Genetics Call 2016-4-25

Post date: Apr 25, 2016 6:14:58 PM

• Present on the call - Cho, Lahousse, Pare, Hall, Busch, Hobbs

• ICGC Case control paper: nearing the end of updates (?working on co-localization); going through internal review, awaiting SPIROMICS approval.  Still considering NG pre-submission.  Not clear where to go next, likely Blue or Lancet Resp (Lancet no longer does a respiratory-themed issue).

• Two proposals circulated. 

  • Paré and Bossé - eQTL integration with GWAS results

  • Cho / Sharma / Hobbs / Silverman - overlap with asthma, pulm fibrosis

  • If objections / issues or interest, please communicate with the proposers

• Sina discussed working more closely with CHARGE; Ian mentions SPIROMETA and also UK Biobank.  Overall enthusiasm for new / ongoing collaboration, ?new ICGC meeting?

• Emphysema analysis: call last week, major analysis issue is heterogeneity

• May - no meeting d/t Memorial day - will consider meeting up at American Thoracic Society Meeting