National Workshop on Microarray Technology | 27th to 30th October, 2014

National Workshop on Microarray Technology

27th to 30th October, 2014

This intensive training is designed for early career scientists, post-doctoral trainees and PhD students to learn the microarray technology.

Course Overview

Over the past few years, Microarrays have become an established technology to explore genome & transcriptome architecture. The goal of this workshop is disseminate knowledge about this technology in academia for the benefit of researchers using microarrays and those who want to use them.

The four-day hands-on training course will include classroom lectures about the technology as well as hands-on exercises on various aspects of the workflow to give the trainees an exposure to the science of microarrays. This workshop will lead participants through the processes and techniques for sample preparation, hybridization, scanning, and analyzing microarrays.  By attending this workshop, trainees will understand microarray technology, its applications, experimental design of a microarray experiment, the instrumentation required, the processing of samples, hybridization of microarrays, data acquisition and analysis to draw meaningful conclusions.

This workshop will impact researchers and students who contemplate to use or are currently pursuing studies using microarray technology.

Workshop Schedule- 27 to 30 October 2014

Day 1-

Lecture1: Introduction to the workshop and DNA microarray technology

Laboratory: Tour of the facility and introduction of all the equipment

Lecture2: RNA target labeling and hybridization; Fabrication of arrays

Day 2-

Laboratory: Preparation of tagged cDNA target, Quality Control, hybridization

Day 3-

Lecture1: Introduction to microarray scanning

Laboratory: Stringent washing, Microarray scanning and image acquisition

Lecture2: Issues of experimental design: replicates, controls, MIAME and more

Day 4-

Lecture1: Data acquisition: spot recognition and intensity extraction

Laboratory: Data acquisition and normalization

Lecture2: Microarray data pre-processing, normalization and identification of differentially expressed genes

Application Procedure

15 participants will be admitted after selection by the organizers of the workshop. The selection criteria will be based on relevance of their current work to the objectives of the course and the application. Candidates must register online latest by30^th August, 2014.  The Selection Committee will review the applications and notification will be given to successful applicants by email latest by 15^th September, 2014.  Registration fee must be paid upon acceptance. (Registration fee includes Workshop materials, paired accommodation for outstation participants and refreshments).  Train Fare for Tier II/III as per available funds will be paid to outstation participants.

Workshop Registration Fee: Rs. 30,000/-

Registration Deadline: August 30, 2014

Acceptance Notification Date: September 15, 2014

Course Pre-requisites

Participants should have theoretical and practical knowledge of Molecular Biology techniques.

Candidates must upload their CV, consent from employer/supervisor/mentor for attending workshop and answer to questionnaire online through the form given below latest by 30^th August, 2014. The Selection Committee will review the applications and notification will be given to successful applicants by email latest by 15^th September, 2014.  Registration fee must be paid upon acceptance, latest by 30 September, 2014.

To Register, click here.

More Info: www.south.du.ac.in/udscmac/