Last Update: 12 February 2002, 10:45:20 EST

MGED IV
Microarrays and Chips: Algorithms and Applications
13-16 February 2002
Hynes Convention Center and
Boston Marriott Copley Place Hotel
in conjunction with the
AAAS Annual Meeting and Science Innovation Exposition

Organized by


Terry Gaasterland, Rockefeller University,
Barbara Jasny, AAAS and Science Magazine
MGED Advisory Board

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

Reminder: All MGED 4 registrants will receive with their registrations a full registration to the AAAS Annual Meeting and Science Innovation Exposition. This includes admission to all symposia and lectures of the AAAS Meeting, as well as to the Nanotechnology seminar on February 14-15 and the Genome Seminar February 16-17. Complete descriptions of AAAS symposia, lectures, and seminars may be found in the AAAS Meeting Program Book you will receive at registration or at www.aaasmeeting.org.

Agenda


Wednesday, February 13
3:00pm-
6:00pm
Tutorials:

MAGE (Paul Spellman):
Hynes Convention Center Room 102

Data Normalization and Analysis
(John Quackenbush, Gavin Sherlock, Cathy Ball)
Hynes Convention Center Room 103


Thursday, February 14
8:30am-12:00noon Plenary Session
Hynes Convention Center, Ballroom A
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN ISSUES
Terry Gaasterland, Rockefeller University
DATA FIDELITY ISSUES
Terry Speed, U.C. Berkeley
Statistical interpretation of microarray data
APPLICATIONS
Dan Shoemaker, Rosetta
Gene Discovery and Splice Form Analysis Using Genomic Tiling Arrays
Rick Young, Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
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
Hynes Convention Center, Ballroom A

DATABASE DESIGN
Jason Goncalves, Iobion Informatics, LLC
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
Gary Churchill, the Jackson Laboratory
The Application of Ratio X Intensity Plots in Microarray Normalization
Yoshio Tateno, National Institute of Genetics
MEDICAL APPLICATIONS
Todd Colub, Whitehead Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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
6:30pm AAAS Opening Ceremony
7:00pm

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-12:30pm Plenary Session
Boston Marriott, Grand Ballroom F
INNOVATIONS IN ARRAY INTERPRETATION
Win Wong, Harvard University
Statistical Methods for filtering noise and variability
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
Aimee Dudley, Harvard University Medical School
  Measuring absolute expression with microarrays using a calibrated reference sample and an extended signal intensity range
Ron Shamir, Tel Aviv University
  Computational Expansion of Genetic Networks: Genesys
Martin Hoffman, Lion Biosciences
  Linking the World of Chemistry to Microarray Informatics
ALTERNATIVE ARRAY TECHNOLOGIES
Marty Chalfie, Columbia University
Single-Cell Expression
Ron Breaker, Yale University
Biosensor arrays
12:00noon

Posters boards available for setup
Exhibit Hall B, Hynes Convention Center

The MGED Poster area, to the left as you enter Exhibit Hall B, will be available for setup of your poster beginning at 12:30pm and continuing through the afternoon until the start of the MGED Poster Session at 4:00pm. Consult the Poster and Speaker Abstracts for your assigned board number. If you intended to present a poster but do not have an assigned number, the boards numbered higher XX than are unassigned. You may use one of these.

1:30pm-3:00pm Working group and breakout sessions
Normalization
Chairs: John Quackenbush, Cathy Ball
Boston Marriott, Grand Ballroom H
Ontology
Chairs: Chair: Chris Stoeckert
Boston Marriott, Grand Ballroom J
3:00pm-4:00pm Second Session

MIAME
Chair: Alvis Brazma

Boston Marriott, Grand Ballroom H

MAGE
Chair: Paul Spelman
Boston Marriott, Grand Ballroom J
4:00pm-6:30pm Posters and reception
Exhibit Hall B, Hynes Convention Center
6:30pm-7:30pm AAAS Plenary Address
Grand Ballroom, Sheraton Boston
Ismail Serageldin, Director General, Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Science and Poverty: Challenges for a Connected World


Saturday, February 16

Plenary Session
Boston Marriott, Grand Ballroom F

Chair: Terry Gaasterland

 
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


Post-MGED 4 Meetings
Boston Marriot, Grand Ballroom F

This room will remain open for use by MGED attendees and groups until 5:00pm for informal meetings and discussions.

6:30pm

AAAS Plenary Session

Larry Smarr, Director, California Institute for Telecommunication and Information Technology and University of California, San Diego
Extending the Internet with Sensornets: Supporting Science and Emergency Preparedness