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A short course:

STATISTICS IN GENETICS

Date 19-20 September, 2005

Place: Lecture Hall A101, Department of Anatomy, Medical Campus, Aapistie 7A, University of Oulu, Oulu

Credits: 0.7 study points (ECTS units), without computer exercise 0.6 study points We may have to limit participation in computer exercise

Organizers: Biocenter Oulu Graduate School, University of Oulu, Oulu Ritva Haataja Minna Männikkö

Registration: To Anne Vainionpää, anne.vainionpaa@oulu.fi, tel: 08-537 6105 by September 14th.

1st day

9:15 - 10.00 Statistics in studies of asthma genetics

Juha Kere, Department of Medical Genetics and the Finnish Genome Center, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, and Department of Biosciences at Novum, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

10.15 - 11.45 Designing a genetic epidemiology study

Elisabeth Widen, the Finnish Genome Center, University of Helsinki, Helsinki

11.45 - 12.45 Lunch

12.45 - 14.15 Basics of statistical methods in genetics

Päivi Onkamo, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki

14.30 - 16.00 Association analysis

Päivi Onkamo, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki

2nd day

9.00 - 11. 00 Practical exercise in computer laboratory

Päivi Onkamo, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki

11.15 - 11.45 Data mining and multiparameter analysis of lung surfactant protein genes in bronchopulmonary dysplasia

Meri Rova, Biocenter Oulu and Department of Pediatrics, University of Oulu, Oulu

11.45 - 12.15 Genetic association studies of musculoskeletal disorders: Gene-environment interaction

Svetlana Solovieva, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki

12.15 - 12.45 Short examples of statistical problems in genetic studies

Ritva Haataja and Minna Männikkö, Biocenter Oulu and Departments of Pediatrics and Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oulu, Oulu