Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) for complex diseases Workshop
@ Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research on 12th to 16th June 2017
This workshop is aimed at introducing an interdisciplinary audience to important concepts in genetics and population genetics that are relevant to complex disease association studies and data analysis. Participants will also be introduced to the potential of GWAS and to key strategic considerations in designing and performing association studies for mapping disease genes.
Topics to be covered:
Main Speakers:
Deadline for Application: 23 May, 2017.
NB: Successful applicants will be expected to come with wireless-enabled laptop computers with 2G free RAM and 10G Hard Disk space.
Topics to be covered:
- Basic Genetics and Introduction to Population Genetics
- GWAS study design
- Genomic Data Quality Control
- Introducing to population Structure
- Introduction to Admixture
- Principles of Genome wide Association Studies
- Genome-Wide Association Studies pipelines with plink
- Genome-Wide Association Studies pipelines -inputation
Main Speakers:
- Dr. Gaston K. Mazandu, - AIMS, H3ABioNet-AIMS node, Ghana-South Africa. Computational Biology, Cape Town.
- Dr. Emile R. Chimusa, Human Genetics Division, Department. of Pathology, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
- Dr Anita Ghansah, H3ABioNet Node, (NMIMR), Legon, Ghana.
- Dr. Samuel K. Kwofie, Biomedical Engineering Department , University of Ghana, Legon H3ABioNet Node, (NMIMR), Legon, Ghana
Deadline for Application: 23 May, 2017.
NB: Successful applicants will be expected to come with wireless-enabled laptop computers with 2G free RAM and 10G Hard Disk space.