BFG12

Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics

Using R and Bioconductor

Course Timetable (provisional)
BFG12 Bioinformatics and Functional Genomics
Mon, June 18th
Gene Expression Profiling - Day #1
09:30 - 11:00 Brief introduction to R and Bioconductor
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30 Introduction to microarrays genome-wide expression data integration and analysis. Gene expression profiling.
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:00 Start the analyses: signal calculation and normalization (RMA and other algorithms).
Gene-based versus probe-based assignments (use of GATExplorer platform). From genes to proteins: Human Protein Atlas
16:00 - 16:30 Tea Break
16:30 - 18:00 Differential expression. Use different algorithms to calculate robust differential expresssion: SAM, EBAM, altered Expression and Limma.
Hierarchical clustering of samples and genes (hclust).
Databases that integrate gene expression data and gene signatures: GEO, ArrayExpress, GeneSigDB
Tue, June 19th
Classification and Prediction using genomic data - Day #2
09:30 - 11:00 Application of machine learning techniques to the analysis of gene expression data to allow classification of different states or different diseases subtypes: use of netClassifier package
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30 Error calculations: sensitivity, specificity, callrate. External validation using independent samples. Class-prediction using de novo query samples
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:00 Build gene networks associated to diseases using classification derived parameters: netClassifier, networks assigned to each class that include correlations and interactions
16:00 - 16:30 Tea Break
16:30 - 18:00 Build gene networks associated to diseases using classification derived parameters: netClassifier, networks assigned to each class that include correlations and interactions (contd.)
Wed, June 20th
Gene Functional Enrichment - Day #3
09:30 - 11:00 Gene functional enrichment analysis (EA): definition and types of enrichment; databases with orthogonal biological annotations (GO, KEGG, InterPro)
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:30 Query gene lists: using tools for statistical functional enrichment based on multiple annotation (DAVID, GeneCodis, GeneTerm-Linker)
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:00 Application of algorithms that measure outcome and response to assign specific functions to gene expression datasets: globaltest
16:00 - 16:30 Tea Break
16:30 - 18:00 Application of algorithms that measure outcome and response to assign specific functions to gene expression datasets: globaltest (contd.)
Final wrap-up session
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Last updated:   June 15th 2012