1ST ANNOUNCEMENT:
THIRD INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON THE GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY OF COMPLEX TRAITS
CHURCHILL COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, 4-6 APRIL 2002
The third meeting on the Genetic Epidemiology of Complex Diseases will take
place in Cambridge in April 2002.
CONTENT:
* a one-day taught introductory course on the genetic epidemiology of
complex diseases, which will cover design and analytical issues
* a full two day conference programme with updates from international
speakers aimed at a more advanced audience
* a forum where researchers can present their questions to panels of experts
* poster presentations
INTRODUCTORY/REFRESHER COURSE:
Overview of methods and designs, association studies, linkage studies and
packages, TDT analysis, current and novel molecular biology methods for
gene discovery, variance components analysis, animal models.
ADVANCED TOPICS INCLUDE:
Epidemiology, novel methods, Bayesian QTL analysis, gene expression
analysis, haplotype analysis, DNA pooling, extent of linkage
disequilibrium, combined association and linkage studies, meta analysis,
clinical examples.
INTERNATIONAL SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
Gonçalo Abecasis, John Blangero, Lon Cardon, Robert Elston, Jonathan Flint
, Phillipe Froguel, David Goldstein, Jerry Lanchbury, Cathryn Lewis , Alex
MacGregor, Paul McKeigue, Mike Neale, Shaun Purcell, Nik Schork, Pak Sham,
Tim Spector.
VENUE:
Churchill College, Cambridge (See Website for details).
REGISTRATION:
For further details and registration forms:
Send an email to [log in to unmask] or visit our Website at
www.twin-research.ac.uk
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