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ArrayNL mailing - 30 May 2000
From: "Johan T. den Dunnen, PhD" <ddunnen@lumc.nl>
To: ArrayNL
Subject: ArrayNL update May 2000
Date-Sent: 30 May 2000 12:02 +0200
Dear ArrayNL platform members,
Please find below an update regarding recent developments. Those who have
news to add are requested to contact me (ddunnen@lumc.nl Subject:
arrayNL_news).
Yours sincerely,
Johan den Dunnen
Human and Clinical Genetics
Leiden University Medical Center
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CBG-MEETING
The complete program of the coming CBG meeting "DNA microarray technology in
translational research" June 16 in Amterdam is now available at
http://www.biomedicalgenetics.nl/news.html. Entrance of the meeting will be
free, registration is not required. Still, to get an overview of the
attendance, the organizers would appreciate when those who have decided to
attend the meeting would let them know (by Email to msonne@nki.nl Subject
June16_visit).
Since possibilities for lunch are limited, the organizers have
arranged lunch packages (cost Hfl. 11.50) which will be sold at a "first
come - first serve" basis.
NEXT ArrayNL-MEETING
A next ArrayNL workshop is planned for early September. To cover as many
interests as possible, we plan a whole-day meeting (from 10.30 - 16.00). The
morning will be dedicated to experimental and technical issues
("troubleshooting"), the afternoon for presentations focussed on results
("successes"). During a longer lunch time there will be a good opportunity
to meet each other, make contacts and discuss successes and failures. Those
who have specific suggestions or who would like to present are requested to
contact me (ddunnen@lumc.nl Subject: present_arrayNL)
SHARED COLLECTIONS
A new ArrayNL-page will be released next week (array_share.html) listing
researchers or groups of researchers who have generated or plan to generate
clone collections for specific purposes. Amongst these one can imagine
collections for expression profiling, like cancer-related, tissue-specific,
species specific, etc., but also to generate genomic arrays (arrayCGH) or
for mutation detection. The idea behind listing these specific collections
is to reduce cost by sharing the effort and work load of generation and
production. Those interested to be listed are requested to let me know
(ddunen@lumc.nl Subject: arrayNL_share). Although some may have expressed
shared interests in the past, I might have failed to list them - if so,
please remind me.
TASK FORCES
Several people have suggested to form a few subgroups specializing on
specific subjects. The idea is that these sub-groups try to keep as
up-to-date as possible on the subject, initiate actions when desired and
report on our platform meetings. Two task forces will start soon,
Bioinformatics and arrayCGH (human genome copy number change detection).
COMMERCIAL NEWS
To meet the request of several companies to spread commercial news within
the ArrayNL platform we have decided to make a commercial-links page
(array_commercial.html). Companies joining this initiative will be listed
on this page with a link to a company's WWW-site, preferentially listing
DNA-chip and micro-array related products from their total assortment. In
addition, the ArrayNL-platform page will list up to 5 of the most
interesting and/or latest changes in this assortment. Furthermore, from now
on electronic ArrayNL platform updates will be spread at least bi-monthly,
including a short note pointing to important changes on the commercial-links
page. For these services, the companies will pay a small fee which we will
use for the organization of our platform and the meetings we organize. We
think this is the best solution for both our members as well as the companies,
keeping electronic traffic low but as informative as possible.
Leiden Genome Technology Center - LGTC
See LGTC micro-array pages at http://www.LGTC.nl/:
*the collection of cDNA clone libraries has recently been extended
*the first custom-designed cDNA collections (tissue and subject specific)
have been generated
*a colony-picking robot was recently installed
*the first set of 10,000 cDNA micro-array slides were produced
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