Bioconductor Training Course Longwood Medical Area, Boston MA June 28,29 2004 Instructor: VJ Carey, PhD, Bioconductor Core member Topics: Day 1 Overview of R language and package system Introduction to DNA microarray data structures and standards Bioconductor import/export methods; MAGEML support Preprocessing with cDNA and oligo arrays Hands-on lab (with your own data if desired; contact instructor for details) Day 2 Gene filtering and ranking; inference on differential expression Annotation resources: reasoning about functions and pathways Hands-on lab Statistical learning methods: calibrating predictive inference Network structures, algorithms and visualizations with Bioconductor Resources: Course will be in lecture/lab format. You must bring your own computer (laptop); power strips and internet connections will be provided but network connectivity is not required for the course and is not guaranteed. This will be an intensive course running from 8AM to 5PM each day with short catered breaks in morning and afternoon and one hour of lunch on your own. Accommodations are on your own but a block of sleeping rooms with reduced rates at Best Western Longwood will be provided if there is demand. Attendees will receive CDs with all required software to ensure that all participants have compatible computing environments. Full software specifications will be documented on a web page prior to the course; we will be using R 1.9 and the release 1.4 image of Bioconductor. Hardcopy materials will be minimal: outlines and lab exercises will be provided in hardcopy, but course slides will be provided only electronically. For this course there will be an upper limit of 30 spaces. Fee: $500 academic, $1000 commercial. A discount of 10% will be provided for paid registrations received before May 15 2004. Course web site/registration form: http://www.biostat.harvard.edu/~carey/bct04.html Please do not respond to the list. Address queries to stvjc@channing.harvard.edu --- Vince Carey, PhD Assoc. Prof Med (Biostatistics) Harvard Medical School Channing Laboratory - ph 6175252265 fa 6177311541 181 Longwood Ave Boston MA 02115 USA stvjc@channing.harvard.edu