Parallel Sessions
Monday, 18 April, 2016 - 11:00 to 13:00
Statistical Genetics
New Developments in the Statistical Analysis of Inheritance in Families and Populations
Gene genealogies for detecting rare and common variants
Assistant Professor, Mathematics and Statistics, University of Ottawa
Genetic Association Analysis in Families: Challenges and Opportunities
Professor and Interim Chair, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health
Modelling Quantitative Trait Loci in Family-Based Association Studies with Rare and Common Variants
Professor, Mathematics, Université du Québec À Montréal (UQÀM)
Two-sample Mendelian Randomization Outlines Gene Expression as a Mediating Factor between Genetic Variation and Type 2 Diabetes Based on Multi-variant Gene Expression Models
DPhil Candidate, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford
Poster: 40
Poster: 67
Human Genetics
Clinical Sequencing… Or Genomic Testing
Genomics of neuro-developmental disorders
Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Neurosciences, Université de Montréal
Rapid functional modeling in patient-derived neurons to corroborate genetic association in extremely rare neurodevelopmental diseases
Assistant professor, Human Genetics, McGill University
A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Lung Cancer Genome Biology
Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia
Elucidating the Genetic Determinants of Extreme High-Density Lipoprotein Phenotypes Using Next-Generation Sequencing
MSc Candidate, Biochemistry, Western University
Poster: 71
