4th International Conference on Quantitative Genetics
Edinburgh 17-22 June 2012
http://www.icqg2012.org.uk/
This is a reminder of the important deadlines coming up for abstracts for oral presentation and early registration discount for this exciting meeting:
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS FOR CONSIDERATION FOR ORAL PRESENTATION - 3 FEBRUARY 2012.
DEADLINE FOR EARLY REGISTRATION DISCOUNT - 3 FEBRUARY 2012.
Polygenic variation in quantitative and other complex phenotypes underpins most important traits in human health and disease, agriculture, natural populations and evolution. This conference provides an opportunity to learn about the rapid advances in this field from the world’s leading researchers, as well as to present and discuss your own results. The meeting is being held in the impressive surroundings of the Edinburgh International Conference Centre at the heart of Scotland’s historic capital.
To complement the conference, a series of courses from the Summer Institute of Statistical Genetics will be held in Edinburgh in the weeks commencing 11 June and 25 June. Further details will be posted on the Conference and University of Washington Summer Institute web sites.
Session titles, chairs and confirmed speakers are listed below. Further papers for oral presentation in these sessions will be selected from those submitted for consideration by 3rd February. There will be poster sessions and also opportunities for small symposia to be arranged by participants on Wednesday afternoon or at lunchtimes/early evening.
Sunday 17 June: Registration and evening mixer
Monday 18 am: The genetic architecture of quantitative traits
Chair: Bruce Walsh,
Peter Visscher: From Galton to GWAS (and beyond): what have we learned about quantitative traits in human populations?
Ed Buckler: Uniting the world's maize germplasm diversity for trait dissection and accelerated breeding
Chair Veronica van Heyningen,
Eric Lander: Genetics Society Mendel Lecture
Monday 18 pm: Evolutionary quantitative genetics
Chair: Derek Roff,
Mark Blows: Evolution of genetic variance under selection
Patrick Phillips: Gene interactions underlying the evolution of complex traits
Jarrod Hadfield: (title to be confirmed)
Monday 18 early evening: Poster session
Tuesday 19 am: Variation in the genome
Chair: Greg Gibson
Matt Hurles: Causes and consequences of new mutations
Frank Johannes: Mapping the epigenetic basis of quantitative traits
Tuesday 19 pm: Advances from numerical methods
Chair: David Balding,
John Storey: (title to be confirmed)
Gustavo de los Campos: Whole-genome prediction of human complex traits using data from related and unrelated individuals
Goncalo Abecasis: Computational analysis of thousands of human genomes: What do we need?
Tuesday 19 early evening: Poster session
Wednesday 20 am: Opportunities from technological advances
Chair: Bruce Weir
Richard Durbin: Quantitative association genetics of high dimensional cellular traits: extending beyond expression QTLs
Orjan Carlborg: Variance controlling genes and their role in the genetic architecture of complex traits
Sergey Nuzhdin: Systems biology of genetic variation in Drosophila: InR/TOR
Wednesday 20 pm:
Free for arranging associated symposia
Genetics Society postgraduate symposium
Thursday 21 am: Emerging areas
Chair: Marie-Anne Felix
Nik Shork: Whole genome phasing and diploid variant annotations
Others to be arranged as they ‘emerge’
Thursday 21 pm: Bridging the genotype-phenotype gap
Chair: Michel Georges
Trudy Mackay: Systems genetics of quantitative traits in Drosophila
Mark McCarthy: Diamonds in the dirt: biological and translational insights into type 2 diabetes from large-scale genetic studies.
Friday 22 am: Interactions among the individuals and with the environment
Chair: Mark Kirkpatrick
Piter Bijma: The consequences of indirect genetic effects for heritable variation and response to selection
Alastair Wilson:The genetics of social dominance: does competition cause constraint?
Magnus Nordborg: Studying the genotype-phenotype map in Arabidopsis
Friday 22 pm: Genomic information in prediction
Chair: Theo Meuwissen
Ben Hayes: (title to be confirmed)
Chris-Carolin Schoen: Genome-based prediction in highly structured plant populations
Pak Sham: (title to be confirmed)
Friday 22 evening: Banquet at Dynamic Earth
To receive further information about the conference and to note interest (pre-registration), please go to http://www.icqg2012.org.uk/
We look forward to seeing you in Edinburgh in June 2012.
Bill Hill, Lutz Bünger, Chris Haley, Mike Kearsey, Loeske Kruuk, DJ de Koning, Josephine Pemberton, and Alan Wright
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