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Quantitative Genetics and Genomics (GRS)

Gordon Research Seminar

Genetics of Complex Phenotypes

February 16 - 17, 2013
Chairs Suzanne E. McGaugh and James Koltes
Grand Galvez
2024 Seawall Boulevard
Galveston, Texas, United States
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Conference Description

The Gordon Research Seminar on Quantitative Genetics & Genomics is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

Identification of causal genetic variants underlying complex phenotypes is paramount to understanding disease, improving crops and livestock to feed a growing world, and elucidating evolutionary processes in nature. This Gordon Research Seminar provides a forum for emerging leaders in the field to discuss cutting-edge advances in genetics, genomics, statistics, bioinformatics, and evolutionary biology.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Quantitative Genetics and Genomics" Gordon Research Conference (GRC). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information.

Conference Program

SATURDAY
2:00 pm - 5:00 pmArrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pmIntroductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pmKeynote Session
Discussion Leader: Jack Dekkers (Iowa State University)
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm Trudy MacKay (North Carolina State University)
"Charting the Genotype-Phenotype Map: Lessons from Drosophila"
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session I
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmApplication of population genetics based methods to investigate the impact of selection and domestication
Discussion Leaders: Jeremy Sabourin (University of North Carolina) and Dorian Garrick (Iowa State University)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm Jared Decker (University of Missouri)
"Worldwide patterns of migration and admixture in domesticated cattle"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm Rohan Shah (CSIRO, Australia)
"High-density map construction in wheat using multiparent advanced generation inter-cross populations"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm Nicolas Heslot (Cornell University)
"Integration of environmental covariates in trial analysis using a crop model and genomic selection"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm Tim Beissinger (University of Wisconsin)
"Genomic impact of artificial selection for number of ears per plant in maize"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
SUNDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 amInnovative methods to dissect the genetic basis of complex traits
Discussion Leaders: Bryn Gaertner (North Carolina State University) and Naomi Wray (The University of Queensland)
9:00 am - 9:20 am Anna Jasinska (UCLA)
"A sequence-based genetic mapping approach in a non-human primate model system"
9:20 am - 9:30 am Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am Julia Steinberg (University of Oxford)
"Refining the role of FMRP targets in autism"
9:50 am - 10:00 am Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am Debarshi Mustafi (Case Western Reserve University)
"The genetic signatures of the retina in health and disease"
10:20 am - 10:30 am Discussion
10:30 am - 10:50 am Frank Albert (Princeton University)
"Identifying genetic variants influencing protein expression using millions of segregating yeast cells"
10:50 am - 11:00 am Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pmPoster Session II
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmDevelopment of novel methods in GWAS and statistical genomics
Discussion Leaders: Mario Calus (Wageningen Agricultural University) and Ben Hayes (Department of Primary Industries and LaTrobe University)
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm Mahdi Saatchi (Iowa State University)
"Mapping quantitative trait loci underlying complex traits in beef cattle using genealogy-based haplotype clustering and Bayesian inference"
1:50 pm - 2:00 pm Discussion
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm Ching-Hua Shih (Rice University)
"Gene interactions as a predictor of non-random association among protein-coding genes"
2:20 pm - 2:30 pm Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pmEvaluation Period
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3:00 pmGordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm.

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