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Analysis of GWAS Data with a Focus on Prediction of Complex Phenotypes

Analysis of GWAS Data with a Focus on Prediction of Complex Phenotypes

This course is open for applications from May 1 – May 31

Overall aim – teach students how genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are used to understand and predict complex traits.

Objective 1 - teach students the methods being used to analyse GWAS. These will include both basic analyses (e.g., quality control and single-SNP tests of association) and advanced methods (e.g., heritability analyses).

Objective 2 - teach students how to construct prediction models (i.e., to be able to predict an individual’s risk of developing a disease, given their genetic information).

Objective 3 – teach students how to use popular genetic software.

Exam info and full course description

Exam info and full course description can be found in the course catalogue.

Admission Requirements

Course specific:

To apply for the course you must have passed a relevant Bachelor's degree.

There are no necessary prerequisites. However, ideally students will have a basic knowledge of statistics and experience with the programming language R.

General:

Exchange Students: nomination from your home university

Freemovers: documentation for English Language proficiency

You can read more about the admission here.

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