PLACE:  1352 Gilman

SPEAKER:
Rebecca W. Doerge
Purdue University

TITLE:
Statistical Issues and Applications in Agricultural Genetics/Genomics

ABSTRACT:

The fields of Statistics and Genetics share a long history of mutual benefit that has recently been reaffirmed through advances in molecular genetics, genomics, and bioinformatics.  Resulting from this resurgence are cooperative connections between the fields of Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, and Biology that are fueled by technological advances and are leading to interdisciplinary approaches to biological questions.  The general complexity of the questions being asked, and magnitude of the data being generated by genetic and genomic experiments present new and challenging problems to statisticians working in this arena.  Details of statistical issues and methods applied to a range of agricultural genetic/genomic experiments will be discussed as examples of the important role Statistics plays in the future of biological studies.
 

COFFEE: 3:45 p.m., 104 Snedecor