Basic Linkage Course

Course Description and Prerequisites

This course is mainly focussed on strategies for genetic mapping of human mendelian disease genes. The course is for researchers with little or no experience in using linkage programs. A basic knowledge of linkage analysis is, however, required. Topics: Introduction to linkage analysis; practical aspects of data collection; strategies and methods of linkage analysis; sex-linked and autosomal inheritance; incomplete penetrance; inbreeding loops; two-point and multipoint analysis for disease locus and marker mapping; genetic heterogeneity; introduction to computer simulation, linkage disequilibrium analysis; introduction to the analysis of complex traits. The major part of the course will consist of carrying out exercises using the LINKAGE programs.

The course will take place in the teaching room of the Weiss Building at Rockefeller University, which is equipped with desktop PCs. The number of participants is limited to 30. People should plan on arriving in New York no later than in the evening of Sunday, April 22, 2001. For additional information, please contact Katherine Montague:

email: montagk@mail.rockefeller.edu, Tel: +1 (212) 327-7979 or Fax: +1 (212) 327-7996.

Application deadline: March 1, 2001. Participants are generally accepted on a "first come, first served" basis, so applications should be sent in as soon as possible.

Course Fee

The fee for the 5-day-course is $800 for researchers at an academic institution, and $1000 for individuals from private (for profit) companies. Send no money now. Applicants accepted for the course will receive payment instructions. As there is presently no support for this course from sources other than the course fee, no reduction of the cost to applicants is possible. This fee covers tuition and course related expenses (handouts, etc.) but not room, board or meals. Course participants will receive a list of good and moderately priced hotels ($75+) in New York and will have to make their own arrangements (except foreign participants).

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Katherine Montague
Rockefeller University
1230 York Ave., Box 192,  New York NY 10021-6399
Fax (212) 327-7996               Tel. (212) 327-7979