TENTATIVE AGENDA

MGED IV
Microarrays and Chips: Algorithms and Applications
13-16 February 2002
Boston, MA
Organized by
Terry Gaasterland, Rockefeller University,
Barbara Jasny, AAAS and Science Magazine
MGED Advisory Board

*-invited, not confirmed

WORKING GROUPS:
Alvis BrazmaMIAME
Paul SpellmanMAGE
Chris StoeckertOntology
John Quackenbush
and Cathy Ball
Normalization


Wednesday, February 13
3:00pm-
6:00pm
Tutorials:
MAGE (Paul Spellman)
Normalization
(John Quackenbush and Cathy Ball)


Thursday, February 14
8:30am-12:00noon Plenary Session
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN ISSUES
Terry Gaasterland, Rockefeller University
DATA FIDELITY ISSUES
Terry Speed, U.C. Berkeley
Statistical interpretation of microarray data
Wing Wong*, Harvard University
Statistical methods for filtering noise and variability
APPLICATIONS
Dan Shoemaker, Rosetta
Gene Discovery and Splice Form Analysis Using Genomic Tiling Arrays
Rick Young, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Regulation of gene expression
Y. Hayashizaki, RIKEN
RIKEN mouse gene expression
Ali Hemmati-Brivanlou, Rockefeller University
Regulation of development
1:30pm-6:00pm Plenary Session
DATABASE DESIGN
Jason Goncalves, Ontario Cancer Center, University of Toronto
Issues in designing gene expression database schemas
DATA REPRESENTATION, DATA EXCHANGE AND DATA MINING
Alvis Brazma, EBI
MIAME
Paul Spellman, Berkeley
MAGE
PUTTING MIAME INTO ACTION: UPDATE ON DATABASES
Alex Lash*, NCBI
GEO
Jaak Vilo, EBI
ArrayExpress
Jason Goncalves, University of Toronto
GeneTraffic
APPLICATIONS
Jeff Trent, NHGRI
Tumor classification
Tim Aitman, Hammersmith Hospital, UK
Use of Microarrays for Identifying Complex Trait Genes
Harold Garner, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Mirror Arrays for Diagnostics
Alfred Spormann*, Stanford University
Exploring Vibrio cholera Metabolic Physiology
6:30pm-8:00pm AAAS Opening Ceremony and President's Lecture
Peter Raven, President AAAS and Director, Missouri Botanical Garden
Linking People and Cultures: Where Does Science Fit?


Friday, February 15
8:30am-12:00noon Plenary Session
INNOVATIONS IN ARRAY INTERPRETATION
Vestein Thorsson, Institute for Systems Biology
Integrated Analysis of Gene and Protein Expression in a Systematically Perturbed Metabolic Network
Julio Celis, Danish Center for Human Genome Research
Genes to proteins
Ron Shamir, Tel Aviv University
Computational Expansion of Genetic Networks: Genesys
ALTERNATIVE ARRAY TECHNOLOGIES
Marty Chalfie, Columbia University
Single-Cell Expression
Mark Chee*, Illumina
Random bead arrays
Ron Breaker, Yale University
Biosensor arrays
Stuart Schreiber*, Harvard University
Protein arrays
12:00noon Posters boards available for setup
in Exhibit Hall B, Hynes Convention Center
1:30pm-3:00pm First Session
Normalization
Chairs: John Quackenbush, Cathy Ball
Ontology
Chairs: Chair: Chris Stoeckert
3:00pm-4:00pm Second Session
MIAME
Chair: Alvis Brazma
MAGE
Chair: Paul Spelman
4:00pm-6:30pm Posters and reception
6:30pm-7:30pm AAAS Plenary Address
Ismail Serageldin, Director General, Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Science and Poverty: Challenges for a Connected World


Saturday, February 16
9:00am-10:00am Software demos
10:00am-10:45am Working Group Summaries
10:45am-11:00am Break
11:00am-12:00noon MIAME and Beyond