Contents
The etiology of complex diseases concerns not only the DNA sequence variation of a gene, but most importantly also the functional regulation of the gene triggered by specific environmental stimuli. Epigenetics is a newly emerging field of genetic study that focuses on the dynamic aspects of gene activity regulation under given environmental conditions, a very hot topic in many areas of medical research. This course focuses on the design and analysis of epigenomic studies using high-throughput microarray technology with issues concerning study design, biosample collection, data pre-processing, normalization, quality control, statistical and bioinformatic analyses, biological pathway-based analysis and functional interpretation. Students are introduced to the cutting-edge development in epigenetic analysis of human diseases and learn about epigenomic data structure, state-of-the-art data analysis with multiple free software packages.
Aim
The aim of the course is to learn the cutting-edge techniques for analyzing and interpreting data collected in epigenomic studies.
Teaching arrangement
Lecturing and exercises
Max number of participants
20 PhD students
Course Fee
The course is free of charge for PhD students enrolled in Universities that have joined the "Open market agreement".
For other participants there is a course fee of DKK 6,745,-