Programme

Location Seminar Rooms LG0/1, BDI Lower Ground Floor

12.30pm Lunch (Atrium, BDI Lower Ground Floor)

1.15pm Welcome and Introduction

1.20pm Robin Walters (Oxford)
Getting the phenotype right

1.40pm Albert Henry (UCL)
Sleep duration and cognitive function: Application of non-linear Mendelian randomisation

2.00pm Zammy Fairhurst-Hunter (Oxford)
Trans-ethnic meta-analysis: boosting the transferability of genetic risk scores

2.20pm Laurence Howe (Bristol)
Sibling differences provide evidence for causal effects of height on risk of adulthood diseases

2.40pm Anna Hutchinson (Cambridge)
Not-so-credible credible sets

3.00pm Tea and coffee

3.30pm Lynsey Hall (Cardiff)
Exploring the utility of biologically-informed polygenic risk scores in schizophrenia

4.00pm Karoline Kuchenbaecker (UCL)
On the transferability of loci between populations

4.30pm Dan Lawson (Bristol)
The subtleties of population structure in massive-scale genetic biobank resources

5.00pm Drinks

6.00pm Pub

Travel Information

The Big Data Institute is on the University's Old Road Campus in Headington, Oxford, as shown on this Google map:

Train

The BDI is three miles from the mainline station at Oxford, which has frequent trains to London (Paddington). Allow 15 minutes by taxi from the station forecourt. There are frequent buses to the campus (routes 4/4A/4B/4C to Wood Farm) from stop R7, which is located outside the station in Frideswide Square.

Bus

Following a recent route change, buses 4/4A/4B/4C now stop on Roosevelt Road immediately outside the entrance to the Old Road Campus. Numerous other bus routes serve London Road, Headington, a 15 minute walk away.

Coach from London

The Oxford Express and the Oxford Tube operate 24 hours a day to and from Central London, stopping on London Road, Headington at the stop known variously as Headington School, Brookes University or Gypsy Lane.

Car

Local parking is very restricted so, if driving, we suggest using Park and Ride. Parking spaces/visitors’ parking permits should be available for Blue Badge holders and others with mobility needs – please contact Robin if you need this.

Park and Ride

Park and Ride bus services to the Old Road Campus run from the Thornhill Park & Ride (route 900), which is one mile east of Headington on the A40, and the Water Eaton Park & Ride (route 700), which is immediately next to the Oxford Parkway rail station north of Oxford. Both buses stop next to Old Road Campus, on Churchill Drive near the junction with Roosevelt Drive. The more frequent route 400 from Thornhill (and also Seacourt Park & Ride, west of Oxford) serves London Road, Headington, a 15 minute walk away.