...ecent years our primary focus has been on genome-wide association studies (GWAS) that link genetic variants, such
...nismal traits. The group develops and applies innovative tools for linking association signals
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<newstitle> First GWAS on Drosophila height published </newstitle>
...ect to identify natural variants impacting size in Drosophila. We found an association in the kek1 locus, a well-characterized growth regulator. Additionally 33 n
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'''Goal''': The goal of the project is to perform a genome-wide association study that will potentially identify SNPs that are related to “alcohol co
'''References''': see [[Genome Wide Association Studies]]
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'''Goal''': The goal of the project is to perform a genome-wide association study that will potentially identify SNPs that are related to tobacco consu
'''References''': see [[Genome Wide Association Studies]]
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...ic repositories is always useful, before embarking on focused [[Functional studies]].
** 16/09 11:00-12:00 [[Genomic studies: theory]] 1 (CR) ([[Media:Carlo_Rivolta_Master09-class1.pdf]])
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We offer projects on [[Genome Wide Association Studies]] (GWAS). These studies search for correlations between genetic markers (usually Single Nucleotide
...students will gain first experience with the “standard” protocols for GWAS:
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'''My contribution''': Lecture on [[Genome Wide Association Studies]] (GWAS) [[Media:Slides_SB.ppt]]
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=== Classical GWAS studies ===
...jor focus of the lab is the development of new methods for the analysis of GWAS-related data, including:
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...etabolomics data, within the framework of genome-wide association studies (GWAS). We are interested in network-based and modular approaches to visualize su
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* 10:15-12:00 lecture on Lecture on [[Genome Wide Association Studies]] (GWAS) [[Media:GWAS_lecture_SB.ppt]]
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'''My contribution''': Lecture on [[Genome Wide Association Studies]] (GWAS) [[Media:Slides_Experimental_Design_2010_SB.ppt]]
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...0 16:15-17:00 Introductory lecture on [[Genome Wide Association Studies]] (GWAS) [[Media:GWAS_lecture__Nov_2010_SB.ppt]]
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...ociation Studies]], [[Media: McCarthy_review_GWAS.pdf ]], [[GIANT_height | GWAS papers]]
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'''Background''': Large studies (including hundreds of thousands of individuals) identified genetic factors
...ociation Studies]], [[Media: McCarthy_review_GWAS.pdf ]], [[GIANT_height | GWAS papers]]
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'''Goal''': The aim of this project is to conduct a genome-wide association study of the allostatic load in the population-based CoLaus study. The stud
...cludes 6184 Caucasian participants, a large proportion of whom have genome-wide genetic data (Affymetrix 500K chip).
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<newstitle>Novel method to estimate explained variance of GWAS hits reveals large fraction of the missing heritability</newstitle>
...to the most recent GIANT association summary statistics and revealed that GWAS hits explain at least 30% of human height variations. The article appeared
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...1 10:15-11:15 Introductory lecture on [[Genome Wide Association Studies]] (GWAS) [[Media:GWAS_lecture__Nov_2011_SB.ppt]]
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...e-wide-association signals to phenotyping strategy: the PROP-TAS2R38 taste association as a benchmark.'' PLoS ONE 2011;6(11):e27745. Epub 2011 Nov 23.
...ociation Studies]], [[Media: McCarthy_review_GWAS.pdf ]], [[GIANT_height | GWAS papers]]
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'''Background''': Large studies (including hundreds of thousands of individuals) identified genetic factors
Three studies are made using linear and logistic regression to analyse:
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...creating enormous amounts of data. While genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have already successfully revealed new candidate loci that potentially aff
...ny cohorts, but efficient methods to integrate these data into association studies are still missing. We propose to adapt and extend the modular technologies
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