University of Southern California
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Sponsored by: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
This one-day symposium on DNA typing will examine the statistical
and population aspects of this new technology. The morning session will
review current methods of DNA analysis using Southern blotting and the
polymerase chain reaction. How this data can be used for individual
identification will be the topic of the afternoon session.
DATE: December 7, 1990
PLACE: University of Southern California
Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center
Gerontology Auditorium, 3715 McClintock Avenue
PROGRAM:
9:00 a.m. Coffee in Denny Research Building, Room 251
9:45 a.m. Welcome and Introduction
MICHAEL S. WATERMAN
University of Southern California
Departments of Mathematics and of Molecular Biology
10:00 a.m. DNA Fingerprinting and PCR Analysis
HENRY ERLICH
Cetus
11:00 a.m. PCR in Forensics: How Low Can You Go?
WILLIAM NAVIDI
University of Southern California
Departments of Mathematics
12:00 p.m. LUNCH
1:15 p.m. Gene Frequency Estimation & Forensic Inference
for DNA Fingerprint Loci
BERNIE DEVLIN
Yale University
Department of Biostatistics
2:15 p.m. Methods of Multilocus Genotype Frequency Estimation:
Hypervariable DNA and Applications to Forensic Science
LARRY MUELLER
University of California, Irvine
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
4:00 p.m. Independence of Alleles at VNTR Loci
BRUCE WEIR
University of North Carolina
Departments of Genetics and Statistics
6:00 p.m. DINNER
Denny Research Building (DRB) is located at the corner of 36th Place and
Vermont. If you drive, enter USC at this corner (Gate 6), and parking will
be arranged. Hotels within walking distance of the University are :
University Hilton (213) 748-4141
Vagabond Inn (213) 746-1351
For other information or maps of USC campus call (213) 740-2409.
