NMC has planned a series of courses and workshops for 2008. In principle we have 3 different courses: Introduction to microarrays, Analysis using R/Bioconductor and Analysis using J-Express. Exceptions are the Lab and Analysis course in Trondheim and the first analysis course in Bergen, which will be a combined introduction and analysis course. The workshops are a forum for everyone working with microarrays to get help analysing own data  and to discuss particular interesting topics.

All are open to anyone interested in learning more about microarrays and the analysis of microarray data.

 

NMC Courses 2008 

Here is the schedule for the courses given by NMC 2008. We have 4 different types of courses. Click on the different courses to find out more.

Registration deadline is 2 weeks before start of course.

Time	Duration	Course	Place	Registration  Deadline
3.-7. March	5 days	Lab and Analysis	Trondheim	7th of Feb 2008
23.-25. April	3 days	Introduction and Analysis using J-Express	Bergen	9th of April 2008
26.-27. May	2 days	Introduction to Microarrays	Oslo	5th of May 2008 at 12PM (noon)
2.-6. June	5 days	Introduction to Microarray Technology and Data Analysis	Tromsø	9th of May 2008
17.-18 September	2 days	Introduction to Microarrays	Bergen	10th of September 2008
20th - 22nd of October	3 days	J-Express Analysis Course	Oslo	3rd of October 2008
November	3 days	R/BioC Analysis Course	Trondheim
1st - 3rd of December	3 days	R/BioC Analysis Course	Oslo	12th of November

NMC will host a microarray technology and data analysis - including laboratory training course 3-7 March 2008 at NTNU in Trondheim.

Course description:

The course is meant as an introduction for students and scientists who either plan to start using the technique, or who work in a laboratory where microarray is established. The course covers the main areas of microarray technology through lectures. It also aims to provide the participants with some practical experience in Microarray technology through a laboratory course including labeling of probe, microarray hybridization by using Illumina BeadChip technology.

 The course includes approximately 15 hours of self study in advance of the course, 23 hours with lectures and 18 hours laboratory work.

Registration must be sent to Vidar Beisvåg (vidar.beisvag@ntnu.no) before the 7^th of February 2008.

 

 

Introduction to microarrays and Analysis of microarrays using J-Express - Bergen 23th-25th April 2008

Since this series of courses are new and there hasn't been a chance to have a introductory course before the analysis course that we are giving in Bergen, we will teach the main objectives from the introductory course in the beginning of this course. We intend to focus on  practicals in this course, main topics to be covered are:

• Microarray pipeline
• Experimental design including practical task
  
• Preprocessing of microarray data
  
  • Quality control, filtering, normalisation (no practical)
• Quick introduction of R/Bioconductor
• Differential expression
  • SAM/t-test/Rank Product
• Gene Set Analysis
• Time Series
• Explorative methods (PCA / PLS / CA / clustering) 

 
Introduction to Microarrays - Bergen 17th - 18th of September 2008

 

The introductory course is a two day course and is aimed at scientists who are new to microarrays or those who want to learn about experimental design. Main topics to be covered are:

• Microarray pipeline
• Experimental design
• Technologies
  • Microarray platforms
  • Other types of arrays (SNP arrays, ChIP chip etc.)
• Preprocessing of microarray data
  • Quality control, filtering, normalisation
• Finding differentially expressed genes using t-test
• Introduction to explorative methods, such as clustering
• Get familiar with looking at gene graphs

 Introduction to microarrays- Program
 

Presentations from the introduction course in Bergen 17-18 September 2008:

Microarray Pipeline

Microarray Platforms

Microarray Technology

Experimental design

Quality Control 

Preprocessing

Explorative Techniques 

Gene Ontology

Differential Expression

 

 

 

Analysing microarrays using J-Express - Oslo - 20. - 22. of October

This is a 3 day course where J-Express will be used as an analysis tool. This course builds on the Introduction to microarrays course, so knowledge about the microarray technology is expected. We intend to focus on practical exercises in this course where pre-processed and normalized microarray data will be used as analysis material. The main topics to be covered are:

• Quick presentation of the microarray pipeline
• Experimental design 
• Differential expression
• SAM/t-test/Rank Product
• Gene Set Analysis
• Gene Ontology
• Time series
• Explorative methods (PCA, clustering etc.)
• Quick introduction of R/Bioconductor

The course will be limit to 15 participants (minimum 7) and the course fee is 900 NOK.

Contact person: ingrid@microarray.no

 

Analysing microarrays using R/Bioconductor - Oslo - week 49

This is a 3 day course where R/Bioconductor will be used as an analysis tool. This course builds on the Introduction to microarrays course, so knowledge about the microarray technology is expected. We intend to focus on practical exercises in this course, and the main topics to be covered are:

• Quick presentation of the microarray pipeline
• Experimental design
• Pre-processing of microarray data
• Explorative methods (PCA, clustering etc.)
• Differential expression
• Modified t-test/limma
• Gene Set Analysis
• Gene Ontology
• Quick introduction of J-Express

The course will be limit to 15 participants (minimum 7) and the course fee is 900 NOK. 

Contact person: ingrid@microarray.no

 

Analysing microarrays using R/Bioconductor or J-Express

This is a 3 day course, and either R/Bioconductor or J-Express will be used for the analysis. This course builds on the Introductory course, so knowledge about experimental design is expected. We intend to focus on  practicals in this course, main topics to be covered are:

• Quick presentation of the microarray pipeline
• Practical task on experimental design
• R/BioC course: Quick introduction of J-Express
• J-Express course: Quick introduction of R/Bioconductor
• Differential expression
  • BioC: modified t-test/limma
  • J-Express: SAM/t-test/Rank Product
• Gene Set Analysis
• Time Series
• Explorative methods (PCA / PLS / CA / clustering)