Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics

统计遗传学暑期学院

• 批准号: 1049804
• 负责人: Bruce Weir
• 金额: $ 40.2万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-04-01 至 2016-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1049804&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Summer; Institute; Statistical; Genetics

This award provides tuition and travel scholarships for students to attend the annual Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics at the University of Washington. The Institute consists of a series of short courses designed to introduce researchers in genetics and related fields to current methods of statistical analysis and to introduce researchers in statistics to the opportunities presented by modern genetic data. The courses cover basic concepts in genetics and statistics and then address areas of application in evolutionary biology, agriculture and medicine. Advanced topics in statistical methods and statistical computing are also covered. Genetic data are being used to explain evolutionary histories, to locate the genes that affect economic traits in plants and animals or disease status in humans. These data are also used for individual identification or to predict adverse reactions to pharmaceuticals. The amount and complexity of genetic data have exploded in recent years, first with completion of the human genome project and now with the possibility of affordable determination of the complete DNA sequence of humans and other species. This explosion has led to challenges in managing and interpreting genetic data, and the Summer Institute in Statistical Genetics brings experts from around the world to teach the new statistical approaches that will allow full benefit to be gained from the data.

该奖项为学生提供学费和旅行奖学金，以参加华盛顿大学的统计遗传学年度暑期研究所。该研究所由一系列短期课程组成，旨在向遗传学和相关领域的研究人员介绍当前的统计分析方法，并向统计学研究人员介绍现代遗传数据带来的机会。课程涵盖遗传学和统计学的基本概念，然后涉及进化生物学，农业和医学的应用领域。还包括统计方法和统计计算的高级主题。基因数据正被用来解释进化史，定位影响动植物经济性状或人类疾病状况的基因。这些数据也用于个体识别或预测药物的不良反应。近年来，遗传数据的数量和复杂性呈爆炸式增长，首先是人类基因组计划的完成，现在则有可能以负担得起的费用确定人类和其他物种的完整DNA序列。这种爆炸导致了管理和解释遗传数据的挑战，统计遗传学暑期研究所带来了来自世界各地的专家，教授新的统计方法，使数据能够充分受益。