EWUU seventh meeting - Causal mediation analysis and machine learning
Before the meeting, please read the papers about:
- Estimating and testing the microbial causal mediation effect with high-dimensional and compositional microbiome data
- Applications of machine learning in human microbiome studies: a review on feature selection, biomarker identification, disease prediction and treatment
Time and location
Wednesday 27 September starting from 10:00 to 16:00 at the Wageningen University, Atlas building (number 104), Room 1.C.103 (“Atlas 2”) (address: Droevendaalsesteeg 4, 6708 PB Wageningen).
Agenda with approximate times
10h00-10h15: coffee
10h15-11h05: presentation (in-person) of Prof. dr. Olivier Thas (Data Science Institute (DSI), Hasselt University – Belgium) – Differential abundance analysis, and methodological challenges in causal mediation analysis of microbiome data.
11h05-11h15: coffee break
11h15-11h25: recap of previous meeting
11h25-12h00: introduction to paper discussions
12h00-13h00: paper discussion – causal mediation analysis, please read paper 1.
13h00-13h50: lunch
13h50-14h40: presentation (online, machine learning) of dr. Pande Erawijantari (University of Turku – Finland) – The DREAM challenge predicting heart failure from the gut microbiome in a population cohort with N=7231.
14h40-14h50: coffee break
14h50-15h50: discussion – machine learning, please read paper 2.
15h50-16h: wrap up
Route to the WUR
By public transport: From the train station Ede-Wageningen, there are busses to the university. Use e.g. https://9292.nl/ with end destination the busstop “Campus/Atlas, Wageningen”.
By car: Type in “Droevendaalsesteeg 4, 6708 PB Wageningen” in your navigation system and park your car at car park P1, a bit further on the right side of the Droevendaalsesteeg.
From the busstop or car park, follow the signs to Atlas. After entering the building, the meeting room is the same as on April 17. The room is right in front of you and has a door with a big number “2”.
WIFI: Eduroam is available.