2018

May

• STAGE mentor Dr. Laurent Briollais will give a talk at the Genetic Medicine Grand Rounds on Thursday May 10, 2018 @9am. Sick Kids Auditorium. For details, click here
• McMaster University Population Genomics Program’s 2nd Annual Workshop: ‘Omics and Epidemiology. May 28-29, 2018. For complete details, click here

April

Statistics Graduate Student Research Day

• The registration form is available at the top of the event page on the Fields website (registration is $40): http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/17-18/stats-research-day.
•  If you would like to participate in the poster competition, please email Jeffrey Negrea, negrea@utstat.toronto.edu, with **POSTER** in the subject line. Posters need not be from upper year students and all aspects of statistical research is welcome.

March

• Wellcome Genome Campus presents Advanced Courses and Scientific Conferences.

For complete details, including the various application deadlines, please click here

• “Nonlinear Dynamics in Life Sciences with Applications to Neuroscience and Psychology” summer school hosted by The Centre for Applied Mathematics in Bioscience and Medicine (in collaboration with NSERC-CREATE).

June 18 to 29, 2018. For complete details, click here

• Mini-courses in Statistical Genetics, offered at Centre de Recherches Mathematiques, Laval University.

July 8 to 13, 2018. For complete details, click here.

February

• BioLab Seminar Series presents: Dr. Emily Park, Senior Director at Advanced Cell Diagnostics Inc.

Talk title: Visualize Gene Expression and Genetic Variations in Tumor Microenvironment: Applications of RNAscope and BaseScope ISH Technologies.

Monday February 5, 2018 @1:30pm in the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research in the WEST TOWER. For complete details, click here

• Integrative Molecular Epidemiology: Bridging Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine. 

A workshop presented by the American Association for Cancer Research on July 9-13, 2018 in Boston. Application deadline is March 12, 2018. For complete details, click here

• Complex Trait Analysis of Next Generation Sequence Data Course

  June 18-22, 2018
  Max Delbrück Center (MDC) for Molecular Medicine
  Berlin, Germany

  The fourth annual course on Complex Trait Analysis of Next Generation Sequence Data will be held at the MDC in Berlin from June 18-22, 2018. The goal of the course is to teach participants both theory and application of methods to analyze next generation sequence (NGS) data for human complex traits. Attendees will learn how to design studies, call variants from NGS data, analysis of population-, trio- and family-based sequence data and evaluation of variant functionality. Analyses will include performing complex trait rare variant association analysis for population and trio data. Exercises will be carried out using a variety of computer programs (GATK, IGV, Polyphen2, PSEQ, SEQPower,, SEQSpark, and Variant Association Tools (VAT)). TOPICS will be include: sequence alignment, calling variants from NGS data, quality control of NGS data, association testing framework for quantitative and qualitative traits (fixed effects, random effects and mixed models), rare variant association methods, estimating power and sample size for rare variant association studies, imputation of rare variants and their analysis, and evaluating variant conservation and functionality.

  For additional information, course schedule and application please visit the course website: https://statgen.research.bcm.edu/index.php/ComplexNGS2018

  Application Deadline March 1st, 2018

  Also accepting applications for the following courses

  Genetic Association: With Application to the Analysis of Sequence and Genotype Data

  October 29 – November 2, 2018

  MDC Berlin

  https://statgen.research.bcm.edu/index.php/Genassoc2018

  Identifying Genes for Mendelian Traits using NGS Data

  November 5-9, 2018

  MDC Berlin

  https://statgen.research.bcm.edu/index.php/NGSMendelian2018

2017

October

• SAVE THE DATE: 3rd Annual Biostatistics Training Initiative Distinguished Lecture, Dr. Stephen George from Duke University School of Medicine will give a talk on November 15, 2017. The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto. For complete details, click here.

September

• SAVE THE DATE: Distinguished Lecture Series in Statistical Science presents Dr. Raymond J. Carroll, Department of Statistics, Texas A&M University. October 4 and 5, 2017. The Fields Institute, Toronto. For complete details, click here.

July

• Statistical Genetics Course 2017/2018 New York City and Berlin. Below are listed four statistical genetics courses which will take place in 2017/2018 in New York City at the Rockefeller University and Berlin at the MDC.  To learn more about each course, obtain a schedule and application form, please click on the course link. Applications are currently being accepted for all four course.
  • Identifying Genes for Mendelian Traits using NGS Data. September 18-22, 2017. Max Delbrück Center (MDC) for Molecular Medicine Berlin, Germany. Click here.

  • Advanced Gene Mapping Course. January 22-26, 2018. The Rockefeller University, New York, NY USA. Click here.

  • Complex Trait Analysis of NGD Data. June 18-22, 2018. Max Delbrück Center (MDC) for Molecular Medicine Berlin, Germany. Click here.

  • Genetic Association. September 17-21, 2018. Max Delbrück Center (MDC) for Molecular Medicine Berlin, Germany. Click here.

• Sequencing Strategies for Population and Cancer Epidemiology Studies (SeqSPACE) Webinar Series. The purpose of this forum is to provide an opportunity for our grantees and other interested individuals to share lessons learned and practical information regarding the application of next generation sequencing to cancer epidemiology studies. For complete details, click here.

May

• ‘Omics and Epidemiology: Bridging biology, ‘omics, statistics and epidemiology in the era of precision medicine. May 25 and 26, 2017. Cisco Toronto Innovation Centre. For complete details, click here

April

• SAVE THE DATE: The OPTIMISE Research Program presents a talk by Dr. John Frank, University of Edinburgh. Chronic Disease Prevention: “Upstream” and “Downstream” Revisited. May 4, 2017 at 12:00pm. For complete details, click here.

March

• SAVE THE DATE: 2017 International Genetic Epidemiology Society (IGES) Annual Meeting. September 9 to 11, 2017. Cambridge, UK. For complete details, click here.

• Genetic Association Course with Application to the Analysis of Sequence and Genotype Data. June 26 to 30, 2017. Berlin, Germany. Application deadline: May 1, 2017. For complete details, click here.

February

• Health Science Inquiry has a Call for Submissions. The theme is Gene Editing and Personalized Medicine. For more details, click here

• SAVE THE DATE: 6th Annual Canadian Human and Statistical Genetics Meeting on 22-25 April, 2017 in Quebec City, Quebec. For details on abstract submission and registration, please click here

January

• Integrative Molecular Epidemiology Workshop: Bridging Cancer Biology and Precision Medicine. July 10-14, 2017. Westin Copley Place, Boston, Massachusetts. For complete details, click here

2016

• Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics @UQ February 2017: Registration is now open and there are a limited number of module fee waiver scholarships being offered (scholarship applications due Sept 30, 2016). For complete details: click here

• Student Paper Award Competition Section on Statistics in Genomics and Genetics American Statistical Association
  Application Deadline: February 1, 2016
  For more details: click here

2013

• • Genetic Association Course With Application to the Analysis of Sequence and Genotype Data
    June 3-7, 2013
    Application Deadline March 25, 2013
    Max Delbrück Center (MDC) for Molecular Medicine
    Berlin, Germany [ Website ]

 

• • Montreal Spring School of Population Genomics and Genetic Epidemiology
    May 27 to 31, 2013
    Montreal, Quebec  [ Website ]

 

2012

• • Tenth Annual Basic Gene Mapping Course
    November 26-30, 2012
    Max Delbrück Center (MDC) for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany  [ Website ]

 

• • Third Annual Berlin Genetic Association Course
    June 18-22, 2012
    Max Delbrück Center (MDC) for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany  [ Website ]

 

• • Advanced Topics in Genome-Wide Association (GWA) Studies (5-day course)
    May 28-June 1, 2012
    Organized by Dr. Lyle Palmer and his Genetic Epidemiology and Biostatistics Team at the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
    Registration opens Monday, February 7, 2012, and it is limited to 30 participants
    790 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [ Website | Flyer ]

 

• • Canadian Human Genetics Conference and Canadian Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics Meeting
    April 29-May 2, 2012
    White Oak Conference Centre and Spa, Niagara Wine Country, Ontario, Canada  [ Website ]

 

2011

• • Basic Gene Mapping Course
    November 7-11, 2011
    Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany [ Website ]

 

• • Populations of the New World: impact of founder effects on health
    October 11, 2011, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
    Room 513CD, Montreal Convention Centre
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada [ Website ]

 

• • The American Society of Human Genetics 61st Annual Meeting
    October 11-15, 2011
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada [ Website ]

 

• • 20th Annual IGES Conference
    September 18-20, 2011
    Heidelberg, Germany  [ Website ]

 

• • 6th Annual Canadian Genetic Epidemiology & Statistical Genetics Meeting
    May 11-13, 2011
    King City, Ontario, Canada

 

• • Computational Statistical Methods for Genomics and Systems Biology
    April 18-22, 2011
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada  [ Website ]

 

2010

• • The American Society for Human Genetics 60th Annual Meeting
    November 2-6, 2010
    Washington, DC, USA  [ Website ]

 

• • The Genetic Analysis Workshops (GAWs)
    October 13-16, 2010
    Boston, Massachusetts, USA  [ Website ]

 

• • 19th Annual International Genetic Epidemiology Society Meeting
    October 10-12, 2010
    Boston, Massachusetts, USA  [ Website ]