Ngā mihi

Welcome to the inaugural SING Aotearoa internship programme.  The Summer Internship for Indigenous Genomics is an initiative led by Te Waka o Tama-rereti, an emerging network of Maori with interests in Genomics, Informatics and Technology as part of a Vision Matauranga Capability Fund project.

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Agenda

This event ran over 5 days – Sunday, 22 June to Friday, 27 June 2017.

Day 0:  Whanaungatanga and Dinner
Day 1:   Pōwhiri, Introductions, Gaining consent for DNA Extraction, Introduction to Genetics, CELSI 101
Day 2:   Human Genetics Laboratory, Biostatistics, Interpreting Information, CELSI: Cultural Foundation
Day 3:    Plant Genetics Laboratory, Genetic Techolologies & the Evolution of Corn, Commercialisation and Benefit sharing
Day 4:   Research case studies, Tikanga in the Lab, ELSI
Day 5:    Community-Based Collaborations Brainstorm and Poroporaki

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Speakers

We are grateful to have over 20 speakers and mentors present at the event. They included researchers and practitioners in the areas genomics and plant and food research.

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Interns

This year we welcomed 16 new Interns to the programme. 

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Papers

The presentations and papers from Workshop 2018 have been made available for alumni and anyone interested in the research made available by our presenters.

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