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From dcrawforuab.edu  Mon Apr 23 09:22:20 2012
From: "Derry Crawford" <dcrawforuab.edu>
To: Multiple Recipients of <angenmapanimalgenome.org>
Subject: UAB's 2nd Annual NIGMS-funded Short Course on Statistical
  Genetics & Genomics
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:22:20 -0500

UAB's 2nd Annual NIGMS-funded Short Course on Statistical Genetics & Genomics

July 9-13, 2012 Birmingham, AL

The University of Alabama at Birmingham's Section on Statistical 
Genetics is pleased to announce the 2nd Annual NIGMS-funded Short 
Course on Statistical Genetics & Genomics in Birmingham, AL on July 9 - 
13, 2012.  Focusing on the state-of-art methodology to analyze complex 
traits, this five-day course will offer an interactive program to 
enhance researchers' ability to understand & use statistical genetic 
methods, as well as implement & interpret sophisticated genetic 
analyses.  Limited number of Travel Fellowships available, see website 
for details. Only participants residing in the US are eligible for 
Travel Fellowships!

Topics to include:
Intro (Genetics & Genomics; Biostatistics); GWAS 
Design/Analysis/Interpretation; Structural Variation & Human Diseases; 
Epigenomics methods; Microarrays and RNAseq: technologies and data 
processing; Design and analysis of gene expression experiments ; Rare 
Variants & Exome Sequencing; Pharmacogenetics/Pharmacogenomics; Whole 
Genome Prediction; Integrating different data domains; GWAS Pathway 
based approaches.

Software demos:
Intro R & Bioconductor; PLINK, PENNCNV, Epigenetic Analysis; IMPUTE2; 
ChiP Seq Software (DIME); RMANOVA and HDBSTAT; Ingenuity Pathways 
Analysis (IPA) - and others!

To insure the depth and practicality of the training program, we will 
provide 10 laptops to students or student pairs in the classroom. Each 
computer will be loaded with the required statistical software. 
Participants are encouraged to bring their laptop. Many of the faculty 
have substantial expertise with the use of software for statistical 
genetics and have even authored some.

Speakers:
Guests:
Nancy Cox, PhD - Univ. of Chicago; 
Warren Ewens, PhD - Univ. of Pennsylvania; 
Guilherme Rosa, PhD - Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison; 
Carl Langefeld, PhD - Wake Forest Univ.; 
Suzanne M. Leal, PhD - Baylor College; 
Shili Lin, PhD - Ohio State Univ.; 
Alison Motsinger-Reif, PhD - NC State Univ; 
Atul Butte, PhD - Stanford Univ.; 
Mahlet G Tadesse, PhD - Georgetown Univ.

UAB:  Christine Duarte, PhD; Gustavo de los Campos, PhD; Xiangqin Cui, 
PhD; Hemant Tiwari, PhD; L. Kelly Vaughan, PhD; Degui Zhi PhD.

For more details & registration, please see: 
http://www.soph.uab.edu/ssg/nigmsstatgen/second.

Application Form:
http://www.animalgenome.org/community/mail/db/5522.2.pdf

Agenda:
http://www.animalgenome.org/community/mail/db/5522.1.pdf

Funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS).