Institute for Mathematical Sciences Event Archive
 Post-Genome Knowledge Discovery
(January – June 2002)
Sub-theme 2. Population and statistical genetics (Mar - Apr 2002)
Tutorial schedule · Workshop schedule
Tutorial on population and statistical genetics (19 - 22 March 2002) |
Tutorial schedule
Tuesday, 19 March 2002
| Venue: | Auditorium Laboratories for Information Technology (formerly KRDL) 21 Heng Mui Keng Terrace Singapore 119613 |
| 9:00 - 9:30am | Registration (1st day) |
| 9:30 - 9:35am | Welcome by Louis Chen, Director, Institute for Mathematical Sciences |
| 9:35 - 10:35am | Using mathematics in genetics:
historical aspects Warren Ewens, University of Pennsylvania, USA Abstract... |
| 10:35 - 11:00am | -- Coffee Break -- |
| 11:00 - 12:00am | Using mathematics in genetics: recent
developments Warren Ewens, University of Pennsylvania, USA Abstract... |
| 12:00 - 2:00pm | -- Lunch Break -- |
| 2:00 - 3:00pm | Modeling genetic variation using the
coalescent Magnus Nordborg, University of Southern California, USA Abstract... |
| 3:00 - 3:30pm | -- Coffee Break -- |
| 3:30 - 4:30pm | Basic concepts of quantitative trait
genetics Laura Almasy, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, USA Abstract... |
Wednesday, 20 March 2002
| Venue: | Auditorium Laboratories for Information Technology (formerly KRDL) 21 Heng Mui Keng Terrace Singapore 119613 |
| 9:00 - 9:30am | Registration (2nd day) |
| 9:30 - 10:30am | Population structure and
demographic history Magnus Nordborg, University of Southern California, USA Abstract... |
| 10:30 - 11:00am | -- Coffee Break -- |
| 11:00 - 12:00am | Simulation under the
standard coalescent; summary statistics; hypothesis testing; exact
Bayesian inference David Balding, University of London, UK Abstract... Paper... |
| 12:00 - 2:00pm | -- Lunch Break -- |
| 2:00 - 3:00pm | Quantitative trait linkage
analysis and identity by descent Laura Almasy, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, USA Abstract... |
| 3:00 - 3:30pm | -- Coffee Break -- |
| 3:30 - 4:30pm | Mathematics and statistics
in human genetics Warren Ewens, University of Pennsylvania, USA Abstract... |
Thursday, 21 March 2002
| Venue: | Auditorium Laboratories for Information Technology (formerly KRDL) 21 Heng Mui Keng Terrace Singapore 119613 |
| 9:00 - 9:30am | Registration (3rd day) |
| 9:30 - 10:30am | Linkage disequilibrium and the
genealogy of chromosomes Magnus Nordborg, University of Southern California, USA Abstract... Paper... |
| 10:30 - 11:00am | -- Coffee Break -- |
| 11:00 - 12:00am | Quantitative trait association analysis Laura Almasy, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, USA Abstract... |
| 12:00 - 2:00pm | -- Lunch Break -- |
| 2:00 - 3:00pm | Simulation via accept/reject methods;
approximate Bayesian inference David Balding, University of London, UK Abstract... |
| 3:00 - 3:30pm | -- Coffee Break -- |
| 3:30 - 4:30pm | Linkage analysis and the TDT Warren Ewens, University of Pennsylvania, USA Abstract... |
Friday, 22 March 2002
| Venue: | Auditorium Laboratories for Information Technology (formerly KRDL) 21 Heng Mui Keng Terrace Singapore 119613 |
| 9:00 - 9:30am | Registration (4th day) |
| 9:30 - 10:30am | Methods based on importance
sampling; introduction to Markov-Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) David Balding, University of London, UK Abstract... |
| 10:30 - 11:00am | -- Coffee Break -- |
| 11:00 - 12:00am | Advanced topics:
multivariate analysis and interaction effects Laura Almasy, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, USA Abstract... |
| 12:00 - 2:00pm | -- Lunch Break -- |
| 2:00 - 3:00pm | Selection and molecular
evolution Magnus Nordborg, University of Southern California, USA Abstract... |
| 3:00 - 3:30pm | -- Coffee Break -- |
| 3:30 - 4:30pm | More advanced MCMC methods;
convergence diagnostics; Metropolis-coupled MCMC. Description and
illustration of the BATWING software David Balding, University of London, UK Abstract... |
| End of the tutorial | |
Tutorial schedule · Workshop schedule
