Provisional Schedule of Advanced Workshop of Twin Methodology: 2009

Monday

AM Introduction to QTL Mapping: Nick Martin / Dorrett Boomsma

Introduction to the Computer System: Jeff Lessem

Principles of linkage and association studies: Manuel Ferreira / Pak Sham

PM Linkage and association analysis using Mx: Mike Neale / Meike Bartels

Practical genetic analysis using Mx: Hermine Maes, Kate Morley

Tuesday

AM IBD estimation: David Evans / Stacey Cherny

Linkage analysis, MERLIN: Sarah Medland / Kate Morley

/ Stacey Cherny / Pak Sham

PM Haplotype frequency estimation, LD, HapMap: Ben Neale / Luis Barreiro

Introduction to GWAS (interpretation and presentation): Peter Visscher

PLINK – data checking and association tests: Shaun Purcell / Danielle Posthuma

Wednesday

AM Haplotype association analysis: David Evans / Manuel Ferreira

Imputation of GWA data: Danielle Posthuma / Ben Neale

Segmental sharing analysis: Shaun Purcell / Pak Sham

Homozygosity Mapping: Ben Neale

PM Population genetics and stratification in GWAS: Luis Barreiro / Shaun Purcell

Practical: PLINK / EIGENSTRAT; Shaun Purcell / Ben Neale

Signatures of natural selection in GWAS: Luis Barreiro / Matt Keller

Thursday

AM Multiple testing issues in GWAS and power calculations: Ben Neale / Pak Sham

Copy number variations: detection and analysis: Shaun Purcell / Ben Neale / Manuel Ferreira

PM Epistasis in linkage and association: David Evans / Shaun Purcell

Analysis of GE interaction: Mike Neale / Lindon Eaves

Friday

AM Multivariate linkage & association: Sarah Medland / Dorrett Boomsma / Hermine Maes

MCMC methods: Lindon Eaves

PM Gene networks: Danielle Posthuma

Epigenetics: Nick Martin

Risk prediction: David Evans / Peter Visccher

Prediction of unobserved phenotypes: Peter Visscher