CTC 2013

Complex Trait Community 12th annual meeting
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
May 29-31, 2013

Conference program


Thursday, 30 May
8:00 – 8:30am Continental Breakfast Great Hall Foyer
8:30 – 9:30 Keynote: Eleanor Feingold Great Hall
Chair: Karl Broman
9:30 – 10:10 Session 3: From QTL to gene Great Hall
Chair: Christian Deschepper
      9:30 Cheryl Ackert-Bicknell
Identification of Slc9a9 as a candidate gene for a bone mineral density QTL on mouse chromosome 9
      9:50 Charles Farber
Systems Genetics Identifies Bicc1 as a Novel Genetic Determinant of Bone Mass and Osteoblastogenesis
10:10 – 10:40 Break Great Hall Foyer
10:40 – noon Session 3 (continued) Great Hall
      10:40 Beverly Mock
Biologically-Integrated Network Analyses Reveal Synergistic Action of A Drug Combination Targeting Cancer Susceptibility Pathways
      11:00 Amanda Henning
Functional Characterization of the Mammary Carcinoma Susceptibility 5c Locus
      11:20 Vivek Kumar
QTL analysis utilizing closely related mouse substrains identifies Cytoplasmic FMRP Interacting Protein 2 (CYFIP2) as a regulator of cocaine response.
      11:40 Alan Attie
Genetic Identification of Nfatc2 as a Critical Regulator of Pancreatic Islet Function
noon – 2:00 Lunch
2:00 – 3:20 Session 4: Applications of the Collaborative Cross Great Hall
Chair: David Threadgill
      2:00 John Didion
A novel meiotic drive system gives rise to transmission ratio distortion in the CC and a selective sweep in the DO
      2:20 Narayanan Raghupathy
Allele Specific Gene Expression in F1 Mice
      2:40 Natalia Gonzales
Replication of GWAS results in mice using the criteria of both human and model organism genetics.
      3:00 David Aylor
Genetic reproductive incompatibilities in the mouse Collaborative Cross
3:20 – 4:00 Break Tripp Commons
4:00 – 6:00 Posters (even numbers) Tripp Commons
6:00 – 7:00 Reception Tripp Commons