COURSE 2015

The Third Kyoto Course on Bioinformatics for Next Generation Sequencing with Applications in Human Genetics – March 16th-18th, 2015

DAY1: MASSIVELY-PARALLEL SEQUENCING IN HUMAN GENETICS

9:00 – 9:30

Opening remarks & course overviews

Fumihiko Matsuda

9:30 – 10:45

Lecture: Introduction to human genetics

Joseph D. Terwilliger

10:45 – 11:15

Coffee break

11:15 – 12:00

Lecture: Next-generation sequencing (NGS) in human genetics

Mark Lathrop

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch

13:00 – 13:30

Practical: Basic Linux

Daniel E. Weeks

13:30 – 14:30

Lecture: Understanding NGS data analysis workflow

Guillaume Bourque

14:30 – 15:00

Coffee break

15:00 – 17:30

Practical: NGS data manipulation and variant calling (SNV, CNV)

Mathieu Bourgey

DAY2: APPLICATIONS TO HUMAN GENETICS

8:00 – 8:30

Discussions with instructors

Staff

8:30 – 9:30

Lecture: Analysis of RNA-seq and epigenetic data

Guillaume Bourque

9:30 – 10:30

Lecture: Annotating and prioritising variants in human disease studies

Jacek Majewski

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee break

11:00 – 12:00

Practical: Analysis of disease variants

Jacek Majewski

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch

13:00 – 14:00

Lecture: Target sequencing analysis of HLA loci

Wanling Yang

14:00 – 15:00

Lecture: Novel family-control analysis to prioritize sequence variants in familial cardiomyopathy

Atsuko Imai

15:00 – 16:00

Lecture: Introduction to statistical testing with NGS data (gene-based rare variant tests)

Daniel E. Weeks

16:00 – 16:30

Coffee break

16:30 – 18:00

Practical: Statistical testing with NGS data (gene-based rare variant tests)

Daniel E. Weeks

DAY3: COMPUTATIONAL AND STATISTICAL METHODS FOR NGS DATA

8:00 – 8:30

Discussions with instructors

Staff

8:30 – 10:00

Lecture: Poisson processes and Poisson distribution for NGS data

Ryo Yamada

10:00 – 10:30

Coffee break

10:30 – 12:00

Practical: Poisson processes and Poisson distribution for NGS data

Ryo Yamada

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch

13:00 – 14:30

Lecture: Computational methods for predicting functional effect of sequence variants

Shamil Sunyaev

14:30 – 15:30

Lecture: QTL mapping from epigenomic data

Liming Liang

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee break

16:00 – 17:00

Practical: QTL mapping from epigenomic data

Liming Liang

17:00 – 17:30

Lecture: Homozygosity mapping

Jurg Ott

17:30 – 17:45

Course wind-up

Jurg Ott