Direct calibration of microarray probes Making a DNA-meter Alex Pozhitkov, Peter A. Noble, Diethard Tautz, Ploen Workshop, 2011.
Conundrum Signal intensity vs. GC Signal intensity vs. G 0 Sense vs. antisense (same genomic loci) R 2 =0.37 Confirms: Pozhitkov, et al (2006). Tests of rRNA hybridization … cannot be predicted. NAR 34, e66-e6
Melting study Overhangs Buffer composition Tm Sense vs. Tm antisense Tm vs. Signal Intensity on the array
Melting Temperatures Tm Sense ( 0 C) Tm Antisense ( 0 C)
Microarray is an Instrument Instruments require calibration
Good, Bad and Noise Individual replicasAverages Concentration Signal Intensity
Freundlich isotherm! y=ax b Langmuir isotherm is not the only possible isotherm: Pozhitkov et al. (2010) Beyond Affymetrix arrays: … NAR 38, e28.
DNA and RNA y=ax b +c
Measurements and Errors Single probe replicateAverage over 10 replicates
CNV detection CNV expected: 1
Sample prep variability loci $
Acknowledgements Max Planck Society Alabama State University