Click
to see a larger version of this image. 2007 GCAT Microarray Workshops
Two Sessions; 20 people per session
Week of July 8 - 14: Morehouse College
Both Workshops
2007 Instructors
Pre-Workshop Reading and Problem Set |
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Probable Instructors:
Consuelo Alvarez, Malcolm Campbell, Todd Eckdahl,
Edison Fowlks, Laurie Heyer, Dave Kushner, and
Anne Rosenwald.
Highlights:
Free Software Available with Training
Interdisciplinary Team Participation Encouraged
Produce cDNA probes; Hybe; Wash; Scan; Analyze
Yeast full-genome microarrays
Computers Provided but You Can Bring Laptops
Selection Criteria
Maximum Impact on African American, Hispanic, Native American, and Pacific Islander Students
Previous Experience with Molecular Methods (e.g., pipetting, etc.)
OR
Mathematics/Computer Science Faculty (Math/CS + Biology teams welcomed)
Interested in Bringing Microarrays into Undergraduate Curriculum
Minimal Experience with Microarrays Preferred
Willingness to Learn and Collaborate with Other Faculty
Applied to previous Workshop but Not Accepted
(please include this information on your application)
Time of Application Submission
(used as tie breaker)
GCAT does not set quotas; we try to accomodate all qualified applicants
Purpose: Genome Consortium for Active Teaching (GCAT) offers hands-on workshops for faculty who conduct research with undergraduate students and/or teach undergraduate courses to learn about gene expression analysis via microarrays.
Workshop Organization:
Part 1 of the workshop
begins with data
analysis (see schedule below)
to introduce the microarray method and will cover data analysis using
public domain data from the literature and from GCAT. Participants
will learn public domain and open source MAGIC
Tool spot-finding and analysis software. The MIAME background
information and its use in microarray evaluation will be covered.
Participants will analyze data sets in short projects. Each of the
two workshops has room for 20 participants.
Part 2 will be a hybridization workshop which will involve hands-on preparation of fluorescently labeled probes for yeast expression microarrays, their hybridization, data acquisition and data analysis using the methods presented in part 1 of the workshop.
Part 3 concludes with data analysis of the microarrays you produced. This will also serve to reinforce what you learned about data analysis.
Where: Morehouse College, Atlanta
When: July 8 - 14, 2007
Costs and Scholarships: If funded by the NSF, this workshop will be completely free (housing, food, lab fees) for each participant with one catch. You pay for your airfare in advance but you will be reimbursed if you submit an action plan for implementing microarrays in your curriculum and submit receipts. For those with financial need for airfare in advance, you may petition to have this paid in advance.
Download Workshop Announcement |
Download Workshop Application |
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Announcement
in PDF format (.pdf) |
Application
in PDF format (.pdf) |
Announcement
in RTF format (.rtf) |
Application
in RTF format (.rtf) |
Announcement
in Word format (.doc) |
Application
in Word format (.doc) |
Email Edison Fowlks or Malcolm Campbell with Questions
See photos from 2003 workshops
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. DBI-0627478. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
© Copyright 2007 Department of Biology, Davidson College,
Davidson, NC 28035
Send comments, questions, and suggestions to: macampbell@davidson.edu