancestral remains). She is currently leading a research team in a national science challenge – Science for Technological Innovation - looking at how sci-tech can better connect with Māori. Katharina has a number of governance, research and other roles for Ngāi Tahu, at both a pan-tribal and for her local hapū of Kāti Huirapa ki Puketeraki. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531695484415-OEA4V0EL285QXW6G5SN7/Dr+Nick+Roskruge.png Dr Nick Roskruge Nick Roskruge is of Ātiawa, Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Tama-ariki descent and a senior lecturer and major leader in horticulture and Māori resource & environmental management in the Institute of Agriculture and Environment at Massey University in Palmerston North. Nick is also a research fellow with Lincoln, on the Māori advisory board to several other research institutes and a member of the Statutory Decision Committee for HSNO with the Environmental Protection Authority (Prior to this Tumuaki (Chair) of Ngā Kaihautu Tīkanga Taiao the Statutory Māori reference group for the EPA). In 2013 Nick was the recipient of a Fulbright award and spent several months in the USA based at Cornell University (upstate New York) and involved with a number of other state universities around ethnobotany and potato genomic programmes. Nick is involved in a wide range of Māori centric projects, the most well-known being the National Taewa Māori project, and also Tahuri Whenua (National Māori Horticultural Collective). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531694858959-RU1GXJ5HKC14L2ABYM5D/Dr+Kimiora+Henare.png Dr Kimiora Henare Kimiora (Te Aupouri, Te Rarawa) is an HRC Eru Pomare Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, based at the University of Auckland. He earned his MHSc in Pathology in 2006, and PhD in Biomedical Science in 2014; both at the University of Auckland. His main research interests include the role of the immune system in cancer and how the immune system can be reinvigorated to fight cancer. Specifically, he is the principal investigator for an HRC-funded project exploring the potential of re-educating macrophages as strategy for cancer therapy. Kimiora also carries out dual biomedical/cultural advisory roles with two nationwide multidisciplinary research projects involving tissue collection, biobanking, genomic research and related data. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531694484613-Q8APDRS5JKEGN3NFQRJF/Associate+Professor+Mik+Black+.png Associate Professor Mik Black Mik received a BSc(Hons) in statistics from the University of Canterbury, and a MSc (mathematical statistics) and PhD (statistics) from Purdue University. After completing his PhD in 2002, Mik returned to New Zealand to work as a lecturer in the Department of Statistics at the University of Auckland. An ongoing involvement in a number of Dunedin-based collaborative genomics projects resulted in a move to the University of Otago in 2006. Mik's research focuses on the development and application of statistical methods for the analysis of data from genomics experiments, with a particular emphasis on human disease. Mik is also heavily involved in two major initiatives designed to put in place sustainable national research infrastructure for NZ: NZGL (New Zealand Genomics Ltd) for genomics (where he was the interim Bioinformatics Team Leader during 2012-2013), and NeSI (New Zealand eScience Infrastructure) for computing/eResearch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531694949272-JDKCYCIP9S6GN51SMGOL/Professor+Parry+Guilford+.png Professor Parry Guilford Prof. Parry Guilford is a Principal Investigator in the Cancer Genetics Laboratory, University of Otago, the Director of the Centre for Translational Cancer Research, and the Chief Scientific Officer and co-founder of Pacific Edge Ltd (PEL). He completed his MSc at Otago in 1983, and his PhD at Cambridge University in 1989. His current research interests include the genetics of inherited and sporadic cancers, in particular stomach cancer. Other active research involves the development of genomic-based diagnostic tools for early cancer detection and the use of a synthetic lethal approach to target tumours with mutations in tumour suppressor genes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531694627831-C43WWDE7RR1836AHU0R6/Dr+David+Chagne.png Dr David Chagne A Senior Scientist with Plant and Food Research since 2004, Dr Chagné’s research focuses on the application of genetic mapping and genomics to elucidate the genetic control of important plant characters, with a strong underpinning interest in the study of DNA variations in plant genomes.David has catalogued single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the apple and pear genomes and identified markers linked to significant traits, including fruit antioxidant content, red flesh and peel, crispness and aroma and further designed a SNP assay that has been used to accurately predict fruit quality of young apple seedlings using genome-wide selection, years before they first set fruit. He is also an honorary senior research fellow at the University of Otago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531694287319-0EP777KGJ789F02MD1HX/Assistant+Professor+Nanibaa%E2%80%99+Garrison+.png Alexi Drummond Nanibaa’ Garrison (Navajo) is an assistant professor in the Treuman Katz Center of Pediatric Bioethics at Seattle Children’s Research Institute and the University of Washington Department of Pediatrics. Her research interests include genetic research on Native American communities, informed consent, and issues with privacy and confidentiality. Garrison earned her Ph.D. in the Department of Genetics at Stanford University. She received her bachelor’s degree in molecular and cellular biology from the University of Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531695317871-TTDJT5S4RPPPY2A69D88/Associate+Professor+Richard+Macknight+.png Associate Professor Richard Macknight Associate Professor Macknight has 23 years experience and a strong track record in plant molecular-genetic. He has published widely in this area and has held numerous research grants. He is internationally recognized for his leading role in this understanding the regulation of flowering time. A/P Macknight has a joint appointment Plant & Food Research Ltd and collaborates widely with scientist to translate knowledge from model species into crop plants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531694366820-S3XCXBXNUTL3T9C37WOF/Tanya+Flynn+.png Revel Drummond Tanya has a BSc(Hons) in genetics and a BA in anthropology, both from the University of Otago. For the past four years she has been working in Tony Merriman’s laboratory conducting research focused on the genetic, dietary, and social influences of gout in New Zealand, working towards a PhD in genetics from the University of Otago. She has just submitted her thesis. In her time at Otago Tanya has also been involved in teaching a variety of subjects and age groups, from introducing intermediate school age children to genetic techniques and concepts, teaching high school students during science camp weeks, tutoring in second and third year undergraduate genetic laboratories, and lecturing to third year anthropology students. She has also helped run workshops on statistical analysis and computer coding. Once she has graduated with her PhD she aims to begin working as a post-doctoral fellow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531695836440-LVK0KDEB0R3B6K5HGCB3/Dr+Moana+Theodore+.png Michael Steedman Dr Reremoana (Moana) Theodore’s research interests include lifecourse research, child health and development, and Māori health and education. She is the Acting Co-Director of the National Centre for Lifecourse Research (NCLR). She is an Investigator on the Graduate Longitudinal Study NZ (GLSNZ) and Te Kura Mai i Tawhiti – a Māori community research programme. She is a Co-Investigator on the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study. Her current research focuses on how education impacts on Māori health and wellbeing over time. Moana is a former HRC Erihapeti Rehu-Murchie Postdoctoral Fellow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531695745975-GLKIUSRSVLFHX3X4JRV2/Professor+Khyla+Russell+.png Professor Khyla Russell Dr Russell (Kai Tahu) recently retired from the Kaitohutohu role at the Otago Polytechnic where she had responsibility for the facilitation of relationship building between Otago Polytechnic and the Ara-i-Te-Uru Papatipu Runaka, the wider Maori Community, and Maori tertiary providers. Dr Russell is a member of the Ako Aotearoa Maori Caucus and the Maori Representative on the Ako Aotearoa Reference Group. Dr Russell co-authored Te Ara Tika – The Maori Ethical Framework and is a member of the Te Mata Ira research team exploring Maori views on Genomic research and biobanking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531695419116-OA0STPNSOD76WPJWSG12/Associate+Professor+Tony+Merriman+.png Associate Professor Tony Merriman “I did my undergraduate and PhD in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Otago, graduating with a PhD in bacterial genetics in 1993. In 1994 I started post-doctoral research in Oxford. In 1998 I returned to Otago where I have established a group studying the genetic and environmental causes of autoimmune diseases in the first instance (type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis), and more recently gout and associated metabolic conditions (type 2 diabetes, kidney disease etc). The gout research has a focus on Maori and Pacific people and communities. I have a long-standing collaboration with Ngati Porou Haoura Charitable Trust.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531695174729-7FTZJDU15JFXR2Q3NIFG/Professor+Lisa+Matisoo-Smith+.png Professor Lisa Matisoo-Smith Lisa Matisoo-Smith is the Professor of Biological Anthropology in the Department of Anatomy at the Universtiy of Otago, and a Principal Investigator with National Geographic’s Genographic Project. She is interested in understanding human history and human variation in general, but her primary area of interest is in looking at the biological evidence for the human settlement of the Pacific. She applies both ancient and modern DNA techniques to reconstruct migration pathways, and is increasingly interested in how human history and population origins may be related to some of the health issues facing Pacific populations today. Lisa works throughout the Pacific, but her most recent work has focused on New Zealand, Tokelau, Papua New Guinea and South America. She is committed to working in close collaboration with the communities she studies and strongly believes that such relationships benefit the research in ways not often appreciated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531694755387-ZYMNUJF4CMMA0TYZHXM4/Professor+Neil+Gemmell+.png Professor Neil Gemmell Professor Neil Gemmell is the AgResearch Chair in Reproduction and Genomics at the University of Otago and the Head of the Department of Anatomy. He leads a research group that blends ecology, population, conservation and evolutionary biology with recent technological spin-offs from the various genome projects. A recurring theme in his research is that of reproduction, with past and current projects spanning mating systems and mate choice sperm function, sex determination, sex allocation, and inter-sexual genomic conflict. Neil also has interests in several congruent fields of research, particularly the evolution of the mitochondrial genome, the evolution of microsatellite DNA, the evolution of sex determining and sexual differentiation mechanisms and the processes that lead to speciation. Currently he heads a research consortium that is sequencing the genome of the tuatara in partnership with Ngati Wai iwi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531695958924-BSDM33VR44736J1C5LGU/Dr+Phil+Wilcox+.png Dr Phil Wilcox Dr Wilcox (Ngati Rakaipaaka) is a Senior Lecturer in the University of Otago’s Department of Mathematics and Statistics, and has experience in applied genomics and statistical genetics. He is the current convenor of MapNet a NZ-wide collective of gene mapping scientists (see https://mapnet.agresearch.co.nz/mediawiki/index.php/MapNet:About) and the Project Leader of the Virtual Institute for Statistical Genetics (www.visg.co.nz). Dr Wilcox also established Te Aroturuki, a group of Maori scientists and advisors who developed a process to assist Western research scientists engage with Maori communities. He is currently a Kaihautu Maori in both the Biological Heritage National Science Challenge and the BioProtection Research CoRE, as well as a mandated spokesman for Ngati Rakaipaaka regarding the Rakaipaaka Health and Ancestry Study. He has worked on genetics of plant species (particularly forest trees) and humans diseases.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531694582882-J987KYORQAU7MTWN8RCQ/Assistant+Professor+Jessica+Bardill+.png Assistant Professor Jessica Bardill Jessica Bardill is an Assistant Professor of Native American Literatures at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. Her research interests include the alternative narratives offered in the literatures and films created by indigenous peoples, particularly those peoples of North America. Her work extends into legal and scientific realms with particular attention to the uses of genetic and genomic information by, for, and with indigenous peoples, from research protocols and biospecimens to informed choice and citizenship determinations. Prior to ECU, she held postdoctoral fellowships at Stanford University, the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (American Indian Studies), and Duke University (Center for Public Genomics). She received her Ph.D. is from the Department of English at Duke University (Durham, North Carolina) and her Bachelor's degrees in English and Biology from Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531694821704-8S0D6T37FUX8NRTPZPUZ/maui.jpg Associate Professor Maui Hudson Whakatōhea, Ngāruahine, Ngā Puhi Maui is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Maori and Indigenous Studies at the University of Waikato. He is an interdisciplinary researcher with extensive experience across a diverse range of research areas including traditional medicine, indigenous research ethics, interface between indigenous knowledge and science, Maori economic development and Maori health. Maui has been a member of a number of national and institutional ethics committees and was part of the team that developed Te Ara Tika: Guidelines on Maori Research Ethics – A framework for researchers and ethics committee members. He is the principal investigator for Te Mata Ira, a research project exploring Maori views on Genomic research and biobanking, and is a co-convener of the SING-Aotearoa programme. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1531694438116-ALY7KVZU4NJH729RAKR6/Dr+Rob+Elshire+.png Dr Rob Elshire Rob has a long history working with molecular markers in agriculture. He was the inaugural director of the Illinois Genetic Marker Center at the University of Illinois. This facility provided the agricultural research community there access to molecular marker technology in a cost effective manner. At Cornell University, he developed a low cost, high-throughput genotyping method commonly known as genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS). While the impetus for developing GBS was to serve the needs of the plant breeding community, the technology has enjoyed wide adoption in many areas of biological research. In addition to developing the molecular method, he has collaborated in transnational research projects, organized numerous workshops and contributed code to analyze GBS data in a reproducible way. Rob has set up four high throughput molecular marker laboratories, developed computational systems around those and worked with hundreds of scientists on the application of marker technologies in their work. 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The purpose of the event was to promote Indigenous partnerships in genomic science with a focus on research with human relations, research with relations in nature, and research with our ancestors. Speakers talked about genomic science, ELSI issues, culture, and the interface with indigenous knowledge. 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For almost 20 years he has worked in the interface of genetic sciences and Te Ao Māori, and co-leads two genomics-based projects focussing on Māori health. Dr Wilcox has also worked on genetics of plant species (particularly forest trees) and human diseases. Along with Maui Hudson and Katharina Ruckstahl, he initiated SING-Aotearoa, and is currently a member of the Health Research Council of New Zealand’s Ethics Committee which oversees institutional and regional ethics committees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/eb4296a3-27da-47b1-9479-552c8a82c132/mg.jpg Professor Alex Brown Professor Alex Brown is the Aboriginal Health Equity Theme Leader at SAHMRI, and Professor of Medicine at the University of Adelaide. Alex is an internationally leading Aboriginal clinician/researcher who has worked his entire career in Aboriginal health in the provision of public health services, infectious diseases and chronic disease care, health care policy and research. Much of his work has been at the difficult interface of geographical isolation, complex cultural context, severe socioeconomic disadvantage, inequitable access to and receipt of care and profound health disparities, often where little or no research infrastructure previously existed. He has built a research career spanning public health, quantitative clinical epidemiology, mixed-method health service research, qualitative research, and implementation science, with an increasing focus on novel clinical trials in cardiometabolic disease within Indigenous communities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/adb0a4db-8d0e-4e0f-a021-3238fc9a4c2d/hmng.jpg Professor Stephen Robertson Professor Stephen Robertson is the Curekids Professor of Paediatric Genetics in the Department of Women's and Children's Health at the University of Otago. From 1999–2002 Stephen was Nuffield Medical Fellow at Oxford University, studying the genetic determinants of congenital malformations in children. His work has led to the implication of a new family of genes, the filamins, in the generation of these conditions. He remains an active clinical geneticist as well as continuing his research into congenital malformations. He heads the Clinical Genetics Group, which studies single gene disorders in children, with a particular emphasis on disorders that affect the development of the skeleton and the brain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/d871e0eb-9eac-47d5-9045-c82d2f73ddda/sandy.jpg Associate Professor Sandy Morrison Iwi affiliations: Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Maniapoto; Ngāti Rārua ki te Tau Ihu, Ngāti Tama ki te Waipounamu. Her current position as the Acting Dean for the University of Waikato’s Faculty of Māori and Indigenous Studies allows her to continue to challenge the thinkers of tomorrow and concentrate on her research interests around Treaties, Adult Education and Indigenous Development. Sandy has an extensive career and holds many titles nationally and globally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/1c125143-0dcc-468b-a3b2-a0b945421bb3/dfdf.jpg Dr Kimiora Henare Kimiora (Te Aupouri, Te Rarawa) is an HRC Eru Pomare Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, based at the University of Auckland. He earned his MHSc in Pathology in 2006, and PhD in Biomedical Science in 2014; both at the University of Auckland. His main research interests include the role of the immune system in cancer and how the immune system can be reinvigorated to fight cancer. Specifically, he is the principal investigator for an HRC-funded project exploring the potential of re-educating macrophages as strategy for cancer therapy. Kimiora also carries out dual biomedical/cultural advisory roles with two nationwide multidisciplinary research projects involving tissue collection, biobanking, genomic research and related data. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/829e0e96-d61a-45e7-8a33-dc8ddacfe637/maui.jpg Associate Professor Maui Hudson Iwi affiliations: Te Whakatohea, Nga Ruahine, Te Mahurehure. Associate Professor Maui Hudson is Director of Te Mata Punenga o Te Kotahi | Te Kotahi Research Institute at the University of Waikato. His research is interdisciplinary in nature focusing on the application of mātauranga Māori (indigenous knowledge) to decision-making across a range of contexts from new technologies to health, the environment to innovation. Maui was part of the team that developed Guidelines for Genomic Research with Maori, and is now working on Guidelines for Genomic Research with Taonga Species. Along with Phil Wilcox and Katharina Ruckstahl, he initiated SING-Aotearoa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/015d36ec-bf0f-4c59-bac8-e1b5b11269be/fgnf.jpg Dr Katrina Claw (SING USA) Dine` (Navajo). Dr Katrina Claw is an Assistant Professor in Medicine-Bioinformatics. Her research focuses broadly on personalising medicine, using genetic information and biomarkers for tailored treatment, in relation to pharmacogenomics as well as understanding the ethical, cultural, and social implications of genomic research with populations historically under-represented in health research. Katrina was a recipient of the Genomic Innovator Award 2020 (NHGRI). Her projects include exploring the perspectives of tribal members on genetic research with tribes and developing guidelines and policies in partnership with tribes. All of her projects strive to use a community based participatory research approach and include cultural and Indigenous knowledge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a5d261dcf81e0d512da749c/5dcb2c1b-0919-42c6-9a27-8d55d8ede933/ghmngh.jpg Dr Keolu Fox (SING USA) Kanaka ‘Ōiwi. Keolu, Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian), is an assistant professor at University of California, San Diego, affiliated with the Department of Anthropology, the Global Health Program, the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute, the Climate Action Lab, and the Indigenous Futures Lab. He holds a Ph.D. in Genome Sciences from the University of Washington, Seattle (2016). Dr Fox’s multi-disciplinary research interests include genome sequencing, genome engineering, computational biology, evolutionary genetics, paleogenetics, and Indigenizing biomedical research. 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