Skip to main content

2013 Schedule

2013 SING Workshop

Sunday, August 4, 2013
6:00-
8:00 pm
Welcome reception

 

Monday, August 5, 2013
9:00 -
12:00 pm

Introduction to workshop

  • Introductions (Gene Robinson, Robert Warrior, Ripan Malhi)
  • Goals of workshop
  • Data blitz of SING faculty
  • Consent/waiver and swabs for DNA extraction
12:00-
2:00 pm

Lunch-time talk

  • Foundational genetic and genomic legal cases (Jay Kesan)
2:00-
4:00 pm

Wet lab (Brian Kemp, Deborah Bolnick)

  • Introduction
  • Lab safety
  • DNA extraction
  • DNA quantification
4:00-
6:00 pm
A tour of the human genome and computational genomics (Ken Yokoyama)
6:00-
6:30 pm
Evaluations of the specific objectives of the day
6:30 pm Free time for dinner and exploration

 

Tuesday, August 6, 2013
9:00-
12:00 pm
Human Microbiome/ Keck tour (Carl Yeoman)
12:00-
2:00 pm

Lunch-time talk

  • Indigenous scientists, community collaboration and capacity building (Kim TallBear)
2:00-
4:00 pm

Wet lab (Brian Kemp, Deborah Bolnick, Carl Yeoman)

  • PCR and electrophoresis – mtDNA and microbiome
4:00-
6:00 pm

Phenotypic and molecular variation in an evolutionary context (Charles Roseman)

6:00-
6:30 pm
Evaluations of the specific objectives of the day
6:30 pm Free time for dinner and exploration

 

Wednesday, August 7, 2013
9:00-
10:30 am
Ethics of Biospecimen Use (Francine Gachupin)
10:45-
12:00 pm
Community based collaborations brainstorm (Jessi Bardill , Kim TallBear, Francine Gachupin)
12:00-
2:00 pm

Lunch-time talk

  • Sociogenomics (Kari Schroeder)
2:00-
4:00 pm

Talk on Native American population history & paleogenomics (Brian Kemp, Ripan Malhi)

4:00-
6:00 pm
Human Microbiome Bioinformatics lab (Carl Yeoman)
6:00-
6:30 pm
Evaluations
6:30 pm Dinner for SING Workshop

 

Thursday, August 8, 2013
9:00-
10:30 am
Commercialization – Ancestry testing (Deborah Bolnick)
10:45-
12:00 pm
Commercialization – Beyond Ancestry testing (Jessi Bardill)
12:00-
1:00 pm

Lunch-time talk

  • Native dogs & DNA variation (Kelsey Witt)

1:00-
4:00 pm

Human Genomic Diversity Bioinformatics lab (Mike DeGiorgio)

4:00-
6:00 pm

Mitochondrial genome Bioinformatics lab (Brian Kemp, Deborah Bolnick)

6:00-
6:30 pm
Evaluations
6:30 pm Free time for dinner and exploration

 

Friday, August 9, 2013
9:00-
12:00 am
ELSI roleplay (Jessi Bardill)
12:00-
2:00 pm

Lunch-time talk

  • Human Genetic Structure/GWAS & Rare Variants (Mike DeGiorgio, Ripan Malhi)

2:00-
4:00 pm

Professionalization Module

4:00-
5:00 pm

Evaluations of the specific objectives of the day and final evaluation

6:00 pm Evening Reception

 

Saturday, August 10, 2013
9:00 am

Field trip – The Field Museum, Chicago

Stay in Chicago for flights out of ORD on Sunday

 

Sunday, August 11, 2013
Departure