2011 Workshop Schedule

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.

Schedule

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Time Topic Lecturers
16:00-18:00 Reception in the Boulder Creek Living Room

Monday, March 7, 2011

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

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

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-analysisBen Neale, Pak Sham
17:30-19:00 Reception in the Boulder Creek Living Room

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

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

Thursday, March 10, 2011

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

Friday, March 11, 2011

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