Course Description and Prerequisites
This 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; incomplete penetrance (narrow and wide definition); inbreeding loops; simple risk calculations; introduction to computer simulation. 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.
For additional information, please contact Katherine Montague:
email: montagk@rockefeller.edu
Tel: +1 (212) 327-7979
Fax: +1 (212) 327-7996.
Course Fee
The fee for the 5-day-course is $800 for researchers at an academic institution, and $1,000 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 course fee is is possible. This fee covers tuition and course related expenses (handouts, diskettes, etc.) but not room, board or meals. Course participants will receive a list of good and moderately priced hotels ($75-125) in New York and will have to make their own arrangements (except foreign participants). In addition some moderately priced housing is available at the Rockefeller University. Participants are expected to purchase the textbook which will be used in the course (Terwilliger and Ott, "Handbook for Human Genetic Linkage," Johns Hopkins Univ. Press). Our office can give you the address of representatives of Johns Hopkins University Press.