Abstract

The MRC Biostatistics Unit 11th Annual Armitage Lecture, titled “Cross-study Reproducibility of Predictions, with Application to Genomics”, will be given by Professor Giovanni Parmigiani, Professor of Biostatistics at Harvard School of Public Health, Chairman of the Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Associate Director for Population Sciences of the Dana-Farber / Harvard Cancer Center.

The lecture will be the keynote speech in a workshop on ‘Statistical Methods for Emerging Applications to Genomics’.

Statistical Methods for Emerging Applications to Genomics Workshop

11:00-11:30 Registration and Refreshments

11:30-12:15 “Exploring the robustness of biochemical systems using Bayesian model selection” Dr Chris Barnes – University College London

12:15-13:00 “Mapping and clustering Brain tissues in Platynereis” Dr Lamiae Azizi- MRC Biostatistics Unit / INRA Clermont-Ferrand-Theix

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:00 “Inference of regulation in biological systems” Professor Lorenz Wernisch- MRC Biostatistics Unit

15:00-15:30 Tea

15:30-16:30 The 11th Armitage Lecture “Cross-study Reproducibility of Predictions, with Applications to Genomics” Professor Giovanni Parmigiani, Harvard School of Public Health

16:30-17:30 Workshop close and Drinks Reception

Attendance at the Armitage Lecture and Workshop is free but all participants should register in advance.

Lunch and refreshments will be provided