jana@MSW.USC.EDU (Jana Joyce) (11/15/90)
University of Southern California ************************************************************************ * * * Symposium * * on * * * * DNA TYPING AND FORENSICS * * * ************************************************************************ 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.