Poznan University of Life Sciences QTL-MAS 2010

Program of the 14th QTL-MAS Workshop

Monday May 17th Morning
09:00-12:30
08:30 Registration
Chair: Tomasz Strabel
Session I Genetic architecture and QTL mapping of quantitative traits
09:00 Organizing Committee Opening and introduction
09:15 [pdf] William Hill Genetic architecture of quantitative traits (invited)
09:45 [pdf] Mats Pettersson Re-examining epistatic interactions in Virginia line chickens
10:00 [pdf] Carl Nettelblad Haplotype inference based on Hidden Markov Models in the QTL-MAS multi-generational dataset
10:15 [pdf] Maciej Szydłowski Simulation of the QTLMAS 2010 common dataset
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 [pdf] Aniek Bouwman A Bayesian approach to detect (pleiotropic) QTL affecting a simulated binary and quantitative trait
11:15 [pdf] Albart Coster Partial least square regression applied to the QTL-MAS 2010 dataset
11:30 [pdf] Mario Calus Genomic breeding value estimation and QTL detection using univariate and bivariate models
11:45 [pdf] Xia Shen Hierarchical likelihood opens a new way of estimating genetic values using genome-wide dense marker maps
12:00 [pdf] Burak Karacaören Association analyses of the QTL-MAS data set using grammar, principal components and Bayesian network methodologies
12:15 [pdf] Kacper Żukowski Testing association of genotypes with discrete and continuous traits
12:30 Lunch
 
 
Monday May 17th Afternoon
13:30-17:00
Chair: Paweł Krajewski
Session II Methods for QTL mapping detection and association analysis
13:30 [pdf] Karl Broman The genetic dissection of complex traits in model organisms (invited)
14:00 Animesh Acharjee Integrating genetic markers with ~omics data using genetical genomics and modern regression methods
14:15 [pdf] Ghyslaine Schopen Genome wide association study using single and multiple SNP analysis
14:30 [pdf] Simon Teyssčdre Robustness and power of single-SNP analysis in related populations
14:45 Lucy Crooks Comparison of an improved method for calculating line origin probabilities against GridQTL using simulated data
15:00 Coffee break
15:30 Yurii Aulchenko Tutorial on *ABEL package (invited)
16:00 [pdf] Robin Wellmann Genome wide evaluation using dominance
16:15 Anna Johansson Genome wide effects of divergent selection for body weight in chickens
16:30 [pdf] Saber Qanbari Using genome scans of DNA polymorphism to identify regions exhibiting positive selection
16:45 [pdf] Organizing Committee Comparative analysis of submitted results on QTL mapping and applied methods
18:30 Workshop dinner
 
 
Tuesday May 18th Morning
9:00-12:30
Chair: Joanna Szyda
Session III Methods for estimation of genomic breeding values
09:00 [pdf] Małgorzata Bogdan Genome-wide scans for quantitative trait loci in experimental populations - issues of multiple testing and model selection (invited)
09:30 [pdf] Matthew Cleveland Genotype imputation for the prediction of genomic breeding values in non-genotyped and low-density genotyped individuals
09:45 [pdf] Joseph Ogutu A comparison of random forests, boosting and support vector machines for genomic selection with SNP markers
10:00 [pdf] Zhe Zhang Genomic selection using Best Linear Unbiased Prediction with a trait specific relationship matrix
10:15 [pdf] Javad Nadaf Applying different genomic selection approaches on QTL-MAS 2010 data
10:30 [pdf] Torben Schulz-Streeck Pre-selection of markers for genome-wide selection
10:45 Coffee break
11:15 [pdf] Yurii Aulchenko Methods for genome-wide association analyses of quantitative trait loci in human genetically isolated populations (invited)
11:45 [pdf] Ronald Nelson A new R package for QTL analysis
12:00 [pdf] Kacper Żukowski The estimation of SNP effects on a binary and a quantitative trait
12:15 [pdf] Magdalena Malina Logic regression based methods in application to detection of gene-gene interactions
12:30 Lunch
 
 
Tuesday May 18th Afternoon
13:30-16:45
Chair: Maciej Szydłowski
Session IV Application of genomic selection
13:30 [pdf] Alain Charcosset Genetic architecture of yield and related traits in European maize: insights into the effects of linkage and allelic series. Consequences for marker assisted selection. (invited)
14:00 Weronica Ek Mapping systemic scleroderma genes in a cross between UCD200 and jungle fowl chickens
14:15 [pdf] Joanna Szyda Genomic selection in Polish Holstein
14:30 [pdf] Jan-Thijs van Kaam Validation experiences in Italian Holstein genomic selection
14:45 [pdf] Organizing Committee Analysis of submitted breeding values and applied methods
15:00 Coffee break
15:30 Karl Broman Tutorial on R/qtl (invited)
16:15 [pdf] Paweł Krajewski POLAPGEN-BD: a project on biotechnology for breeding cereals with increased resistance to drought
16:30 Organizing Committee QTL-MAS 2010 Closing remarks