Conference DVDs

2012 Products 

Sequencing 101  
In less than five years next-generation sequencing has gone from radical to routine. Naturally, in a field moving so fast, newbies can feel overwhelmed. Sequencing 101 is designed to provide definitions in terminology, types of platforms, workflow strategies, and current applications, to what's next? Learn about the genomic data revolution from data generation to management to analysis and interpretation.
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2011 Products 

Exploring the Epigenetic Toolbox  
Discovering, understanding, and interpreting the role of epigenetic modifications have progressed rapidly over the past few years due to the advancement of molecular tools. The complexity of toolbox options mirrors the effects of epigenetics’ multilayered regulatory mechanisms.
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Sequencing-Based Molecular Diagnostics  
Translating a promising lead into an approved clinical diagnostic test is not for the faint of heart, especially if there are no regulatory guidelines to follow. Many considerations must be faced in developing, validating, performing, and funding a diagnostic through to regulatory approval.
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Start-to-Finish RNA-Seq Data Analysis  
RNA-Seq turns out to be many different applications, depending if you are just interested in differentially expressed genes or also want to find alternative splicing. Furthermore you might be interested in non-coding RNA for gene regulation like MicroRNA or RNA-Seq is for you a discovery application to find and characterize novel transcripts. 
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The Key to Quality: Sample Preparation 
The emergence of next-generation sequencing technologies is enabling scientists to generate vastly increased data sets from their sequencing experiments. This dramatic increase, however, involves complicated and labor intensive workflows for library preparation.
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2010 Products 

A Practical Guide to Finding Regions of Chromosomal Copy Number Gain or LossMarch 15, 2010
This course will compare and contrast different methods used to find regions of copy number change and provide a practical guide to finding and validating these genomic regions. Click here for more information

Data Management and Storage: The Next Hurdle for NGS
March 15, 2010
This introductory short course, co-organized by The BioTeam and CHI, is intended to provide in-depth, interactive guidance on the essential do’s and don’ts in coping with the prodigious volumes of data produced in next-generation sequencing. This workshop will focus on the application of new technologies to enable Pfizer’s DNA research. Click here for more information

Getting the Most out of Your Real-Time PCR Experiments DVDMarch 16, 2010All levels of PCR users are encouraged to participate and will learn good laboratory practices to optimize real-time PCR assays and effectively troubleshoot results. Click here  for more information