Summer 2020 dates: Live-stream, online training June 22-23, 2020; 10:00am EDT - 5:00pm EDT
This two-day intensive boot camp integrates the principle concepts of epigenetics and the effects of risk factors on the epigenome as we step through the key components of designing and executing DNA methylation studies. Led by a team of scientists with more than 40 years of combined expertise in the field of environmental epigenetics, this epigenetics training will integrate seminar lectures with hands-on computer sessions to put concepts into practice. Emphasis will be given to leveraging existing resources from ongoing studies and initiating new investigations. The afternoon lab sessions will provide an opportunity to work hands-on with real methylation data generated by the Illumina Infinium MethylationEPIC (850k) BeadChip platform. Participants will learn and practice data handling, cleaning, and basic analysis of epigenome-wide DNA methylation data.
By the end of the epigenetics training, participants will be familiar with the following topics:
-Principles of epigenetics
-Concept ideation and study design
-Sample collection and processing
-Laboratory methods and platforms for analysis
-Data handling and cleaning
-Data analysis
-Study design advantages and pitfalls
-Emerging epigenetic topics and laboratory platforms
Investigators at all career stages are welcome to attend, and we particularly encourage trainees and early-stage investigators to participate.
PREREQUISITES AND REQUIREMENTS
Each participant is required to bring a personal laptop as all lab sessions will be done on your personal laptop. Tablets and ipads will not work with the platform being used.
-The Boot Camp will use data sets in R, therefore participants must have a basic understanding of this platform prior to attending the Boot Camp.
If you have any specific questions about R and R studio in the context of the Epigenetics Boot Camp, please email us.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
John Greally, DMed, PhD, Center for Epigenomics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
INSTRUCTORS
Andrea Baccarelli, MD, MPH, PhD, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Andres Cardenas, PhD, MPH, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
Elena Colicino, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Jonathan Heiss, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Allan Just, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Allison Kupsco, PhD, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
FORMER KEYNOTE SPEAKERS AND INSTRUCTORS
Chris Mason, PhD, Weill Cornell Medical College. Keynote Speaker, 2017.
John Greally, DMed, PhD, Center for Epigenomics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Keynote Speaker, 2017-2018.
Cavin Ward-Caviness, PhD, Environmental Public Health Division, US Environmental Protection Agency. Instructor, 2017.
Kasey Brennan, MS, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University. Instructor, 2017-2018.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Scholarships are available for the Epigenetics Boot Camp.
