International Biometric Society - British and Irish Region meeting
"Statistical Methods for Genome-Wide Association Studies"
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambs.
September 11 2007, 10:00 -- 16:30

Organisers:

David Balding	Imperial College London
David Clayton	Cambridge Institute for Medical Research
Richard Durbin	Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute

This meeting follows the International Genetics Epidemiology Society meeting in York September 8 and 9 and a satellite meeting in York on September 10, organised by PHOEBE, P3G, and the Royal Statistical Society (see http://www.geneticepi.org/meetings/2007/)

Programme:

10:00 Coffee and registration: attendees need to sign in at the security office near the Genome Campus gate, and will be directed from there to Lecture Room M203 (a short walk).

10:30 David Clayton, CIMR, Cambridge
"Statistical Issues in Genome-Wide Association Studies"

11:00 Jonathan Marchini, Dept Statistics, Oxford "Imputation of genotypes for GWA studies"

11:30 Chris Spencer, Dept Statistics, Oxford "Genotype Calling"

12:00 Lunch

13:00 Doug Easton, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge "Design & analysis issues, and effect size estimation, for GWA studies, with applications to breast and prostate cancer"

13:30 Andrew Morris, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford "Population stratification in African case-control studies"

14:00 Yurii Aulchenko, Erasmus University Rotterdam "Genome-wide association analysis in genetically isolated populations"

14:30 Tea/Coffee

15:00 Vincent Plagnol, CIMR Cambridge
"Inference on copy number variation in case-control data"

15:30 Lachlan Coin, Imperial College London "HMM-based analyses of genome-wide data"

16:00 Richard Durbin, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton "The future for association studies based on resequencing"

17:00 Hinxton Hall Bar opens (cash)

Registration:

Registration fees (includes lunch and tea/coffee breaks):

£30 for members of the International Biometric Society
£35 for non-members
£40 for non-members including associate membership for 2007

To register, please post a cheque made out to "Genome Research Limited", with your name, affiliation, and contact details, to:

Miss Victoria Hansford
Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus
Morgan Building
Hinxton
Cambridge CB10 1HH

Tel: +44 1223 496876
Fax: +44 1223 496802
Email:  [log in to unmask]

Numbers are limited and advance registration and payment is required for UK residents.  Receipts can be given on the day if required. Non-UK residents only may pay on the day in cash but must register in advance (by e-mail) to reserve a place.

Accommodation:

Accommodation is available on site for both nights (before and after the meeting).  Please enquire with Miss Hansford ([log in to unmask]) for further information.

Travel:

Travel directions/info available at: http://www.sanger.ac.uk/Info/Travel/

Free visitor car parking is available on site.

Briefly, Hinxton village is about 20 km south of Cambridge and the genome Campus is just south of the village.  It is about 3km from both Great Chesterford and Whittlesford stations on the Cambridge to London Liverpool Street line.  Cycles can usually be taken free on the trains.   It should be possible to book a taxi in advance at Whittlesford station, or else alight at Audley End where taxis are usually waiting (about 15 km from Hinxton, fare about £15)

There is an infrequent bus service from Cambridge to Hinxton Village: according to the current timetable (available at
http://www.stagecoachbus.com/timetables/citi7%5B3%5D.pdf) there is a bus leaving Cambridge station at 9:25 that would arrive Hinxton at 10, in time for the meeting, but we cannot guarantee this.  Taxis are usually available at Cambridge station, fare about £20.

Hinxton is about 30km from London Stansted airport: from there take a taxi direct or there are direct trains to Audley End station.