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SUMMARY:Genome-wide genetic models for association\, prediction and heritability analyses 
DESCRIPTION:Judith and David Coffey SeminarSpeaker: Prof David Balding\, University of Melbourne \n\n\n\nThis is a hybrid event. In-person at the Mackenzie Seminar Room\, Level 6\, Charles Perkins CentreOnline via Zoom: https://uni-sydney.zoom.us/j/85114748391 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGenome-wide genetic models have been widely used\, and have led to big advances in understanding the genomic architecture of complex traits\, and in predicting these traits. However\, the statistical models are fundamentally ill-posed due to both “too many predictors” and correlation among the predictors. Different approaches to regularisation to overcome these problems can lead to important differences in results\, and there has been confusion and controversy over model choices. I present a framework for resolving these problems that leads to important gains in the power of statistical tests and accuracy of prediction. Our framework uses shrinkage regression with a distinct shrinkage parameter for each genetic predictor (SNP)\, determined by fitting a low-dimensional “heritability model” with independent variables that can include genome annotation features as well as LD and MAF.  Applying our modelling framework to the UK Biobank and other datasets\, I will discuss advances in prediction accuracy and in understanding how causal effects are distributed across the genome. If time permits I might briefly speak on other recent work\, including assessing the weight of evidence for Y-chromosome DNA profiles. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nSubscribe to our seminar mailing list\n\n\n\n\n→\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFind out more about the Statistical Bioinformatics seminar series\n\n\n\n\n\n→\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProf David Balding\n\n\n\nDavid Balding is Honorary Professor of Statistical Genetics at the University of Melbourne\, and a former Director of Melbourne Integrative Genomics. He was educated at the University of Newcastle\, NSW (B Math) and the University of Oxford\, UK (D Phil). He is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science\, and was recently President of the International Genetic Epidemiology Society (IGES)\, Section Editor for Methods at PLOS Genetics and lead editor of the Handbook of Statistical Genomics.  In the 2025 ScholarGPS Highly Ranked Scholars\, he was ranked 1st in the world for DNA profiling.
URL:https://spds.sydney.edu.au/event/powerful-and-accurate-case-control-analysis-of-spatial-molecular-data/
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