Advanced Gene Mapping Course
GSF: German Research Center for Environmental Health National Research Center - Munich
Institute of Human Genetics <http://ihg.gsf.de/ihg/index_engl.html>
Monday through Friday July 28-August 1, 2008
Emphasis in this course is on the analysis of complex disease traits and with an emphasis on the analysis of genome-wide association data. The course will include theory as well as practical exercises. Exercises will be carried out using a variety of computer programs (ALLEGRO, GENEHUNTER,
SNPMATRIX, PBAT, FBAT, P2BAT, R, etc). TOPICS include: sibpair analysis (quantitative and qualitative traits); non-parametric methods for analyzing extended family pedigree data; haplotype construction; association studies (case-control and family based); controlling for population admixture,
analysis of copy number variants, imputation of missing genotype data; false discovery rate (FDR); cleaning genotype data (quality control); Mendelian randomization; and power and sample size estimations. The organizers of this course are Suzanne Leal (Baylor College of Medicine) and Tim Strom
(GSF). The course instructors are: David Clayton (Cambridge University, UK), Heather Cordell (Newcastle University, UK), Christoph Lange (Harvard University, USA), Suzanne Leal (Baylor College of Medicine, USA) and Andreas Ziegler (University of Lübeck).
For additional Information, course schedule and online application form please see the course website:
http://linkage.rockefeller.edu/suzanne/munich_gene_mapping_08.html
Application Deadline May 15, 2008
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