Announcements

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  • The second of the biannual Wales-Ireland Genetic Epidemiology Group (WIGEG) meetings is taking place this autumn in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

    This meeting will be jointly hosted by WIGEG and the International Biometric Society - British & Irish Region (IBS-BIR).

    It will be held on Monday the 6th of September, from 13:30 until 17:00. The meeting is free, and will include coffee and biscuits, although we ask people to register by e-mailing me at rsegurdo@tcd.ie

  • DARPA's viral pathogen surveillance program known as "Prophecy" is based on a multi-year investment in the preemptive prediction of emerging viruses using in-silica models validated by high-throughput biological validation systems, all of which are corrected by the real-time reporting of mutations in animal reservoirs or humans. A Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) will soon be released for Prophecy which will seek integrated multi-disciplinary solutions to predicting viral pathogens before emergence in natural ecologies.

  • Rockefeller University is holding a short course entitled "Basic Association and Linkage" from July 19-23, 2010.   The course's home page is at http://linkage.rockefeller.edu/course/basic10.html.

    For more information and the application form, please see the attached file.

  • We are pleased to announce the 20th Erasmus Summer Programme in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, which will be held from August 9-27, 2010.

     

    The 20th Erasmus Summer Programme focuses on key principles and methods of quantitative medical research.  Open to all students and health professionals, it provides essential updates in a range of applied medical and healthcare disciplines.

     

  • The May 2010 Newsletter is now available.  You will find it attached to this page.

  • The course is intended for researchers directly involved in the statistical analysis of complex traits and disorders, and will primarily address the methods and applications of genetic association and linkage studies. It will consist of general lectures followed by hands-on computer-based workshops. It is an intermediate level course and some knowledge of genetics and statistics is a prerequisite.

  • Course date

    May 10th, 2010 (Refresh Mini Course, This is an optional and free event for those who need to learn basic concepts of Family study. It requires pre-registration.)

    May 11th, and 12th, 2010 (FBAT/PBAT Family-Based Association Test Workshop)

     

    Course Schedule (See below table)


    Location

    Hoam Faculty House, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

  • 13 - 15 October 2010, Paphos, Cyprus

    We would like to invite you to the 5th Conference of Epidemiological Longitudinal Studies in Europe (CELSE 2010) scheduled to be held from 13th to 15th October 2010 in Paphos, Cyprus.