BioTech 34: Advanced Microarray Analysis and Pathway            Integration                                                                                               February 16-19, 2016

In response to the growing demand to learn how to extract maximum information from the tremendous amount of data generated in a micorarray experiment, FAES is delighted to offer BioTech 34. This workshop picks up where the BioTech 24 "DNA Microarrays: Fabrication and Applications" left off. Beginning with a hybridized array, this four-day course will spend extensive time on optimizing the scanning process and acquiring an informative scan. This data will then be analyzed using GeneSpring software to generate clustering associations. Finally, using microarray and protein interaction data, pathways defining gene interactions will be assessed using Pathway Studio software.

Lecture Topics 
Microarray Scanning and Acquisition of a Good Image; Analysis of Microarray Data by GeneSpring; Managing Microarray Data; Pathway Analysis; TM4: Open-source Software for Advanced Microarray Data Analysis (with a Concentration in TIGR MIDAS and TIGR MeV) Normalize and filter Expression Files. Methods for Clustering Expression Data and Classifying Experimental Samples. Laboratories will Include Scanning a Microarray and Computer-based Experiments Involving Analysis and Manipulation of the Data Using Such Programs as QuantArray, GeneSpring and Pathway Studio.

Related BioTech Courses
BioTech 24: Principles and Applications of DNA Microarrays

Training Rate
$1,495.00

Discounted Training Rates
$495.00 - NIH Trainees (fellows, postdocs, postbacs - NIH ONLY)
$1,095.00 - NIH Community
$1,295.00 - Academia, Government, Military 

Comprehensive Binder Included 
Contains all notes, protocols, and reference material needed. No additional books are required. 

Credit
Each participant will receive Continuing Education Units (CEUs) based on the number of contact hours. Upon completion of the course each participant will receive a certificate, showing completion of the workshop and CEU credits.  For a 3-day workshop, a participant receives 2.1 CEUs.  For a 4-day workshop, a participant receives 2.8 CEUs.  For a 5-day workshop, a participant receives 3.5 CEUs.  

Refund Policy
100% tuition refund or 100% full workshop credit is available for registrations cancelled 14 or more days prior to the start of the workshop. 
50% tuition refund or 100% full workshop credit is available for registrations cancelled between 4 to 13 days prior to the start of the workshop. 
0% refund, 100% full workshop credit is available for registrations cancelled 3 days or less prior to the start of the workshop.  

Notification
1.  All cancellations must be received in writing via email to Ms. Carline Coote at ccoote@mail.nih.gov.
2.  Cancellations received after hours are time marked for the following day.  
3.  In regards to a full or partial refund or a full workshop credit, you must indicate which option you are selecting at the time of your written cancellation. 
4.  All refund payments will be processed by the start of the initial workshop.

Suggested Accommodations
The American Inn of Bethesda
The Double Tree Hotel & Executive Center
Bethesda Hyatt Hotel 
Bethesda Court Hotel
Bethesda Marriott Hotel