The seventh Annual Berlin Genetic Association
Course will be held at the MDC in Berlin from September 17-21, 2018. The
goal of the course is to teach the course participants both theory and
application of methods for population based association analysis, with a
concentration on the analysis of exome and whole genome sequence and genotype
data.
The cost of the 5 day course is 975 EUR for
researchers from an academic institution, and 1,950 EUR for individuals from
private (for profit) companies. This fee covers tuition, Monday evening wine
and cheese party and course related expenses (handouts, etc.) but not room,
board or meals. Inexpensive housing is available for course participants at the
MDC and nearby hotels.
Emphasis
in this course is on strategies for genetic mapping of complex human traits. It
will include theory as well as practical exercises. The exercises will be
carried out using a variety of computer programs (PLINK, GenABEL,
MACH, UNPHASED, EIGENSTRAT, Variant Association Tools (VAT), SEQPower and R, etc.) and with pencil and paper. The
emphasis of this course is analysis of population based whole genome and exome
data including genotype and sequence data.
TOPICS include: Association analysis of qualitative and quantitative
traits; single marker and haplotype analysis; analysis of whole genome
association study data; complex trait rare variant association analysis of next
generation sequence data; data quality control for genotype and next generation
sequence data; haplotype reconstruction; tagSNP
selection; controlling population admixture (genomic control, principal components analysis, etc);
imputing genotype data from sequence and genotype data; detecting gene x gene
and gene x environmental interactions; power and sample size estimation for
both genotype and rare variant data; permutation (estimating empirical
p-values); and false discovery rate (FDR). The organizers and instructors for
the course are Suzanne
Leal (Baylor College of Medicine) and Michael
Nothnagel (University of Cologne).
For additional information on the Genetic
Association Course please contact Suzanne
Leal:
Application Deadline May 1, 2017
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