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pdub_otakou asks the #hard #questions about #data #sovereignty and how to make #eDNA not another #colonization #experience for #indigenous #peoples… and presents #solutions if we listen #eDNA2023 @AusNZeDNA

Jo Stanton talks about #technical #innovations for #in-#field #diagnostics (#PDQeX) for all different #applications: #food #security, #frog #microbiome, and #waterborne #pathogens @AusNZeDNA #eDNA2023

Forestry slash to be reviewed after repeated flood destruction - Expert Reaction - sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2023/02/16/for…

Thx to organisers of #eDNA2023 @DeBrauwerM Clare I M Adams Katrina West et al.

Cultural appropriation is the (in)sincerest form of flattery i guess…🤔

Watch the recording of our February #ELSIFridayForum: "Indigenizing Genomics and Advancing Indigenous Data Sovereignty", with Dr. Krystal Tsosie, PhD, MPH and pdub_otakou, moderated by @bioethicsjosie ow.ly/b6qE50MX4AF

It's official: 'badass' IS actually a scientific term...

Science Twitter - for those genuinely interested in the current debate about inclusion of indigenous knowledge in education in Aotearoa/NZ (and Richard Dawkins attempts to be relevant in that conversation), there's some good threads. Here's one of them...

...and here's another conversation on the topic of mātauranga and science. This one involves someone who actually does know something on the topic - unlike Richard Dawkins

Science Twitter: another piece of useful information regarding the current debate about indigenous Māori knowledge in science education... this one from an expert in mātauranga Māori: nzherald.co.nz/nz/how-mataura…

A good thread. Pple seem to forget that whenever humans arrived in a new land there was an immediate negative impact on megafauna. Also, in Aotearoa extinctions ceased occurring as knowledge grew re: how to live more sustainably and rely more on agri innovn such as kumara cultvn

Another (appropriately nuanced) read on mātauranga Māori and science... e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-an…

Congrats to 2023 NZer of the Year... a man inspired by both 'Western' science and mātauranga Māori: Prof Rangi Matāmua. Tēnei tohoku mihi nunui ki a ia! nzherald.co.nz/kahu/scientist…

When a mentee's mentee publishes, does that make me grandmentor🤔?

About to get my own genome sequenced. However my whānau will own the data not some company who will use it for commercial profit

1. FTC has charged that genetic testing firm 1.Health.io, formerly known as Vitagene, mishandled sensitive health data and made retroactive changes to its privacy policy in violation of the FTC Act. ftc.gov/news-events/ne…

#ICG2023 #IndigenousGenomics in the #PrecisionMedicine era is on now! Including Phil Wilcox from SING Aotearoa

Proud of the work of University of Otago research and researchers at #ICG2023

Join us on 21 September to hear from Ee Cheng Ooi as part of our Statistical Genetics Seminar series hosted jointly by the Virtual Institute of Statistical Genetics (VISG) of Genetics Otago and @MathsStatsOtago

Our final VISG Seminar for 2023 is happening next Friday. Come along to hear this great talk from Jane and Megan @Cawthron_NZ