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The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine
October 24-28, 2005
The course itself will focus primarily on gene expression analysis in a variety of mouse models relevant to the study of heart, lung, blood and associated sleep disorders. Participants will be introduced to wet bench methods necessary for the preparation of expression chips including nucleic acid extraction, isolation and purification protocols, analytical approaches to chip reading and data analysis, software tools, and case-oriented application of microarray technology to heart, lung, blood and associated sleep disorders. Topics include: Image Processing and Data Analysis
Managing Microarry Data
RNA Preparation
Experimental Design for cDNA Microarrays
Gene Expression using MPSS
ANOVA for Microarray Data
GXD: Integrated access to mouse gene expression information
MGED: Establishing standards for representation and exchange of microarray expression data
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Organized by:
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Gary Churchill, Ph.D. and John B. Macauley, Ph.D,. The Jackson Laboratory |
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In addition to the Organizers, teaching assistants are drawn from The Jackson Laboratory and The Institute for Genome Research.
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Deadline for Abstracts:
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Not applicable
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Registration:
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Placement is limited to 16 participants so early application is advised. Applications by women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged. Application for admission is made by submitting via email (kgk@jax.org), fax (207 288-6080), Telephone: 207-288-6263, or post to Karen Grant, Coordinator, The Jackson Laboratory, 600 Main Street, Bar Harbor, Maine 04609: -a letter briefly describing your work and your motivation to attend this short course;
-a brief curriculum vitae, 2 page maximum;
-students must send a recommendation letter from their advisor. Limited travel scholarships will be available to qualified applicants on a first come, first served basis. Requests for scholarship consideration must accompany your application and include your citizenship status and description of need. Scholarships are awarded in the form of a check after the course has been completed. Full registration fee must be paid in advance. Applications will be accepted for consideration until the course is full.
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E-mail:
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kgk@jax.org
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