[GenABEL-dev] Abstract for the EMGM 2014 conference

[L.C. Karssen]

Of course :-).


Lennart.


On 02-04-14 20:22, Yury Aulchenko wrote:
> European Math Genet MEETING :)
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> Sent from mobile device, please excuse possible typos
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>> On 02 Apr 2014, at 17:45, "L.C. Karssen" <lennart at karssen.org> wrote:
>>
>> Dear list,
>>
>> Please find attached the poster I presented at the European Mathematical
>> Genetics Society in Cologne over the past two days.
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Lennart.
>>
>>> On 30-01-14 20:28, L.C. Karssen wrote:
>>> Dear list,
>>>
>>> I'm planning to go to the EMGM (European Mathematical Genetics Meeting)
>>> in Cologne in April. I'd like to present a poster there and wrote the
>>> abstract below.
>>> Please let me know any comments or suggestions as soon possible as the
>>> deadline for abstract submission is tomorrow (Fri 31 Jan).
>>>
>>> Thank you very much,
>>>
>>> Lennart.
>>>
>>>
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>>>  Over the last year the GenABEL project has seen a considerable
>>>  number of improvements. These improvements do not only consist of
>>>  updates to the existing packages of the GenABEL suite, but are also
>>>  manifest in the way the development process is being handled and
>>>  the way the packages are made available to the users.
>>>
>>>  On our poster we will demonstrate the newly implemented features in
>>>  the various packages of the GenABEL suite. We also welcome a new
>>>  member to the GenABEL family: OmicABEL, a package for rapid
>>>  mixed-model based genome-wide association analysis of multiple
>>>  traits (think metabolomics, glycomics, etc.).
>>>
>>>  Recently we started using the open source Jenkins Continuous
>>>  Integration server to help us release software of higher
>>>  quality. Jenkins is a framework that automatically runs several
>>>  tests (e.g. static code analysis, checks for memory leaks) for each
>>>  of our packages. It builds and tests each project after a new commit
>>>  in our version control system. This allows us to detect problems in
>>>  the code at an early stage, before they bug the user.
>>>
>>>  After the GenABEL package, ProbABEL is the second package that is
>>>  available as a Debian package. This means that users of upcoming
>>>  Debian releases will be able to install ProbABEL with a simple click
>>>  of a button or a single command. Moreover, since many other Linux
>>>  distributions like Ubuntu and Linux Mint are derived from Debian,
>>>  users of these distributions automatically benefit as well.
>>>
>>>  In the coming year more packages are expected to be added the
>>>  GenABEL suite as well as continued efforts to improve the existing
>>>  ones. Moreover, we plan to increase both the ease of installation as
>>>  well as the visibility of the GenABEL suite by adding more packages
>>>  into both the Debian and Red Hat Enterprise Linux repositories (as
>>>  well as derivatives like CentOS and Scientific Linux).
>>> --------------8<----------------8<------------------8<-------------
>>>
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>> L.C. Karssen
>> Utrecht
>> The Netherlands
>>
>> lennart at karssen.org
>> http://blog.karssen.org
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L.C. Karssen
Utrecht
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lennart at karssen.org
http://blog.karssen.org
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