Introduction
The analysis of DNA variations, including Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs), is a standard research approach to understand causes of disease, in particular the so-called “complex” diseases such as diabetes, osteoporosis, cancer, Alzheimer disease, etc. The field is changing fast with large scale projects (Human genome, dbSNP, HapMap, 1000genomes, ENCODE) and novel technology being continuously introduced, including Next Generation Sequencing.

Aim
The aim of this course is to give a broad introduction in SNP techniques and applications.

ECTS
Full participation in this course is 2,0 ECTS.

Audence
The course is primarily organized for PhD students and postdocs of the Erasmus Postgraduate School Molecular Medicine, Nihes, MGC and other research schools. Other participants, e.g., scientists, students, and technicians from other universities in- and outside Netherlands are also welcome.
The total number of participants is limited to 75.

Recommend
It is recommended for the participants of the SNP course to have basic knowledge of the central molecular biological dogma's (such as DNA and gene structure, DNA encodes RNA encodes protein, etc.) and of basic genetic principles. Those who have not are advised to follow the course ’Genetics for Dummies’, organised also by MolMed, or the NIHES-ESP 57 course.
Basic background knowledge can also be found in any decent textbook of human molecular biology and genetics, such as "Molecular Biology of the Cell" (5th ed.; editors: Alberts et al.; published by Garland Sciences) and "Human Molecular Genetics" (4th ed.; editors Strachan & Read; published by Garland Sciences; £40,-). To this aim, also a series of basic papers is published on our website on the course page. At the start of the course a comprehensive reader will be issued.

Presentations by selected participants!
All participants will be requested to send a short presentation or description of their own research and field of interest in advance to the course organisation (email to: molmed@erasmusmc.nl). In this way we get to know your research topics, to better prepare the topics of the course. All participants are expected to prepare some overhead sheets. A selection of the candidates will be asked to present their own research topics on Tuesday.

The program also contains “learning-by-doing” sessions (“practicals”) on the bio-informatic and statistical analysis in this field.

Attendance fees
The subscription fee of non-commercial participants for the 5-day course is € 750. Discounts are handled as followed:
• All PhD and research master students docs get a discount of 50% and pay €375,50.
• All participants from the postgraduate school MolMed get a discount of 100% and pay €0.
• Master students who pay the fee themselves get a discount of 75% and pay €187,75.

PAYMENT: MGC Notification

The Erasmus/LUMC Research School MGC has made a selection of courses it deems fit for its members. This course is not one of them.

Therefore, the Erasmus/LUMC Research School MGC will not pay for its members to participate in this course. All MGC-members will need to pay themselves (or from personal budget) after receiving an invoice (please provide personal address) or will have their research departments pay for them (in that case, please provide ‘kostenplaatsnummer’ of the research group). To see if you are an MGC-member, here you can find an overview of all MGC research groups: http://www.medgencentre.nl/