Introduction to Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS)
| 2025_FS_GWAS | |
| 20.05.2025 - 22.05.2025 | |
| 3 days | |
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Start registration period: 10.12.2024 End of registration period: 21.04.2025 |
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| External | |
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| Students enrolled in PSC PhD Programs have priority. Free of charge to all Ph.D. students. | |
| In this course, we will discuss one of the main tools for identifying genes that underlie natural phenotypic variation: genome-wide association studies (GWAS). At the beginning of the course, we will provide an introduction to GWAS and a brief introduction to the computer language R. Then, we will introduce the principles of genetic mapping of target genes and the genetic and statistical background on which GWAS are based. The course has a strong practical component, and students will gain experience analyzing real data on the computer. At the end of the course, students will be able to interpret GWAS results and carry out their own analyses with their own data. We will also discuss basic concepts (and challenges) in population genetics and genomics. Before the course starts, the students will be asked to complete basic R tutorials. Depending on the number of students, we can provide laptops with the necessary software installed for most or all students. Those students who want to use their own laptops should inform us, so that we can instruct them to install basic software packages on their computers. | |
| Thomas Wicker (IPMB) | |
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| PhD students | |
| A background in genetics is required. Before the course, we will email you with instructions for installing the required software on your computer, if you want to use your own laptop. In addition, we will ask you to complete one or two (brief) R tutorials. Any other previous experience with R will be beneficial. | |
| English | |
| This 3-day course will be split between lectures and tutorials. Required: reading (~4-8 or more hours), attendance, and active participation during the course (24 hours). | |
By registering you agree to the PSC course terms and conditions AGBs | |
| Cancellation of a course registration should be arranged with the course coordination office psc_phdprogram@ethz.ch and is possible free of charge up to 2 weeks before the course starts. Later cancellations and failure to attend or incomplete attendance without documented justification will incur a fee of 200 CHF. | |
| PSC students should register here. EvoBio and other students should register with Tony Weingrill (evobio@aim.uzh.ch). Priority will be given to PhD students of the PhD Programs Evolutionary Biology and Plant Science. Interested Masterstudents should contact the instructor. | |
| Dr. Bojan Gujas (psc_phdprogram@ethz.ch) | |
| FS2025_BIO692_GWAS.pdfvertical_align_bottom |