Courses in Practical DNA Microarray Analysis 2002

Agenda

The morning lectures (4 sessions à 3 lectures) will focus on the practical aspects of data analysis. Topics are:

• very simple data management and data structures
• quality control and normalization
• identification of differential expression: permutation tests, multiple testing
• unsupervised explorative methods (clustering)
• gene annotation (gene ontologies, Ensembl, Genecards)

The afternoon practical sessions (4 sessions) on the computer will allow participants to gain hands-on experience with data analysis software on real data sets. We will use freely available software, such as SAM, JExpress and R. Basic programming skills are required.

Target group

Students and scientists working on, or intending to work on the analysis of microarray experiments. Primary access is reserved to members of the National Genome Research Network (NGFN).

Registration

Registration is free for scientists working in publicly funded research institutes. It is limited to 12 persons. Send your application for registration to w.huber@dkfz.de and include

• your motivation for this course,
• a short description of your current microarray project(s), and the institution in which you are conducting it, and if available your NGFN Förderkennziffer (FKZ),
• a short summary of your background in 1. molecular biology, 2. statistics, 3. computer programming.

Deadline: 15 Aug 2002. Notifications will be sent before 22 Aug 2002.