2007 GCAT Microarray Workshops
Two Sessions; 20 people per session
Time and Location TBA
Workshop #2
    
Instructors:
Consuelo Alvarez, Errol Archibold, Malcolm
      Campbell, Todd Eckdahl, 
  Edison Fowlks, Charles Hauser, Laurie Heyer, Dave Kushner, and Anne Rosenwald.
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 | Malcolm Campbell David Kushner  | 
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| 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  | 
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| 6:00 - 7:00 | Dinner | Eat at Cafeteria | 
| 7:00 - 8:00 | NSF Presentations in Lecture Room II in Nabrit/Mapp/McBay Hall | TBA | 
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  | 
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| 6:00 - 7:00 | Dinner | Eat at Cafeteria | 
| 7:00 - late | Trouble Shooting and Practice Session Available | GCAT Instructors | 
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  | 
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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  | 
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6:00 - 7:00  | 
      Dinner  | 
      Eat at Cafeteria  | 
    
7:00 - late  | 
      Trouble Shooting and Practice Session Available  | 
      GCAT Instructors  | 
    
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  | 
      
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| 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!  | 
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| 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.   | 
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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!   | 
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