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Description
This module showcases applications in specific areas of human genetics, taught by multiple experts currently working in a variety of fields. We will discuss statistical techniques used to model these biological questions and highlight the major, up-to-date insights such methods have provided.
Module Objectives
By the end of the course, participants should be able to:
1. Understand the key research concepts underlying the fields of quantitative genetics, model organisms, genomic imprinting, eQTL mapping, pathogen genomics, next-generation sequencing, genetic history, genetic eye disease and natural selection.
2. Understand the techniques researchers have used to answer major biological questions in these fields.
3. Understand, and critically evaluate the evidence for, some of the major discoveries in human genetics unearthed in these fields.
4. Understand how and when you might apply these techniques to address biological questions of interest.
Indicative lecture topics 鈥� based on module content in 2023/24
- Quantitative Genetics
- Natural selection in the human genome
- Genetic medicine for genetic eye disease
- eQTL mapping
- Human genetic history
- Model organisms
- Genomic imprinting / Silver-Russell Syndrome
- Mapping the human genome: NGS methods and applications
- Using genomics to track the emergence and spread of pathogens
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.
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