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Currently viewing: 9 - 13 June| 2008 |Dublin| Ireland

Programme

This five-day training programme will provide (to the 20 selected attendees) an opportunity to utilise leading-edge tissue microarray construction and image analysis facilities as well as protein array technology available at the UCD Conway Institute,Ireland.

This intensive practical course will incorporate specialized seminars, demonstrations and laboratory work, with both wet-lab and computer-based activities being envisaged.


The training will be primarily delivered by a group of 10 expert researchers from the University College Dublin, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland/Beaumont Hospital, Dublin City University, US National Cancer Institute, Lund University and the Institute of Cancer Research London UK.
Seminars will be combined with wet-lab and computer-based practical sessions in tissue microarray technology covering the following aspects:

 

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Tissue processing and paraffin-embedded block construction.

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Tissue microarray construction and sectioning.

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Immunohistochemical staining, with emphasis on application of automated approaches.

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Digital slide scanning of both full face section and tissue microarray slides.

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Data storage and use of online approaches for digital slide management.

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Image analysis: manual and automated methods.

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Use of novel tools to support complex digital slide visualisation tasks.

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Construction of protein arrays.

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Standard protein array protocols and associated image analysis.

Target group

This course will be of immense use to biomedical scientists and clinical researchers whom are interested in acquiring skills in tissue microarray construction and analysis, as well as obtaining an introduction to protein array technology. It will be of interest to researchers from many fields such as molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology, developmental biology, (molecular) cytogenetics, (molecular) pathology, etc. We do not expect that participants in the Practical Course have had formal training in physics, engineering, or computer science.

   


 

 


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