ADVANCED GENE MAPPING/LINKAGE COURSE
December 8-12, 2003

Each session will start with a theoretical introduction followed by practical exercises.  Instructors for the course are Goncalo Abecasis, Laura Almasy, Warren Ewens, Suzanne Leal, Jurg Ott, and Dan Weeks.  Please feel free to bring your own data sets for discussion and/or analysis.

The course is everyday from 9:00AM- 5:00PM..   The course will take place in Room 302 of the Weiss Building on the Rockefeller University campus.
 

MONDAY - December 8

Morning (Ewens)
Association Studies - case control
Exercises TBA

Afternoon (weeks)
Sibpair Analysis
Exercises with SPLINK, ASPEX, MAPMAKERS/SIBS, and SIBPAL (SAGE)

Evening
Get-together for course participants and instructors
(approximately 5:15-7:30).
 

TUESDAY - December 9

Morning (Weeks)
Non-parametric linkage analysis of pedigree data
Exercises with APM, RELPAIR, GENEHUNTER, SIMWALK2, SIMIBD, PEDCHECK, MEGA2, and RELATIVE

Afternoon: (Ewens)
Association Studies
Exercises TBA
 

WEDNESDAY - December 10

Morning   (Ott)
Genetic association studies: Population based studies (case-contro) and family based studies.
Exercises with STATA, TRANSMIT
 
 

Thursday - December 11

Morning and Afternoon  (Abecasis)
Haplotype Construction, Linkage Disequilbrium, HAPMAP
Exercises with MERLIN, GOLD, LDMAX
 
 
 

FRIDAY - December 12

Morning and Afternoon (Almasy)
Variance Component Analysis
Exercises with SOLAR