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Statistical Genomics
(1 - 28 June 2009)

Jointly organized with Department of Statistics and Applied Probability in celebration of 80th Anniversary of Faculty of Science

8 - 19 Jun 2009

Organizing Committee · Confirmed Visitors · Overview · Activities · Venue · Funding for Young Scientists

Venue: IMS Auditorium

Monday, 8 Jun 2009
08:30am - 09:00am	Registration
09:00am - 09:10am	Opening remarks Louis Chen, National University of Singapore Zehua Chen, National University of Singapore
	Chair: Zehua Chen, National University of Singapore
09:10am - 10:10am	Forest-based approach to genetic studies (PPT) Heping Zhang, Yale University, USA
10:10am - 10:30am	--- Coffee Break ---
10:30am - 11:30am	Simultaneous analysis of all snps in genome-wide and resequencing association studies (PDF) David J. Balding, Imperial College, UK
11:30am - 02:00pm	--- Lunch Break ---
	Chair: Hua Tang, Stanford University, USA
02:00pm - 03:00pm	Statistical methods for mapping quantitative traits using high density single nucleotide polymorphisms in family samples (PDF) Josee Dupuis, Boston University, USA
03:00pm - 03:30pm	--- Coffee Break ---
03:30pm - 04:30pm	A feature selection approach to case-control genome-wide association studies Jingyuan Zhao, Genome Institute of Singapore

Tuesday, 9 Jun 2009
08:30am - 09:00am	Registration
	Chair: Heping Zhang, Yale University, USA
09:00am - 10:00am	Adaptive EBIC and its application in genome-wide studies (PDF) Zehua Chen, National University of Singapore
10:00am - 10:30am	--- Coffee Break ---
10:30am - 11:30am	Control of population stratification in whole-genome scans (PPT2) Fei Zou, University of North Carolina, USA
11:30am - 02:00pm	--- Lunch Break ---
	Chair: Jingyuan Zhao, Genome Institute of Singapore
02:00pm - 03:00pm	Statistical challenges in genetic studies of mental disorders (PPT) Heping Zhang, Yale University, USA
03:00pm - 03:30pm	--- Coffee Break ---
03:30pm - 04:30pm	A method of SNP re-ranking at the initial stage of genome-wide association studies Yi Li, Genome Institute of Singapore

Wednesday, 10 Jun 2009
08:30am - 09:00am	Registration
	Chair: Fei Zou, University of North Carolina, USA
09:00am - 10:00am	The quantitative TDT (PDF) Warren Ewens, University of Pennsylvania, USA
10:00am - 10:30am	--- Coffee Break ---
10:30am - 11:30am	Multiple interval mapping for quantitative trait loci with a spike in the trait distribution Wenyun Li, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
11:30am - 01:30pm	--- Lunch Break ---
	Summer School program
01:30pm - 03:00pm	QTL mapping for experimental organisms Zehua Chen, National University of Singapore
03:00pm - 04:30pm	Bayesian model selection: methodology, computation and applications (PDF) David Nott, National University of Singapore
04:30pm - 06:00pm	Statistical modelling of nonlinear long-term cumulative effects (PDF) Yingcun Xia, National University of Singapore

Thursday, 11 Jun 2009
08:30am - 09:00am	Registration
	Chair: Jian Huang, University of Iowa, USA
09:00am - 10:00am	On the relationships between population characteristics and QTL mapping (PDF) Benjamin Yakir, Hebrew University, Isreal
10:00am - 10:30am	--- Coffee Break ---
10:30am - 11:30am	Concepts of information, correlation and optimality in evolutionary population genetics (PDF) Warren Ewens, University of Pennsylvania, USA
11:30am - 02:00pm	--- Lunch Break ---
	Chair: Josee Dupuis, Boston University, USA
02:00pm - 03:00pm	Genome-wide association studies in mixed populations (PDF) Hua Tang, Stanford University, USA
03:00pm - 03:30pm	--- Coffee Break ---
03:30pm - 04:30pm	Allowing for population structure and cryptic kinship in genetic association studies David J. Balding, Imperial College, UK

Friday, 12 Jun 2009
08:30am - 09:00am	Registration
	Chair: Wenyun Li, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
09:00am - 10:00am	Penalized methods for bi-level variable selection Jian Huang, University of Iowa, USA
10:00am - 10:30am	--- Coffee Break ---
10:30am - 11:30am	Joint analysis of multiple genes in a pathway or a gene set Anbupalam Thalamuthu, Genome Institute of Singapore
11:30am - 02:00pm	--- Lunch Break ---
	Chair: Heping Zhang, Yale University
02:00pm - 03:00pm	Bias correction in whole-genome scans (PPT3) Fei Zou, University of North Carolina, USA
03:00pm - 03:30pm	--- Coffee Break ---
03:30pm - 04:30pm	Round table discussion by all invited speakers

Monday, 15 Jun 2009
08:30am - 09:00am	Registration
	Chair: Benjamin Yakir, Hebrew University, Isreal
09:00am - 10:00am	Detecting copy number variation David Siegmund, Stanford University, USA
10:00am - 10:10am	Photo session
10:10am - 10:30am	--- Coffee Break ---
10:30am - 11:30am	Identification of regions with common copy number variations using SNP-array (PDF) Agus Salim, National University of Singapore
11:30am - 02:00pm	--- Lunch Break ---
	Chair: Nancy Zhang, Stanford University, USA
02:00pm - 03:00pm	DNA copy numbers and the circular binary segmentation algorithm (PDF) Venkat Seshan, Columbia University Medical School, USA
03:00pm - 03:30pm	--- Coffee Break ---
03:30pm - 04:30pm	Change-point detection and copy number variation (PDF) Benjamin Yakir, Hebrew University, Isreal

Tuesday, 16 Jun 2009
08:30am - 09:00am	Registration
	Chair: Tian Liu, Genome Institute of Singapore
09:00am - 10:00am	Characterization of Allele-specific copy number in tumor genomes (PDF) Nancy Zhang, Stanford University, USA
10:00am - 10:30am	--- Coffee Break ---
10:30am - 11:30am	Predicting transcription factor binding to the human genome in the era of high-throughput sequencing Shyam Prabhakar, Genome Institute of Singapore
11:30am - 02:00pm	--- Lunch Break ---
	Chair: Shyam Prabhakar, Genome Institute of Singapore
02:00pm - 03:00pm	An epistatic model for dissecting genetic susceptibility to disease Tian Liu, Genome Institute of Singapore
03:00pm - 03:30pm	--- Coffee Break ---
03:30pm - 04:30pm	DNA methylation profiling using MSNP (PDF) Venkat Seshan, Columbia University Medical School, USA

Wednesday, 17 Jun 2009
08:30am - 09:00am	Registration
	Chair: Shelley Bull, University of Toronto, Canada
09:00am - 10:00am	What are network modules? Hongyu Zhao, Yale University, USA
10:00am - 10:30am	--- Coffee Break ---
10:30am - 11:30am	CANCELLED Statistical challenges with next-generation sequence data Terry Speed, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia
11:30am - 01:30pm	--- Lunch Break ---
	Summer School program
01:30pm - 03:00pm	Statistics on words and their applications to biological sequences: an introduction Kwok Pui Choi, National University of Singapore
03:00pm - 04:30pm	Nonparametric methods for longitudinal data using regression splines (PDF) Jin-Ting Zhang, National University of Singapore
04:30pm - 06:00pm	Empirical likelihood based methods in constrained estimation Sanjay Chaudhuri, National University of Singapore

Thursday, 18 Jun 2009
08:30am - 09:00am	Registration
	Chair: Naisyin Wang, Texas A & M University, USA
09:00am - 10:00am	Inversion distribution in RNA sequences (PDF) Ming-Ying Leung. University of Texas at El Paso, USA
10:00am - 10:30am	--- Coffee Break ---
10:30am - 11:30am	Taxon sampling for ancestral state reconstruction (PPT) Louxin Zhang National University of Singapore
11:30am - 02:00pm	--- Lunch Break ---
	Chair: Venkat Seshan, Columbia University Medical School, USA
02:00pm - 03:00pm	Scan statistics and bootstrap resampling to identify chromosome regions of association in genome-wide studies Shelley Bull, University of Toronto, Canada
03:00pm - 03:30pm	--- Coffee Break ---
03:30pm - 04:30pm	Models for DNA replication and origin firing efficiency R. Krishna Murthy Karuturi, Genome Institute of Singapore

Friday, 19 Jun 2009
08:30am - 09:00am	Registration
	Chair: Zehua Chen, National University of Singapore
09:00am - 10:00am	Bayesian variable selection in semiparametric regression modeling with applications to genetic mapping (PPT1) Fei Zou, University of North Carolina, USA
10:00am - 10:30am	--- Coffee Break ---
10:30am - 11:30am	Estimating the proportion of true null hypotheses in identifiable nonparametric models (PDF) Hanfeng Chen, Bowling Green State University, USA
11:30am - 02:00pm	--- Lunch Break ---
	Chair: Hanfeng Chen, Bowling Green State University, USA
02:00pm - 03:00pm	Enhancing signal detection ability through information sharing Naisyin Wang, Texas A & M University, USA
03:00pm - 03:30pm	--- Coffee Break ---
03:30pm - 04:30pm	Conservation and evolution of the mammalian transcription factor binding repertoire Guillaume Bourque, Genome Institute of Singapore
04:30pm - 05:00pm	Presentation of certificates Louis Chen, National University of Singapore

06:30pm - 09:00pm

Dinner at East Coast Seafood Center (Volunteer and self-paid)

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Statistical Genomics (1 - 28 June 2009)

Statistical Genomics
(1 - 28 June 2009)