Please see below for details of a (statistical) workshop on the genetics of complex traits being organised by people from SSCM and Maths in Bristol. Please forward as you see fit. Apologies to those not interested.

Hidden Complexities in Complex Traits and Genome-Wide Associations (19th October 2015, Royal Statistical Society, London)

Genetics promises to help us understand the underlying evolutionary structure of complex traits and so give insight into the heritable component of many important diseases.

But scientific advances have remained incremental - with the implication that current methodology is limited. Improved statistical methods and modelling will be key to making the most of the existing data and preparing for the next generation of data.

This workshop aims to bring together experts on the methodology underpinning the analysis of complex traits, their relationship to genetics and biological function. Bringing together experts in both the statistical analysis of complex traits, and the practical analysis of them, we will discuss the current cutting edge of methodology and methodologically driven understanding of this notoriously difficult problem.

This workshop is on 19th October 2015 at the Royal Statistical Society in London, UK, from 9:30-5:30.

Speakers:

• Jeffrey Barrett, Sanger Institute, UK
  
• Heather Cordell, University of Newcastle, UK
  
• Gibran Hemani, University of Bristol, UK
  
• Kirk Lohmueller, University of California Los Angeles, USA
  
• Gilean McVean University of Oxford, UK
• Nuala Sheehan, University of Leicester, UK
  
• Chris Spencer, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, UK
  
• Eleftheria Zeggini, Sanger Institute, UK

This workshop is organised by Dan Lawson, Mark Beaumont and Nic Timpson of the University of Bristol.

For more information, and registration, see http://www.sustain.bris.ac.uk/ws-hidden.

Regards,

Dan Lawson ([log in to unmask])