SHORT COURSE on FAMILY-BASED GENETIC ASSOCIATION TESTING (FBAT)
On September 11 and 12, 2006, Ghent University (Belgium) will organize a
Short Course on Family-based Genetic Association Testing (FBAT).
Two professors from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH, US),
prof.dr. Nan Laird and prof.dr. Christoph Lange, specialised in this
field of research, will teach this course together with prof. Kristel
Van Steen of our own university, who spent two research years at HSPH.
Amy Murphy (HSPH) will give the tutorials related to PBAT.
The course takes place at the Ghent University.
Description
The increasing availability of genetic marker data, especially single
nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), has made investigations of genetic
associations between marker data and disease commonplace. This course
will focus on family-based designs for association studies; these
designs use information on affected individuals and their relatives,
most commonly parents and/or siblings. Family-based designs are
attractive in that they test for both association and linkage and avoid
difficulties with population stratification and admixture. This course
will give a brief introduction to the basic concepts of genetic
association in general, and family-based designs in particular. The
focus of the course is on the FBAT/PBAT methodology and how to use the
packages. The orientation of the course is practical rather than
theoretical. It combines lectures and computer tutorials with hands on
data analysis using the FBAT and PBAT packages (the latter integrated in
Golden Helix). Both packages can be accessed form the FBAT/PBAT web
pages www.biostat.harvard.edu/~clange/default.htm and
www.biostat.harvard.edu/~fbat/default.html.
On September 13, participants are given the opportunity to take part in
a test or to receive a consult about their own data. Participation on
this third day is optional.
Detailed information, including the preliminary program, information
about the teachers, course prerequisites, location, accommodation,
prices, previous editions a.s.o. can be found on the ICES-website:
www.ipvw-ices.ugent.be/E02STAT06-07-M1-FBAT.htm
Enrolling for this course is possible on this website.
This is a unique opportunity to meet the developers of the software and
the underlying methodology, and to learn more about the subject firsthand.
We expect a large turnout and given the limited number of places in this
course, we recommend not to wait until the deadline to enrol.
Thank you in advance for spreading this message among colleagues.
With kind regards,
the ICES course organising team
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Heidi De Dobbelaere
Co-ordinator IPVW-ICES
Institute for Continuing Education in Science
(Instituut voor Permanente Vorming in de Wetenschappen)
UGent, Krijgslaan 281, building S3, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Tel. +32 (0)9 264 44 26 (only mornings)
Fax +32 (0)9 264 49 83
E-mail [log in to unmask]
Url: www.ipvw-ices.UGent.be
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