From Christian.Deschepper at ircm.qc.ca Wed Jan 16 15:52:11 2008 From: Christian.Deschepper at ircm.qc.ca (Deschepper Christian F.) Date: Wed Jan 16 14:59:04 2008 Subject: [CTC] 7th annual meeting of the CTC Message-ID: <7377A2B0C8A794469B4DFAD80FEA8D3BBAD189@pandore.ircm.priv> The 7th annual meeting of the Complex Trait Meeting will be held this year between May 31 and June 2 in Montreal (QC), Canada We are pleased to announce that the Web site is now available at the following link: http://www.ircm.qc.ca/microsites/complextrait/en We encourage all interested people to register as soon as possible and send their abstracts (deadline March 15, 2008). We are looking forward to welcoming you in Montreal! ---------------------------------- -------------------------------------- Christian F. 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URL: http://mickey.utmem.edu/pipermail/ctc/attachments/20080116/5c7238da/attachment.html From qtlmas12 at computationalgenetics.se Tue Jan 22 19:21:04 2008 From: qtlmas12 at computationalgenetics.se (Lucy Crooks) Date: Tue Jan 22 12:34:34 2008 Subject: [CTC] QTL-MAS workshop registration Message-ID: <7EF92AA5-92DB-4CC1-9130-0F634F621A43@computationalgenetics.se> Registration for the 12th QTL-MAS workshop in Uppsala, Sweden on 15th-16th of May is now open. The main themes of the meeting will be fine mapping, genome-wide association studies and genomic selection. Talks are invited on these or other topics. A simulated data set is now available for analysis as part of the workshop. We invite both talks and papers based on this data set. The data are designed for association, linkage and genomic selection methods. Papers will be considered for publication in BMC Proceedings. Ph. D. students and postdocs whose papers are accepted may qualify for a reduced conference fee. Deadline for early registration is 20th March. For more details, registration form and to download the data set, please visit our website: www.computationalgenetics.se/QTLMAS08 Lucy Crooks, organising committee, QTL-MAS XII. From Lucy.Crooks at hgen.slu.se Tue Jan 22 19:10:23 2008 From: Lucy.Crooks at hgen.slu.se (Lucy Crooks) Date: Fri Jan 25 13:18:19 2008 Subject: [CTC] QTL-MAS workshop registration Message-ID: <5562B954-3A16-4398-BA9C-73992C0B7C2C@hgen.slu.se> Registration for the 12th QTL-MAS workshop in Uppsala, Sweden on 15th-16th of May is now open. The main themes of the meeting will be fine mapping, genome-wide association studies and genomic selection. Talks are invited on these or other topics. A simulated data set is now available for analysis as part of the workshop. We invite both talks and papers based on this data set. The data are designed for association, linkage and genomic selection methods. Papers will be considered for publication in BMC Proceedings. Ph. D. students and postdocs whose papers are accepted may qualify for a reduced conference fee. Deadline for early registration is 20th March. For more details, registration form and to download the data set, please visit our website: www.computationalgenetics.se/QTLMAS08 Lucy Crooks, organising committee, QTL-MAS XII. From RSarver at ms.soph.uab.edu Sun Jan 27 08:06:53 2008 From: RSarver at ms.soph.uab.edu (Richard Sarver) Date: Sun Jan 27 09:40:52 2008 Subject: [CTC] Short Course - Statistical Genetics for Obesity & Nutrition Researchers Message-ID: <9A596E4B31E3C64C8B087DFA7AED155A01F9AF3D@phealth1.soph.local> Registration for the 8th short course in San Diego, CA on April 3 - 4, 2008 is now open. For more details and to register, please visit our website: http://www.soph.uab.edu/ssg/default.aspx?id=1915 Many complex human disorders and quantitative traits have a substantial genetic component and major efforts are underway to uncover their specific genetic influences. These efforts are generating a wealth of data that requires sophisticated statistical analysis to maximize information gleaned. Likewise, numerous advances in statistical methods for the study of complex genetic traits have been made and new statistical methods continue to be promulgated. The University of Alabama at Birmingham's Section on Statistical Genetics and Clinical Nutrition Research Center are very pleased to offer the Eighth Annual NIDDK-funded Short Course on Statistical Genetics for Obesity and Nutrition Researchers in San Diego Thu 4/3/2008 - Fri 4/4/2008. This meeting will be held immediately prior to FASEB's 2008 Experimental Biology meeting Sat 4/5/2008 - Wed 4/9/2008, http://www.eb2008.org/. This two-day course is an excellent opportunity for applied investigators and data analysts working primarily with human data on quantitative traits such as those underlying the areas of obesity, diabetes, dyslipidemias, hypertension, osteoporosis, and other nutritionally-related conditions to receive instruction in statistical genetic methods and have the instruction geared specifically toward their needs. It is aimed at established investigators, post-doctoral fellows, and advanced graduate students. The course offers a vigorous interactive educational program designed to enhance researcher abilities to implement and interpret the results of sophisticated statistical analysis in human genetic research. Women, members of underrepresented minority groups and individuals with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. Speakers: David B. Allison, Ph.D. @ UAB; Steve Horvath Ph.D. @ UCLA; Christina Kitchen Ph.D. @ UCLA; Chiara Sabatti Ph.D. @ UCLA; Nicholas Schork Ph.D. @ Scripps; Janet Sinsheimer Ph.D. @ UCLA; Eric Sobel Ph.D. @ UCLA; Hemant Tiwari Ph.D. @ UAB; John S. Witte Ph.D. @ UCSF Topics: Linkage Analysis; Family-Based Association & TDT; Case control association, stratification, admixture mapping; Gene by Gene interaction; Gene by Environment interaction; Genome-wide association scans; Haplotype Construction & Inference; Microarray Design Issues; Genomic Medicine -------------Richard Sarver, rsarver@uab.edu, on behalf of David B. Allison PhD