Teaching 2010-2011
EPID0754-1 : Introduction à l'épidémiologie génétique
SOME PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENTS:
- When does the first class take place?
- Wednesday February 9.
- If you have a laptop, please bring it to the class.
- No other material is necessary. This will be
a class to discuss the set-up of the future classes, to discover the background knowledge, to talk about your expectations
and wishlist for these classes,
and to start with a gentle introduction on some concepts and terms
- When do the next classes take place?
- Click here for an updated course schedule
Updated (21 February !!!)
- Where do the classes take place?
- What about homeworks?
- Click here for some guidelines
- What if I have additional questions?
- Consult Kristel Van Steen (kristel.vansteen@ulg.ac.be) before or after class or by e-mail. In order for the mail not to get lost, please
mention "epidemiology course" in the header
FOR FUTURE CLASS MATERIAL DOWNLOADS (use 7-Zip to unpack zipped files):
INFORMATION BY CLASS:
9 February 2011 :
1pm-3pm
16 February 2011 :
1pm-3pm
Please bring your laptop to the class
- Course notes: Chapter 2
- Downloading instructions R and Bioconductor: Follow this link
- Information on using R:
- Background reading (series 1):
- Background reading (series 2):
Updated (21 February !!!)
23 February 2011 :
1pm-3pm
Please bring your laptop to the class
- In-class reading:
- Course notes: Chapter 3
- Downloading instructions R and Bioconductor: Follow this link
- Information on using R: see last class
- Homework assignment (due March 4):
- HW1: Data exploration
- Pedigree File
Family data with basic information and genetic markers
- Phenotype File
A continuous trait, measured for all family members
- Conversion R Script
Coversion programme in R (remember the easy-to-use Tinn-R) to create a .ped file that can be opened and viewed in Notepad. Change the working directory, according to the location on your
computer with the data
- Background reading:
- Code in R as useful examples to homework 1
2 March 2011 :
1pm-3pm
- Course notes: Chapter 4
- In class reading:
- Preparatory reading for next class:
- Homework assignment:
9 March 2011 :
12-3pm
Please bring your computer to the class
- Answering any questions you might have wrt reading assignment
- Course notes: Chapter 5
(as reference material)
- Useful conversion code: Click here
- Additional R packages
- InClassReading / Preparatory Reading:
- Homework assignment:
23 March 2011 :
1-3pm
Please bring your computer to the class: we start with practicals and continue with Chapter 5 via a selection of papers and discussions
- InClassReading:
- Homework assignment (last session's homework assignment revisited):
30 March 2011 :
1-3pm
Please bring your computer to the class for an FBAT session!
- Course notes: Chapter 6
- In Class Reading:
Updated (4 April)
- Additional R packages (for your information; not for this class)
6 April 2011 :
12-1pm !!!!!!!!!!
Please bring your computer to the class for an FBAT session!
- In Class Reading:
- Click here to download
- software
- the FBAT toolkit
- the FBAT tour
- Homework assignment (due May 6):
Easter Vacation
- The following is a collection of the most important course papers/questions, to help you better digest the course note materials:
27 April 2011 :
1-3pm !!!!!!!!!!
- Homeworks:
- I will first give some solutions to the homeworks and will discuss what the expectations are for the homeworks, the project and the exam.
- Bottomline = DO NOT WORRY!
- The goal of this course is that you understand a few key concepts (we will again go over them during this class - hence ask questions if you do not understand),
that you understand the role of genetic epidemiology for public health policies and that you are able to perform basic genetic association analyses.
- InClassReading:
4 May 2011 :
1-3pm !!!!!!!!!!
We will be travelling a world of interactions!
- Course notes: Chapter 7
- InClassReading:
- Background reading:
15 May 2010: NOTES ABOUT HOW THE DATA WERE SIMULATED :
1.30-3pm !!!
- Exam project assignment and exam preparations:
- Some examplar solutions to homeworks: Click here