Spring 2013 Colloquium: Problems in Complex Disease Biology

Friday, August 21, 2015 (All day)

Course Director: Donata Vercelli, MD

WHEN, WHO & WHAT

January 11 - no class
January 18 - Donata Vercelli (UA): Introduction and overview
January 25 - Stefano Guerra (UA): Integrating biomarkers for complex diseases
February 1 - Donata Vercelli (UA): Complex disease epigenetics
February 8 - Walt Klimecki (UA) Complex disease genetics
February 15 - Debbie Nickerson (U. Washington): TBA
February 22 - Jannine MacDonald (UA): Induced pluripotent stem cells models
March 1 - Jill Tardiff (UA): Functional studies of human genetic variants
March 8 - Carole Ober (U. Chicago): TBA
March 15 - No class
March 22 - Raina Maier (UA): The microbiome
March 29: Linda Restifo (UA): The complexity of neurogenetic diseases
April 5 - Fernando Martinez (UA): Complex disease pathogenesis
April 12 - Pamela Lein (UC Davis): Gene-toxin interactions in autism and asthma
April 19 - Larry Forney (U. Idaho): The microbiome in health and disease
April 26 - Donata Vercelli (UA): Wrap-up