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Agenda

For additional information about the Workshop, please contact either Cristen Robinson or Anna Rossoshek at GTEXInfo@mail.nih.gov.

Day 1: June 2, Monday
8:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m.	Francis Collins: Welcome and Introduction to Aims of GTEx Proposal
9:00 a.m.	GWAS studies, eQTLs, and Beyond Cliona Molony John Hardy Discussion
10:00 a.m.	Coffee Break
10:30 a.m.	Challenges of Obtaining Multiple, High-Quality Tissues for GTEx Carolyn Compton Mark Rubin John Lonsdale Discussion
11:30 a.m.	Lunch
12:30 p.m.	Consideration of Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) Stuart Youngner Laura Beskow Discussion
	Breakout Sessions Most groups will be run twice, with different leaders and a different mix of people. Each group/session has an assigned note-taker and assigned leader. ELSI will be integrated into all group discussions
1:30 p.m.	Breakout Session I Group A: Statistical/Epidemiology Issues; Size, Statistical Power, Phenotypic Variables, Analytical Plans (Group Leaders: Nancy Cox, Manolis Detmitzakis, Richard Spielman) Group B: Building a Public Database of eQTL Data: Access and Analytical Tools (Group Leader: Ron Edgar) Group C: Procuring Tissues of High Quality: Setting Quality Standards (Group Leader: Ron Zielke) Group D: Laboratory Analysis of Tissues for Global RNA Expression: Methods and Quality Standards (Group Leaders: Martin Hirst)
3:00 p.m.	Coffee Break
3:30 p.m.	Breakout Session II: (Most participants from Session I will join different groups in Session II.) Group A: Break into 2-3 sub-groups based on discussion during Session I » A1 sub-topic to be determined in Session I (Nancy Cox) » A2 sub-topic to be determined in Session I (Manolis Dermitzakis) » A3 sub-topic to be determined in Session I (Richard Spielman) Group C: Procuring Tissues of High Quality: Setting Quality Standards (Group Leader: Mark Sobel) Group D: Laboratory Analysis of Tissues for Global RNA Expression: Methods and Quality Standards (Group Leader: John Walker)
5:00 p.m.	Group Leaders and Scribes Review and Consolidate Notes
6:00 p.m.	Meet and Greet (Atrium)
Day 2: Tuesday, June 3
8:00 a.m.	Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m.	Summarizing Results of Breakout Sessions
8:30 a.m.	Group A Leaders
9:00 a.m.	Group B Leaders
10:00 a.m.	Coffee Break
10:15 a.m.	Group C Leaders
11:15 a.m.	Group D Leaders
12 noon	Lunch
1:30 p.m.	Drafting Recommendations for GTEx Proposal (30 minutes each) Chair: Francis Collins » Statistical/Epidemiology Issues » Public Database » Tissue Procurement » ELSI Considerations » Data Quality Standards » Laboratory Analyses
3:30 p.m.	End of Workshop

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