Course Director: Donata Vercelli, MD
WHEN, WHO & WHAT
Jan 13 - Donata Vercelli (UA): Introduction and overview
Jan 20 - Walt Klimecki (UA): Complex disease (CD) genetics
Jan 27 - Stefano Guerra (UA): Biomarkers for complex diseases
Feb 3 - Linda Restifo (UA): Neurogenetic disorders span the CD spectrum
Feb 10 - Deborah Meyers (Wake Forest University): GWAS in CD
Feb 17 - Kathleen Barnes (Johns Hopkins): Rare variants and CD susceptibility
Feb 21 - Erika Von Mutius (U. Munich): Environmental determinants of protection from CD
Feb 24 - Carole Ober (U Chicago): Studies in founder populations
Mar 9 - Mark Ansel (UCSF): Micro RNA-mediated regulatory processes
Mar 16 - Spring Break
Mar 23 - Jil Tardiff (UA): Functional analysis of mutations in heart disease
Mar 30 - Raina Maier (UA): Understanding the microbiome
Apr 6 - Jannine Strempel (UA): Induced pluripotent stem cell-based models
Apr 13 - Fernando Martinez (UA): Gene-environment interactions
Apr 20 - Donata Vercelli (UA): Epigenetics and the environment
Apr 27 - Donata Vercelli (UA): Wrap-up