1. Alistair Chalk, Elisabet Andersson Stem Cell Biology and Bioinformatic Tools, DBRM, Karolinska Institutet, 18-24 September 2008. Day 1 – 3 Introduction to computer lab and practical issues

2. Alistair Chalk, Elisabet Andersson Stem Cell Biology and Bioinformatic Tools, DBRM, Karolinska Institutet, 18-24 September 2008. Software We will use and recommend a number of different software packages Statistical software –R statistical software platform (http://www.r-project.org/) –Packages R/Bioconductor (http://www.bioconductor.org/ - microarray analysis)‏http://www.bioconductor.org/ Chipster (microarray analysis for human beings)‏ Ringo (CHip-chip analysis)‏ BAC ‏(CHip-chip analysis)‏ Network and pathway analysis –www.cytoscape.org : gene network visualisation Data handling –R, excel

3. Alistair Chalk, Elisabet Andersson Stem Cell Biology and Bioinformatic Tools, DBRM, Karolinska Institutet, 18-24 September 2008. Computer access Log in: Password: #to be advised# Domain: STUDENT Unfortunately computer access is limited in this environment so we will use some tricks to allow us to run the software You are encouraged to download the software to your own laptops and use wireless access Most software requires the internet to automatically download the required datasets