General

Exploring common and rare diseases genetics with GWAS and NGS

Lausanne, 16-19 March 2015

Overview

Participants will learn about the genome-wide analysis of variation including GWAS, next generation sequencing (NGS) and how to identify and interpret variants in exomes. The course will also introduce techniques to extend GWAS using NGS data.

Objectives

After four days of lectures and practical exercises, participants should have a clear understanding of genome variation, how to perform GWAS and exome analyses, and how to apply these techniques in translational research.

Requirements

Skill requirements: Participants should have a good understanding of command-line UNIX (UNIX Fundamentals self-learning module) in order to perform the practical exercises.
Material requirements: A WiFi-equipped laptop with 3-4GB of RAM, 60GB free hard-disk space and virtualbox installed. You will be given virtual machine images with all softwares and packages needed for this course.

Application

Application is now closed. 

Deadline for registration and cancellation is set to the 6th of March 2015.

Location

Genopode Building. classroom is 2020, except Monday morning, which is Auditorium A.

Additional information

For administrative questions, please contact staromics@cuso.ch
For technical and scientific questions, please contact training@isb-sib.ch