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UID:https://www.otago.ac.nz/news/events/inaugural-professorial-lecture-professor-tim-hore
URL:https://www.otago.ac.nz/news/events/inaugural-professorial-lecture-professor-tim-hore
DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20261203T173000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20261203T190000
SUMMARY:Inaugural Professorial Lecture - Professor Tim Hore
DESCRIPTION:Mining DNA, mustering insightAbout Professor Tim Hore's researchTim is passionate about DNA and what it can tell us beyond its letter-by-letter code. He studies a range of mammals, birds and fish, and has shown that some of them do not always start life with a ‘clean slate’, reflecting that biological information can be inherited using non-genetic means. Tim also uses DNA to produce unique biological predictors – like the first DNA-based ageing test for sheep and the Androgen Clock, which estimates long term male hormone exposure. Tim also probes hard to study stretches of DNA and uses gene editing to test ideas about how they work. Recently, his group functionally proved that in some situations there are more than one kind of protein making machine in cells, and that variants of these machines can influence whether an animal develops as male or female. Together, his work shows how DNA stores hidden layers of information that guide development, health, and ageing. This lecture will be followed with light refreshments, tea, coffee and juice. LivestreamThis event will be livestreamed, from 5:25pm, Thursday, 3 December, at the link below: Livestream link Test your streaming connection 
LOCATION:Burns 2 Lecture Theatre, Dunedin
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