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Research Simulation
Microarray-assisted search for DNA motifs
important in gene expression
in the worm Caenorhabditis elegans

Time: Tue, Wed June 20 - June 21, 9:00 am - 11:30
Place: Bioinformatics Computer Core Lab (Rm 104), Life Sciences Bldg
Organizers: Andrew Davies, Jill Bettinger, and Jeff Elhai
Audience: Primarily 1st year students

Schedule
Tue June 20, 9am
Caenorhabditis elegans as a model system through which to study tolerance to alcohol

Leila Lindeman presents:
Natural Variation in the npr-1 Gene Modifies Ethanol Responses of Wild Strains of C. elegans.
Davies AG et al (2004). Neuron 42:731-743.

Ariel Riezenman presents:
Ethanol-response genes and their regulation analyzed by a microarray and comparative genomic approach in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.
Kwan JM et al (2004). Genomics 83:600-614.
Wed June 21, 9am Computational analysis of C. elegans microarray
- Notes: Introduction to Microarrays
- Notes/Problem set: Data aggregates
- Link: Stanford Microarray Database
- Link: BioBIKE
- Link: t-test table

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