Workshop
February 22, 2012
8:30am-5:00pm
Seattle, WA

The Allen Institute for Brain Science will be offering a 1-day workshop on Weighted Gene Co-Expression Network Analysis with Applications in Neuroscience and Systems Biology. The workshop will feature guest lecturer Professor Steve Horvath from UCLA, a pioneer in the method, together with Jeremy Miller and Mike Hawrylycz of the Allen Institute.

The following topics will be covered in detail:

• Methods for constructing gene networks based on gene expression data (microarray, RNA-seq), DNA methylation data and other high dimensional data
• Module detection algorithms and clustering procedures
• Differential network analysis
• Module preservation statistics
• Intramodular hub genes and module membership measures
• Network visualization methods (connectivity plots, MDS, VisANT)
• Gene enrichment analysis

The workshop is intended for students, faculty, and data analysts in fields including bioinformatics, computational biology, statistics, computer science, biology, genetics, applied mathematics, physics, and social science. The workshop will be centered on computational methods in the R programming language, and will illustrate how to use these methods in systems biology and systems-genetic applications. The material should only require a basic knowledge of statistics. While not required, participants will have the option to follow material using their own laptops and the R language (http://www.r-project.org/).

If you are interested in attending please send a basic vitae or cv to info@alleninstitute.org. In the subject line, please write "February Workshop", and be sure to provide your contact information and institutional affiliation.

 

Training Workshops
Using the Allen Brain Atlas resources

We conduct in-person training sessions in locations throughout the United States, with plans to visit Canada in 2012. We are also considering one or more sessions in Europe if there is interest, so let us know. There is no cost to attend. Click here for a preliminary 2012 calendar and more information.

 

2012 ALLEN BRAIN ATLAS Hackathon
June 18-22, 2012
Seattle, WA

Join us for five days of mining, analyzing, and developing applications using the Allen Brain Atlas API. Participation is free. Some need-based travel grants available. View flyer for more information and registration instructions.