To all investigators involved in microarray technologies:
The 1999/2000 ABRF MICROARRAY RESEARCH GROUP STUDY is open for
submissions as
of December 10, 1999. The goal of this study is to build a current
picture of
the microarray analysis world. Microarray analysis is a fast developing
field. New methods and instrumentation are being constantly introduced
and the
number of investigators using the technology is rapidly expanding. We
are
focusing on both Affymetrix and cDNA related technologies. Laboratories
using
these technologies can participate in our study by filling out a web
based
survey form. The form is used to collect information such as
instrumentation,
protocols, staffing, funding, and throughput. This data will be
analyzed to
build a current profile of microarray analysis laboratories. The survey
from
is posted at http://brcweb.bio.cornell.edu/surveys/microsurvey.html.
The survey is geared to gathering information from academic,
pharmaceutical,
and commercial laboratories that offer microarray technologies as a
shared
resource. Individual laboratories that have these technologies are also
welcome to participate in the survey. In addition, microarray
instrument and
related manufacturers are welcome to submit data. However, data from
manufacturers must be clearly identified and will be analyzed separately
from
the pool of data submitted anonymously by all other laboratories.
An analysis of data submitted to this survey will be presented at the
ABRF2000
meeting in February 2000 (http://www.faseb.org/meetings/abrf2000) and
will
then be posted on the web.
We appreciate your participation in this study.
The ABRF Microarray Research Group:
George Grills, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY (chair)
Chandi Griffin, Gen. Clin. Res. Ctr., University of California, San
Francisco,CA
Kathryn Lilley, University of Leicester, UK
Aldo Massimi, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Yongde Bao, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville,
VA
(ad hoc)
Suzanne Sandmeyer, University of California, Irvine, CA (ad hoc)
James VanEe, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (ad hoc)
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Please direct questions about participation in this study
to George Grills at grills at aecom.yu.edu
Chandi Griffin
GCRC: Molecular Biology Core Laboratory & GCRC GeneChip Contact
Univ. of California, San Francisco/San Francisco General Hospital
E-mail: aniya at itsa.ucsf.edu
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