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Keyword Search Criteria: genetics returned 29 record(s)
Sunday, 07/30/2017
A Phylogenetic Transform Enhances Analysis of Compositional Microbiota Data
Justin David Silverman, Duke University; Sayan Mukherjee, Duke University; Lawrence A David, Duke University


Adaptive MCMC in Bayesian Phylogenetics and Phylodynamics
Guy Baele, KU Leuven; Philippe Lemey, KU Leuven; Andrew Rambaut, University of Edinburgh; Marc A. Suchard, University of California, Los Angeles
2:45 PM

Detecting Local Sparsity and High-Order Interactions with Iterative Random Forests
Sumanta Basu, Cornell University; James Bentley Brown, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Bin Yu, University of California, Berkeley
4:55 PM

Monday, 07/31/2017
Quantitative Analysis of Spreading Defects and Response to Therapeutics in Lowe Syndrome
Brittany Griggs, Purdue University; Swetha Ramadesikan, Purdue University; Ruben Claudio Aguilar, Purdue University


Eigenvalues and Variance Components
Iain M Johnstone, Stanford Universty
9:25 AM

A Powerful Learn-And-Confirm Pharmacogenomics Methodology for Randomized Clinical Trials
Devan Mehrotra, Merck & Co. Inc. ; Qian Guan, North Carolina State University; Zifang Guo, Merck & Co., Inc.
2:45 PM

Tuesday, 08/01/2017
Robust Estimation of Genetic and Environmental Variance Components in Twin Studies using Generalized Method of Moments
Jaron Arbet; Saonli Basu, University of Minnesota


Examination of Methods for Gene Expression Normalization in EQTL Studies
Sean McCabe, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Danyu Lin, University of North Carolina; Michael Love, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill


A Robust Estimator for Poisson Mean with Zero-Inflation and Contamination
Xiaotian Wu, Brown University; Yi Zhang, Brown University; Zhijin Wu, Brown University


Rates of DNA Mutation in Genes and Inte-Gene Regions
Brian French, Purdue University; Laszlo Csonka, Purdue University; Mark Ward, Purdue University; Nicole Markley, Purdue University


Diffusion Dependent Methylation Mechanics
Alan Min, Purdue University; Doraiswami Ramkrishna, Purdue University; Chongli Yuan, Purdue University


Sparse Penalization for Non-Hierarchical Interactions
Claus Ekstrom, Biostatistics, University of Copenhagen
9:20 AM

Dissecting Genetic Architecture of Complex Diseases Through Integrated Genomic Analysis
Hongyu Zhao, Yale University
10:55 AM

Ultra-High-Dimensional Genome-Wide Heritability Analysis with Neuroimaging Phenotypes
Yize Zhao, Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University
11:00 AM

Asymptotic Approaches for Spatial Genetic Data
Sahar Zarmehri, The Pennsylvania State University; Ephraim M Hanks, The Pennsylvania State University
2:35 PM

Integrating Multi-Omics Data to Identify Target Genes for Complex Traits Through a Gibbs Sampling Strategy
Bingshan Li, Vanderbilt University; Quan Wang, Vanderbilt University; Ying Ji, Vanderbilt University; Rui Chen, Vanderbilt University; Qiang Wei, Vanderbilt University; Xue Zhong, Vanderbilt University; Hai Yang, Vanderbilt University
3:20 PM

Wednesday, 08/02/2017
Statistical Challenges in Precision Medicine: Focus on Psychiatric Genetics
Joanna Biernacka, Mayo Clinic


Biodemographic Approaches to Genetic Analyzes of Longevity in Longitudinal Data on Aging
Konstantin Arbeev, Duke University; Ilya Y. Zhbannikov, Duke University; Olivia Bagley, Duke University; Anatoliy I. Yashin, Duke University


Accounting for Genetics in Biomarker-Disease Association Studies: Lessons Learned from Lung Disease
Katerina Kechris, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus; Wei Sun, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Sean Jacobson, National Jewish Health; Wanda O'Neal, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Russell Bowler, National Jewish Health
9:50 AM

Biodemographic Approaches to Genetic Analyzes of Longevity in Longitudinal Data on Aging
Konstantin Arbeev, Duke University; Ilya Y. Zhbannikov, Duke University; Olivia Bagley, Duke University; Anatoliy I. Yashin, Duke University
9:50 AM

Statistical Rare Variants Analysis by Integrating Biological Annotations with Applications to Autism Spectrum Disorder Disease
Shengtong Han, University of Chicago; Nicholas Knoblauch, University of Chicago; Yubin Xie, University of Chicago; Yuwen Liu, University of Chicago; Kathryn Roeder, Carnegie Mellon University; Xin He, University of Chicago
11:50 AM

Bayesian Analysis of Continuous Time Markov Chains with Applications to Phylogenetics
Tingting Zhao, University of British Columbia
2:05 PM

Integrating Imaging and Genomics
Arvind Rao, UT MDACC; Ganesh Rao, UT MDACC; Veera Baladandayuthapani, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Michael Lehrer, UT MDACC; Donnie Kim, UT MDACC
2:35 PM

Thursday, 08/03/2017
A Flexible Non-parametric Framework for High-Dimensional Multi-way Data
Zhaoxia Yu, University of California, Irvine; Tong Shen, University of California, Irvine; Dustin Pluta, University of California, Irvine; Hernando Ombao, University of California, Irvine; King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
8:35 AM

Bayesian Variable Selection for High-Dimensional Genomic Data with Survival Response
Amir Nikooienejad, Texas A&M University; Valen Johnson, Texas A&M University
8:50 AM

A Statistical Method for Advancing Neuroimaging Genetics
Xuan Bi, Yale University; Hongtu Zhu, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center; Heping Zhang, Yale University School of Public Health
10:35 AM

Non-parametric Association Testing of fMRI Functional Connectivity and Genetic Similarity
Dustin Pluta, University of California, Irvine; Hernando Ombao, KAUST and UC Irvine; Zhaoxia Yu, University of California, Irvine; Tong Shen, University of California, Irvine
11:35 AM

Adaptive Testing of SNP-Brain Functional Connectivity Associations Using Modular Network Structures
Wei Pan, University of Minnesota
11:50 AM

A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Enrichment Analysis Identifies New Trait-Associated Genes, Pathways and Tissues Across 31 Human Phenotypes
Xiang Zhu, University of Chicago; Matthew Stephens, University of Chicago
12:05 PM

 
 
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