Education: Interpreting Gene Lists from -omics Studies with Bader, Morris and Stein

Lead Faculty (2010): Gary Bader, Quaid Morris & Lincoln Stein
Registration Fee for Applications received before June 16, 2010: $500 + GST
Registration Fee for Applications received after June 16, 2010: $700 + GST

URL: http://bioinformatics.ca/workshops/beyond
DAY 1 - Gene Lists

Module 1: Introduction to gene lists (Gary Bader)
* Gene list analysis overview presenting a workflow of concepts and tools from gene list to pathway analysis
* Lab: Practical aspects of working with gene lists

Module 2: Finding over-represented gene functions in gene lists (Quaid Morris)
* Over-representation analysis (ORA)
* Use of DAVID tool Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) and Enrichment Maps
* Statistics for detecting over-representation e.g. hypergeometric test, GSEA
* DAVID website tool for over-representation analysis
* GSEA software tool
* Assignment:Running software tools on your gene list

DAY 2 - Networks

Module 3: Pathway and network analysis of gene lists (Gary Bader)
* Introduction to pathway and network analysis (Gary)
* Basic network concepts
* Types of pathway and network information
* Pathway Databases: Reactome (Lincoln)
* Using GeneMania