A workshop on using R and BioConductor is being organised by BioSys. The focus will be the use of BioConductor for working with microarrays -- Gene Expression as well as Genomic Variation. Examples during the workshop will include SNP and CNV microarray chips. Data visualisation in R will also be covered in the workshop. Course language is English.

When & where 

BioConductor for Genomics Data Analysis will start Tuesday Oct 7, 2008 at 12:00, and last until the afternoon, Friday Oct 10, 2008.

Venue: DTU in Lyngby, building 208, auditorium 61. 

The optional introduction course will be tought by

• Henrik Bjørn Nielsen, Associate Professor, Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, DTU
• Aron Charles Eklund, Postdoc, Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, CBS

The BioConductor for Genomics Data Analysis will be tought by:

• Laurent Gautier, Senior researcher, center for Biological Sequence Analysis, DTU, Head of DTU's new transcriptomics core facility
• Benilton Carvalho, PhD, Department of Biostatistics at Johns Hopkins University

Application and fees 

All BioSys partners are invited to apply for the workshop, there is no registration fees. Non-BioSys partners may apply, but seats will be reserved for Biosys partners. Non-BioSys industrial applicants will be charged 1,000 dkk per day per participant. 

Deadline for applying: Sep 12, 2008.  The applicants will be notified by email of the status of their applications not later than Monday, September 22, 2008. 

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