THE EIGHTEENTH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON METHODOLOGY OF TWIN AND FAMILY STUDIES: THE ADVANCED COURSE, MARCH 7TH - MARCH 11TH, 2005.
The next workshop will be held in Boulder, Colorado, March 7-11, 2005, with John Hewitt as Local Host and Lon Cardon, Professor of Bioinformatics, University of Oxford, UK, as Academic Director.
This advanced course is intended for those who have attended earlier workshops and/or who are already familiar with the statistical and genetic principles of univariate and simple multivariate analyses with sibling data, and who have an interest in QTL analysis in the context of twin and sibling data.
The registration fee will be $300, payable by January 14, 2005. Thereafter, the registration fee will be $400. Details of local arrangements, registration, and accommodation are available from the workshop secretary, Kendra Locher.
A home page is on the World Wide Web at http://ibgwww.colorado.edu/workshop2005.
An outstanding international faculty roster includes:
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Lon Cardon (Academic Director), Stacey Cherny, David Evans, Andrew Morris Wellcome Trust Center for Human Genetics and University of Oxford, UK |
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Hermine Maes, Mike Neale Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, VA |
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Andrew Heath Washington University St. Louis, MO |
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Goncalo Abecasis University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI |
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Dorret Boomsma, Meike Bartels, Danielle Posthuma Amsterdam Vrije Universiteit, NL |
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Pak Sham, Ben Neale Institute of Psychiatry, University of London, UK |
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Nick Martin, Sarah Medland, Manuel Ferreira Queensland Institute of Medical Research, AU |
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Shaun Purcell Harvard School of Public Health, MA |
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John Hewitt (Local Host), Jeff Lessem Institute for Behavioral Genetics, Boulder, CO |
The course will include: the causes of human variation, likelihood models, genetic theory, familial resemblance, basic principles of linkage analysis, identity by descent (IBD) and genetic covariance, estimating IBD from marker data, genotyping error, sibling analysis methods for QTL linkage analysis, multivariate applications, regression methods for linkage analysis, power calculations, association studies --- principles, population studies, family studies, power, single marker and haplotype based association methods, power and Type 1 error in multiple testing, genomic control and structured association, and animal models of human behavior. The academic week will conclude with a panel discussion on genetics and behavior. Hands-on analysis will be an integral part of the course and will employ networked notebook computers. The schedule is available at: http://ibgwww.colorado.edu/workshop2005/schedule.html
An application form can be printed from http://ibgwww.colorado.edu/workshop2005/registration.html and on-line registration is available at: https://ibg.colorado.edu/workshop/workshop2005/registration-online.html.
Further information may be obtained from John Hewitt, or the workshop secretary, Kendra Locher, IBG, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0447, USA; Telephone: 303-735-5440; FAX: 303-492-8063; E-mail: John.Hewitt@Colorado.edu or Kendra.Locher@Colorado.edu.
Minority students and scientists are especially encouraged to attend. Partial financial support for US minority participants is available by application to the local host, John Hewitt.
Financial support for this workshop is provided by grant MH19918 from the National Institute of Mental Health.