GWAS, Quality Control and Family-based Analysis

Overview (Content and Syllabus etc)

Participants will learn about quality control and quality assurance steps of genome-wide data, basic GWAS analysis, construction of genetic risk scores, estimation of genome-wide SNP heritability, an introduction to family-based association approaches and an overview of meta-analytic techniques.

Targeted Learning Outcomes

N/A

Coordinator's name
Victoria Nembaware
Coordinator's email address
Event Theme/Subject Category
Genetics
Host H3Africa Project/Organizations/H3Africa Working Group
H3ABioNet: A Sustainable African Bioinformatics Network for H3Africa
Type of Training/Opportunity
Workshop
Dates of Event
Mon, Feb 22 to Wed, Feb 24 2016
City of Venue
South Africa
Name of Venue, Institute
South Africa
Eligibility & Application Instructions
Basic Linux/Unix command line skills and basic R skils
Organisers/Organizing Body
UCT, CBIO
Sponsors/Funders
NIH