Wales and Ireland Genetic Epidemiology Group

The Wales and Ireland Genetic Epidemiology Group (WIGEG) aims to promote/facilitate statistical genetics and genetic epidemiology research, and encourage discussion and collaborations between the Welsh and Irish Universities, and researchers further a field.

We have bi-annual meetings, alternating between Wales and Ireland.

The focus of the meetings ranges from statistics, medical/epidemiological genetics, population genetics, through to bioinformatics, and really any area that impinges on phenotype - genotype relationships.

To join our mailing list, please email: WIGEG@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE

The Next Meeting:
TBA, Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin.

Past meetings:

February 8th 2010, Cardiff

Speakers

• David Clayton (CIMR), “Identifying study participants from genome-wide summary data”
• Vincent Plagnol (CIMR and UCL), “Statistical issues arising from the analysis of copy number variant case control data"
• Tatiana Tatarinova (Glamorgan), “Wobble patterns and evolution”
• Karl Schmidt (Cardiff), “Genotyping Errors: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly”

For further information contact:

Dr. Marian Hamshere (Cardiff)
Dr. Ricardo Segurado (Dublin)
Dr. Eleisa Heron (Dublin)

Please also checkout:

South of England Genetic Epidemiology Group (SEGEG)
North of England Genetic Epidemiology Group (NEGEG)