
Contact details +6492136618
Associate Professor Olin Silander PhD
Associate Professor in Molecular Cell Biology
School of Natural SciencesI work on microbial genomics, microbial evolution, and rapid pathogen diagnostics.
Professional
Contact details
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Ph: +64 (0)9 414 0800 ext. 43618
Location: Building 20
Campus: Albany
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy - University of California (2005)
Research Expertise
Research Interests
I am interested in using high throughput DNA sequencing methods to understand microbial evolution and genomics as well as implement novel pathogen diagnostics.
Area of Expertise
Field of research codes
Biological Adaptation (060303):
Biological Sciences (060000):
Epigenetics (incl. Genome Methylation and Epigenomics) (060404):
Evolutionary Biology (060300):
Genetics (060400):
Genomics (060408):
Infectious Agents (060502):
Microbial Ecology (060504):
Microbial Genetics (060503):
Microbiology (060500):
Molecular Evolution (060409):
Phylogeny and Comparative Analysis (060309):
Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics (060411)
Keywords
Microbiology
Genomics
Evolution
DNA Sequencing
Research Projects
Summary of Research Projects
Position | Current | Completed |
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Project Leader | 3 | 5 |
Current Projects
Project Title: The Stuff Memories are Made of: How Bacteria Remember and Learn from Environmental Signals
Date Range: 2018 - 2022
Funding Body: Royal Society of New Zealand
Project Team:
- A/Pro Olin Silander - Project Leader
Completed Projects
Project Title: Rapid diagnosis and genome sequencing to follow Cov-2019 outbreak
Date Range: 2020 - 2020
Funding Body: Health Research Council of New Zealand
Project Team:
- A/Pro Olin Silander - Project Leader
- Dr Nikki Freed - Project Leader
Research Outputs
Journal
[Journal article]Authored by: Silander, O.
[Journal article]Authored by: Silander, O.
[Journal article]Authored by: Silander, O.
[Journal article]Authored by: Mutukumira, A., Rutherfurd, K., Silander, O.
[Journal article]Authored by: Silander, O.
[Journal article]Authored by: Dale, J., Silander, O.
[Journal article]Authored by: Silander, O.
[Journal article]Authored by: Silander, O.
[Journal article]Authored by: French, N., Silander, O.
[Journal article]Authored by: Dale, J., Silander, O.
[Journal article]Authored by: Silander, O.
[Journal article]Authored by: Silander, O.
[Journal article]Authored by: Silander, O.
[Journal article]Authored by: Silander, O.
[Journal article]Authored by: Silander, O.
[Journal article]Authored by: Silander, O.
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[Journal article]Authored by: Silander, O.
[Journal article]Authored by: Silander, O.
[Journal article]Authored by: Silander, O.
[Journal article]Authored by: Silander, O.
[Journal article]Authored by: Silander, O.
[Journal article]Authored by: Silander, O.
[Journal article]Authored by: Silander, O.
[Journal article]Authored by: Silander, O.
[Journal article]Authored by: Silander, O.
[Journal article]Authored by: Silander, O.
[Journal article]Authored by: Silander, O.
[Journal article]Authored by: Silander, O.
[Journal article]Authored by: Silander, O.
[Journal article]Authored by: Silander, O.
[Journal article]Authored by: Silander, O.
[Journal article]Authored by: Silander, O.
[Journal article]Authored by: Silander, O.
Other
[Internet publication]Authored by: Silander, O.
Teaching and Supervision
Teaching Statement
Genetics and Evolution 203.210 (Co-ordinator)
Genome Science 203.311 (Co-ordinator)
DNA Technology 203.310
Graduate Supervision Statement
I haed a very cross-disciplinary lab, and have had collaborations outside the Molecular and Cell Biology group, inluding faculty working in Ecology and Evolution, Food Tech, and Statistics.
Summary of Doctoral Supervision
Position | Current | Completed |
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Main Supervisor | 2 | 3 |
Co-supervisor | 4 | 2 |
Current Doctoral Supervision
Main Supervisor of:
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Tyler Kolisnik
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Doctor of Philosophy
Genomic and Microbial Biomarker Discovery in Colorectal Cancer using Random Forests
Co-supervisor of:
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Dennis Van Hulten
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Doctor of Philosophy
The ecology and genetic diversity of monostand forming coral populations in shallow and mesophotic habitats -
Melissa Nehmens
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Doctor of Philosophy
Eco-evolutionary responses of urchin species to climate change in Aotearoa New Zealand -
Jia Sun
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Doctor of Philosophy
A study to optimise the fermentation and production of Parāroa Rēwena: a traditional Māori bread -
Kelly Hong
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Doctor of Philosophy
Quantifying the predictability of the emergence of antibiotic resistance in a model strain and environmental isolates of Escherichia coli.
Completed Doctoral Supervision
Main Supervisor of:
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2023
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Georgia Breckell
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Doctor of Philosophy
Characterisation of epigenomic variation in natural isolates of E. coli -
2022
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Arielle Kae Sulit
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Doctor of Philosophy
Microbiome and Host Immune Responses in Colorectal Cancer Development and Radiotherapy Response -
2021
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Marketa Vlkova
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Doctor of Philosophy
Natural variation in bacterial gene regulation
Co-supervisor of:
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2019
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Paul Richard Yulo
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Doctor of Philosophy
Evolution of the Spherical Cell Shape in Bacteria -
2018
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Elena Denisenko
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Doctor of Philosophy
Transcriptional regulation in mouse macrophages: the role of enhancers in macrophage activation and infection
Media and Links
Media
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31 Aug 2020 - Online
Re-emergence of community transmission in Aotearoa
Description of August 2020 COVID19 outbreak -
28 Jan 2018 - Newspaper
Bug memories' could help fight looming crisis
Article in NZ Herlad highlighting research -
27 Dec 2020 - Newspaper
Big Read: The scientists who helped NZ crush Covid
Description of researchers who played a role in the NZ response to COVID19 -
23 Jul 2020 - Online
Massey researchers use new rapid method to sequenc
Highlight of our work on COVID genome sequencing -
23 Jul 2020 - Online
International eyes turn to progress of COVID-19 ge
Press release on our research to genome sequence SARS-CoV-2 - view more...
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22 Jul 2020 - Radio
SEQUENCING THE GENOME OF COVID-19
RNZ Nights interview with Brian Crump -
20 Aug 2020 - Online
New method used to sequence COVID-19 genomes in Au
Artcile on the role we played in solving the August 2020 COVID outbreak -
16 Feb 2022 - Online
Genome sequencing assays for infectious disease su
Discussion of methods for SARS-CoV-2 genome sequencing -
14 Jul 2021 - Online
NGS During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond
Description of our collaborative work with the multinational DNA sequencing and synthesis company IDT -
13 Aug 2021 - Online
SARS-CoV-2: Massey Univ. Profs Develop Method To Q
Description of our work to quickly sequence the SARS-CoV-2 genome - view less...
Other Links
- Silander Lab - Lab web page
- Google Scholar profile - Scholar profile
- Github - Github