Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics (A Series of Three-Day Workshops at North Carolina State University)

统计遗传学夏季学院（北卡罗来纳州立大学为期三天的一系列研讨会）

• 批准号: 9900388
• 负责人: Bruce Weir
• 金额: $ 21.12万
• 依托单位: North Carolina State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-09-01 至 2004-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9900388&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Summer; Institute; Statistical; Genetics; Series

9900388WeirThis grant is for the annual Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics at North Carolina State University. The Institute consists of a series of three-day workshops offering intense training in the methods for performing statistical analyses of genetic data. It is aimed primarily at geneticists wishing to learn statistical methodology, but also attracts some statisticians wishing to learn about genetic applications. The courses are taught by faculty drawn from NC State University and other institutions, and attracts about 200 participants worldwide. These funds will be used for student scholarships.With the rapid progress in genomic science, due in large part to the Human Genome Project, there is accumulating a vast amount of genetic data. These data will allow for a new understanding of the processes of evolution, of the means for identifying genes that affect human diseases and traits of economic importance in domesticated species, and of the means for identifying individuals in forensic, endangered species and varietal protection contexts. These data all require appropriate statistical analyses in order to extract the most information, but training in statistical genetics does not form part of most university curricula. The Summer Institute brings together world authorities who can both cover the basic elements of their specialties and can describe new methods.

这笔钱是给北卡罗来纳州立大学每年一度的统计遗传学夏季研究所的。该研究所由一系列为期三天的讲习班组成，提供遗传数据统计分析方法方面的强化培训。它主要面向希望学习统计方法的遗传学家，但也吸引了一些希望了解遗传应用的统计学家。这些课程由来自北卡罗来纳州立大学和其他机构的教师授课，吸引了全球约200名参与者。这些资金将用于学生奖学金。随着基因组科学的快速发展，在很大程度上要归功于人类基因组计划，积累了大量的遗传数据。这些数据将使我们能够重新理解进化过程，识别影响人类疾病和家养物种中具有重要经济意义的特征的基因的方法，以及在法医、濒危物种和品种保护的背景下识别个体的方法。这些数据都需要适当的统计分析，以提取最多的信息，但统计遗传学的培训并不是大多数大学课程的一部分。夏季学院汇集了世界权威人士，他们既能涵盖各自专业的基本要素，又能描述新的方法。