2010 Workshop Schedule
The Workshop schedule is constantly changing, even during the course. Updates are made to fine tune content to the students' needs
Schedule
Sunday, February 28, 2010
| 16:00-18:00 | Reception at the Millennium Harvest House in the “Living Room” |
Monday, March 1, 2010
| Time | Topic | Lecturers |
| 9:00-9:15 | Introduction and welcome | John Hewitt |
| 9:15-10:00 | Causes of human variation | Lindon Eaves, Dorret Boomsma |
| 10:00-10:30 | Introducing the computer system | Jeff Lessem, Stacey Cherny |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-12:30 | Introduction to R | Steve Boker, Matt Keller |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-14:00 | Path analysis | Danielle Dick, Fruhling Rijsdijk |
| 14:00-15:00 | OpenMx and modeling for twin data | Hermine Maes, Nick Martin |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30-16:45 | Univariate ACE model | Nick Martin, Hermine Maes |
| 16:45-17:00 | Question time | Faculty |
| 17:30-19:00 | Reception at the Millennium Harvest House in the “Living Room” |
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
| 8:00-9:00 | Optional Review | Sarah Medland |
| 9:00-10:30 | Biometrical Genetics | Pak Sham, Manuel Ferreira, Stacey Cherny |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-12:30 | Likelihood, Matrix algebra | Manuel Ferreira, Mike Neale, Steve Boker |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-15:00 | Categorical data & Selected samples | Fruhling Rijsdijk, Meike Bartels |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30-17:00 | Testing for Heterogeneity (sex) | Danielle Dick, Sarah Medland |
| 17:30-19:00 | Reception at the Millennium Harvest House in the “Living Room” |
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
| 8:00-9:00 | Optional Review | Sarah Medland |
| 9:00-10:30 | Phenotypic factor analysis | Marleen de Moor, Meike Bartels |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-12:00 | Multivariate & genetic analysis | Danielle Posthuma, Meike Bartels |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunch |
| 13:00-14:00 | Multivariate practical | Meike Bartels, Danielle Posthuma |
| 14:00-14:30 | Coffee Break |
| 14:30-16:45 | Genetic and environmental factor analysis examples | Hermine Maes, Nick Martin |
| 16:45-17:00 | Question time | Faculty |
Thursday, March 4, 2010
| 8:00-9:00 | Optional Review | Sarah Medland |
| 9:00-10:30 | Moderating means & covariances | Dorret Boomsma, Marleen de Moor |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-12:30 | Continuous heterogeneity & GxE | Danielle Dick, Tim York, Marleen de Moor, Dorret Boomsma |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-15:00 | Developmental models & Growth curves | Nathan Gillespie, Mike Neale, Lindon Eaves |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30-16:45 | Power & sample size | Ben Neale, Manuel Ferreira |
| 16:45-17:00 | Question time | Faculty |
Friday, March 5, 2010
| 8:00-9:00 | Optional Review | Sarah Medland |
| 9:00-10:30 | Issues and assumptions in genetic epidemiology | Matt Keller, Sarah Medland, Hermine Maes |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-12:30 | Comorbidity | Fruhling Rijsdijk, Mike Neale |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-15:00 | Association Teaser | David Evans, Ben Neale, Sarah Medland |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30-16:30 | QTL Studies: The Past, Present, and Future | Nick Martin, Dorret Boomsma |
| 18:30-22:00 | Party at the Hewitt's House |
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