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Contact Details

Phone
+64 3 479 7868
Email
robert.day@otago.ac.nz
Position
Research Fellow
Department
Department of Biochemistry
Qualifications
PhD
Research summary
Agricultural science, developmental biology, cancer biology, genomics and technology development
Memberships
Executive Committee Australasian Genomics Technology Association (AGTA)

Research

My main research interest is the development and application of new genetic/genomics based technologies in areas of agricultural biology, developmental biology and medicine. I am best known for adapting genomics technologies for use with minute amounts of starting material to discover key imprinted genes controlling seed development in plants.

I currently use the Illumina MiSeq sequencing platform in the Centre for Translational Cancer Research and am developing new methods for sequence-based diagnostics from single cells and circulating tumor DNA. I am eager to promote and facilitate the use of genomics technology in all areas of biology and currently collaborate with several groups. Also, as way of promoting the field I have convened and/or helped organize several genomics meetings and serve on the executive committee of the Australasian Genomic Technologies Association the principal body for the promotion of genomics research in Australasia.

Additional details

Rob is Acting Operations Manager for Otago Genomics Facility.

Publications

Le Lievre, L., Padinjare Chakkatu, S., Varghese, S., Day, R. C., Pilkington, S. M., & Brownfield, L. (2023). RNA-seq analysis of synchronized developing pollen isolated from a single anther. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14, 1121570. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1121570 Journal - Research Article

Jeunen, G.-J., Cane, J. S., Ferreira, S., Strano, F., von Ammon, U., Cross, H., Day, R., … Ellis, K., Urban, L., Pearson, N., Olmedo-Rojas, P., Kardailsky, A., Gemmell, N. J., & Lamare, M. (2023). Assessing the utility of marine filter feeders for environmental DNA (eDNA) biodiversity monitoring. Molecular Ecology Resources. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.13754 Journal - Research Article

Faiz, M., Kalev-Zylinska, M., Kleffmann, T., Day, R., & Ledgerwood, E. C. (2022). Elevated Ca2+ flux plays a vital role in type I calreticulin mutations. In L. Wilson, H. Harcombe, P. Jayakaran, L. Burga, J. Antony, K. Morgaine, M. Garelja, A. Middleton, M. Anwar & T. Milne (Eds.), Proceedings of the 263rd Otago Medical School Research Society (OMSRS) Meeting: PhD Student Speaker Awards. Dunedin, New Zealand: OMSRS. Retrieved from https://ourarchive.otago.ac.nz/handle/10523/12839 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Hannah, S. J., Chen, A., Day, R. C., & Black, M. A. (2022). Improvising read accuracy for ctDNA diagnostics. Proceedings of the Genetics Otago (GO) Annual Symposium. Retrieved from https://blogs.otago.ac.nz/go Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Faiz, M., Kalev-Zylinska, M., Kleffmann, T., Day, R., & Ledgerwood, E. C. (2022, September). Elevated calcium flux plays a vital role in dual-guide CRISPR/Cas9 generated type I calreticulin mutant cells. Verbal presentation at the Postgraduate & Early Career Researchers Committee (PERC) & Division of Health Sciences Early & Mid-Career Researcher (EMCR) Joint Research Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

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