The Primer on Medical and Population Genetics is a series of informal weekly discussions of basic genetics topics that relate to human populations and disease. Experts from across the Broad Institute community give in-depth introductions to the basic principles of complex trait genetics, including human genetic variation, genotyping, DNA sequencing methods, statistics, data analysis, and more.Videos of these sessions are made freely available for viewing here and are geared toward a wide audience that includes research technicians, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and established investigators just entering the field.For more information, please visit:-Program in Medical Population Genetics (http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/224/)-Primer videos (http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/1339/)

The Primer on Medical and Population Genetics is a series of informal weekly discussions of basic genetics topics that relate to human populations and disease. Experts from across the Broad Institute community give in-depth introductions to the basic principles of complex trait genetics, including human genetic variation, genotyping, DNA sequencing methods, statistics, data analysis, and more. Videos of these sessions are made freely available for viewing here and are geared toward a wide audience that includes research technicians, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and established investigators just entering the field. For more information, please visit: -Program in Medical Population Genetics (<a href="http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/224/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/224/</a>) -Primer videos (<a href="http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/1339/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/1339/</a>)

MPG Primer: Natural selection and human genetic variation (2016)

MPG Primer: Sequencing and Variant Discovery PipelinesBroad Institute of MIT and HarvardOctober 13, 2016 (Live Stream)Geraldine Van der Auwera PhDManager of Outreach and CommunicationsData Sciences and Data EngineeringBroad InstituteThe Primer on Medical and Population Genetics is a series of informal weekly discussions of basic genetics topics that relate to human populations and disease. Experts from across the Broad Institute community give in-depth introductions to the basic principles of complex trait genetics, including human genetic variation, genotyping, DNA sequencing methods, statistics, data analysis, and more.Videos of these sessions are made freely available for viewing here and are geared toward a wide audience that includes research technicians, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and established investigators just entering the field.For more information, please visit:-Program in Medical Population Genetics (http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/224/)-Primer videos (http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/1339/)Today's MPG Primer was a test of our live streaming capabilities. By subscribing to the Broad YouTube Channel, you can receive updates when the Broad posts new Primers and video features.Copyright Broad Institute, 2016. All rights reserved.

MPG Primer: Sequencing and Variant Discovery Pipelines Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard October 13, 2016 (Live Stream) Geraldine Van der Auwera PhD Manager of Outreach and Communications Data Sciences and Data Engineering Broad Institute The Primer on Medical and Population Genetics is a series of informal weekly discussions of basic genetics topics that relate to human populations and disease. Experts from across the Broad Institute community give in-depth introductions to the basic principles of complex trait genetics, including human genetic variation, genotyping, DNA sequencing methods, statistics, data analysis, and more. Videos of these sessions are made freely available for viewing here and are geared toward a wide audience that includes research technicians, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and established investigators just entering the field. For more information, please visit: -Program in Medical Population Genetics (<a href="http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/224/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/224/</a>) -Primer videos (<a href="http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/1339/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/1339/</a>) Today's MPG Primer was a test of our live streaming capabilities. By subscribing to the Broad YouTube Channel, you can receive updates when the Broad posts new Primers and video features. Copyright Broad Institute, 2016. All rights reserved.

MPG Primer: Sequencing and Variant Discovery Pipelines (2016)

The Primer on Medical and Population Genetics is a series of informal weekly discussions of basic genetics topics that relate to human populations and disease. Experts from across the Broad Institute community give in-depth introductions to the basic principles of complex trait genetics, including human genetic variation, genotyping, DNA sequencing methods, statistics, data analysis, and more.Videos of these sessions are made freely available for viewing here and are geared toward a wide audience that includes research technicians, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and established investigators just entering the field.Insights from the study of the genetic basis of Mendelian disease: A review of the history of Mendelian genetics and foundational discoveries in the study of neurologic disease.

The Primer on Medical and Population Genetics is a series of informal weekly discussions of basic genetics topics that relate to human populations and disease. Experts from across the Broad Institute community give in-depth introductions to the basic principles of complex trait genetics, including human genetic variation, genotyping, DNA sequencing methods, statistics, data analysis, and more. Videos of these sessions are made freely available for viewing here and are geared toward a wide audience that includes research technicians, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and established investigators just entering the field. Insights from the study of the genetic basis of Mendelian disease: A review of the history of Mendelian genetics and foundational discoveries in the study of neurologic disease.

MPG Primer: Genome-wide association study design and interpretation (2016)

The Primer on Medical and Population Genetics is a series of informal weekly discussions of basic genetics topics that relate to human populations and disease. Experts from across the Broad Institute community give in-depth introductions to the basic principles of complex trait genetics, including human genetic variation, genotyping, DNA sequencing methods, statistics, data analysis, and more.Videos of these sessions are made freely available for viewing here and are geared toward a wide audience that includes research technicians, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and established investigators just entering the field.Insights from the study of the genetic basis of Mendelian disease: A review of the history of Mendelian genetics and foundational discoveries in the study of neurologic disease.For more information, please visit:-Program in Medical Population Genetics (http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/224/)-Primer videos (http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/1339/)

The Primer on Medical and Population Genetics is a series of informal weekly discussions of basic genetics topics that relate to human populations and disease. Experts from across the Broad Institute community give in-depth introductions to the basic principles of complex trait genetics, including human genetic variation, genotyping, DNA sequencing methods, statistics, data analysis, and more. Videos of these sessions are made freely available for viewing here and are geared toward a wide audience that includes research technicians, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and established investigators just entering the field. Insights from the study of the genetic basis of Mendelian disease: A review of the history of Mendelian genetics and foundational discoveries in the study of neurologic disease. For more information, please visit: -Program in Medical Population Genetics (<a href="http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/224/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/224/</a>) -Primer videos (<a href="http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/1339/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/1339/</a>)

MPG Primer: Genetics in Mendelian Human Disease (2016)

The Primer on Medical and Population Genetics is a series of informal weekly discussions of basic genetics topics that relate to human populations and disease. Experts from across the Broad Institute community give in-depth introductions to the basic principles of complex trait genetics, including human genetic variation, genotyping, DNA sequencing methods, statistics, data analysis, and more.Videos of these sessions are made freely available for viewing here and are geared toward a wide audience that includes research technicians, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and established investigators just entering the field.For more information, please visit:-Program in Medical Population Genetics (http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/224/)-Primer videos (http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/1339/)Copyright Broad Institute, 2016. All rights reserved.

The Primer on Medical and Population Genetics is a series of informal weekly discussions of basic genetics topics that relate to human populations and disease. Experts from across the Broad Institute community give in-depth introductions to the basic principles of complex trait genetics, including human genetic variation, genotyping, DNA sequencing methods, statistics, data analysis, and more. Videos of these sessions are made freely available for viewing here and are geared toward a wide audience that includes research technicians, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and established investigators just entering the field. For more information, please visit: -Program in Medical Population Genetics (<a href="http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/224/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/224/</a>) -Primer videos (<a href="http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/1339/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/1339/</a>) Copyright Broad Institute, 2016. All rights reserved.

MPG Primer: The importance of phenotype definition (2016)

Gad Getz, Ph.D.Broad InstituteExperts from across the Broad Institute community give in-depth introductions to the basic principles of complex trait genetics, including human genetic variation, genotyping, DNA sequencing methods, statistics, data analysis, and more.Videos of these sessions are made freely available for viewing here and are geared toward a wide audience that includes research technicians, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and established investigators just entering the field.For more information, please visit:-Program in Medical Population Genetics (http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/224/)-Primer videos (http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/1339/)Copyright Broad Institute, 2016. All rights reserved.

Gad Getz, Ph.D. Broad Institute Experts from across the Broad Institute community give in-depth introductions to the basic principles of complex trait genetics, including human genetic variation, genotyping, DNA sequencing methods, statistics, data analysis, and more.Videos of these sessions are made freely available for viewing here and are geared toward a wide audience that includes research technicians, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and established investigators just entering the field. For more information, please visit: -Program in Medical Population Genetics (<a href="http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/224/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/224/</a>) -Primer videos (<a href="http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/1339/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/1339/</a>) Copyright Broad Institute, 2016. All rights reserved.

MPG Primer: Challenges in Cancer Genomics (2016)

MPG Primer: Structural Variation (2016)

MPG Primer: Pharmacogenomics (2016)

The Primer on Medical and Population Genetics is a series of informal weekly discussions of basic genetics topics that relate to human populations and disease. Experts from across the Broad Institute community give in-depth introductions to the basic principles of complex trait genetics, including human genetic variation, genotyping, DNA sequencing methods, statistics, data analysis, and more.Videos of these sessions are made freely available for viewing here and are geared toward a wide audience that includes research technicians, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and established investigators just entering the field.For more information, please visit:-Program in Medical Population Genetics (http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/224/)-Primer videos (http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/1339/)Copyright Broad Institute, 2015. All rights reserved.

The Primer on Medical and Population Genetics is a series of informal weekly discussions of basic genetics topics that relate to human populations and disease. Experts from across the Broad Institute community give in-depth introductions to the basic principles of complex trait genetics, including human genetic variation, genotyping, DNA sequencing methods, statistics, data analysis, and more. Videos of these sessions are made freely available for viewing here and are geared toward a wide audience that includes research technicians, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and established investigators just entering the field. For more information, please visit: -Program in Medical Population Genetics (<a href="http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/224/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/224/</a>) -Primer videos (<a href="http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/1339/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/1339/</a>) Copyright Broad Institute, 2015. All rights reserved.

MPG Primer: Annotating Gene Sequence Variation (2015)

MPG Primer: Analyzing Cancer Genetics

MPG Primer: The Microbiome

MPG Primer: Population Genetics

MPG Primer: Regulatory Genomics and Epigenomics of Complex Traits 

The Primer on Medical and Population Genetics is a series of informal weekly discussions of basic genetics topics that relate to human populations and disease. Experts from across the Broad Institute community give in-depth introductions to the basic principles of complex trait genetics, including human genetic variation, genotyping, DNA sequencing methods, statistics, data analysis, and more.Videos of these sessions are made freely available for viewing here and are geared toward a wide audience that includes research technicians, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and established investigators just entering the field.

The Primer on Medical and Population Genetics is a series of informal weekly discussions of basic genetics topics that relate to human populations and disease. Experts from across the Broad Institute community give in-depth introductions to the basic principles of complex trait genetics, including human genetic variation, genotyping, DNA sequencing methods, statistics, data analysis, and more. Videos of these sessions are made freely available for viewing here and are geared toward a wide audience that includes research technicians, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and established investigators just entering the field.

MPG Primer: Genome-wide association studies: past and present

MPG Primer: Sequencing and rare variant analysis 

MPG Primer: Mendelian traits focusing on methods, modifiers and implications for complex

The Primer on Medical and Population Genetics is a series of informal weekly discussions of basic genetics topics that relate to human populations and disease. Experts from across the Broad Institute community give in-depth introductions to the basic principles of complex trait genetics, including human genetic variation, genotyping, DNA sequencing methods, statistics, data analysis, and more.Videos of these sessions are made freely available for viewing here and are geared toward a wide audience that includes research technicians, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and established investigators just entering the field.For more information, please visit:-Program in Medical Population Genetics (http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/224/)-Primer videos (http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/1339/)

The Primer on Medical and Population Genetics is a series of informal weekly discussions of basic genetics topics that relate to human populations and disease. Experts from across the Broad Institute community give in-depth introductions to the basic principles of complex trait genetics, including human genetic variation, genotyping, DNA sequencing methods, statistics, data analysis, and more. Videos of these sessions are made freely available for viewing here and are geared toward a wide audience that includes research technicians, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and established investigators just entering the field. For more information, please visit: -Program in Medical Population Genetics (<a href="http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/224/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/224/</a>) -Primer videos (<a href="http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/1339/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/1339/</a>)

MPG Primer: Human Genetic Variation (2014)

MPG Primer: Introduction to complex trait genetics (2014)

Cardiologist Christopher Newton-Cheh offers an introduction to the Primer in Medical and Population Genetics series. As Newton-Cheh explains, these hour-long talks cover basic topics relevant to medical and population genetics by speakers drawn from across the Broad as well as the larger scientific community. The target audience includes technicians, grad students, postdocs and established investigators just entering the field of complex trait genetics with the goal of bringing all up to speed on basic principles of human genetic variation, genotyping and sequencing methods, statistics, and analysis.-Program in Medical and Population Genetics (http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/224/)

Cardiologist Christopher Newton-Cheh offers an introduction to the Primer in Medical and Population Genetics series. As Newton-Cheh explains, these hour-long talks cover basic topics relevant to medical and population genetics by speakers drawn from across the Broad as well as the larger scientific community. The target audience includes technicians, grad students, postdocs and established investigators just entering the field of complex trait genetics with the goal of bringing all up to speed on basic principles of human genetic variation, genotyping and sequencing methods, statistics, and analysis. -Program in Medical and Population Genetics (<a href="http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/224/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.broadinstitute.org/node/224/</a>)

MPG Primers Introduction

MPG Primers

The Primer on Medical and Population Genetics is a series of informal weekly discussions of basic genetics topics that relate to human populations and disease. Experts from across the Broad Institute community give in-depth introductions to the basic principles of complex trait genetics, including human genetic variation, genotyping, DNA sequencing methods, statistics, data analysis, and more.Videos of these sessions are made freely available for viewing here and are geared toward a wide audience that includes research technicians, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and established investigators just entering the field.If you'd like more information about the primers, or have suggestions for future topics, contact the seminar series organizer Chris Newton-Cheh via mpg_primer@broadinstitute.org.

The Primer on Medical and Population Genetics is a series of informal weekly discussions of basic genetics topics that relate to human populations and disease. Experts from across the Broad Institute community give in-depth introductions to the basic principles of complex trait genetics, including human genetic variation, genotyping, DNA sequencing methods, statistics, data analysis, and more. Videos of these sessions are made freely available for viewing here and are geared toward a wide audience that includes research technicians, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and established investigators just entering the field. If you'd like more information about the primers, or have suggestions for future topics, contact the seminar series organizer Chris Newton-Cheh via mpg_primer@broadinstitute.org.

Genetic variation, LD, HapMap and beyond

Analytic Issues Associated with Rare Variant Testing

Genome wide association studies: QC, analysis and interpretation

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