Australian Summer Internship for Indigenous Peoples in Genomics (SING) 2025

Description

This year's participants come from a wide range of backgrounds including biomedical and genetic science, community health and education, cancer and other disease research, family ancestry and archaeology.

The SING program included:

● Environmental genomics (modern and ancient)
● A day in the lab - learn how to extract DNA from a plant
● Ancestry / genealogy
● Data sovereignty & ethics
● Health and medical genomics

The SING Australia 2025 program is administered through the Australian National University (ANU) and is financially supported by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous and Environmental Histories and Futures (CIEHF), InGENA, and QLD Health.

From 21st to 25th July, 25 First Nations delegates representing over 35 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities Australia-wide and Aotearoa, New Zealand, arrived onto James Cook University’s Nguma-bada and Bada-jali campuses, to participant in the 5th Summer Internship for Indigenous Peoples in Genomics (SING). This program supports communities to learn about, and participate and lead in, genomic and DNA research. Presentations and interactive workshops focussed on the basics of DNA, genomics and genetic Inheritance, environmental DNA, ethics and data sovereignty for Indigenous communities, and DNA research to improve Indigenous community medicines and health.

Period	21 Jul 2025 → 25 Jul 2025
Event type	Conference
Conference number	5th
Location	Cairns, Australia, QueenslandShow on map
Degree of Recognition	National