11th International Congress of Human Genetics

Session Details

Complex Diseases

Thursday, 10 August 2006 11:00 -13:00

M4

Co-Chair Dr Margaret A Pericak-Vance Duke University Medical CenterUnited States
Co-Chair Justin P Rubio The Howard Florey InstituteAustralia

Linkage analysis using 19th century genealogical links inferred from genotypes
  • Jim Stankovich, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Australia
  • A genome-wide direct association study of Crohn’s disease with 19,772 putative functional coding SNPs
  • Francisco M De La Vega, Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA, USA., United States
  • Genetic and epigenetic risk factors for asthma
  • Dr Manuel AR Ferreira, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Australia
  • Susceptibility to childhood HTLV-1 infection is linked to chromosome 6q27
  • Sabine Plancoulaine, INSERM U550, France
  • Identification of two novel QTLs for pre-eclampsia susceptibility on chromosomes 5q and 13q using a variance components-based linkage approach
  • Dr Matthew P Johnson, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, Texas., United States
  • The LPIN1 gene is associated with obesity and cardiovascular risk factors at the population level
  • Kati Komulainen, National Public Health Institute, Dept. of Molecular Medicine, Finland
  • Identification of candidate genes for age-related blood pressure traits on chromosome 11q using GeneSniffer, gene expression and SNP association analyses
  • Dr Sue Rutherford, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research, San Antonio, Texas, United States
  • Familial aggregation, linkage and association analysis of autoantibody traits in systemic Lupus erythematosus (SLE) families
  • John B Harley, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation; US Veterans Affairs Medical Center; University of Oklahoma, OK, United States
  • Published on Tuesday, 1 August 2006 by the Professional Conference Organiser