This webinar will include a brief introduction to the GWAS Catalog, followed by hands-on demonstrations and exercises covering different methods for accessing GWAS Catalog data, focusing on the most common use-cases. This will include our web-based search interface, with a number of different tools for data access and visualisation, and download of filtered datasets. We will also briefly introduce and describe how to submit your own data. 

Who is this course for?

This webinar will be suitable to a wide range of scientists, clinicians and statisticians who are interested in the applications of GWAS Catalog that includes prioritising candidate loci, gathering statistics on traits or populations of interest, exploring disease mechanisms, predicting risk of disease, and discovering drug targets, among other goals.

Outcomes

By the end of the webinar you will be able to:

• Describe the role of the GWAS Catalog
• Search the GWAS Catalog website
• Know how to submit data

DOI: 10.6019/TOL.GWASCatalog-invest-data-w.2020.00001.1

This webinar took place on 23 September 2020. Please click the 'Watch video' button to view the recording.