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Schedule (pdf version)- Updated 04/17/08


Thursday, 4/24

9:15 - 9:30

 

Introduction and presentation of seminar and goals

9:30 - 10:00
  Media session

10:00 - 10:45

 

Talk: "Genetic Structure of Populations of the Aleutian Archipelago: Molecular Perspectives." - Dr. Crawford

Reference material: M.H. Crawford (ed.) 2008
Anthropological Genetics. Theory, Methods and Applications. Cambridge University Press

10:45 - 11:00

 

Discussion section

11:00 - 11:45

 

Talk: Improving genetic and genomic association studies in Mexicans: The Mexican Genome Diversity Project - Dr. Silva

11:45 - 12:00

 

Discussion section

 

 

 

12:00 - 1:15

 

Lunch break

 

 

 

1:15 - 2:00

 

Talk: "Integrative genomic approaches to complex diseases" - Dr. Blangero

2:00 - 2:15

 

Discussion section

2:15 - 3:00

 

Talk: "Structure of prehispanic Mexican populations revealed by mitochondrial DNA to study disease susceptibility" - Dr. Munoz

3:00 - 3:15

 

Discussion section

3:15 - 3:30

 

Break

3:30 - 4:15

 

Talk: "Genetic Admixture of Mexican Mestizo and Indigenous Populations. Based on Non-Molecular and Molecular Markers" - Dr. Cerda

4:15 - 4:30

 

Discussion section

4:30 - 5:00

 

Talk: "Genetic structure of the population of Costa Rica and its relationship to hereditary diseases" - Rebeca Campos Sanchez

Friday, 4/25

9:00 - 10:00

 

Collaborative working sections

10:00 - 12:00

 

Break into groups

 

 

 

12:00 - 1:30

 

Lunch

 

 

 

1:30 - 3:00

 

Wrap up for collaborative plans and grant plans