Mapping genes to diseases in admixed populations through 1000 Genomes imputation

Project Start Date: Spring/Summer 2013

Project Title: Mapping genes to diseases in admixed populations through 1000 Genomes imputation.

Project Contact: Bogdan Pasaniuc (bpasaniuc@mednet.ucla.edu)

Project Description:
Recently developed sequencing technologies have allowed for the collection of large repositories of human variation (e.g. 1000 Genomes project) that can be used to increase power for novel disease-gene discoveries.

This project will develop methods for incorporation of 1000 Genomes imputation in disease mapping in admixed populations (e.g. African-American, Latinos)

Required Experience: Experience with some programming language (C, C++, Java etc.), some background knowledge of statistics.

Possibility of Funding : Yes

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