2012 ASHG and IGES Talks & Posters

2012 IGES  Conference

Stevenson, Washington,  October 18-20, 2012.

 

Laura Faye: Re-Ranking Next Generation Sequencing Variants for Accurate Causal Variant Identification
Platform presentation #8.
*This presentation has been nominated for a Williams Award

Hugues Aschard: Relaxing the genetic model to identify quantitative trait loci having heterogeneous effects
Platform presentation #22.

Sara Lindstrom: Deep targeted sequencing of 12 breast cancer loci in 4,700 women across four different ethnicities
Poster presentation #44.

Noah Zaitlen: Informed conditioning on clinical covariates increases power in case-control association studies
Poster presentation #88.

Amit Joshi: A comparison of approaches for genome-wide gene-environment interaction analyses in the risk of estrogen receptor (ER)-negative breast cancer
Poster presentation #137.

Bogdan Pasaniuc: Fast and accurate 1000 Genomes imputation using summary statistics or low-coverage sequencing data
Poster presentation #158.

Linda Hiraki: Building and assessing protein-protein interaction networks from genome wide association results in cancer
Poster presentation #178.

 

 

2012 ASHG Meeting

San Francisco, California, Nov. 6-10th, 2012

 

Bogdan PasaniucFast and accurate 1000 Genomes imputation using summary statistics or low-coverage sequencing data.  Talk #89, Thursday Nov. 8th, 10:45 am, Hall D, Lower Level North.  In Session #29, “Next-generation Sequencing: Methods and Applications.”
*This presentation has been selected for a Charles J. Epstein Trainee Semifinalist Award.


Linda HirakiBuilding and assessing protein-protein interaction networks from genome wide association results in cancer.  Talk #191, Thursday Nov. 8th, 5:30 pm, Room 135, Lower Level North.  In Session #40, “Analysis of Multilocus Systems.”


Hugues AschardDecrease prediction ability of common genetic variants on breast cancer risk with age: Possible underlying models and impact on risk prediction.  Talk #318, Friday Nov. 9th, 9:15 am, Room 130, Lower Level North.  In Session #54, “Genetic Counseling and Clinical Testing.”

Noah Zaitlen. Leveraging admixture analysis to resolve missing and cross-population heritability in GWAS. Talk #350, Friday Nov. 9th, 4:45 pm, Room 135, Lower Level North. In Session #61, “Missing Heritability, Interactions, and Sequencing.”

Peter KraftDeep targeted sequencing of 12 breast cancer loci in 4,700 women across four different ethnicities.  Talk #356, Friday Nov. 9th, 6:15 pm, Room 135, Lower Level North.  In Session #61, “Missing Heritability, Interactions and Sequencing.”


Bjarni VilhjalmssonBayesian polygenic prediction of myocardial infarction risk.  In “Statistical Genetics and Genetic Epidemiology”, Poster #1331W, Wednesday Nov. 7th, 2:15-3:15 pm, Moscone Center, Exhibit Halls ABC.

Zhonghua Liu. Genome-wide association study on the variation of quantitative trait as a tool to identify important genetic variants for related complex diseases: An example of CHD risk in T2D patients.  In “Statistical Genetics and Genetic Epidemiology”/ Poster #1357F, Friday Nov. 9th, 2:15-3:15 pm, Moscone Center, Exhibit Halls ABC.

Gaurav Bhatia. Estimating and Interpreting Fst: The Impact of Rare Variants. In “Evolutionary and Population Genetics”, Poster #3407W, Wednesday Nov. 7th, 2:15-3:15 pm, Moscone Center, Exhibit Halls ABC.

Chia-yen ChenInference of genetic ancestry using genotype data from a single individual.  In “Evolutionary and Population Genetics”, Poster #3413W, Wednesday Nov. 7th, 2:15-3:15 pm, Moscone Center, Exhibit Halls ABC.

Baoshan MaStatistical Models to Predict DNA Methylation Level Across Different Tissues in Humans.  In “Epigenetics”, Poster #3469T, Thursday Nov. 8th, 2:15-3:15 pm, Moscone Center, Exhibit Halls ABC.


Sasha GusevRobust partitioning of local heritability at associated GWAS loci.  In “Statistical Genetics and Genetic Epidemiology”, Poster #1577W, Wednesday Nov. 7th, 2:15-3:15 pm, Moscone Center, Exhibit Halls ABC.


Alkes PriceEnabling mixed model association analysis for large case-control studies.  In “Statistical Genetics and Genetic Epidemiology”, Poster #1360F, Friday Nov. 9th, 3:15-4:15 pm, Moscone Center, Exhibit Halls ABC.

Xuefeng WangPrediction of Total Serum IgE Using Genome-wide Methylation Profile.  In “Epigenetics”, Poster #3486T, Thursday Nov. 8th, 3:15-4:15 pm, Moscone Center, Exhibit Halls ABC.