<html><head><base href="x-msg://745/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Yuehua Cui <<a href="mailto:cui@stt.msu.edu">cui@stt.msu.edu</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;"><b>Statistical genetics/genomics journal club</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">February 23, 2012 10:51:20 PM EST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">Ping-Shou Zhong <<a href="mailto:pszhong@stt.msu.edu">pszhong@stt.msu.edu</a>>, Cen Wu <<a href="mailto:wucen@stt.msu.edu">wucen@stt.msu.edu</a>>, Honglang Wang <<a href="mailto:wangho16@stt.msu.edu">wangho16@stt.msu.edu</a>>, "Tao He (<a href="mailto:hetao@msu.edu">hetao@msu.edu</a>)" <<a href="mailto:hetao@msu.edu">hetao@msu.edu</a>>, "Qing Lu (<a href="mailto:qlu@epi.msu.edu">qlu@epi.msu.edu</a>)" <<a href="mailto:qlu@epi.msu.edu">qlu@epi.msu.edu</a>>, "Wenjiang Fu (<a href="mailto:fuw@epi.msu.edu">fuw@epi.msu.edu</a>)" <<a href="mailto:fuw@epi.msu.edu">fuw@epi.msu.edu</a>>, Lifeng Wang <<a href="mailto:wang@stt.msu.edu">wang@stt.msu.edu</a>>, Marianne Huebner <<a href="mailto:huebner@stt.msu.edu">huebner@stt.msu.edu</a>>, Taps Maiti <<a href="mailto:maiti@stt.msu.edu">maiti@stt.msu.edu</a>>, Chenyang Gu <<a href="mailto:guchenyang1026@gmail.com">guchenyang1026@gmail.com</a>>, Zihuai He <<a href="mailto:statzihuai@gmail.com">statzihuai@gmail.com</a>>, "<a href="mailto:shius@msu.edu">shius@msu.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:shius@msu.edu">shius@msu.edu</a>>, "C Robin Buell (<a href="mailto:buell@msu.edu">buell@msu.edu</a>)" <<a href="mailto:buell@msu.edu">buell@msu.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:jiangn@msu.edu">jiangn@msu.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:jiangn@msu.edu">jiangn@msu.edu</a>>, "<a href="mailto:steibelj@msu.edu">steibelj@msu.edu</a>" <<a href="mailto:steibelj@msu.edu">steibelj@msu.edu</a>>, "Rob Tempelman (<a href="mailto:tempelma@msu.edu">tempelma@msu.edu</a>)" <<a href="mailto:tempelma@msu.edu">tempelma@msu.edu</a>>, "Hans Cheng (<a href="mailto:hcheng@msu.edu">hcheng@msu.edu</a>)" <<a href="mailto:hcheng@msu.edu">hcheng@msu.edu</a>>, "C. Titus Brown" <<a href="mailto:ctb@msu.edu">ctb@msu.edu</a>>, Jin Chen <<a href="mailto:chenjin@gmail.com">chenjin@gmail.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; font-size:medium;">members <<a href="mailto:members@stt.msu.edu">members@stt.msu.edu</a>><br></span></div><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">We are planning to have a weekly<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_club" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">journal club</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to discuss recent advances in statistical analysis of genetic/genomic data generated with emerging biotechnologies such as the next-generation sequencing technology. We will discuss papers or research projects focusing on statistical methods and various biological applications. We will meet at 3:00-4:00pm on Thursday at A405 Wells Hall. Everyone is welcomed to present a paper or your own research work. Please email me if you want to do so. Graduate students are especially encouraged to present.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Our first discussion leader is Tao He. She will present the attached review paper about allele-specific gene expression with RNA-seq data. If we have time, we will discuss the 2<sup>nd</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>paper from<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Genome Research</i>. We will meet at 3pm next Thursday. Please encourage your students and lab members to attend if the topic fits to their research interest. Weekly announcement will be sent out thereafter. Pls let me know if you want to receive further email notice.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Thank you for your attention.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Best,<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">Yuehua<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">------------------------------</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Yuehua Cui</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">A432 Wells Hall</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Department of Statistics and Probability</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Michigan State University</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">East Lansing, MI 48824</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Tel: (517)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">432-7098</span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Fax: (517)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">432-1405<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">Web:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.stt.msu.edu/~cui" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">http://www.stt.msu.edu/~cui</a></span><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div></body></html>