The Workshop schedule is constantly changing, even during the course. Updates are made to fine tune content to the students' needs.
The current schedule is preliminary and represents topics expected to be covered with details of the expected lecturers and practicals.
| Time | Topic | Lecturers |
|---|---|---|
| 16:00-18:00 | Reception in the Boulder Creek Living Room | |
Linkage
| Time | Topic | Lecturers |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00-8:50 | Optional Review: Linux/Unix Operating System | Sarah Medland |
| 9:00-10:15 | Overview: Historical context and current challenges | Nick Martin |
| 10:15-10:30 | Introduction to computer system | Jeff Lessem |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00-12:30 | Introduction to genetics and statistics | John Rice, Pak Sham |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30-15:00 | Linkage: Biometrical model and priciples | Manuel Ferreira, David Evans, Stacey Cherny |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee break | |
| 15:30-17:00 | Linkage: IBD estimation, Merlin | David Evans, Manuel Ferreira, Stacey Cherny |
| 17:30-19:00 | Reception in the Boulder Creek Living Room | |
GWAS
| Time | Topic | Lecturers |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00-9:00 | Optional Review: R | Sarah Medland |
| 9:00-10:30 | GWAS: Introduction & Data Management Practical | Jeff Barrett, Shaun Purcell, Meike Bartels |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00-12:30 | GWAS: Association Tests & Stratification | David Evans, Jeff Barrett |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30-15:30 | GWAS: Haplotype Analysis & Imputation | Jeff Barrett, Sarah Medland |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee break | |
| 15:30-17:00 | GWAS: Power & Meta-analysis | Ben Neale, Pak Sham |
| 17:30-19:00 | Reception in the Boulder Creek Living Room | |
GWAS
Sequencing
| Time | Topic | Lecturers |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00-9:00 | Optional Review: Family based analyses | Sarah Medland |
| 9:00-10:30 | GWAS: CNV Analysis | Manuel Ferreira, Clara Tang |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00-12:30 | GWAS: Pathways/Networks/Multilocus analyses | Danielle Posthuma, Sarah Medland, Pak Sham |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30-15:00 | Introduction to sequence data generation | Kai Ye, Ben Neale |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee break | |
| 15:30-17:00 | Mapping and alignment practical and variant calling | Hyun Min Kang, Kai Ye, Goncalo Abecasis |
Sequencing
| Time | Topic | Lecturers |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00-9:00 | Optional Review: GCTA | Sarah Medland |
| 9:00-10:30 | Visualization and QC of variant calls | Hyun Min Kang, Goncalo Abecasis |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00-12:00 | Rare variant testing approaches | Ben Neale, Shaun Purcell |
| 12:00-12:30 | PSEQ practical | Shaun Purcell, Ben Neale |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30-15:00 | contintued PSEQ practical | Shaun Purcell, Ben Neale |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee break | |
| 15:30-17:00 | 1,000 genomes, bioinformatics, annotation | Goncalo Abecasis, Hyun Min Kang |
Phenotypic Modelling
| Time | Topic | Lecturers |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00-9:45 | Introduction Phenomics | Nick Martin, Mike Neale |
| 9:45-10:30 | Phenotypic Factor Modeling | Hermine Maes, Meike Bartels |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00-11:30 | Multivariate Association | Dorret Boomsma, Meike Bartels |
| 11:30-12:30 | Multivariate Association Practical | Meike Bartels, Hermine Maes |
| 12:30-13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30-14:00 | GWAS with Family Data | Sarah Medland |
| 14:00-15:00 | Multivariate Categorical | Mike Neale, Sarah Medland |
| 15:00-15:30 | Coffee break | |
| 15:30-17:00 | Wrap up | Lindon Eaves |