Meetings/Talks
Many of our meeting/talks are part of the SiLS working group's journal club. Here is our philosophy on journal clubs. Below are talks not affiliated with SiLS. Our poster presentations can be found here.
Schedule:
| Apr. 9, 2024 | Diksha Jethnani (SFU) | MSc defence: Analysis of rare variants in the first exon of the ataxin-2 gene in patients with neurodegenerative diseases | Zoom, 9:00-10:30 | ||
| Dec. 19, 2023 | Payman Nickchi (SFU) | PhD defence: Linkage fine-mapping on sequences from case-control studies and Goodness-of-fit tests based on empirical distribution function for general likelihood model | Library Room 2020, SFU; 10:00-11:30 | ||
| Oct. 23, 2023 | Nirodha Epasinghege Dona (SFU) | PhD defence: Big data applications in genetics and sports | Library Room 2020, SFU; 10:00-11:30 | ||
| Sept. 18, 2023 | Brad McNeney (SFU) | Biostatistics Seminar Series, U of Calgary: Robust inference of gene-environment interaction from heterogeneous samples of case-parent trios | Room G384, U of Calgary Foothills Campus; 10:00-11:00 | ||
| Sept. 15, 2023 | Jinko Graham (SFU) | Biostatistics Seminar Series, U of Calgary: DNA sharing and linkage analysis on sequence | Room MS 522, U of Calgary Main Campus, 13:00 to 14:00 | ||
| Aug. 17, 2023 | Ying (Daisy) Yu (SFU) | PhD defence: Penalized likelihood methods for sparse datasets, with applications to genetic epidemiology | Library Room 2020, SFU; 10:00-11:30 | ||
| Aug. 16, 2023 | Pulindu Ratnasekera (SFU) | PhD defence: Inference of gene-environment interaction from heterogeneous case-parent trios | Library Room 2020, SFU; 10:00-11:30 | ||
| June 9, 2023 | Brad McNeney (SFU) | Statistical Genetics Journal Club, University of Toronto: Robust inference of gene-environment interaction from heterogeneous samples of case-parent trios | Zoom, 10:00-11:00 | ||
| May 29, 2023 | Jinko Graham (SFU) | SSC 2023, Session on Causal Inference Methods in Applied Statistics: An exploration of linkage fine-mapping on sequences from case-control studies | Room TB 238, Carleton University, 15:45 to 16:00 | ||
| May 29, 2023 | Fabiha Binte Farooq (SFU) | SSC 2023, Session on New Developments In Statistical Theory And Analysis: Statistical prioritization of sequencing variants in disease-enriched families | Room RB 1201, Carleton University, 11:05 to 11:20 | ||
| May 31, 2022 | Brad McNeney (SFU) | SSC 2022, Invited session on Current Challenges in Genomic Epidemiology: Robust inference of gene-environment interaction from heterogeneous samples of case-parent trios | Zoom, 15:30-16:00 | ||
| April 26, 2022 | Tianyu Yang (SFU) | MSc defence: A pedigree-transmission likelihood for multiplex families | Zoom, 10:00-11:30 | ||
| April 22, 2022 | Jinko Graham (SFU) | Statistics Seminar Series, Simon Fraser University: Relatedness, gene genealogies and DNA sharing | Halpern 126, SFU, 13:30-14:30 | ||
| April 22, 2022 | Jinko Graham (SFU) | Statistical Genetics Journal Club, University of Toronto: Relatedness, gene genealogies and DNA sharing | Zoom, 7:00-8:30 | ||
| April 12, 2022 | Zayed Shahjahan (SFU) | MSc defence: Bayesian variable selection in regression with genetics application | Zoom, 9:30-11:00 | ||
| Nov. 20, 2021 | Jinko Graham (SFU) | Joint SFU/UBC Graduate Student Seminar: Creating a niche to be a happy researcher | Zoom, 12:05-1:05 | ||
| Nov. 19, 2021 | Payman Nickchi (SFU) | CANSSI Showcase lightning talk: A comparison of association methods for fine-mapping rare variants in case-control studies | Zoom, 12:00-1:0 | ||
| Oct. 28, 2021 | Charith (Bhagya) Karunarathna (SFU) | Statistics Seminar, Dalhousie University: Sequence clustering for genetic mapping of binary traits | Room 319, Chase Building, 11:30-12:30 | ||
| Sept. 13, 2021 | Christina Nieuwoudt (SFU) | PhD defence: Simulation and statistical methods for family-based sequencing studies | Zoom, 9:30-11:45 | ||
| Aug. 24, 2021 | Charith (Bhagya) Karunarathna (SFU) | PhD defence: Sequence clustering for genetic mapping of binary traits | Zoom, 9:30-11:45 | ||
| Aug. 18, 2021 | Xuefei (Gloria) Yang (SFU) | MSc defence: Covariance-adjusted, sparse, reduced-rank regression with adjustment for confounders | Zoom, 10:30-11:45 | ||
| July, 2021 | Jinko Graham (SFU) | Statistics 2021 Canada: Gene genealogies and DNA sharing | Zoom, 12:30-1:30 | ||
| Jun. 8, 2021 | Payman Nickchi (SFU) | SSC 2021, Session on Methods in Spatial, Cohort, or Case-Control Studies: A comparison of association methods for fine-mapping rare variants in case-control studies | Zoom, 1:30-1:45 | ||
| Jun. 8, 2021 | Bhagya Karunarathna (SFU) | SSC 2021, Session on Methods in Spatial, Cohort, or Case-Control Studies: Using the relatedness of sequences to fine-map genetic variants | Zoom, 1:15-1:30 | ||
| Jun. 8, 2021 | Ying (Daisy) Yu (SFU) | SSC 2021, Session on Understanding Genes and the Genome: Shrinkage Parameter Estimation in Penalized Logistic Regression Analysis of Case-Control Data | Zoom, 11:30-11:45 | ||
| Jun. 8, 2021 | Pulindu Ratnasekera (SFU) | SSC 2021, Session on Understanding Genes and the Genome: Re-analysis of a genome-wide gene-by-environment interaction study of case parent trios, adjusted for population stratification | Zoom, 11:00-11:15 | ||
| April, 2021 | Jinko Graham (SFU) | Statistics Seminar, Université du Québec à Montréal: Gene genealogies in populations | Zoom, 12:30-1:30 | ||
| March, 2021 | Jinko Graham (SFU) | Statistics Seminar, Dalhousie University: Gene genealogies in populations | Zoom, 12:30-1:30 | ||
| Feb, 2021 | Jinko Graham (SFU) | SAGE/Biostatistics Seminar, University of Calgary: Gene genealogies and DNA sharing | Zoom, 12:30-1:30 | ||
| Aug. 19, 2020 | Coco Liu (SFU) | MSc defence: Curating and combining big data from genetic studies | Zoom, 12:30-1:30 | ||
| Apr. 17, 2020 | Siyuan Chen (SFU) | MSc defence: Approximate marginal likelihoods for shrinkage parameter estimation for penalized logistic regression analysis of case-control data | Zoom, 9:30-10:30 | ||
| Aug. 15, 2019 | Ying (Daisy) Yu (SFU) | MSc defence: Shrinkage parameter estimation for penalized logistic regression analysis of case-control data | ASB9705, SFU, 12:30-1:30 | ||
| May 31, 2019 | Haoyao Ruan (SFU) | MSc defence: Covariance-adjusted, sparse, reduced-rank regression with application to imaging-genetics data | SSCK9509, SFU, 1:00-2:00 | ||
| May 27, 2019 | Jinko Graham (SFU) | SSC 2019, invited session on Novel Statistical Methods and Applications in Genomics: Relatedness, inherited traits and trait-influencing DNA variants | University of Calgary, Rm ENA201, 10:20-10:45 | ||
| May 13, 2019 | Jinko Graham (SFU) | Gordon C Ashton Memorial Lecture, Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Biology: Relatedness, inherited traits and trait-influencing DNA variants | University of Guelph, Rm TBD, 9:00-10:00 | ||
| Aug. 7, 2018 | Bhagya Karunarathna (SFU) | BIRS Workshop on New Statistical Methods for Family-Based Sequencing Studies: Using Gene Genealogies to Localize Rare Variants Associated with Complex Traits in Diploid Populations. Video | Banff International Research Station, TransCanada Pipelines Pavillion Rm 201, 4:40-4:45 | ||
| Aug. 7, 2018 | Jinko Graham (SFU) | BIRS Workshop on New Statistical Methods for Family-Based Sequencing Studies: Combining Phenotypes, Genotypes, and Genealogies to Fine-Map Trait-Influencing Variants. Video | Banff International Research Station, TransCanada Pipelines Pavillion Rm 201, 3:30-4:00 | ||
| Aug. 6, 2018 | Christina Nieuwoudt (SFU) | BIRS Workshop on New Statistical Methods for Family-Based Sequencing Studies: Simulating family studies with whole-exome sequencing of multiple affected relatives. Video | Banff International Research Station, TransCanada Pipelines Pavillion Rm 201, 11:20-11:45 | ||
| July 31, 2018 | Bhagya Karunarathna (SFU) | JSM 2018, Recent Methods Development for Sequence-Based Association Studies — Contributed Papers Section on Statistics in Genomics and Genetics: Using Gene Genealogies to Localize Rare Variants Associated with Complex Traits in Diploid Populations |
Vancouver Convention Centre West, Rm 218, 9:35-9:50 | ||
| July 30, 2018 | Jinko Graham (SFU) | JSM 2018, Some New Perspectives and Developments in Biostatistical Research in the Era of Data Science - Invited Papers SSC , ENAR , Biometrics Section: Combining Phenotypes, Genotypes, and Genealogies to Fine-Map Trait-Influencing Variants on the Genome | Vancouver Convention Centre West, Rm 206/207, 11:55-12:15 | ||
| July 30, 2018 | Dongmeng Liu (SFU) | JSM 2018, Recent Development in Methods for Statistical Genetics -- Contributed Papers Section on Statistics in Genomics and Genetics: Sampling Partial Genealogies Using Sequential Importance Sampling | Vancouver Convention Centre West, Rm 204, 8:50-9:05 | ||
| July 29, 2018 | Payman Nickchi (SFU) | An Ensemble of Advances in Genomics and Genetics — Contributed Speed Section on Statistics in Genomics and Genetics, ENAR , SSC, Section on Risk Analysis , Section on Statistical Computing, Biometrics Section On Using Gene Genealogies to Find Trait-Influencing Variants |
Vancouver Convention Centre West, Rm 212, 2:10-2:15 | ||
| June 19, 2018 | Jinko Graham (SFU) | Mini-Conference to Celebrate Elizabeth Thompson's Contributions: Genetic Fine-mapping of Traits with Gene-genealogies | U Washington, Johnson Hall, Rm 102, 11:30-12:00 | ||
| June 11, 2018 | Dongmeng Liu (SFU) | Canadian Human and Statistical Genetics Meeting, Invited Session, Statistical Genetics: Sampling partial genealogies using sequential importance sampling | Harrison Hot Springs Resort, Rainbow Room, 3:00-3:15 | ||
| June 5, 2018 | Payman Nickchi (SFU) | SSC 2018, Contributed Session, Statistical Genetics and Phylogenetics: On using gene genealogies to find trait-influencing variants | McGill, Trottier room 2120, 4:45-5:00 | ||
| June 5, 2018 | Christina Nieuwoudt (SFU) | SSC 2018, Contributed Session, Statistical Genetics and Phylogenetics: Simulating sequence data for pedigrees | McGill, Trottier room 2120, 4:15-4:30 | ||
| June 5, 2018 | Charith Bhagya Karunarathna (SFU) | SSC 2018, Contributed Session, Statistical Genetics and Phylogenetics: PerfectphyloR: an R package for perfect phylogeny | McGill, Trottier room 2120, 4:00-4:15 | ||
| June 5, 2018 | Jinko Graham (SFU) | SSC 2918, Invited Session, Recent Advances in Statistical Genetics: Combining phenotypes, genotypes and genealogies to find trait-influencing variants on the genome | McGill, McConnell room 304, time | ||
| June 4, 2018 | Dongmeng Liu (SFU) | SSC 2018, Contributed Session, Survey Sampling and Quantile Methods: Sampling partial genealogies using sequential importance sampling | McGill, Trottier, room 2120, 10:50-11:05 | ||
| May 17, 2018 | Jinko Graham (SFU) | Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science Seminar, U Waterloo: Combining phenotypes, genotypes and genealogies to find trait-influencing variants | Mathematics 3, room 3127, 4:00-5:00 | ||
| May 9, 2018 | Jinko Graham (SFU) | Biostatistics Seminar, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: Combining phenotypes, genotypes and genealogies to find trait-influencing variants | Arnold Building, M1-A305/307, 12:00-1:00 | ||
| Apr. 13, 2018 | JinCheol Choi (SFU) | MSc defence: Decomposing the RV coefficient to identify genetic markers associated with changes in brain structure | SSCK9509, SFU, 10:30-11:30 | ||
| Apr. 9, 2018 | JinCheol Choi (SFU) | Decomposing the RV coefficient to identify genetic markers associated with changes in brain structure | SSCK9509, SFU, 2:45-3:30 | ||
| Mar. 2, 2018 | Dan Schaid (Mayo Clinic) | STAGE Videoconference: Statistical Fine-mapping: Methods to Move Beyond Genome-Wide Association Studies | 9:00-10:00 | ||
| Feb. 2, 2018 | Julia Bailey (UCLA) | STAGE Videoconference: Successful localization of genes that predispose to epilepsy using large pedigrees | 9:00-10:00 | ||
| Dec. 29, 2017 | Charith (Bhagya) Karunarathna (SFU) | International Conference of the Institute of Applied Statistics, Sri Lanka 2017, Invited Session on Statistical Applications in Genomics: Using Gene Genealogies to Localize Rare Variants Associated With Complex Traits in Diploid Populations | Taj Samudra Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 10:06-10:30 | ||
| Dec. 4, 2017 | JinCheol Choi (SFU) | StatGen meeting: Decomposing the RV coefficient to identify genetic markers associated with changes in brain structure | SSCP9318, SFU, 4:00-5:00 | ||
| Nov. 27, 2017 | Christina Nieuwoudt (SFU) | StatGen meeting: DIY R package: Create your own R package. Simplify life with R | SSCP9318, SFU, 4:00-5:00 | ||
| Nov. 13, 2017 | Dongmeng Liu (SFU) | StatGen meeting: Sampling partial genealogies using importance sampling | SSCP9318, SFU, 4:00-5:00 | ||
| Oct. 30, 2017 | Bhagya Karunarathna (SFU) | StatGen meeting: Parallel computing with WestGrid | SSB7172, SFU, 11:00-12:00 | ||
| Oct. 26, 2017 | Payman Nickchi (SFU) | SFU Omics meeting: Using genealogies to detect disease | ASB10908, SFU, 3:00-3:15 | ||
| Oct. 16, 2017 | Payman Nickchi (SFU) | StatGen meeting: Coalescent theory, ancestral recombination graphs and msprime software | SSCP9318, SFU, 11:00-12:00 | ||
| Aug. 20, 2017 | Jinko Graham (SFU) | ICSA-Canada Chapter Symposium, Invited Session on Recent Advances in Statistical Genetics: Combining phenotypes, genotypes and genealogies to uncover genomic variants that influence complex traits | English Bay Room, 34th floor, Hyatt Regency, Vancouver, 10:15-10:35 | ||
| Aug. 10, 2017 | Dilshani Induruwage (SFU) | MSc defence: Mendelian Randomization for Causal Inference of the Relationship between Obesity and 28-day Survival following Septic Shock | SSB 7172, SFU, 11:00-12:00 | ||
| Aug. 2, 2017 | Dilshani Induruwage (SFU) | Mendelian Randomization for Causal Inference of the Relationship between Obesity and 28-day Survival following Septic Shock | SSB 7172, SFU, 12:00-1:00 | ||
| June 28, 2017 | Payman Nickchi (SFU) | StatGen meeting: Discussion of msprime by Kelleher et al. (2016) |
SSCK9509, SFU, 12:00-13:30 | ||
| June 21, 2017 | Payman Nickchi (SFU) | StatGen meeting: Discussion of Kelleher et al. (2016) "Efficient coalescent simulation and genealogical analysis for large sample sizes" | SSCK9509, SFU, 12:00-13:00 | ||
| June 12, 2017 | Dongmeng Liu (SFU) | SSC 2017, Session on Spatial, Environmental, and Network Data: Simple Measures of Individual Cluster-Membership Certainty for Hard Partitional Clustering | Rm E2 160 (EITC), U Manitoba, 3:30-3:45 | ||
| June 12, 2017 | Charith (Bhagya) Karunarathna (SFU) | SSC 2017, Session on Statistical Genetics: A Comparison of Association Methods for Fine-Mapping from Sequence Data in Diploid Populations using the Case-Control Study Design | Rm E2 165 (EITC), U Manitoba, 1:45-2:00 | ||
| June 12, 2017 | Christina Nieuwoudt (SFU) | SSC 2017, Session on Statistical Genetics: SimRVPedigree: An R Package to Simulate Pedigrees Ascertained for Multiple Relatives Affected by a Rare Disease | Rm E2 165 (EITC), U Manitoba, 1:30-1:45 | ||
| Dec. 16, 2016 | Jiying Wen (SFU) | MSc defence: Penalised Logistic Regression in Case-Control Studies | IRMACS 10900, SFU, 1:30-2:20 | ||
| Dec. 14, 2016 | Khalif Halani (SFU) | MSc defence: Sparse Multivariate Reduced-Rank Regression with Covariance Estimation | IRMACS 10900, SFU, 1:30-2:20 | ||
| Nov. 28, 2016 | Jiying Wen (SFU) | StatGen Meeting: Penalised Logistic Regression in Case-Control Studies | IRMACS 10901, SFU, 3:30-4:20 | ||
| Nov. 14, 2016 | Khalif Halani (SFU) | StatGen Meeting: Sparse Multivariate Reduced-Rank Regression with Covariance Estimation | IRMACS 10901, SFU, 3:30-4:20 | ||
| Oct. 31, 2016 | Dilshani Induruwage (SFU) | StatGen Meeting: Mendelian Randomization as a Tool for Causal Inference | IRMACS 10901, SFU, 3:30-4:20 | ||
| Oct. 17, 2016 | Bhagya Karunarathna (SFU) | StatGen Meeting: Using gene genealogies to understand the patterns of case-control association in sequence data | IRMACS 10901, SFU, 3:30-4:20 | ||
| Oct. 3, 2016 | Dongmeng Liu (SFU) | StatGen Meeting: MCMC with simple applications in genetics | IRMACS 10901, SFU, 3:30-4:20 | ||
| Sep. 19, 2016 | Christina Nieuwoudt (SFU) | StatGen Meeting: New Application for SimRVPedigree: Estimating the Relative Risk of Disease Onset | IRMACS 10901, SFU, 3:30-4:20 | ||
| May 31, 2016 | Elena Szefer (SFU and EMMES Canada) |
SSC 2016, Invited Paper Session on Genomic Data Analysis, Modelling and Testing: A multivariate imaging genomics application to Alzheimer's disease | Welch - David Howes, Brock University, 2:30-3:00 | ||
| May 27, 2016 | Christina Nieuwoudt (SFU) |
CRM Workshop on Rare DNA Variants, Analysis of Family Studies: An investigation of the relationship between study design and ascertained data in the Lymphoid-Cancer Families Study | Local Z-330, Pavillon Claire-McNicoll, Université de Montréal, 3:00-3:50 | ||
| Mar. 29, 2016 | Elena Szefer (EMMES Canada) |
StatGen Meeting: A multivariate imaging genomics application to Alzheimer's disease | IRMACS 10940, SFU, 1:00-2:00 | ||
| Mar. 15, 2016 | Bhagya Karunarathna (SFU) |
StatGen Meeting: Reconstructing genealogic trees from haplotypes (associated paper) |
IRMACS 10940, SFU, 1:00-2:00 | ||
| Mar. 1, 2016 | Tiffany Timbers (SFU) |
StatGen Meeting: Variant association analysis using multiple phenotypes. What tools are available, and where is there room for development? |
IRMACS 10940, SFU, 1:00-2:00 | ||
| Feb. 16, 2016 | Christina Nieuwoudt (SFU) |
StatGen Meeting: Simulating families enriched for disease from a registry | IRMACS 10940, SFU, 1:00-2:00 | ||
| Feb. 2, 2016 | Dongmeng Liu (SFU) |
StatGen Meeting: Bayesian profile regression | IRMACS 10940, SFU, 1:00-2:00 | ||
| Jan. 19, 2016 | Charith (Bhagya) Karunarathna (SFU) |
StatGen Meeting: Using gene genealogy to understand patterns of case-control association | IRMACS 10940, SFU, 1:00-2:00 | ||
| Nov. 12, 2015 | Jinko Graham (SFU) |
Pediatric Vasculitis Team Meeting: On data preparation and analysis for clustering patients and predicting outcomes | Rm2108, Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, 11:10-11:30 | ||
| Aug. 25, 2015 | Jinko Graham (SFU) |
Applied Topology and High Dimensional Data Analysis Workshop: Integrative analysis of genomic and neuro-imaging data | A120, David Turpin, University of Victoria, 1:30-2:00 | ||
| May 29, 2015 | Elena Szefer (SFU) |
Workshop on Statistical Methods in Imaging: Joint analysis of imaging and genomic data to identify associations related to cognitive impairment | Lane Auditorium, U of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 10:00-10:30 | ||
| Feb. 28, 2015 | Elena Szefer (SFU) |
Winter 2015 SFU/UBC Joint Seminar: Joint analysis of imaging and genomic data to identify associations related to cognitive impairment | SFU Harbour Centre, Rm 7000, 4:30-5:00 | ||
| Dec. 19, 2014 | Elena Szefer (SFU) |
MSc defence: Joint analysis of data on imaging and genome-wide variation: Identifying associations related to cognitive impairment. Abstract |
IRMACS 10940, 9:30-10:30 | ||
| Nov. 20, 2014 | Joanna Lubieniecka (SFU) |
Pediatric Vasculitis Team Meeting: Exploratory analysis of clinical investigation features | Vancouver Children's Hospital, K0-157, 9:15-9:45 | ||
| June 6, 2014 | Xihong Lin (Harvard) |
STAGE videoconference: Statistical Genetics and Genomics in the Big Data Era: Opportunities and Challenges in Research and Training | IRMACS 10908, 8:45-10:15 | ||
| May. 4, 2014 | Elena Szefer (SFU) |
Controlling for Ethnicity Using Supervised Principal Components in Genetic Association Studies | 3rd CHSG Meeting, Victoria | ||
| May 2, 2014 | Frank Dudbridge (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Med) |
STAGE videoconference: Explaining heritability and predicting risk with polygenic scores | IRMACS 10901, 8:45-10:15 | ||
| Apr. 4, 2014 | Bhramar Mukherjee (U Michigan) |
STAGE videoconference: Gene-environment interactions: new directions and novel applications | IRMACS 10940, 8:45-10:15 | ||
| Mar. 7, 2014 | Chris Amos (Dartmouth) |
STAGE videoconference: Genetic architecture of lung cancer susceptibility | IRMACS 10908, 8:45-10:15 | ||
| Jan. 31, 2014 | Erwin Schurr (McGill) |
STAGE videoconference: Genetic dissection of complex infection phenotypes | IRMACS 10908, 9:45-11:15 | ||
| Jan. 6, 2014 | Jinko Graham (SFU) |
Gene genealogies for genetic association mapping - a proof of concept | U of Victoria, CLE 113, 2:30-3:30 | ||
| Dec. 6, 2013 | Bhramar Mukherjee (U Michigan) |
STAGE videoconference: Gene-environment interactions: new directions and novel applications | CANCELLED | ||
| Dec. 4, 2013 | Elena, Biljana, Lasantha (SFU) |
Summary of this semester's "Coalescent Simulation Project" |
IRMACS 10908, 10:30-11:30 | ||
| Nov. 27, 2013 | Elena Szefer (SFU) |
A brief introduction to crossover designs. |
IRMACS 10908, 10:30-11:30 | ||
| Nov. 20, 2013 | Abdollah Safari (SFU) |
Journal club presentation of Paul et al. (2010) An Accurate Sequentially Markov Conditional Sampling Distribution for the Coalescent With Recombination |
IRMACS 10908, 10:30-11:30 | ||
| Nov. 13, 2013 | Biljana Jonoska Stojkova (SFU) |
Historical overview on complex trait genetic mapping and its implications for Biology, Medicine and Society. |
IRMACS 10908, 10:30-11:30 | ||
| Nov. 6, 2013 | Lasantha Premarathna (SFU) |
The crossing-over process during meiosis and its implications for genetic mapping | IRMACS 10908, 10:30-11:30 | ||
| Nov. 1, 2013 | Bruce Rannala (UC Davis) |
STAGE videoconference: Statistical analysis of pooled samples for whole-genome case-control associations: A SNP GWAS of lung cancer susceptibility genes in the Northern Thai population | IRMACS 10908, 8:45-10:15 | ||
| Oct. 30, 2013 | Joanna Lubieniecka (SFU) |
Pediatric vasculitis - characterizing individual rare disease to improve patient outcome. | IRMACS 10908, 10:30-11:30 | ||
| Oct. 23, 2013 | Biljana/Lasantha (SFU) |
CRM highlights, continued, and poster presentation "Coalescent model through simulations" | IRMACS 10908, 10:30-11:30 | ||
| Oct. 16, 2013 | Biljana Jonoska Stojkova and Lasantha Premarathna (SFU) |
Highlights from the CRM workshop "Coalescent Theory: New Developments and Applications" | IRMACS 10908, 10:30-11:30 | ||
| Oct. 2, 2013 | Brad McNeney (SFU) |
Approximating the coalescent with recombination, part II | IRMACS 10908, 10:30-11:30 | ||
| Sept. 25, 2013 | Jinko Graham (SFU) |
Approximating the coalescent with recombination | IRMACS 10908, 10:30-11:30 | ||
| Aug 20, 2013 | Joanna Lubieniecka (SFU) |
Journal club presentation of Campos et al. (2013) Whole-Genome Regression and Prediction Methods Applied to Plant and Animal Breeding |
IRMACS 10908, 2:30-3:30 | ||
| Aug 13, 2013 | Abdollah Safari (SFU) |
Hidden Markov models and inference under the coalescent. A discussion of Paul and Song (2012) Blockwise HMM computation for large-scale population genomic inference |
IRMACS 10908, 2:30-3:30 | ||
| July 31, 2013 | Maria Santiago (SFU) |
MSc defence: Gene-environment interactions in non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a statistical analysis. Abstract |
IRMACS 10908, 10:30-11:30 | ||
| July 30, 2013 | Jinko Graham (SFU) |
A test drive of haplotype-informed ancestries for fine-mapping complex genetic traits | IRMACS 10908, 2:30-3:30 | ||
| July 25, 2013 | Dilnur Kuerban (SFU) |
MSc defence: A Tutorial on the Inheritance Procedure for Multiple Testing of Tree-structured Hypotheses. Abstract |
IRMACS 10908, 10:30-11:30 | ||
| July 23, 2013 | Elena Szefer (SFU) |
An introduction to the coalsescent. |
IRMACS 10908, 3:00-3:30 | ||
| July 23, 2013 | Maria Santiago (SFU) |
Gene-environment interactions in non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a statistical analysis |
IRMACS 10908, 2:30-3:00 | ||
| July 16, 2013 | Dilnur Kuerban (SFU) |
A Tutorial on the Inheritance Procedure for Multiple Testing of Tree-structured Hypotheses |
IRMACS 10908, 2:30-3:30 | ||
| May 9, 2013 | Maria Santiago (SFU) |
BCCRC Knowledge Translation Series: Multiple testing of gene-environment interactions in a case-control study of non-Hodgkin lymphoma |
Diamond Family Theatre, BC Cancer Agency, 9:00-10:00 | ||
| May 3, 2013 | George Davey-Smith (Bristol) |
CIHR STAGE videoconference: How Can Genetic Epidemiology Help Identify Modifiable Causes of Disease |
IRMACS 10908, 9:00-10:00 | ||
| Apr 22, 2013 | Kelly Burkett (McGill) | Incorporating the Gene Genealogy in Rare Variant Mapping Methodology | Canadian Human and Statistical Genetics Meeting, L'Esterel, QC | ||
| Apr 21 - 24, 2013 | Conference | 2nd Canadian Meeting in Human and Statistical Genetics: website | L'Esterel, QC | ||
| Apr 5, 2013 | Mathieu Lupien (Ontario Cancer) |
CIHR STAGE videoconference: Epigenomics reveal the function of genetic risk-variants in cancer |
IRMACS 10908, 9:00-10:00 | ||
| Mar 16, 2013 | Jean Shin (SFU) | UBC-SFU Joint Graduate Student Seminar: A data-smoothing method to uncover gene-environment interaction in case-parent trios |
Room 7000, SFU Harbour Centre |
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| Mar 1, 2013 | Kim Siegmund (USC) |
CIHR STAGE videoconference: DNA Methylation Studies using Illumina HumanMethylation450 BeadArrays. |
IRMACS 10908, 9:00-10:00 | ||
| Jan 29, 2013 | Jinko Graham (SFU) |
McGill Biostatistics Seminar: A test drive of haplotype-informed ancestries for fine-mapping complex genetic traits . |
McGill Purvis Hall, Room 25, 4:00-5:00 | ||
| Jan 25, 2013 | Florence Demenais (Inserm) |
CIHR STAGE videoconference:Common and rare variants in the genetic susceptibility to melanoma. |
IRMACS 10908, 10:00-11:00 | ||
| Jan 11, 2013 | David Tregouet (Inserm) |
CIHR STAGE videoconference: Haplotypes & Imputation, Two Complementary Tools: A Case Study on GenomeWide Expression Studies. |
IRMACS 10908, 9:00-10:00 | ||
| Dec 7, 2012 | Howard Hu (U Toronto) |
CIHR STAGE videoconference: Looking behind the curtain: Lead Toxicity as a Case Study of Methodologic Challenges in Gene-Environment Interactions Research. |
IRMACS 10908, 9:00-10:00 | ||
| Nov 19, 2012 | Jinko Graham (SFU) |
Montreal Statistical Genetics Group Meetings: On "An Abundance of Rare Functional Variants in 202 Drug Target Genes Sequenced in 14,002 People" |
McGill Purvis Hall, Room 24, 9am - 10am | ||
| Nov 2, 2012 | Duncan Thomas (U of Southern California) |
CIHR STAGE videoconference: Two-phase family-based designs for next generation sequencing. |
IRMACS 10908, 9:00-10:00 | ||
| Oct 5, 2012 | Sharon Browning (U of Washington) |
CIHR STAGE videoconference: Identity by descent in “unrelated” individuals. |
IRMACS 10908, 9:00-10:00 |
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| Sep 14, 2012 | Marjo-Ritta Jarvelin (Imperial College London) |
CIHR STAGE videoconference: Genetics of early growth. |
IRMACS 10908, 9:00-10:00 | ||
| July 4, 2012 | Jie Liu (SFU) |
MSc defense:A global test of association between non-Hodgkin lymphoma and SNPs in histone-pathway genes. Abstract |
IRMACS 10940, 10:30-11:30 | ||
| May 4, 2012 | Alice Whittemore (Stanford) |
CIHR STAGE videoconference:Evaluating personal risk models. |
IRMACS 10940, 9:00-10:00 | ||
| Apr 29 - May 2, 2012 | Conference | Canadian Meeting in Human and Statistical Genetics: Poster, website | White Oaks Conference Centre, Niagra-on-the-Lake | ||
| Apr 16, 2012 | Ji-Hyung (Jean) Shin (SFU) |
PhD defense: Inferring gene-environment interaction from case-parent trio data: evaluation of and adjustment for spurious GxE and development of a data-smoothing method to uncover true GxE. Abstract |
IRMACS Theatre, 10:00-11:00 | ||
| Apr 13, 2012 | Veronica Vieland (Ohio State) |
CIHR STAGE videoconference: Calibration of Statistical Evidence using Principles of Thermodynamics | IRMACS 10940, 9:00-10:00 | ||
| Mar 29, 2012 | Kelly Burkett (SFU) |
Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling of gene genealogies conditional on observed genetic data. |
Math&Stat Seminar, University of Victoria | ||
| Mar 2, 2012 | Kelly Burkett (SFU) |
Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling of gene genealogies conditional on observed genetic data. |
Statistics & Probability Seminar, University of Ottawa | ||
| Mar 2, 2012 | John Witte (UC San Francisco) |
CIHR STAGE videoconference: Design and Analysis of Next-generation Genetic Epidemiological Studies. | IRMACS 10940, 9:00-10:00 | ||
| Jan 27, 2012 | Claire Weinberg (NIEHS) |
CIHR STAGE videoconference: Using nuclear families to find genes related to conditions with onset early in life | IRMACS 10940, 10:00-11:00 | ||
| Jan 6, 2012 | Suzanne Leal (Baylor) |
CIHR STAGE videoconference: From Linkage Studies to Next Generation Sequencing and Back Again: Leveraging Next Generation Sequence Data and Families to Identify Disease Genes | IRMACS 10908, 9:00-10:00 | ||
| Dec 2, 2011 | Ellen Wijsman (U Washington) |
CIHR STAGE videoconference: New genomics technologies and complex traits: what do we gain, and what are the challenges? | IRMACS 10940, 9:00-10:00 | ||
| Nov 25, 2011 | Kelly Burkett (SFU) |
PhD defence: Markov chain Monte Carlo sampling of gene genealogies conditional on observed genetic data. Abstract |
IRMACS Theatre, 10:45-11:45 | ||
| Nov 4, 2011 | Bruce Rannala (UC Davis) |
CIHR STAGE videoconference: Title TBA | CANCELLED | ||
| Oct 7, 2011 | Steve Rich (U Virginia) |
CIHR STAGE videoconference: The Search for Genes Associated with Ischemic Stroke through GWAS and Exome Sequencing | Room 10940, IRMACS, 9:00-10:00 | ||
| July 3, 2011 | Jinko Graham (SFU) | Statistics 2011 Canada: On the use of haplotype-informed ancestries and fuzzy p-values for fine-mapping complex traits | Room MB3.270, Concordia University, Montréal, 17:00-17:30 | ||
| May 6, 2011 | Terri Beaty (Johns Hopkins) |
CIHR STAGE videoconference: Impact of Study Design in Genome Wide Association Studies | Room 10940, IRMACS, 9:00-10:00 | ||
| April 19, 2011 | Brad McNeney (SFU) | CRM Workshop on Computational Statistical Methods for Genomics and Systems Biology: Sources of bias for estimators of gene-by-environment interaction from case-parent trio data. | Room M-415, Pavillon Roger-Gaudry, Université de Montréal, Montréal 15:00 - 15:45 | ||
| Apr. 1, 2011 | Chiara Sabatti (Stanford) |
CIHR STAGE videoconference: Genetics in a Finnish Birth Cohort | Room 10908, IRMACS, 9:00-10:00 | ||
| Mar. 30, 2011 | Jinko Graham and Kelly Burkett (SFU) |
UBC Stat 540 guest lectures. A statistical tour down ancestral paths. | Room Math 225, UBC, 9:30-11:00 | ||
| Mar. 4, 2011 | Pierre-Emmanuel Morange (INSERM) |
CIHR STAGE videoconference: Lessons from Genome-Wide Association Studies in Venous Thrombosis | Room 10940, IRMACS, 9:00-10:00 | ||
| Feb. 4, 2011 | Colin Begg (Sloan-Kettering) |
CIHR STAGE videoconference: Distinguishing Second Primary Cancers From Metastases: Statistical Challenges in Testing Clonal Relatedness of Tumors | Room 10940, IRMACS, 9:00-10:00 | ||
| Jan. 14, 2011 | Mike Boehnke (U Michigan) |
CIHR STAGE videoconference: Identifying Genes for Type 2 Diabetes and Related Traits by Genome-Wide Association and Sequencing Studies | Room 10940, IRMACS, 9:00-10:00 | ||
| Dec. 3, 2010 | Sunduz Keles (U Wisconsin) |
CIHR STAGE videoconference: Multi-reads enable detection of novel peaks in ChIP-seq analysis | Room 10940, IRMACS, 9:00-10:00 | ||
| Nov 26, 2010 | Speaker: Alexandre Bureau (Université Laval) |
CIHR videoconference in Genetic Epidemiology and Population Genetics: Accurately Assessing the Risk of Schizophrenia Conferred by Rare Copy-Number Variation Affecting Genes with Brain Function | Room 10901, IRMACS, 11:00-12:00 | ||
| Nov. 19, 2010 | Tom Hudson (OICR) |
CIHR STAGE videoconference: Genome Variation and Cancer | Room 10940, IRMACS, 9:00-10:00 | ||
| July 20, 2010 | Brad McNeney (SFU) |
Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society 2010 Annual Meeting, session on Statistical and Population Genetics: A statistical approach to high-throughput screening of predicted orthologs | Sheraton Hotel Newfoundland, Signal Room, 6:00-6:20 | ||
| July 20, 2010 | Jinko Graham (SFU) |
Canadian Applied and Industrial Mathematics Society 2010 Annual Meeting, session on Statistical and Population Genetics: On the use of haplotype-informed ancestries and fuzzy p-values for fine-mapping complex traits | Sheraton Hotel Newfoundland, Signal Room, 5:20-5:40 | ||
| July 9, 2010 | Brad McNeney (SFU) |
A statistical approach to high-throughput screening of predicted orthologs | Room 10908, IRMACS, 3:30-4:30 | ||
| June 18, 2010 | Sigal Blay (SFU) |
The LDheatmap R package: recent developments | Room 10908, IRMACS, 3:30-4:30 | ||
| June 11, 2010 | Jinko Graham (SFU) |
On the use of haplotype-informed ancestries and fuzzy p-values for fine-mapping complex traits | Room 10908, IRMACS, 3:30-4:30 | ||
| May 21, 2010 | Jiguo Cao (SFU) |
Estimating dynamic models for gene regulation networks | Room 10908, IRMACS, 2:30-3:30 | ||
| Apr 30, 2010 | David Zamar (UBC iCAPTURE Centre) |
PATH: A tool to facilitate pathway-based genetic association analysis | Room 10908, IRMACS, 3:30-4:30 | ||
| Mar 25, 2010 | Jinko Graham (SFU) |
Statistics and Actuarial Science Graduate Caucus: We are all related: A statistical tour down ancestral paths | IRMACS Presentation Theatre, 1:30-1:45 | ||
| Mar 19, 2010 | Mojgan Yazdanpanah (BCCGN) |
Genetics of the complications of type 2 diabetes | Room 10940, IRMACS, 11:30-12:30 | ||
| Mar 19, 2010 | Guillaume Pare (McMaster U) |
CIHR videoconference in Genetic Epidemiology and Population Genetics: Synthetic genome-wide associations: mirage or reality? | Room 10940, IRMACS, 9:00-10:00 | ||
| Feb 22, 2010 | Zahra Montazeri (U of Ottawa) |
CIHR videoconference in Genetic Epidemiology and Population Genetics: New approach to finding differentially expressed genes | Room 10940, IRMACS, 9:00-10:00 | ||
| Jan 28, 2010 | Ji-Hyung Shin & Flora Qu (SFU) | CIHR videoconference in Genetic Epidemiology and Population Genetics: Gene genealogies and principal component analysis | Room 10940, IRMACS, 9:00-10:00 | ||
| Nov. 21, 2009 | Kelly Burkett (SFU) | Joint UBC/SFU Graduate Student Workshop in Statistics: Sampling genetic ancestries conditional on observed genotype data | Room 10900, IRMACS, 15:00-15:30 | ||
| Nov. 16, 2009 | Jeong Eun Min (SFU) | MSc defence: A statistical method for high-throughput screening of predicted orthologs | Room K9509, SFU, 11:00-12:00 | ||
| Nov. 11, 2009 | Conghui Qu (SFU) | MSc defence: Multiple Hypothesis Testing Procedures with Applications to Epidemiologic Studies | Room K9509, SFU, 11:00-12:00 | ||
| Oct. 30, 2009 | Kelly Burkett (SFU) | Recap of the 2009 Annual Meeting of the International Genetic Epidemiology Society | Room 10932, IRMACS, 14:30-15:30 | ||
| June 2, 2009 | Ji-Hyung Shin (SFU) | Statistical Society of Canada, Statistical Genetics and Genomics Session II: Can gene-by-environment interaction be inferred from parent-case transmission rates? | Chemistry building, room 150, University of British Columbia, 14:30-14:45 | ||
| May 31-June 2, 2009 | Kelly Burkett, Conghui Qu, Jeong Eun Min (SFU) | Three posters presented at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Statistical Society of Canada | University of British Columbia | ||
| May 27-29, 2009 | Ji-Hyung Shin, Kelly Burkett, Conghui Qu (SFU) | Three posters presented at the 4th Annual Canadian Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics Meeting | Harrison Hot Springs Resort | ||
| Apr 24, 2009 | Jinko Graham (SFU) | Colloquium CRM-ISM-GERAD de Statistique: Graphical displays to uncover gene-environment interaction from data on case-parent trios | Pavillon Président-Kennedy, salle PK-5115, Université du Québec à Montréal, 15:30-16:30 | ||
| Jun 3, 2008 | Jean Shin, Kelly Burkett, Conghui Qu (SFU) | Vancouver Gene-Environment Focus Group: 1. Inferring gene-by-environment interaction: Do transmission rates reflect genotype relative risks of disease? (Shin, McNeney and Graham) 2. Sampling genetic ancestries conditional on observed genotype data (Burkett, McNeney and Graham) 3. Do TNF-alpha gene polymorphisms modify the association between polyunsaturated fatty acids and HDL/apo A-1? (Qu, Burkett, Shin, Graham and McNeney) | Conference room 3B, St Paul's Hospital, 3:00-4:00 | ||
| May 29, 2008 | Kelly Burkett (SFU) | Statistical Society of Canada, Session on Markov Models in Biostatistics (Ottawa): Sampling genetic ancestries conditional on observed genotype data | Capital Hall 4A, Ottawa Congress Centre, 4:30-4:45 | ||
| May 29, 2008 | Conghui Qu (SFU) | Statistical Society of Canada, Case Studies Session II(Ottawa): Do TNF-alpha gene polymorphisms modify the association between polyunsaturated fatty acids and HDL/apo A-1? (Qu, Burkett, Shin, Graham, McNeney) |
Congress Hall A/E West, Ottawa Congress Centre,2:35-4:05 | ||
| May 1, 2008 | Jinko Graham (SFU) | 3rd Annual Canadian Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics Meeting, Scientific Session III (Toronto): Graphical displays to uncover gene-environment interaction and other potential projects arising from data on case-parent trios | Room 230, Fields Institute,4:00-4:30 | ||
| Apr 30, 2008 | Jean Shin (SFU) | 3rd Annual Canadian Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics Meeting, Scientific Session II (Toronto): Inferring gene-by-environment interaction: Do transmission rates reflect genotype relative risks of disease? Abstract selected for a platform presentation. |
Room 230, Fields Institute, 2:20-2:35 | ||
| Apr 8, 2008 | Jinko Graham (SFU) | Vancouver Gene-Environment Focus Group: Graphical displays for uncovering gene-environment interaction in case-parent trios | Conference room 3B, St Paul's Hospital, 3:00-4:00 | ||
| Apr 16, 2008 | Lei Sun (U of Toronto) | Statistics Seminar: The multiplicity problem in Genome-Wide Association (GWA) studies | |||
| Mar 14, 2008 | Ghislain Rocheleau (McGill U) | CIHR videoconference in Genetic Epidemiology and Population Genetics: Shifting paradigm of association studies | Room 10940, IRMACS, 9:00-10:00 | ||
| Mar 5, 2008 | Karen Kopciuk (Alberta Cancer Board) | Statistics Seminar: Estimation and study design issues for characterising genes with variability in age-at-onset | Room 10940, IRMACS, 12:30-1:30 | ||
| Nov 20, 2007 | Jane Green (Memorial U) | Special seminar: Genetics of complex disorders in the Newfoundland | Room 10908, IRMACS, 1:00-2:00 | ||
| Nov 19, 2007 | Latifa Elfassihi and Alexandre Bureau (U Laval) | CIHR videoconference in Genetic Epidemiology and Population Genetics: Sequential haplotype scan methods for association analysis | Room 10940, IRMACS, 9:00-10:00 | ||
| Jun 12, 2007 | Jinko Graham (SFU) | Statistical Society of Canada, Session on Statistical Genetics (St John's): Graphical displays to uncover gene-environment interaction and other potential projects arising from data on case-parent trios | Arts and Administration Annex 1046, Memorial University, 2:00-2:30 | ||
| Jun 5, 2007 | Keith Walley (UBC) | Vancouver Gene-Environment Focus Group: Genetic predictors of response to sepsis therapy | Conference room 3B, St Paul's Hospital, 3:00-4:00 | ||
| May 30, 2007 | Steven Hawken (U of O) | CIHR videoconference in Genetic Epidemiology and Population Genetics: Global variation in copy number in the human genome | IRMACS, 9:00-10:00 | ||
| May 1, 2007 | Michael Kobor (CMMT) | Vancouver Gene-Environment Focus Group: Plasticity in genome information through epigenetics | Conference room 3B, St Paul's Hospital, 3:00-4:00 | ||
| Apr 3, 2007 | Peter Pare (UBC) | Vancouver Gene-Environment Focus Group: Genome-wide association studies | Conference room 3B, St Paul's Hospital, 3:00-4:00 CANCELLED | ||
| Mar 28, 2007 | Linnea Duke (SFU) | MSc defense: A graphical tool for exploring SNP-by-environment interaction in case-parent trios | IRMACS, 11:00-12:00 | ||
| Mar 6, 2007 | Ji-Hyung Shin and David Zamar (SFU) | Vancouver Gene-Environment Focus Group: Introduction to the LDheatmap R package for displaying pairwise linkage disequilibria (Shin, Graham, McNeney) and the elrm R package for exact logistic regression (Zamar, McNeney, Graham) | Conference room 3B, St Paul's Hospital, 3:00-4:00 | ||
| Feb 26, 2007 | Kelly Burkett and Linnea Duke (SFU) | CIHR videoconference in Genetic Epidemiology and Population Genetics: No gene is an island: the flip-flop phenomenon | IRMACS, 11:00-12:00 | ||
| Feb 6, 2007 | Jinko Graham (SFU) | Vancouver Gene-Environment Focus Group: Exploring gene-environment interaction with case-parent trios | Conference room 3B, St Paul's Hospital, 3:00-4:00 |