This is forwarded on behalf of David Galbraith at The University of Arizona. For Biologists, this is an excellent way to either gain or improve your skills in microarray techniques and gain experience in the proper statistical analysis and experimental design of microarray experiments. For statisticians, this is an excellent way to gain an understanding of the procedures used in generating microarray data and possibly learn a few new tricks for analyzing array data. EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL LONG-OLIGONUCLEOTIDE MICROARRAY WORKSHOP January 6-11, 2008 The University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona This workshop will comprise a combination of lectures and hand-on laboratory sessions. The participants will primarily employ Arabidopsis and maize (plant side) and human, bovine and porcine (animal side) whole genome 70-mer oligonucleotide microarrays in their laboratory work (for details of the arrays see http://www.cals.arizona.edu/microarray, http://www.maizearray.org, and http://cals.arizona.edu/sus/ The workshop will be divided into two parts: Part I (Sunday 4PM to Wednesday 5PM) will cover wet-lab aspects of microarray target production and amplification, microarray hybridization, and scanning. Part II (all day, Thursday and Friday) will concentrate on data extraction, statistical analysis, and experimental design. Together these topics are aimed at the goal of the participants obtaining optimal results using oligonucleotide-based microarrays. Part II may be taken separately. Specific topics to be covered include: * Experimental design. * Probe preparation and microarray printing. * Microarray rehydration and probe immobilization. * Target preparation, including RNA extraction, direct and indirect labeling, and amplification techniques. * Microarray hybridization. * Array scanning and data extraction. * Data analysis and archiving. Registration (Part I plus Part II) is $675, which includes costs of the microarrays and other supplies that you will use. Part II registration only is $275. Part I participants will be limited to 30 on a first- come, first-serve basis. Overall participation will be limited to 40 individuals. Note: There are a number of airline connections from Tucson to San Diego on Friday evening, allowing workshop participants convenient access to the Plant and Animal Genome XVI Meeting (January 12-16). For further details and to register, please contact David Galbraith (galbraith at arizona.edu) David W. Galbraith Professor of Plant Sciences & Professor, Bio5 Institute The University of Arizona Office: 341 Keating Building Mailing address: BIO5 Institute The University of Arizona 1657 E. Helen St. Tucson, AZ 85721-0240 Tel: (520) 621-9153 Fax: (520) 626-4824 Email: galbraith at arizona.edu -- David A. Henderson, Ph.D. Research Scientist Insightful Corporation 1700 Westlake Avenue North, Suite 500 Seattle, WA 98109-3044 Tel: 206-802-2307 Fax: 206-283-8691 DNADave at Insightful.Com http://www.insightful.com