NHLBI Outreach

The members of our Program in Genomic Analysis are committed to making our expertise available to the research community.

• Techniques in Gene Microarray Development and Analysis: Approaches to Heart, Lung, Blood and Sleep Disorders
  Offered on April 17-22 and November 6-11, 2004. 16 participants.
  Organizers: John Quackenbush, Ph.D., and Norman Lee, Ph.D., The Institute for Genomic Research; Gary Churchill, Ph.D., Martin Ringwald, Ph.D., and John B. Macauley, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory
  This workshop provides intensive hands-on training in the preparation and analysis of gene chips. The focus of this workshop is on microarray approaches to the study of heart, lung, and blood disease and associated sleep disorders.
          Please contact Tyra Hanson,Course Coordinator The Jackson Laboratory

• Techniques in Gene Microarray Development and Analysis: Approaches to Heart, Lung, Blood and Sleep Disorders
  Offered on April 22-26 and November 8-12, 2003. 16 participants.
  Organizers: John Quackenbush, Ph.D., and Norman Lee, Ph.D., The Institute for Genomic Research; Gary Churchill, Ph.D., Martin Ringwald, Ph.D., and John B. Macauley, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory
  This workshop provides intensive hands-on training in the preparation and analysis of gene chips. The focus of this workshop is on microarray approaches to the study of heart, lung, and blood disease and associated sleep disorders.
          Please contact Tyra A. Young,Course Coordinator The Jackson Laboratory

• Workshop on Phenotyping New Mouse Models for Heart, Lung, Blood and Sleep Disorders
  Offered on May 6 - 10, 2003 at The Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine,
  This workshop provides hands-on training in phenotyping mouse mutants for cardiovascular defects, and heart, lung, blood and sleep disorders. The program will focus primarily on blood pressure measurement, ultrasound, EKG and coagulation profiles, and the theory and methods used in the screening of sleep and respiratory mutants.
  For more information on the workshop and the application process, please visit the web site at: 2003 Phenotyping Workshop
          Please contact Karen Grant,Course Coordinator The Jackson Laboratory

• Advances in Genome Technology and Bioinformatics
  October 6 - November 1, 2002. Woods Hole, MA
  Directors: Claire M. Fraser - The Institute for Genomic Research and Mitchell L. Sogin - The Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole
  Application and additional information
          Please contact Norman H. Lee of The Institute for Genomic Research

• Genetic Approaches to Complex Heart, Lung, and Blood Diseases
  September 27-October 6.       35 participants. 
  Course Organizers: Beverly J. Paigen, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory and William C. Nierman, Ph.D., The Institute for Genomic Research 
  This short course focuses on genetic approaches to complex heart, lung and blood diseases and includes techniques used to analyze human population data and data derived from genetic experiments done in the laboratory mouse.
  Course Schedule

• Techniques in Gene Microarray Development and Analysis: Approaches to Heart, Lung, Blood and Sleep Disorders
  Offered on April 24-28 and again on November 3-7 16 participants.
  This workshop provides intensive hands-on training in the preparation and analysis of gene chips. The focus of this workshop is on microarray approaches to the study of heart, lung, and blood disease and associated sleep disorders.
  Organizers: John Quackenbush, Ph.D., and Norman Lee, Ph.D., The Institute for Genomic Research; Gary Churchill, Ph.D., Martin Ringwald, Ph.D., and John B. Macauley, Ph.D., The Jackson Laboratory
  Related Courses and Conferences in 2002
           Please contact Nancy Place of The Jackson Laboratory

• Rat Microarrays presented by Norman Lee at the Physiological Genomics and Rat Models meeting at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, December 8, 2001

• The Microarray Cookbook presented by John Quackenbush at the Physiological Genomics and Rat Models meeting at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, December 8, 2001
• Short Course on Gene Microarray Development and Analysis: Approaches to Heart, Lung, Blood and Sleep Disorders

May 22-26, 2001, at The Jackson Laboratory.
The course covered all aspects of DNA microarray analysis, including experimental design, practical laboratory techniques, and data analysis. This course received support from the NHLBI PGA program, Telechem International, GeneMachines, and Axon Instruments.
           Lecture Notes: Norman Lee: Introduction to Microarrays
                                     John Quackenbush: Data Analysis Overview
                                     John Quackenbush: Data Analysis I
                                     John Quackenbush: Data Analysis II
                                     Gary Churchill: Statistical Design of Microarray Data
                                     Katie Kerr: Statistical Analysis of Microarray Data
 
• Notes from theABRF 2001 Microarray Workshop

February 23-24, 2001, at the ABRF meeting in San Diego
This workshop covered all aspects of microarray analysis, including laboratory protocols and data collection and analysis.This course received support from the NHLBI PGA program, Telechem International, GeneMachines, and Axon Instruments.
           Lecture Notes: ABRF Introduction to Microarrays
                                     ABRF Data Analysis Overview
                                     ABRF Microarray Protocols
 
• Visiting Investigtor Program The microarray resources developed by our PGA will be available to qualified individuals through a visitor investigator program that will allow participants to spend one to two weeks at TIGR generating and analyzing data. An application is required. Applicants will selected to participate will be expected to complete a visiting scientist agreement and, if RNA from human subjects or animal models is to be used, either an IRB or IACUC application, as appropriate.
   
• Additional information on microarray analysis is available through the TIGR microarray resources

 
• TIGR sponsors a number of additional meetings and courses