From courses from embl.de Fri Jun 12 05:04:04 2009 From: courses from embl.de (EMBL Courses & Conferences) Date: Fri Jun 12 07:30:06 2009 Subject: [Arrays] Practical Course: Integrated Biology Microarray-based microRNA and Gene Expression profiling Message-ID: <12448011457914032@lxmail03.embl.de> EMBL Course Announcement A joint EMBL/Agilent Technologies practical course on Integrated Biology Microarray-based microRNA and Gene Expression profiling 20 - 24 July 2009, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany http://www.embl.de/courses/agilent/2009 Hands-On Sessions RNA QC with Agilent Bioanalyzer and Nanodrop, labelling and purification, Hybridisation of labelled targets, Washing and scanning, Data extraction and quality assessment. Data Analysis Lectures Introduction to the Agilent microarray platform, Quality control of total RNA using the Bioanalyzer, Data generation and data extraction with Feature Extraction software and GeneSpring GX . 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The focus of this newsletter issue is: - MIQE - media & press review - For better navigation we developed a TAG CLOUD => http://directory.gene-quantification.info/ - NEW qPCR / real-time PCR BLOG => http://real-time-pcr.blogspot.com/ - New qPCR events in autumn 2009 - New qPCR workshop modules at the TATAA Biocenter Germany => http://tataa.gene-quantification.info/ European wide qPCR application workshops => register now ! => course program spring - summer - autumn 2009 => http://www.gene-quantification.de/bioeps-courses-spring-summer-2009.pdf => http://www.gene-quantification.de/bioeps-courses-autumn-2009.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MIQE - media & press review => http://www.gene-quantification.de/miqe.html#press International Scientists Secure Quality in Molecular Diagnostics Consensus Guideline Reached For Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Press release by TATAA Biocenter Internationale Wissenschaftler sorgen für Qualitätssicherung in der Molekulardiagnostik Real-timePCR data markup language Letter of the MIQE authors Letter to leading journals recommending the use of MIQE for quality control of qPCR experiments. IBT of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic qPCR Grows Up by genome web qPCR Assay Quality assessment on SciTopics Quest Agrees to Pay Fine for Misbranding Tests Advancing DNA research safely and securely What do you hope to achieve with the guidelines? Data that Meets the MIQE Guidelines on Canadian BioTechnologist 2.0 GLOSSARY OF REAL-TIME PCR TERMS by M.Tevfik Dorak -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The MIQE Guidelines Minimum Information for Publication of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Experiments Stephen A. Bustin, Vladimir Benes, Jeremy A. Garson, Jan Hellemans, Jim Huggett, Mikael Kubista, Reinhold Mueller, Tania Nolan, Michael W. Pfaffl, Gregory L. Shipley, Jo Vandesompele, & Carl T. Wittwer Clinical Chemistry 2009, 55(4): 611-622 => http://miqe.gene-quantification.info => http://www.gene-quantification.de/miqe-bustin-et-al-clin-chem-2009.pdf RDML: structured language and reporting guidelines for real-time quantitative PCR data Lefever S, Hellemans J, Pattyn F, Przybylski DR, Taylor C, Geurts R, Untergasser A, Vandesompele J; on behalf of the RDML consortium. Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium. Nucleic Acids Res. 2009 Apr;37(7): 2065-2069 => http://rdml.gene-quantification.info => http://www.gene-quantification.de/lefever-et-al-rdml-2009.pdf Reliability of real-time reverse-transcription PCR in clinical diagnostics: gold standard or substandard? Murphy J, Bustin SA. Expert Rev Mol Diagn. 2009 9(2):187-197 => http://www.gene-quantification.de/murphy-bustin-review-qpcr-optimization-2009.pdf Unreliable real-time PCR analysis of human endogenous retrovirus-W (HERV-W) RNA expression and DNA copy number in multiple sclerosis. Garson JA, Huggett JF, Bustin SA, Pfaffl MW, Benes V, Vandesompele J, Shipley GL. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2009 25(3): 377-378 => http://www.gene-quantification.de/garson-et-al-aids-research-2009.pdf Real-time polymerasechain reaction – towardsa more reliable, accurateand relevant assay. SA Bustin EUROPEAN PHARMACEUTICAL REVIEW 2008 (6): 19-27 => http://www.gene-quantification.de/bustin-review-qpcr-optimization-2009.pdf In-House Nucleic Acid Amplification Assays in Research: How Much Quality ControlIs Needed before One Can Rely upon the Results? Petra Apfalter, UdoReischl and Margaret R. Hammerschlag JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2005 (dec): 5835–5841 => http://www.gene-quantification.de/apfalter-review-qpcr-optimization-2005.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Events World-wide academic and commercial qPCR Events http://events.gene-quantification.info/ Symposia, Meetings, Conferences, Workshops, Seminars, Online-Seminars, qPCR Education Program, etc. Please submit your qPCR event here => events@gene- quantification.info -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- qPCR WORKSHOP BioEPS GmbH / TATAA Biocenter Germany - qPCR Application workshops At the TATAA Biocenter Germany we offer qPCR application workshops, a 3-day qPCR Core Module and a 2-day qPCR Biostatistics Module. All courses are held regularly in Göteborg, Sweden, in English and in Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany, in German and English, and in Prague, Czech Republic in English and Czech. Depending on the occasion the workshop language and the different prices may apply. Further customized workshops and specialized trainings will be held as well across Europe and world-wide. TATAA Biocenter Germany workshops are held in cooperation with BioEPS GmbH, located at the campus of the Technical University of Munich, in Freising-Weihenstephan, very close to the Munich Airport (MUC). For more information and registration, please see our web page: => http://TATAA.gene-quantification.info/ Course Occasions 2009: - 3-day qPCR Core Module (Mon. - Wed.) - 2-day BioStatistics Module (Thu. - Fri.) - 3-day single-cell qPCR Module (Mon. - Wed.) - 3-day microRNA Module (Mon. - Wed.) 13 - 15 July 2009 (E) NEW microRNA qPCR 27 - 31 July 2009 (E) 3-day qPCR Core Module (Mon. - Wed.) & 2-day BioStatistics Module (Thu. - Fri.) 14 - 16 September 2009 (E) NEW single-cell qPCR 19 - 23 September 2009 (E) 3-day microRNA Module (Mon. - Wed.) & 2-day BioStatistics (Thu. - Fri.) 26 - 28 October 2009 (E) 3-day qPCR Core Module (Mon. - Wed.) 16 - 20 November 2009 (E) 3-day microRNA Module (Mon. - Wed.) & 2-day BioStatistics (Thu. - Fri.) 7 - 11 December 2009 (E) 3-day qPCR Core Module (Mon. - Wed.) & 2-day BioStatistics (Thu. - Fri.) => http://www.gene-quantification.de/bioeps-courses-spring-summer-2009.pdf => http://www.gene-quantification.de/bioeps-courses-autumn-2009.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forward Please send the qPCR NEWS to further scientists and friends who are interested in qPCR ! 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