MRC SGDP Centre - 13th Annual SGDP Summer School
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Summer School Director: Thalia Eley Deputy Directors: Fruhling Rijsdijk and Cathy Fernandes
The MRC Social Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre is offering three courses to run in parallel over the week of
Monday 18th - Friday 22nd June 2012.
Course 1: Analysis of Genetic Association Studies
Scientific Directors: Cathryn Lewis and Tom Price
(Click here to apply to this course)
Course 2: Introduction to R
Scientific Directors: Leonard Schalkwyk, Matt Davies and Oliver Davis
(Click here to apply to this course)
Course 3: Introduction to Molecular Methods in Functional Genomics
Scientific Directors: Cathy Fernandes and Emma Dempster
(Click here to apply to this course)
For more information about the courses (including course timetables), please select the corresponding link from the menu on the left.
You can also watch a short video about our Summer School HERE.
Registration is now OPEN. Click the links above to apply to your chosen course.
* * * NEWS FLASH: For applicants on some of the Summer school courses, a limited number of bursaries have recently been made available to us through King's College London!
These would take the form of a partial reimbursement of the full course fees paid by the delegate. To check whether you would be eligible for this reimbursement of fees, please contact us on sgdp-summerschool@kcl.ac.uk for more details.
This is a unique opportunity to attend a course at a greatly reduced rate! * * *
What the week and courses involve
The week will consist of a series of general sessions, and a series of lectures and practical sessions which are specific to the chosen course.
General sessions (common to all courses): These morning sessions are intended to give conceptual overviews of genetic approaches to complex behavioural phenotypes and to provide discussions of recent advances and ways forward in the field.
You are also warmly invited to the following various social events during the week:
Monday 18th - Drinks Reception (5pm - 7pm)
Wednesday 20th - Cocktail party at the SGDP Centre (5pm - 9:30pm)
Who the courses are designed for
Post-graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and clinical researchers who wish to learn more about or move into the field.
Please note: Internal applicants to the course consist of those currently working or studying within King's College London and external applicants are all those who are not part of King's College London.
For further information, please contact the Summer School Coordinator by email: sgdp-summerschool@kcl.ac.uk
Please click here for a link to travel information.
The MRC SGDP Summer School is part of the King's College Summer Institute.
