Events History
2007 |
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| March 15 | Howard McLeod, PhD (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill). “Using the genome to
optimize drug therapy” 9-10 am, 701 Blockley Hall.
(Host: Steve Kimmel; Co-Sponsored by the Human Pharmacogenomic Epidemiology Group)
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| March 21 | Jill Barnholtz-Sloan, PhD (Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH). “Using Ancestry
Estimates as Tools in Genetic Association Studies” 9-10 am, 1311 Blockley Hall. (Host: Tim
Rebbeck) |
| April 3 | Dan Schaid, PhD (Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN). “U-Statistics for Testing the Association of
Genotype Similarity with Phenotype Similarity” 3:30-4:30, BRB 251. (Host: Mingyao Li)
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| April 26 | Julie Douglas, PhD (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor). “Title TBD” 9-10 am, 701 Blockley Hall.
(Host: Tim Rebbeck) |
| May 24 | John Carpten, PhD (The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), Phoenix, AZ). “Title
TBD” 9-10 am, 701 Blockley Hall. (Host: Chanita Hughes-Halbert)
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2006 |
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| February 14 | Methods Discussion: "Methods for Studies of Haplotypes and Diplotypes." Jinbo Chen, PhD. (Biostatistics Unit, CCEB). 12-1 pm, 940 Blockley Hall |
| March 10 | Research Presentation: "Dissection of a complex disease susceptibility locus: contribution of CFH polymorphisms to AMD susceptibility." Mingyao Li, PhD. (Biostatistics Unit, CCEB). 12-1 pm, 940 Blockley Hall |
| March 16 | CCEB Clinical Epidemiology and Health Services Research Seminar: "Pharmacogenomics: Catecholimines to Drug Metabolism.” Richard M. Weinshilboum, MD (Professor of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics and Internal Medicine and Mary Lou and John H. Dasburg Professor in Cancer Genomics Research Mayo Clinic College of Medicine) |
| March 30 | Haplotype User Group(HUG): "PHASE software and Bayesian theory" Peter Kanetsky & Mahlet Tadesse |
| April 14 | Research Presentation: "Genetic Analysis of Bone Mineral Density." Marcella Devoto, PhD. (Department of Pediatrics and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia). 12-1 pm, 940 Blockley Hall. |
| April 27 | Haplotype User Group(HUG): "haplo.score software and the Schaid method" Shannon Chuai & Nandita Mitra |
| June 29 | Special Seminar :Gareth Bond, PhD (Institute for Advanced StudyPrinceton, NJ)."MDM2 SNP309 in the p53 Pathway Accelerates Tumor Formation in a Gender Specific and Hormonal Dependent Manner" |
| Sept 15 | The Whether, How, and When of Race in Biomedical Research: Four Perspectives. 1:00-5:00 pm. Amado Recital Room, Irvine Auditorium. |
| Sept 21 | Visiting Scholar: Richard Mushlin, PhD (IBM Watson Research Center). “Computational Methods for Complex Biomedical Problems” 9-10 am, 701 Blockley Hall. |
| Sept 28 | Hakon Hakonarson, MD PhD (CHOP). “Genome-Wide Association Studies at the Center for Applied Genomics at CHOP - What Have We Learned?” 12-1 pm, 701 Blockley Hall (with lunch). |
2005 |
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| January 6 | Methods Discussion Group: Discussion Leader: Kate Nathanson: "Haplotyping and the HapMap Project" 12-1 pm. |
| February 22 | Visiting Scholar Series: Chris Haiman, University of Southern California. Seminar, 253 BRB, 9-10 am: "Approaches to Comprehensively Survey Common Genetic Variation in Candidate Gene Association Studies". |
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Journal Club Discussion, 1301 BRB II/III, 12-1 pm. Discussion paper: Freedman ML, Penney KL, Stram DO, Le Marchand L, Hirschhorn JN, Kolonel LN, Altshuler D, Henderson BE, Haiman CA. "Common variation in BRCA2 and breast cancer risk: a haplotype-based analysis in the Multiethnic Cohort." Human Molecular Genetics 2004, 13(20):2431-41. |
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| March 25 |
Journal Club: Discussion Leader: Peter Kanetsky: Room 701 Blockley Hall, 12-1 pm. Paper for Discussion: Crawford et al. "Haplotype diversity across 100 candidate genes for inflammation, lipid metabolism, and blood pressure regulation in two populations." American Journal of Human Genetics 2004;74(4):610-22. Background Reading: Carlson et al. "Selecting a maximally informative set of single-nucleotide polymorphisms for association analyses using linkage disequilibrium." American Journal of Human Genetics 2004;74(1):106-20. |
| June 9 | Visiting Scholar Series: Mark Shriver, Penn State University. Seminar: Room 701 Blockley Hall, 9-10 am. Working Group Lunch: Room TBN, 12-1 pm. |
| March 23 |
Visiting Scholar Series: Meredith Yeager-Jeffery, PhD, Scientific Director of the Core Genotyping Facility, NCI. Seminar: 253 BRB II/III, 11 am-12 noon. "High-throughput SNP Genotyping - Experience of the Core Genotyping Facility at the National Cancer Institute." Journal Club Discussion: 1301 BRB II/III, 12-1 pm Paper for Discussion: Packer BR, Yeager M, et al. "SNP500Cancer: a public resource for sequence validation and assay development for genetic variation in candidate genes." Nucleic Acids Res. 2004, 32:D528-32. |
| March 25 |
Journal Club: Discussion Leader: Peter Kanetsky PhD: Room 701 Blockley Hall, 12-1 pm. Paper for Discussion: Crawford et al. "Haplotype diversity across 100 candidate genes for inflammation, lipid metabolism, and blood pressure regulation in two populations." American Journal of Human Genetics 2004;74(4):610-22. Background Reading: Carlson et al. "Selecting a maximally informative set of single-nucleotide polymorphisms for association analyses using linkage disequilibrium." American Journal of Human Genetics 2004;74(1):106-20. |
| April 28 | Visiting Scholar Series: Nilanjan Chatterjee, PhD, Senior Principal Investigator, Biostatistics Branch, NCI. "Models of Etiologic Heterogeneity in Complex Disease." Room 701 Blockley Hall, 9-10 am. |
| June 16 |
Visiting Scholar Series: Mark Shriver PhD, Penn State University. Seminar: "The Genomic Distribution of Human Population Substructure: Basic and Applied Human Population Genomics." Room 701 Blockley Hall, 9-10 am. Lunchtime Journal Club: Room 104 Stellar Chance, 12-1 pm. Paper for Discussion: Parra EJ, Kittles RA, Shriver MD. "Implications of correlations between skin color and genetic ancestry for biomedical research." Nat Genet. 2004 Nov;36(11 Suppl):S54-60. |
| September 15 | Visiting Scholar Series: Matthew Schabath, PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center. "A Molecular Epidemiologic Approach To Lung Cancer: Select Dietary, Exposure, and Genetic Factors." 9-10 am, 701 Blockley Hall. |
| September 29 | Visiting Scholar Series: William Evans, PharmD, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. "Pharmacogenomics of cancer: acute lymphoblastic leukemia as a paradigm." 9-10 am, 701 Blockley Hall.* |
| October 21 | CGACT New Faculty Presentation: Nandita Mitra, PhD, CCEB, University of Pennsylvania. "Localization of Cancer Susceptibility Genes by Genome-Wide SNP Linkage-Disequilibrium Mapping." Lunch will be served. 12-1 pm, 940 Blockley Hall. |
2004 |
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| April 15 | Methods Discussion Group: Discussion Leader: Tim Rebbeck: "Computational Algorithms for Assessing SNP Function". Room 840 Blockley Hall, 12-1 pm. |
| May 3 | Methods Discussion Group: Discussion Leader: Laurel Bastone: "Comparison of High-Dimensionality Methods for Genotype Data: Equivalence of CART, MDR, and other approaches." Room 940 Blockley Hall, 12-1 pm. |
| October 25 | Methods Discussion Group: Discussion Leader: Mahlet Tadesse: "Bayesian Methods for Analysis of High Dimensional Array Data." Room 940 Blockley Hall, 12-1 pm. |
| December 13 | Methods Discussion Group: Discussion Leader: Kimberly Sellers: "Modeling and Spot Detection of Two-Dimensional Gels." Room 940 Blockley Hall, 12-1 pm. |
