Course Overview
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) Ghana and the H3ABioNet Node of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) University of Ghana, are organizing a five-day intensive workshop on GWAS for complex diseases.
Intended Audience
Graduate students, research assistants, postdocs and established and young investigators entering the field of complex trait genetics from a variety of backgrounds such as biological, bioinformatics, statistics, mathematics and computer science.
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Skill level of training: Intermediate
Language: English
Credential awarded: No credential awarded
Type of training: Face-to-face
Venue of the course:
Dates for the course: Every Tuesday and Thursday from 10:30 CAT to 14:30 CAT
Course organisers: The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) Ghana and the H3ABioNet Node of the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) University of Ghana
Participation:
Course Sponsors: The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) Ghana H3ABioNet
Course objectives

This workshop is aimed at introducing an interdisciplinary audience to important concepts in genetics and population genetics that are relevant to complex disease association studies and data analysis. Participants will also be introduced to the potential of GWAS and to key strategic considerations in designing and performing association studies for mapping disease genes.  It will cover the fundamental assumptions, showcase recent successes and discuss limitations of current GWAS approaches in the field of complex diseases, and particularly in the case of African populations known for low linkage disequilibrium. It will also provide ‘hands-on’ experience of data analysis.

 

Classroom applications

Registration for classrooms opens: Thu, 01/01/1970
Registration for classrooms closes: Thu, 01/01/1970
Link to classroom application form:
Notification date for successful classrooms: Thu, 01/01/1970
Maximum number of participants that may be accepted per classroom will be capped at

Participant applications

Registration for participants opens: Thu, 01/01/1970
Registration for participants closes: Thu, 01/01/1970
Participant registration link:
Syllabus and Tools

Participants will learn basic genetics and population genetics that is applicable to GWAS analysis, the design and analyses of population data and genome-wide association testing. Hands on data processing, analysis and the interpretation of result
Intended Audience: The target audience includes graduate students, research assistants, postdocs and established and young investigators entering the field of complex trait genetics from a variety of backgrounds such as biological, bioinformatics, statistics, mathematics and computer science. 
Prerequisites: Selected participants will need to work through the following resources to enable them to gain the most from the workshop:
http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/
http://www.r-tutor.com/r-introduction
https://www.python.org/

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