"Introduction to Imaging Genetics", course at 2013 Organization for Human Brain Mapping meeting, 16 June.

Organizers Thomas Nichols, University of Warwick and Jean-Baptiste Poline, Neurospin

Description This course will introduce the fundamentals of “Imaging Genetics,” the process of modeling and understanding genetic variation in brain image data. The course begins with a four-lecture genetics tutorial in the morning, designed to give imaging practitioners a quick overview of key genetics concepts and terminology. The remainder of the course covers how imagers can use genetic variables in their analyses. Specific topics include voxel-wise genome-wide models, joint multivariate modeling of imaging and genetic data, and heritability analyses of cortical surface and thickness data. The course concludes with two case studies highlighting current imaging genetics research.

Talks

• Molecular Basis of Genetic Variation
  Elliot Hong, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA
• Structure and Analysis of Genetic Variation
  Sven Cichon, Bonn University, Bonn, Germany
• Overview of Neuroimaging Phenotypes: Online | Large PDF (31MB) | Small PDF (3MB)
  Anderson Winkler, Oxford University, UK
• Nuts and Bolts of the Allen Brain Human Atlas
  Lydia Ng, Allen Institute for Brain Science, USA
• Univariate Approaches: Multiple Testing & Voxelwise WGA
  Derek Hibar, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA
• Quantitative Traits: Heritability, Linkage & Association
  John Blangero, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, USA
• Multivariate Approaches: Joint Modeling of Imaging & Genetic Data
  Giovanni Montana, Imperial College, London, UK
• Multivariate Phenotypes for Association and Linkage
  Peter Kochunov, Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA
• ENIGMA & Large Scale Imaging Association
  Jason Stein, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA
• Case Study: Case study: Identifying informative phenotypes in large functional imaging studies: an application of genome-wide complex trait analysis
  Tomáš Paus, University of Toronto, Canada

See also our OHBM 2010 Imaging Genetics course.

See also our OHBM 2011 Imaging Genetics course.

See also our OHBM 2012 Imaging Genetics course.

See also our OHBM 2014 Imaging Genetics course.