Advanced Gene Mapping Course
Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen: German Research Center for Environmental Health (previously called the GSF)
Institute of Human Genetics

Monday through Friday July 28-August 1, 2008
 

An advanced gene mapping course will be held at the Helmholtz Zentrum in Munich from Monday through Friday,  July 28-August 1, 2008. 

The cost of the 5 day course is 875 EUR for researchers from an academic institution, and 1,650 EUR for individuals from private (for profit) companies. This fee covers tuition, course related expenses (handouts, etc.) and the social evening but not room and board.

The maximum number of participants is 20.  Emphasis in this course is on the analysis of complex disease traits.  It will include theory as well as practical exercises.  The exercises will be carried out using a variety of computer programs (ALLEGRO, GENEHUNTER, SNPMATRIX, UNPHASED, FAMHP,PBAT, FBAT, P2BAT, R, etc).  TOPICS include: sibpair analysis (quantitative and qualitative traits); non-parametric methods for analyzing extended family pedigree data; haplotype construction; association studies (case-control and family based); controlling for population admixture, analysis of copy number variants, imputation of missing genotype data; false discovery rate (FDR); cleaning genotype data (quality control); Mendelian randomization;  and power and sample size estimations. The main emphasis of the course is analysis of genome-wide association data.   The organizers of this course are Suzanne Leal (Baylor College of Medicine) and Tim Strom (Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen). The instructors for the course are: David Clayton (Cambridge University, UK), Heather Cordell (Newcastle University, UK), Tim Becker (University of Bonn, Germany), Suzanne Leal (Baylor College of Medicine, USA), Bertram Mueller-Myhsok (Max-Planck-Institue of Psychiatry, Germany) and Andreas Ziegler (University of Luebeck, Germany). Bertram Mueller-Myhsok will give a lecture on Friday entitled "Genome-wide analysis of neuropsychiatric traits - methods, results and fallacies".

Knowledge of statistical genetics and gene mapping are screening criteria for selection of participants.  Please describe your experience in detail.  We may contact you personally to discuss this with you further.

 Applicants should also be comfortable working with UNIX/LINUX.

For additional information, please contact Katherine Montague:
email: montagk@rockefeller.edu
Tel: +1 (212) 327-7979

For additional information on scientific content, please contact Suzanne Leal:
email:sleal@bcm.edu

Note: If you are not studying or working at a United States nstitution and wish to participate this year in an Advanced Gene Mapping Course we strongly suggest that you apply for this course. The Advanced Gene Mapping Course which is held annually at The Rockefeller University in December must give first preference to USA based researchers and students, since this course is supported by the National Institute of Health. We are seldom able to accept applications from outside the United States.

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