The University of Alabama at Birmingham's Section on Statistical Genetics and Clinical Nutrition Research Center are very pleased to offer the Sixth Annual NIDDK-funded Short Course on Statistical Genetics for Obesity and Nutrition Researchers. This meeting will be held immediately prior to the 2006 Experimental Biology meeting in San Francisco on March 30 - 31. This course is designed to help investigators studying the genetics of human complex traits to better understand and use statistical genetics methods. It is aimed at established investigators, post-doctoral fellows, and advanced graduate students. The course is two full days in length, and offers a vigorous interactive educational program designed to enhance researcher abilities to implement and interpret the results of sophisticated statistical analysis in human genetic research. Women, members of underrepresented minority groups and individuals with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

Topics to be included are:

Basic Statistical Methods for Genetic Analysis
Basic Genetic Concepts & Model-Based Linkage Analysis
Model-Free Linkage Analysis
Haplotype Methods & Fine Mapping
Case-Control Design and Genomic Control
Admixture Mapping
TDT Designs
Microarray Design & Processing, Inference, & Interpretation

Confirmed speakers include:
David B. Allison Ph.D. & Hemant K. Tiwari Ph.D., UAB; Robert Elston Ph.D., Case Western Reserve Univ; Javier Cabrera Ph.D., Rutgers Univ; Warren Ewens Ph.D, Univ of Pennsylvania; Varghese George Ph.D., Medical College of Georgia; Susan Hilsenbeck Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine; Carl Langefeld Ph.D., Wake Forest Univ; Kathryn Roeder Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon Univ; Guilherme J.M. Rosa Ph.D., Michigan State Univ; Bruce Walsh Ph.D., Univ of Arizona

Tuition is $100 and includes the cost of the text book (provided) as instruction. This cost does not include the cost of food, travel or lodging.

Some funds are available for travel scholarships. Preference for scholarships will be given to students and post-doctoral fellows.

Registration will be limited to 50, so please apply prior to Jan 31. Accepted applicants will be notified by Feb 10. To apply, click through to http://www.soph.uab.edu/ssg_content.asp?id=1458, fill out the registration form, and send it to rsarver@uab.edu.

Direct questions to:
Richard Sarver
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Department of Biostatistics
1665 University Blvd, RPHB 327
Birmingham, AL 35294-0022
Phone: (205) 975-9169
Email: rsarver@uab.edu

This course is funded by a grant from the National Institute of Diabetes & Kidney Diseases.

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Dear Frasermoss,
I don't know much about the genetical predisposition to obesity. I think genes responsible for obesity must be off at all times and turn on after someone starts eating excessively. In past centuries people who didn't have enough food to eat never gained weight due to their genetical background! people who are malnourished never become fat just because they have the susceptible genes? What is the right concept here?

This is not actually my field at all. I was just posting an alert I received in case there were people who were in the field who were not aware of the event.