GACT15

Genomic Architecture of Complex Traits

Timetable (provisional)
GACT15 - Genomic Architecture of Complex Traits
Mon, Sept 28th
Day #1
09:30 - 11:00 Introduction. Genotypes and Phenotypes - Examples from the literature.
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30 Overview of Genetic Variation.
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:00 Technologies to acquire data: genotyping, sequencing, aCGH
16:00 - 16:30 Tea Break
16:30 - 18:00 Practical: Databases of human variation - Functional Annotation.
Tue, Sept 29th
Day #2
09:30 - 11:00 Morning Wrap-up (what have we done so far?)
How to link phenotypes and genotypes. Linkage mapping and association.
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30 Practical: PLINK. Association Studies - GWAS - WTCCC
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:00 Practical: PLINK continued and GCTA
16:00 - 16:30 Tea Break
16:30 - 18:00 Discussions - Open topics (Privacy, Replication, Most findings are false)
Wed, Sept 30th
Day #3
09:30 - 11:00 Morning Wrap-up (what have we done so far?)
Intorducion to SAM, BAM, VCFtools
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30 Practical: SAM, BAM, VCFtools
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:00 Predicting Phenotypes. Mendelian vs. Complex. Practical: Genetic Risk Scores.
16:00 - 16:30 Tea Break
16:30 - 18:00 Discussions - Open topics (Privacy, Replication, most findings are false)
Thu, Oct 1st
Day #4
09:30 - 11:00 Morning Wrap-up (what have we done so far?)
Introduction to Epigenome Roadmap
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30 Epigenome Roadmap. Examples and Discussion.
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:00 Practical: EWAS and eQTLs with R
16:00 - 16:30 Tea Break
16:30 - 18:00 Final wrap-up session
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Last updated:   Sep 11th 2015