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2014 Mid-Atlantic Genetic Epidemiology & Statistics (MAGES) Conference

Written by BCI Staff | Oct 24, 2013 10:29:00 AM

2014 Mid-Atlantic Genetic Epidemiology and Statistics (MAGES) Conference

Conference - Philadelphia, PA, United States

Advances in genomic technology and significant decrease in the associated costs are driving progress in genetic studies for disease gene identification. Studies of whole exome and genome sequences of complex traits in large samples will become increasingly common. Other sources of high-dimensional information, including expression, epigenetic, metabolic and microbiomic data, are also being commonly collected in disease and control samples. To fully understand the complex bases of human disease, all of these factors should be properly considered in a unified analytical framework, together with epidemiological data on environmental exposures and other risk factors. To discuss how to address the analytical challenges presented by these sources of data, the Center for Genetics and Complex Traits of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania is organizing the 2014 Mid-Atlantic Genetic Epidemiology and Statistics (MAGES) conference: Integrated systems biology analytical methods for epidemiological studies of complex traits.

Organization: Center for Genetics and Complex Traits, University of Pennsylvania

(Courtesy of (CHOP) Colket Translational Research Building, via forum.skyscraperpage.com)

For more information, please visit: http://www.med.upenn.edu/magesconference/index.shtml

May 30, 2014 - May 30, 2014 (9 am)

The Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania (CHOP) Colket Translational Research Building (CTRB), Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

Contact: Katherine Toder (ktoder@mail.med.upenn.edu)

Phone: 1.215.898.8511

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