The Wellcome Trust and the NIH/NHGRI offer a 2-hour tutorial on effective HapMap usage. This tutorial will include a HapMap introduction by Dr. Aravinda Chakravarti (Johns Hopkins University), use of the HapMap for association studies, tag SNP selection, and improving analyses using chips with pre-selected SNPs, by Dr. Mark Daly (Broad Institute), and a guide to the HapMap web pages by Dr. Lincoln Stein (CSHL). Other speakers include Dr. Toshihiro Tanaka (RIKEN), Dr. Michael Boehnke (University of Michigan), and Dr. Augustine Kong (deCODE), who will each give a short presentation on HapMap applications. Educational reference materials will be provided. Box dinner is included.

The registration deadline for this tutorial has been extended. You must register by Friday, October 14th, 2005, in order to participate. Registration is limited to the first 1,000 people. There is no additional fee, but participants must first be registered for the ASHG meeting.

Please click here to register.