Overview

For the final week of the course, we will look at an application of data science within genomics. Namely we will look towards gaining an understanding of the topic of genome wide association studies (GWAS).

Learning outcomes

  • Understand how genomic data is collected and processed

  • Learn what methods are used to analyse genomic data

  • Conduct a small portion of a genome-wide association study (GWAS)

  • Understand the format of GWAS summary statistics and where to obtain them