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| Genetic Approaches to Complex Heart, Lung and Blood Diseases | ||||||||||||||||
| April 10, 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
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The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA 7 September - 16 September 2001 This highly acclaimed course covers the application of statistics, molecular biology and genetics to the analysis of complex diseases such as asthma, hypertension, and coronary heart disease. Both human and animal model data are presented and considered in-depth. During 10 days of intensive training and tutoring, students learn to: detect the genetic basis of disease, perform linkage analysis, conduct genome scans, analyze quantitative trait loci, detect gene interactions, map complex disease genes, build contigs, and clone genes. Emphasis is also placed on how to characterize gene function using the latest in biochemical and molecular genetic techniques. Contemporary approaches to gene discovery such as mutagenesis and microarray analysis are also covered. Social and ethical issues surrounding the generation and use of genetic information are discussed at length during the course. An intensive, hands-on workshop further exposes students to the latest bioinformatics tools such as: Omim, MGD, Unigene, GeneBank, Blast, Gene-scan, SwissProt, Entrez, and analysis programs such as SAGE and MapManager. The Course consists of formal lectures, discussion groups, demonstrations and tutorials, with some afternoons left open for recreational purposes. Students reside on-site at The Highseas Conference Center at The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine. The Course is limited to 35 participants. |
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| Organized by: | Beverly Paigen, Ph.D., TJL, and William Nierman, Ph.D., The Institute for Genomic Research | |||||||||||||||
| Invited Speakers: | Melissa Austin, Ph.D., Univ. of Washington Terri Beaty, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University Eugene Bleecker, M.D., Wake Forest University School of Medicine Joachim Herz, M.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Donna Maglott, Ph.D., National Center for Biotechnology Information Deborah Meyers, Ph.D., Wake Forest University School of Medicine Jianfeng Xu, M.D., Ph.D., Wake Forest University School of Medicine |
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| Deadline for Abstracts: | N/A | |||||||||||||||
| Registration: | Applicants need to possess a doctoral degree or equivalent. Please submit the following before 6 July 2001: · a letter briefly describing your work and stating why you want to attend this course · your curriculum vitae · citizenship or visa status (preference will be given to US citizens due to funding restrictions) · gender and minority status, to ensure adequate representation from women and minorities Application material can be sent via email, fax, or postal service. Fee: $1,200.00 includes lodging and meals from registration 7 September through breakfast 16 September |
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| E-mail: | judih@jax.org | |||||||||||||||
| Posted by: | Judith A. Hayward | |||||||||||||||
| Host: | nigel.jax.org | |||||||||||||||
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