Updates
30/1/2026 Package gaawr2 0.0.5 is released and on CRAN.
URLs
- HS Talks, https://hstalks.com/expert/1336/dr-jing-hua-zhao/?biosci.
- CRAN, https://cloud.r-project.org/web/packages/gaawr2/index.html.
- GitHub, https://github.com/jinghuazhao/gaawr2.
- Web site, https://jinghuazhao.github.io/gaawr2/.
Citation (ChatGPT with minor revisions)
The Henry Stewart Talks series shows:
Zhao, J.H. (2026, January 28). Genetic association analysis with R: latest developments. Published in The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. DOI: 10.69645/FRFQ9519. (HSTalks)
That DOI is the formal reference for this HSTalks lecture and is what you should cite if you want the latest development talk by Dr. Jing Hua Zhao (University of Cambridge) on genetic association analysis using R. (HSTalks)
APA style
Zhao, J. H. (2026, January 28). Genetic association analysis with R: latest developments [Video]. Henry Stewart Talks. https://doi.org/10.69645/FRFQ9519 (HSTalks)
MLA style
Zhao, Jing Hua. “Genetic Association Analysis with R: Latest Developments.” Henry Stewart Talks, 28 Jan. 2026, doi:10.69645/FRFQ9519. (HSTalks)
Vancouver style
Zhao JH. Genetic association analysis with R: latest developments [Internet]. Henry Stewart Talks; 2026 Jan 28 [cited 2026 Jan 28]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.69645/FRFQ9519 (HSTalks)
According to the summary, the talk covers:
- Updated tools and workflows in R for genetic association analysis
- R environment and software topics
- GWAS packages, AI/machine-learning methods, biomaRt annotation
- Package development and distribution
- Shiny/GUI tools and web deployment of workflows (HSTalks)
Examples of recent R-related genetic association methods
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AssocTests: A Journal of Statistical Software article on R tools for genetic association analysis methods. DOI: 10.18637/jss.v094.i05. (jstatsoft.org)
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netgwas: Implements network-based genome-wide association methods in R. DOI: 10.32614/RJ-2023-011. (The R Journal)
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topr: An R package for visualising and annotating genetic association results (BMC Bioinformatics 2023). (Springer)
If you want a compact list for inclusion in a manuscript:
Zhao JH. Genetic association analysis with R: latest developments. Henry Stewart Talks; 2026 Jan 28. doi:10.69645/FRFQ9519. (HSTalks) Behrouzi P, Arends D, Wit EC. netgwas: An R package for Network-Based Genome Wide Association Studies. The R Journal. 2023;14(4):18-37. doi:10.32614/RJ-2023-011. (The R Journal) AssocTests: An R Package for Genetic Association Studies. Journal of Statistical Software. 2020;94(5). doi:10.18637/jss.v094.i05. (jstatsoft.org) topr: an R package for viewing and annotating genetic association results. BMC Bioinformatics. 2023;24:268. (Springer)
If you want a short summary paragraph describing the current state of genetic association analysis in R with up-to-date references for a paper or talk, just let me know!