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2007 GCAT Microarray Workshops
Two Sessions; 20 people per session
Time and Location TBA


Workshop #2

Link to Workshop #1

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Instructors:

Consuelo Alvarez, Errol Archibold, Malcolm Campbell, Todd Eckdahl,
Edison Fowlks, Charles Hauser, Laurie Heyer, Dave Kushner, and Anne Rosenwald.

Day 1 (July 18) Tuesday

Time
Activity
Lead Instructors
Prior to Lunch Last Minute Laptop Preparation Laurie Heyer and Malcolm Campbell
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch Eat at Cafeteria
1:15 - 1:45 Greetings and Overview Edison Fowlks
1:45 - 2:15

Introduction to Microarrays, MAGIC Tool web, Raw Data

Launch

Malcolm Campbell

David Kushner

2:15 - 2:30 Short Break Dr. Pleez B. Prompt
2:30 - 3:15 Making a Project Dave Kushner and Laurie Heyer
3:15 - 3:35 Practice Making Projects Dave Kushner and Laurie Heyer
3:35 - 4:15 Slide Layout and Gene List Dave Kushner and Laurie Heyer
4:15 - 4:45 Practice Layout and Gene List Dave Kushner and Laurie Heyer
4:45 - 5:15 Gridding Dave Kushner and Laurie Heyer
5:15 - 6:00 Practice Gridding Dave Kushner and Laurie Heyer

Goals for Day 1: Learn MAGIC Tool

Prepare Tiff Files for Quantification

6:00 - 7:00 Dinner Eat at Cafeteria
7:00 - 8:00 NSF Presentations in Lecture Room II in Nabrit/Mapp/McBay Hall TBA

Schedule Overview

Day 2 (July 19) Wednesday

Time
Activity
Lead Instructors
7:30 - 8:30 Breakfast Eat at Cafeteria
8:30 - 9:30 Refresher and Segmentation Dave Kushner and Laurie Heyer
9:30 - 10:00 Practice Segmentation Dave Kushner and Laurie Heyer
10:00 - 10:30 Generate Multiple Ratio Expression Files Dave Kushner and Laurie Heyer
10:30 - 10:45

Short Break

Dr. B. Ohn Thyme
10:45 - 11:15 Log Transforming Data Dave Kushner and Laurie Heyer
11:15 - 11:30 Practice Log Transforming Data Dave Kushner and Laurie Heyer
11:30 - 12:00

Gene Information

Dave Kushner and Laurie Heyer

12:00 - 12:15 Practice Gene Information Dave Kushner and Laurie Heyer
12:15 - 1:15 Lunch Break Eat at Cafeteria
1:15 - 2:30 Explore Data Dave Kushner and Laurie Heyer
2:30 - 2:45 Short Break Dr. Don T Linger
2:45 - 3:15 Practice Exploring Dave Kushner and Laurie Heyer
3:15 - 4:15 Clustering (you practice later: online + PDF) Dave Kushner and Laurie Heyer
4:15 - 6:00 Flexible Catch Up Time GCAT Instructors
 

Goal for Day 1: Manipulate and Explore Data

Start Wet Lab Process

 
6:00 - 7:00 Dinner Eat at Cafeteria
7:00 - late Trouble Shooting and Practice Session Available GCAT Instructors

Schedule Overview

GCAT Wet Lab Protocols

Day 3 (July 20) Thursday

Time

Activity

Lead Instructors

7:30 - 8:00 Breakfast Eat at Cafeteria

8:00 - 8:30

Overview of Wet Lab

Todd Eckdahl and Anne Rosenwald

8:30 - 9:15

Set up Reverse Transcription and Cy-Dye Incorporation

Todd Eckdahl and Anne Rosenwald

9:15 - 10:30

Discussion DeRisi Experiment, RNA Isolation, Quality Control

Todd Eckdahl and Anne Rosenwald

10:30 - 10:45

Short Break

Dr. Don T Linger

10:45 - 11:15

Discussion of Labeling Alternatives

Todd Eckdahl and Anne Rosenwald

11:15 - 11:45

RNA Degradation

Todd Eckdahl and Anne Rosenwald

11:45 - 12:15

Purification of cDNA

Todd Eckdahl and Anne Rosenwald

12:15 - 12:45

Lunch Break

Eat at Cafeteria

12:45 - 1:30

Discussion of Quantifying mRNA Levels with RT PCR

Todd Eckdahl and Anne Rosenwald

1:30 - 2:00

Measurement of Labeling Efficiency

Todd Eckdahl and Anne Rosenwald

2:00 - 2:30

Prehybridization Procedures

Todd Eckdahl and Anne Rosenwald

2:30 - 3:00

Labeled Sample Preparation and Hybridization

Todd Eckdahl and Anne Rosenwald

3:00 - 3:15

Short Break

3:15 - 4:15

Discussion of Using Microarrays in Courses

Todd Eckdahl and Anne Rosenwald

4:15 - 5:15

Discussion of Using Microarrays in Research

Todd Eckdahl and Anne Rosenwald

Goal for Day 4: Set Up Microarray Hybridizations

6:00 - 7:00

Dinner

Eat at Cafeteria

7:00 - late

Trouble Shooting and Practice Session Available

GCAT Instructors

GCAT Wet Lab Protocols

Schedule Overview

Day 4 (July 21) Friday

Time
Activity
Lead Instructors
7:30 - 8:00 Breakfast Eat at Cafeteria
8:00 - 9:00 Posthybridization Washing Todd Eckdahl and Anne Rosenwald
9:00 - 10:30 Microarray Slide Scanning Todd Eckdahl and Anne Rosenwald
10:30 - 10:45

Short Break

 

10:45 - 12:15 Discussion of Results Instructors and Participants
12:15 - 1:15 Lunch Break Eat at Cafeteria
1:15 - 135 Refresh Memory Dave Kushner and Laurie Heyer
1:35 - 3:00 Generate Ratios from Your Microarray Dave Kushner and Laurie Heyer
3:00 - 3:15 Short Break Dr. Kum Bak Soon
3:15 - 6:00 1 Column Exploration Dave Kushner and Laurie Heyer

Goal for Day 4: Wash, Scan and Trouble Shoot Chips

Know what to do after wet lab!

6:00 - 7:00 Dinner Eat at Cafeteria
7:00 - late Trouble Shooting and Practice Session Available GCAT Instructors

After Dinner Discussions and Assessment

Time
Activity
Lead Instructors
7:00 - 7:30 Summarize Workshop GCAT Instructors
7:30 - 8:30 Discuss Curriculum Ideas GCAT Instructors
8:30 - 10:00 Your Quesitons GCAT Instructors
Goal for Day 4: Know how you can adapt and adopt GCAT resources.

Schedule Overview

Day 5 (July 22) Saturday

Time
Activity
Lead Instructors
7:30 - 8:00 Breakfast Eat at Cafeteria
8:00 - 10:15 Make a Series from Separate 1 Columns Dave Kushner and Laurie Heyer
10:15 - 10:30 Short Break Dr. Juan Las Time
10:30 - 12:00

DeRisi Data Analaysis

Dave Kushner and Laurie Heyer

12:00 - 12:30 Workshop Assessment You!
12:30 - 1:00 Lunch Break Eat at Cafeteria
Goal for Day 5: Increase your confidence with microarrays!

Schedule Overview



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