New Statistical Methods for Family-Based Sequencing Studies
Videos from BIRS Workshop
Ellen Wijsman, University of Washington
Monday Aug 6, 2018 09:04 - 09:32
Correcting for confounding introduced by batch effects and imputation in family-based designs with whole genome sequence data
Karim Oualkacha, Université du Québec à Montréal
Monday Aug 6, 2018 09:36 - 09:59
A General Framework for Variable Selection in Linear Mixed Models with Applications to Genetic Studies with Structured Populations
Timothy Thornton, University of Washington
Monday Aug 6, 2018 10:32 - 11:04
Challenges and new approaches for whole genome analysis in multi-ethnic studies with pedigrees
Ingo Ruczinski, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Monday Aug 6, 2018 11:05 - 11:27
Sharing of rare nucleotide and copy number variants in extended multiplex families
Christina Nieuwoudt, Simon Fraser University
Monday Aug 6, 2018 11:35 - 11:46
Simulating family studies with whole-exome sequencing of multiple affected relatives
Simon Gravel, McGill University
Monday Aug 6, 2018 14:12 - 14:39
Inferring allele transmissions in very large genealogies
Arthur Gilly, Wellcome Sanger Institute
Monday Aug 6, 2018 14:41 - 14:56
Next-generation sequencing studies in founder populations
Alexandre Bureau, Université Laval
Monday Aug 6, 2018 15:31 - 15:58
Rare variant sharing methods with genealogies
Shelley Bull, University of Toronto
Tuesday Aug 7, 2018 09:01 - 09:29
Whole exome sequencing of affected sister pairs with early onset breast cancer
Iuliana Ionita-Laza, Columbia University
Tuesday Aug 7, 2018 09:33 - 10:03
Statistical methods for the integration of functional genomics data and whole exome/genome sequencing data for improved gene discovery
Heather Cordell, Newcastle University
Tuesday Aug 7, 2018 10:32 - 10:57
Lessons learned from sequencing under a linkage peak in families with vesicoureteric reflux
Lai Jiang, Mc Gill University
Tuesday Aug 7, 2018 11:06 - 11:28
Estimating the effects of copy number variants on intelligence quotient using hierarchical Bayesian models
Laura Almasy, University of Pennsylvania
Tuesday Aug 7, 2018 13:31 - 14:00
What's under those old linkage peaks? Combining family and cohort analyses to overcome the limitations of large shared segments
Simon Girard, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Tuesday Aug 7, 2018 14:01 - 14:31
Using populations and pedigrees structures to identify genetic variations associated with epilepsy
J-C Loredo-Osti, Memorial University
Tuesday Aug 7, 2018 14:32 - 15:07
Joint modelling of family and case controls through mixtures
Jinko Graham, Simon Fraser University
Tuesday Aug 7, 2018 15:35 - 16:06
Combining phenotypes, genotypes and gene genealogies to find trait-influencing variants
Elizabeth Thompson, University of Washington
Tuesday Aug 7, 2018 16:07 - 16:38
Inferences from identity by descent in related individuals: pedigree relationships in conjunction and in contrast
Charith Bhagya Karunarathna, Simon Fraser University
Tuesday Aug 7, 2018 16:40 - 16:55
Using gene genealogies to localize trait-influencing variants in diploid populations
Renaud Alie, Université du Québec à Montréal
Tuesday Aug 7, 2018 16:56 - 17:07
Construction of coalescent trees on partially fixed pedigrees
Kelly Burkett, University of Ottawa
Wednesday Aug 8, 2018 09:00 - 09:31
Sampling gene genealogies conditional on genotype data from trios
Julian Hecker, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Wednesday Aug 8, 2018 09:32 - 09:56
A general framework for the region-based analysis of rare variants data in family-based association studies
Laurent Briollais, Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Inst.
Wednesday Aug 8, 2018 10:30 - 11:04
A novel Bayesian region-based analysis for next generation sequencing data
Dandi Qiao, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Wednesday Aug 8, 2018 11:05 - 11:35
Gene-based segregation method for identifying rare variants in family-based sequencing studies
Mariza de Andrade, Mayo Clinic
Wednesday Aug 8, 2018 11:37 - 11:57
Insights from whole genome sequencing of a family with Venous Thromboembolism
Yun-Hee Choi, University of Western Ontario
Thursday Aug 9, 2018 09:02 - 09:31
Analysis of sequencing data with survival outcomes in family-based study using a correlated frailty model
Jooyoung Lee, University of waterloo
Thursday Aug 9, 2018 09:31 - 09:58
Illness-death models for family studies: accounting for competing risks and biased sampling
Rob Scharpf, Johns Hopkins University
Thursday Aug 9, 2018 13:30 - 13:53
Genotyping germline copy number variants in large trio-based studies
Ken Lange, University of California, Los Angeles
Thursday Aug 9, 2018 13:54 - 14:28
Ultrafast haplotyping
Janet Sinsheimer, University of California, Los Angeles
Thursday Aug 9, 2018 15:30 - 16:00
Take nothing for granted: Calculating the heritability of the microbiome of a proto-social beetle using NGS data
Jack Fu, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Thursday Aug 9, 2018 16:05 - 16:21
De novo copy number deletion detection with read depth
Kaiqiong Zhao, McGill University
Thursday Aug 9, 2018 16:22 - 16:33
Smooth modeling of covariate effects in bisulfite sequencing-derived measures of DNA methylation
