ASHG 2011 Talks and Posters

Gaurav Bhatia.  Genome-wide Comparison of African-ancestry Populations from CARe and Other Cohorts Reveals Signals of Natural Selection.  Talk #101, Thursday Oct. 13th, 10:45 am, Room 517D, Level 5.  In Session #32, "Evolutionary Genetics." 
*This presentation was selected for a 2011 ASHG Trainee Research Semifinalist Award


Noah Zaitlen
. Components of Heritability in an Icelandic Cohort. Talk #204, Friday Oct. 14th, 4:30 pm, Room 511, Level 5. In Session #56, "Complex Traits I: Approaches and Methods".
*This presentation was selected for a 2011 ASHG Trainee Research Semifinalist Award


Bogdan Pasaniuc
. Extremely low-coverage sequencing enables cost effective GWAS. In "Statistical Genetics and Genetic Epidemiology", Poster #727T, Thursday Oct. 13th, 2:00-3:00 pm, Exhibit Hall, Level 2.


Alkes Price
.  Liability threshold modeling of covariates increases power in case-control association studies.  In "Complex Traits: Theory and Methods", Poster #388T, Thursday Oct. 13th, 3:00-4:00 pm, Exhibit Hall, Level 2.