Conference: Genomic Studies and the HapMap
University of Oxford, UK: March 15-18, 2005
By March 2005, Phase I of the HapMap (600,000 common SNPs typed in 270 individuals) will be complete and Phase II (an additional 2.25M SNPs in the same samples) will be well underway. But there remain many unresolved questions about how best to utilize this information in genetic research. This conference will be hosted by the Department of Statistics at the University of Oxford, and supported in part by the Wellcome Trust, and its primary focus will be the use of the HapMap resource in genomic studies: human disease studies, and other population genetic and evolutionary analyses.
"Genomic Studies and the HapMap" will provide an important opportunity for a diverse community of investigators-those involved directly in the International HapMap Project, those in the broader analysis community, and those whose focus is disease studies-to come together to define and discuss a range of issues related to the use of the HapMap resource. It will also provide up-to-date assessments of the progress and results from the project. Invited speakers from outside the HapMap project include Andy Clarke, David Clayton, David Cox, Mark McCarthy, Rasmus Neilsen, Jonathan Pritchard, Matthew Stephens, and Simon Tavaré. This conference follows a successful meeting held in the spring of 2004, which brought together well over 100 participants interested in methods and analysis related to the International Haplotype Map Project.
We invite participation and registration for this meeting and encourage the submission of abstracts for posters or short presentations.
The deadline for submitting an abstract is January 28, 2005.
The deadline for registration/lodging reservations is February 25, 2005.
Complete instructions for abstract submission and registration, and further details of the conference, can be found at the conference Web site, www.hapmap.org/oxford_conference/default.html <http://www.hapmap.org/oxford_conference/default.html> .
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