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2007 GCAT Microarray Workshop
One Session; 20 people
Week of May 22 - 25: University of Toronto


Workshop Schedule

Instructors:

Malcolm Campbell, Todd Eckdahl, Laurie Heyer

Day 1 (May 22)

Time
Activity
Lead Instructors
9:00 - 10:00

Greetings and Overview (quick links to short and long animations)
Introduction to Microarrays
, MAGIC Tool web, Raw Data , Online Tutorials

Launch

Malcolm Campbell

Laurie Heyer

10:00 - 10:30

Making a Project
Practice Making Projects

Laurie Heyer
10:30 - 10:45 Short Break Dr. Pleez B. Prompt
10:45 - 12:15 Slide Layout and Gene List
Practice Layout and Gene List
Laurie Heyer
12:15 - 1:15 Lunch Break  
1:15 - 2:15 Addressing and Gridding
Practice Gridding
Laurie Heyer
2:15 - 3:15 Segmentation
Practice Segmentation
Laurie Heyer
3:15 - 3:30 Short Break Dr. B. Ohn Thyme
3:30 - 5:00 Generate Multiple Ratio Expression Files
Practice Multiple Ratio Expression Files
Quit MAGIC Tool
Laurie Heyer
Goal for Day 1: Create 6 Columns of Data

Schedule Overview

Day 2 (May 23)

Time
Activity
Lead Instructors
9:00 - 10:00 Log Transforming Data
Gene Information
Practice Gene Information and Log Transforming Data
Laurie Heyer
10:00 - 11:00 Explore Data Laurie Heyer
11:00 - 11:15 Short Break Dr. Don T Linger
11:15 - 12:00 Practice Exploring Laurie Heyer
12:00 - 12:45 Lunch Break  
12:45 - 1:30 Set up Reverse Transcription and Cy-Dye Incorporation Todd Eckdahl
1:30 - 2:00 Wet Lab Overview Todd Eckdahl
2:00 - 2:45 Discussion DeRisi Experiment; Explore DeRisi Data
RNA Isolation & Quality Control
Todd Eckdahl
2:45 - 3:15 Discussion of Labeling Alternatives Todd Eckdahl
3:15 - 3:30 Short Break Dr. R Ush Bach
3:30 - 4:00 RNA Degradation Todd Eckdahl
4:00 - 4:30 Purification of cDNA Todd Eckdahl
4:30 - 5:00 Prehybridization Procedures, &
Measurement of Labeling Efficiency
Todd Eckdahl
5:00 - 5:30

Labeled Sample Preparation and Hybridization

Todd Eckdahl

Goal for Day 2: Manipulate and Explore Data

Generate cDNA Probes & Hybe Them on Chips

Schedule Overview

GCAT Wet Lab Protocols

Day 3 (May 24)

Time
Activity
Lead Instructors
9:00 - 10:00 Discussion of Quantifying
mRNA Levels with RT PCR
Discussion of Using Microarrays in Courses
Todd Eckdahl
Todd Eckdahl and Malcolm Campbell
9:45 - 10:00

Short Break

 
10:00 - 11:00 Posthybridization Washing Todd Eckdahl
11:00 - 12:45 Microarray Slide Scanning Todd Eckdahl
12:45 - 1:30 Lunch Break  
1:30 - 2:30 Discussion of Results Instructors and Participants
2:30 - 3:30 Discussion of Using Microarrays in Research Eckdahl, Heyer, and Campbell
3:30 - 5:00 Flexible Catch Up Time GCAT Instructors

Goal for Day 3: Wash & Scan Chips

Discuss and Trouble Shoot Results

 

GCAT Wet Lab Protocols

Schedule Overview

Day 4 (May 25)

Time
Activity
Lead Instructors
9:00 - 11:00 Refresh Your Memory
Generate Ratios from Your Microarray
Laurie Heyer
You
11:00 - 11:15

Short Break

Dr. Hur E. Back

11:15 - 1:00 1 Column Exploration
Make a Series from Separate 1 Columns
Clustering Overview (you practice later: online + PDF)
Laurie Heyer
1:00 - 2:00 Lunch Break, Workshop Assessment, and Closing Discussions You and Heyer, Eckdahl, Campbell
Goal for Day 4: Know what to do after wet lab!

Schedule Overview

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