Statistical Genetics Symposium 2023

July 14- 16, 2023

3 Day Conference

There is a growing awareness of the societal implications of recent advances in genomic technologies and statistical methodology. The 2023 Symposium in Statistical and Quantitative Genetics will complement the concurrent Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics, and the University of Washington strengths in Biostatistics, Genome Sciences and Public Health Genetics. Leading researchers will present their current work in invited talks. Attendees interested in contributing an oral or poster presentation should indicate this when registering. Submissions are due June 30.

Celebrating Bruce Weir’s Career and Retirement

The conference will also celebrate Bruce Weir's 55-year career in statistical and quantitative genetics, his appointments as professor and former chair of the Department Biostatistics and as director of the Institute for Public Health Genetics at the University of Washington.

Join us July 14-16 in Seattle, Washington

The event will be held in Seattle, Washington on the beautiful University of Washington campus.

Schedule

Friday, July 14

Evening

Check-in, poster session, reception

Saturday, July 15

8:30 - 10:30 a.m.

Session 1: Quantitative Genetics

Welcome and Introduction. Rebecca Doerge, Carnegie Mellon University
How should we train students in the broad enterprise that is modern quantitative genetics? Random thoughts and a case study from the African Plant Breeding Academy. Bruce Walsh, University of Arizona
Polygenic score-by-exposure interaction is pervasive. Greg Gibson, Georgia Institute of Technology

10:30 - 12:00 p.m.

Session 2: Molecular Population Genetics

Enabling comparative transcriptomics: transcript distances at a nucleotide-level of resolution. Lauren McIntyre, University of Florida
Linkage decay to quantify HIV recombination rate dynamics within and between hosts. Alison Feder, University of Washington
How evolutionary forces shape the genetic architecture of complex traits. Ryan Hernandez, University of California, San Francisco

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Lunch break

1:00 - 3:30 p.m.

Session 3: Statistical Genetics

Robust diﬀerential expression testing for single-cell CRISPR screens. Kathryn Roeder, Carnegie-Mellon University
Mendelian genetics - missing heritability. Neil Risch, University of California, San Francisco
Latent variable models for omics data integration. Dan Schaid, Mayo Clinic
Allowing for non-binomial sampling of alleles in sequencing-based genotypes. Ken Dodds, AgResearch, New Zealand

4:00- 5:30 p.m.

Session 4: Forensic Genetics

Statistical Genetics in Court. David Kaye, Pennsylvania State University
Variation in forensic genetic identiﬁcation accuracy over genetic background. Rori Rohlfs, University of Oregon
Population structure revealed by forensic DNA sequences. Sanne Aalbers, University of Washington

Sunday, July 16

8:30 - 10:30 a.m.

Session 5: Genetic Association Studies

Genetic architecture reconciles linkage and association studies of complex traits. Peter Visscher, University of Oxford
Powerful gene-based testing for exome-wide association studies. Joelle Mbatchou, Regeneron Pharmaceutics
Genetics in drug discovery: Increasing success rates and uncovering new opportunities. Meg Ehm, GlaxoSmithKline
Challenges and opportunities in the analysis of more than a million genomes from diverse populations. Timothy Thornton, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals

10:30 - 12:30 p.m.

Session 6: Population Genetics

Allele sharing: population structure, kinship and inbreeding, all at once. Jérôme Goudet, University of Lausanne
Discovering and cataloging gene-enoptional)vironment interactions with variance locus analysis. Alison Motsinger-Reif, NIEHS
Connecting evolutionary genomics and climate change, using grapes as a model. Brandon Gaut, University of California, Irvine

12:30 p.m.

Adjourn

Registration and Costs

Symposium Fee

The Symposium registration fee includes the Friday evening reception, lunch provided on Saturday, and morning/afternoon light refreshments provided during breaks.

Regular: $400
Academic/non-profit: $300
Students and postdocs: $150
Summer Institutes participant: $100

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