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ArrayNL mailing - August 25, 2000

From: "Johan T. den Dunnen, PhD" 
To: ddunnen@lumc.nl
Subject: ArrayNL update August 2000
Date-Sent: 25 August 2000 13:00 +0200

Dear ArrayNL-platform members,

Please find below a summary of the most recent developments.

Yours sincerely,

	 Johan den Dunnen
	 ArrayNL platform


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ArrayNL-platform MEETING
The next ArrayNL-platform workshop will be organized on Tuesday September 
26 (organizers Frank Holstege / Johan den Dunnen). The plan is to start at 
around 10.00 and finish at 16.30. Before lunch the focus will lie on the 
methodology (technical problems / possibilities in NL), after lunch on 
results (presentations describing successful applications). During lunch 
there should be ample time for informal discussions.
	People who have ideas regarding the program, who want to contribute 
or who are willing to assist in organizing the meeting are requested to let 
us know as soon as possible (ddunnen@lumc.nl / f.c.p.holstege@med.uu.nl).

COMMERCIAL LINKS
The "Commercial links"-page on the ArrayNL-platform homepage has been 
activated. This page has been set up to meet the request of several 
companies to spread commercial news within the ArrayNL platform. 
Companies will be listed with a link to a company's WWW-site, 
preferentially listing DNA-chip and micro-array related products from 
their total assortment. The companies will pay a small fee for this 
service which we will use for the organization of our platform and its 
meetings. When interested in new products / possibilities, please check 
this page.

TASK FORCES
Two task forces have been initiated (see "Task forces"-page);
	arrayCGH (human genome copy number change detection)
	bioinformatics
Interested in others - please contact me and take action.

SHARED COLLECTIONS
Although the number of existing probe collections (general and custom-
designed) is growing rapidly, like the interest in "desired collections", 
only few are listed yet (array_share.html). Those interested to be listed 
are requested to let me know (ddunen@lumc.nl Subject: arrayNL_share).

Leiden Genome Technology Center - LGTC
See LGTC micro-array pages:
    *the human cDNA clone library (40K total) is now complete
    *micro-arrays generated include; a cheap test micro-array for initial 
experiments (testing labeling / hybridization conditions), several custom-
designed sets, a 10,000-human-cDNA micro-array
    *chips (Affymetrix); a 50% discount on the European price list (for 
expression chips) has been negotiated, the murine Mu19K and Mu11K sets 
will be discontinued by Affymetrix.

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