Genetics Society of AustralAsia Conference
7 - 10 July 2025
Platinum Partners
Program rundown
The conference program will commence early afternoon on Monday 7 July, and conclude by 6pm on Thursday 10 July. The conference dinner will be held on Wednesday 9 July.
Keynote speakers
Understanding what resilience looks like to better support Aotearoa New Zealand’s most iconic and threatened kauri forests
Lincoln University and
Director, Bioprotection Aotearoa
Soil health, biosecurity and mātauranga Māori
Bayesian phylogenetics and population genetics: from models to cancer genomicst
Moving at breakneck speed – the rapidly expanding opportunities of genomic precision medicine for New Zealand
How the Holstein got its spots
Livestock Improvement Corporation and Massey University
Production and health genetics in livestock
Gene regulatory mechanisms in control of plant architecture
Dr Erika Varkonyi-Gasic
Genetic control of flowering and sex determination in kiwifruit
Indigenous Early Career Leaders Session
Supported by Genomics Aotearoa
Ko te tū hei waharoa: standing as a gateway between worlds
Dawn Lewis
Environmental DNA is Indigenous DNA - considerations for ancient and contemporary metagenomics in Australia
Omics and molecular pipelines for precision medicine for and by Māori
University of Otago
Precision medicine of metabolic conditions in Māori and Pacific peoples
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Moving at breakneck speed – the rapidly expanding opportunities of genomic precision medicine for New Zealand
Genomic history of tupuna from an early 14th century Te Waipounamu site
Ethics and applications of molecular biology in Indigenous contexts: A case study of a collaborative deep phenotyping research project within a rural Māori community.
The Moko Foundation and The Maurice Wilkins Centre
Māori community population health, Indigenous data sovereignty
Precision Medicine Session
Supported by The University of Auckland
Genomics and discrimination in New Zealand health and life insurance
University of Auckland
Cancer genetics, reproductive genetics, genomic discrimination
NZ-relevant genetic variants in motor neuron disease and their therapeutic approaches
Non-invasive embryo selection: Bridging technology and ethics in reproductive science
GSA Award Winners
Genetics is integral to biodiversity knowledge for plant and animal conservation
MJD White Medal
University of Western Australia
Biodiversity and conservation genetics
Monitoring and maintaining genetic biodiversity: from local to global and back again
Ross Crozier Medal
University of Sydney
Biodiversity genetics and data synthesis
Exploring New Zealand’s virosphere
Structural variations drive genome evolution and divergence in Eucalyptus trees
