Journal Club

Submitted by mikako on Tue, 07/28/2009 - 20:04

Start: 09/03/2009 11:30

End: 09/03/2009 13:00

The Section on Statistical Genetics holds a monthly journal club meeting on the first Thursday of each month. The meeting is held during lunch time with pizza and drinks provided. Each month a faculty member, post-doctoral fellow, or a student is chosen to lead the discussion. This person selects an article related to statistical genetics usually pertaining to his or her area of expertise.

The next meeting is held
On: Thursday, September 03, 2009
Time: 11:30 am -1:00 pm
Location: LRC 114
Leader: Dr. Guolian Kang (Mentor for the presentation: Dr. Guimin Gao)
Topic to be discussed: Robust genome-wide scans with genetic model selection using case-control design.
Reference:
1.Zheng et al. (2009) Robust genome-wide scans with genetic model selection using case-control design. Statistics and Its Interface. 2:145-151.
2. Zheng and Tony NG. (2008) Genetic model selection in two-phase analysis for case–control association studies. Biostatistics 9: 391-399.

Journal club meetings are organized by Dr. Guimin Gao. Feel free to contact him for more information.

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