Statistical Genetics Journal Club
Spring 2006

Time: Tuesdays, 1:30-2:30
Place: Cockins Hall 212 (except on Tuesday, Apr 11 when we will meet at MBI lecture hall-Math 240.)

• Tuesday, Mar 28:
  GAW 15 Discussion
  
  
• Tuesday, Apr 4:
  Jie Ding (Statistics)
  -Likelihood-Based Inference on Haplotype Effects in Genetic Association Studies.
  DY Lin and D Zeng. Journal of the American Statistical Association 2006;101:89-104 PDF
  
  
• Tuesday, Apr 11 -Note: We will meet at MBI lecture hall (Math 240) this week!
  Jin Zhou (MBI)
  -Genetic Analysis of Genome-wide Variation in Human Gene Expression.
  M. Morley, etc. Nature. 2004;430:743-747 PDF
  
  
• Tuesday, Apr 18: NO meeting for this week.
  
  
  
• Tuesday, Apr 25:
  Prof. Shelley Bull (University of Toronto)
  TOPIC: Statistical Analysis of Human Gene Expression Variation
  READINGS:
  1. Mapping determinants of human gene expression by regional and genomewide association.
  Cheung VG, Spielman RS, Ewens KG, Weber TM, Morley M, et al.(2005) Nature 437: 1365~V1369; PDF
  2. Genome-wide associations of gene expression variation in humans.
  Stranger BE, Forrest MS, Clark AG, Minichiello MJ, Deutsch S, et al (2005) PLoS Genet 1(6): e78. PDF
  
  
• Tuesday, May 2: No meeting this week
  
  
  
• Tuesday, May 9: GAW 15: Introduction to Rheumatoid Arthritis data
  Shuyan Wan (Statistics)
  
  
• Tuesday, May 16: GAW 15 Working Group
  
  
  
• Tuesday, May 23: GAW 15 Working Group
  
  
  
• Tuesday, May 30: GAW 15 Working Group