Seminars
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Seminars marked "Research Program" are informal discussions of research by UCSF faculty. For more information, contact John Neuhaus.
The CAPS Method Core Quantitative Methods Working Group also presents seminars of interest to statisticians.
November 18, 2009
Nick Ericksson
23andme
WEB-BASED, PARTICIPANT-DRIVEN GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES AT 23ANDME
I'll present initial results from a web-based study of the genetic basis of hundreds of diseases and common traits in parallel within a single cohort. The approach takes advantage of the interactivity of the web both to gather data and to present genetic information to research participants, while taking care to correct for the biases and population structure inherent to this study design. We've discovered novel genetic associations for "asparagus anosmia", photic sneeze reflex, hair curl, and will present these results plus a number of replications of associations in pigmentation and a few diseases.
December 16, 2009
Lu Tian
Stanford
Topic TBD
January 20, 2010
Annual Special Invited Seminar
Robert Gentleman
Genetech Inc
