Statistical Genetics Symposium 2023

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2023 Statistical Genetics Symposium

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.

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Bruce Weir
The StatGen Symposium will also celebrate the career and retirement of Dr. Bruce Weir

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.

 

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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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Speakers

 

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Sanne Aalbers

Sanne Aalbers

University of Washington
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Ken Dodds

Ken Dodds

AgResearch, New Zealand
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Rebecca Doerge

Rebecca Doerge

Carnegie-Mellon University
 
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Meg Ehm

Meg Ehm

GlaxoSmithKline
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Alison Feder

Alison Feder

University of Washington
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Brandon Gaut

Brandon Gaut

University of California, Irvine
 
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Greg Gibson

Greg Gibson

Georgia Institute of Technology
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Jerome Goudet

Jérôme Goudet

University of Lausanne
 
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Ryan Hernandez

Ryan Hernandez

University of California, San Francisco
 
 
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David Kaye

David H. Kaye

Penn State University
 
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Joelle Mbatchou

Joelle Mbatchou

Regeneron Pharmaceutics
 
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Lauren McIntyre

Lauren McIntyre

University of Florida
 
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Alison Motsinger-Reif

Alison Motsinger-Reif

NIEHS Division of Intramural Research
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Neil Risch

Kathryn Roeder

Carnegie Mellon University
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Kathryn Roeder

Kathryn Roeder

Carnegie Mellon University
 
 
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Rori Rohlfs

Rori Rohlfs

San Francisco State University
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Daniel Schaid

Dan Schaid

Mayo Clinic
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Timothy Thornton

Timothy Thornton

University of Washington & Regeneron Genetics Center
 
 
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Peter Visscher

Peter Visscher

University of Oxford
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Bruce Walsh

Bruce Walsh

University of Arizona
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Confirmed Speakers