From | 2007-06-24 |
To | 2007-06-27 |
Course |
The course is intended for researchers directly involved in the statistical analysis of complex traits and disorders, and will primarily address the methods and applications of genetic association and linkage studies. It will consist of general lectures followed by hands-on computer-based workshops and more research-oriented seminars. It is an intermediate level course and some knowledge of genetics and statistics is a prerequisite
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Venue | Bertinoro di Romagna, ITALY |
Directors | Marcella Devoto (Philadelphia, USA) |
Speakers | Guido Barbujani (Ferrara, Italy), Catherine Bourgain (Paris, France), Francoise Clerget-Darpoux (Paris, France), Heather Cordell (Newcastle, UK), Frank Dudbridge (Cambridge, UK), Mario Falchi (London, UK), Pietro Ferrari (Lyon, France), Christine Fischer (Heidelberg, Germany), Paola Forabosco (Cagliari, Italy; London, UK), Harald Goring (San Antonio, USA), Cathryn Lewis (London, UK), Claudia Specchia (Brescia, Italy), Tom Trikalinos (Ioannina, Greece; Boston, USA) |
Programme | Saturday, June 23rd - Arrival at the venue in the evening and welcome dinner Sunday, June 24th
Free morning - Getting to know each other
Afternoon Session
13.30
M. Devoto/C. Specchia
Basic genetics/Basic statistics
14.30
P. Forabosco
Population genetics
15.30
Coffee break
16.00
C. Fischer
Genetic epidemiology
20.15
G. Barbujani
Seminar
Monday, June 25th
Morning Session
8.30
C. Lewis
Association studies - family based and population based
9.30
F. Dudbridge
Special issues in association studies - tag SNPs, haplotype analysis, multistage studies, multiple testing, etc.
12:30
Coffee Break
11:00
F. Clerget-Darpoux
Linkage analysis? do we still need it?
12.00
Lunch break
Afternoon session
13.30
C. Lewis, F. Dudbridge
Workshop 1: Association studies
15.00
Coffee break
15.30
M. Devoto
Workshop 2: Linkage analysis
17.00
F. Clerget-Darpoux
Identifying modifier genes of monogenic diseases: strategies and difficulties
Tuesday, June 26th
Morning Session
8.30
H. G?ring
QTL linkage analysis
9.30
M. Falchi
QTL association studies
10.30
Coffee Break
11.00
H. Cordell
Methods for gene-gene interactions
12:00
Lunch break
Afternoon session
13.30
H. G?ring, M. Falchi
Workshop 1: QTL analysis
15.00
Coffee break
15.30
H. Cordell
Workshop 2: Multilocus analysis
17.00
M. Devoto
Seminar
Wednesday, June 27th
Morning Session
8.30
C. Bourgain
Genetic studies in isolated populations
9.30
P. Ferrari
Prospective cohort studies
10.30
Coffee Break
11.00
T. Trikalinos
Meta-analysis of linkage and association studies
12:00
Lunch break
Afternoon session
13.30
C. Bourgain
Workshop 1: Population isolates
14:30
Coffee break
15.00
T. Trikalinos
Workshop 2: Meta-analysis
Departure: Thursday, 28th June - in the morning
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