Genetics Education

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Agenda

Day One
Meet the instructors and Students
Introduction
Module 1: De novo sequence analysis
Module 2: Genome browsing
Module 3: Comparative genomics
Day two
Module 4: Introduction to sequence variation
Module 5: Working with sequence variation
Module 6: Exploring gene function and disease
Module 7: Introduction to microarrays
Module 8: Genomic arrays
Day three
Module 9: Expression arrays
Module 10: Analytic approaches and applications to microarrays
Own analyses
Review and Conclude
Finish and Review

A specific disease is chosen to be the common thread that runs through each of the modules, thus allowing the students to appreciate the interrelatedness of each of the modules, as they would be applied to disease research.