Statistical Methods - Linear and Nonlinear Models: Prediction
Tuesday, August 19, 2014: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Bayshore Grand Ballroom A (The Westin Bayshore)
Moderator:
Marco C.A.M. Bink
10:30 AM
Using Random Forests (RF) To Prescreen Candidate Genes: A New Prospective for GWAS
Yutao Li, CSIRO Animal, Food and Health Sciences;
James Kijas, CSIRO Animal, Food and Health Sciences;
John M Henshall, Food Futures Flagship, CSIRO Animal, Food and Health Sciences;
Sigrid A Lehnert, CSIRO Food Futures Flagship;
Russell McCulloch, Food Futures Flagship, CSIRO Animal, Food and Health Sciences;
Anthony Reverter-Gomez, Food Futures Flagship, CSIRO Animal, Food and Health Sciences
10:45 AM
Genomic prediction of health traits in humans: demonstrating the value of marker selection
Mairead L Bermingham, MRC Human Genetics Unit, MRC IGMM, University of Edinburgh;
Ricardo Pong-Wong, The Roslin Institute and R(D)SVS, University of Edinburgh;
Athina Spiliopoulou, MRC Human Genetics Unit, MRC IGMM, University of Edinburgh;
Caroline Hayward, MRC Human Genetics Unit, MRC IGMM, University of Edinburgh;
Igor Rudan, Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh;
Harry Campbell, Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh;
Alan F Wright, MRC Human Genetics Unit, MRC IGMM, University of Edinburgh;
James F Wilson, Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh;
Felix V Agakov, Pharmatics Limited;
Pau Navarro, MRC Human Genetics Unit, MRC IGMM, University of Edinburgh;
Chris Haley, MRC Human Genetics Unit, MRC IGMM, University of Edinburgh
